Obscure Strauss opera sparkles at Bard College
Written during World War II when the composer was in his 70s and never performed in his lifetime,Richard Strauss's "Die Liebe der Danae" was long dismissed as a lame effort by an aging genius whose inspiration was running dry.

'Mad Men,' 'Mildred Pierce' get top Emmy nods
"Mad Men," the sharply observed drama of a changing 1960s America, captured 19 Emmy nominations Thursday to lead the series pack, with the melodramatic miniseries "Mildred Pierce" starring Kate Winslet grabbing a top 21 bids

'Sister Wives' stars to challenge Utah bigamy law
The polygamous family featured on cable television's "Sister Wives" is planning to challenge the Utah bigamy law that makes their lifestyle illegal.

RSC stages a thrilling 'Romeo and Juliet'
What light through yonder window breaks? Perhaps it's the glow from Juliet's iPod.

'Jersey Shore' star OK'd for pretrial intervention
"Jersey Shore" cast memberRonnie Ortiz-Magro has been admitted into a pretrial intervention program that will allow him to avoid a criminal record for an assault that was shown on the first season of the MTV reality series.

Tyne Daly throws herself into 'Master Class'
A thunder of applause greets Tyne Daly when she first appears on stage in "Master Class." It's out of respect for Daly as much as it is for the character she is playing — opera great Maria Callas.

Kyra Sedgwick opens a new season of 'The Closer'
A new season of 10 weekly episodes begins Monday at 9 p.m. EDT. Then the TNT network will air another five episodes this winter and six more next summer before the series comes to a close.

'The Playboy Club' to offer a key to its racy past
Of the new TV series announced for fall, none has caught the audience's eye (while raising eyebrows) like "The Playboy Club."

Musical parody of 'The Silence of the Lambs' ready
What kind of deranged people watch "The Silence of the Lambs" and think: That would make a killer musical?