NEW YORK (AP) ― Hugh Jackman has left Broadway with a lot of broken hearts ― and records.The hunky Australian actor’s one-man Broadway concert show closed last weekend at the Broadhurst Theatre after having earned $2,057,354 in its final week, the highest weekly gross recorded by the Shubert Organization, which owns the Broadhurst and 16 other Broadway theaters.Over its 10-week run, Jackman earned a whopping $14,638,428, producers said. He now owns 10 of the 11 top grossing weeks at the Broadhur

Performance Jan. 3, 2012

NEW DELHI (AP) ― Would the sex, drugs and rock-n-roll fueled TV show “Californication’’ be worth watching without the sex, drugs and rock-n-roll? What about serial killer series “Dexter’’ without the gore?In an effort to attract younger viewers without offending the older ones, Indian TV is now showing some of America’s edgiest shows ― but cutting out the edge.As India urbanizes and its middle class grows, a delicate dilemma has hit a media culture long dominated by local TV shows aimed at rural

Television Jan. 3, 2012

Korean girl group Wonder Girls will release their first eponymous TV movie in February via U.S. cable channel Teen Nick, making them the first Asian singers to star in an American television movie, their agent said Tuesday. Originally titled “Wonder Girls at the Apollo,” the movie’s title was recently changed to “The Wonder Girls.” A brief teaser video has been released via YouTube and Facebook.Scheduled for official broadcast on Feb. 2, the series is garnering attention from fans here since Tee

Television Jan. 3, 2012

VIENNA (AFP) ― His golden “The Kiss” adorns scarves and coffee mugs worldwide, while his portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer sparked a decades-long restitution battle: in 2012, Austria celebrates 150 years since Klimt’s birth.Gustav Klimt, born on July 14, 1862, is one of the best known figures of the Jugendstil art period. In honour of this milestone anniversary, Vienna’s biggest museums ― led by the Belvedere, the Albertina and the Leopold Museum ― are proposing no less than nine exhibits during the

Culture Jan. 2, 2012

Irish musician Rice is Jan. 11 concert soldoutWith Guinness and Westlife among the very few Irish things that have made it to Korea, and the singer’s face rarely shown on TV, a fan of Irish singer Damien Rice may pride him/herself on being “a classy minority.” Minor fandom, however, is hardly a suitable term for a musician who sold out some 1,600 seats in just a few hours, despite modest promotion activities and relatively expensive tickets priced at 132,000 to 165,000 won (about $150).In an e-m

Performance Jan. 2, 2012

After long days discussing America’s obesity problem, Melinda Sothern has had enough of windowless conference rooms.“I need to exercise,” she says, pausing to review her plans in the San Diego Convention Center lobby. She plans to rent a bicycle in Coronado, California, and ride, fast and far.Sothern, 55, is a woman who practices what she preaches. And one of her messages about obesity is aimed at women like herself: mothers.Fat mothers. Thin mothers. And especially mothers-to-be.A leading fitne

Culture Jan. 2, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) ― You’ll find a drop-waist dress when you set off on your first shopping spree of the new year, and you probably already can find a flouncy ruffle attached to a chic, trim jacket or sheath in stores. But for all the talk about fast fashion, few looks move directly from the runway to the real world without some tweaks and adjustments.Designers, manufacturers and retailers use the months between splashy previews and on-sale dates to harness big ideas and turn them into the garments t

Arts & Design Jan. 2, 2012

VIENNA (AP) ― Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna was unthinkable without a cup of steaming brew served by the bow-tied little man with the perpetual dancing smile.In this city of more than 1,900 cafes, Leopold Hawelka was an icon, as much part of Cafe Hawelka as its tables ― scarred by burned-out cigarettes, their marble tops worn smooth by the elbows of four generations. He served tourists,

Culture Jan. 1, 2012

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Russell Brand is divorcing Katy Perry after 14 months of what appeared to be a storybook marriage.“Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage,’’ Brand said in a statement released to The Associated Press. “I’ll always adore her and I know we’ll remain friends.’’Brand, 36, offered no other details, but in papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, the British comedian cited irreconcilable differences.He and the 27-year-old pop singer were married in October 2010 at a resort ins

Television Jan. 1, 2012