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Arts survey finds drop in movie, museum attendance (AP)

FILE - Anna Netrebko, as the young singer Antonia, performs with Kate Lindsey, as Nicklausse, the Muse of Poetry, during a dress rehearsal for the Metropolitan Opera's production of 'Les Contes d'Hoffmann' (Tales of Hoffmann) in New York, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. If you haven't gone to a movie, jazz concert or an art exhibit in recent years, you are in steadily growing company. A new study from the National Endowment for the Arts finds a notable decline in theater, museum and concert attendance and other 'benchmark' cultural activities between 2002 and 2008 for adults 18 and older, and a sharper fall from 25 years ago. The drop was for virtually all art forms and for virtually all age groups and levels of education. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)AP - If you haven't gone to a movie, jazz concert or an art exhibit in recent years, you are in steadily growing company.



Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:24:58 GMT


Veteran French rocker Hallyday has new surgery (Reuters)

Reuters - Veteran French rocker Johnny Hallyday has had surgery in Los Angeles, where he was admitted to the Cedars-Sinai hospital on Monday, his publicists said on Thursday.
Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:49:11 GMT


Billboard's one-hit wonders of the decade (Reuters)

Canadian singer Daniel Powter performs on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2007 in Saitama, north of Tokyo, May 26, 2007. REUTERS/Kiyoshi OtaReuters - They came, they conquered ... they were never heard from again. After reaching the Hot 100's Top 10 with their very first singles, none of these acts managed to crack the Top 25 for the rest of the decade. But hey, four minutes of fame is better than nothing.



Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:34:47 GMT


The AP ranks top 10 albums of the year (AP)

FILE - In this July 28, 2009 file photo, Sam Brooker, left, and Ruby Amanfu of Sam and Ruby, are shown during an interview in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Ed Rode, file)AP - If you listen to some of the biggest hits of 2009, they'll seem familiar. That's because they came from albums released in 2008. That Beyonce smash? From "I Am ... Sasha Fierce," released last year. "Poker Face"? It was on Lady Gaga's 2008 debut. It's the same with the Kings of Leon and Taylor Swift.



Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:46:31 GMT


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