Momentum swings to 'Beauty'
LOS ANGELES - A month ago the race for Oscars was wide open, but heading into Sunday night's star-packed Academy Awards, an offbeat drama about family dysfunction has grabbed the momentum.
'Star Trek' series faces final frontier
LOS ANGELES - Science fiction series "Star Trek: Voyager" will face its final season next year on the UPN television network, but talks have already begun for a new series based on the classic 1960s TV show "Star Trek," network officials said on Monday.
Madonna with second child
LONDON - Pop superstar Madonna announced on Monday she is three months pregnant with her second child.
Drive-in movies make a comeback
LOS ANGELES - Spring is just around the corner and Tim Thompson's thoughts are turning to Saturday nights at the movies under warm, starry skies.
Events
Shadow puppets Shanghai Art Museum, which has opened on a trial basis at a new site at the former Shanghai Library, is displaying shadow puppets, together with a shadow puppet performance. Three other ongoing exhibitions include an oil painting show, a sculpture show and an exhibition of watercolours. Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Place: 325 Nanjing Road W. Admission: 10 yuan Tel: 6327-0557 Culture seminars The China International Intelligence Company is offering a series of lectures on traditional Chinese culture including lectures on tea culture on March 28 (1:30pm-3:00pm), Shanghai religious architecture on April 11 (1:30pm-3:30pm) and Chinese embroidery art on April 25 (1:30pm-3:30pm). Venues vary. For more information please contact Jane Jian E-mail: ciic53@21cn.com Tel: 6427-2460, 6486-8282 ext 240 Fax: 6428-0719 Oil creations Huang Ming, a well-known painter from Hangzhou, is holding a one-month show of his Xinjiang, Shandong and Hubei pieces at Fanguzi Art Gallery. Time: Noon to 6:00 pm Place: 127 Xianxia Road Tel: 6229-6307 Modern artists Five modern Chinese artists, Dai Mingde, Han Feng, He Saibang, Li Hou and Zhang Haitian are showing their works at the SMM Gallery until the end of the month. Place: 422 Nanjing Road E. (inside Duoyunxuan Art Studio) Shanghai in a room The Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Centre near People's Square has opened on a trial basis. Place: 50 People's Boulevard Tel: 6318-4477 Blue Violet "Blue Violet" - a duo featuring singers C. Huff from the United States and Tracey Ashman from Britain - perform every day except Sunday at the new Bacchus bar/restaurant. Time: 8:30pm-12:15am Place: Rear of the lobby of Regal Int'l East Asia Hotel, 516 Hengshan Road Tel: 6415-5588 Sex culture Shanghai's only sex museum, opened by Liu Dalin, professor of Shanghai University, has a display of exhibits that reflect Chinese sex culture over the past 5,000 years. Time: 10am-9pm Place: 479 Nanjing Road E. (next to Hotel Sofitel) Admission: 50 yuan Tel: 6351-4381
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