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Arts Headlines
- Stinky Cheese man named U.S. kids' books ambassador
- Jon Scieszka, author of such bestselling picture books as The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, has been named the ambassador for children's books in the U.S.
- Expect pickets at Golden Globes, striking writers say
- The Writers Guild of America is saying no deal to Golden Globe Awards organizers, who had hoped to negotiate a ceremony without a picket line.
- Sean Penn to head Cannes festival jury
- American actor and director Sean Penn will head the awards jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year, organizers announced Thursday.
- Artists face charges over fake nuclear blast on Czech TV
- A group of Czech artists who staged a fake nuclear blast over national television will be sent to criminal trial, a state prosecutor said Thursday.
- CTV buys U.S. series Mad Men
- Private broadcaster CTV has added to its slate of U.S.-produced shows with the purchase of the Golden Globe-nominated series Mad Men.
- Law & Order to get British accent
- A British production company is considering creating a London version of the long-running TV crime series Law & Order.
- Live Earth wins new award for 'green' music events
- Midem, an international trade show for the music industry, has created a new award designed to honour figures who advance ecologically-friendly live music events.
- Dutch conductor de Waart to take baton of Milwaukee Symphony
- Edo de Waart, chief conductor and artistic director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, will also become music director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
- Much-rejected first novel wins Costa award
- Catherine O'Flynn's debut novel What was Lost and A.L. Kennedy's Day have been shortlisted for the Costa Book of the Year Award, a British literary award formerly known as the Whitbread.
- China puts limits on internet video
- China has decided to restrict the broadcasting of internet videos — including those posted on video-sharing websites — to sites run by state-controlled companies and will require providers to report questionable content to the government.
