LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields‘ Entertainment Memorabilia auction on June 26, 2011 in Los Angeles will feature a wide variety of items related to Hollywood, Rock ‘n Roll and Animation Art. Highlights will include pieces connected to…
‘Avatar’ Gets Top Billing At Seattle’s Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum
SEATTLE, WA (AP).- A music and popular culture museum in Seattle is banking on fans of the Oscar-winning film “Avatar” to take in a new exhibit on how director James Cameron brought Pandora and its inhabitants to the big screen. The exhibit at the Exp…
‘Avatar’ Gets Top Billing At Seattle’s Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum
SEATTLE, WA (AP).- A music and popular culture museum in Seattle is banking on fans of the Oscar-winning film “Avatar” to take in a new exhibit on how director James Cameron brought Pandora and its inhabitants to the big screen. The exhibit at the Exp…
Actress Helen Hayes on New Postage Stamp
WASHINGTON (AP).- The longtime theater, film and television actress Helen Hayes is being honored on a new forever postage stamp, on sale nationwide for 44-cents and usable for first-class postage from now on. The stamp was dedicated Monday. Born in …
Robert De Niro Testifies in Gallery Owner Lawrence Salander-Related Art Fraud Trial
NEW YORK (AP).- It’s a role that moviegoers might not know Robert De Niro plays: overseeing his painter father’s estate. The Academy Award-winning actor served as a star witness Friday in an art-fraud trial, testifying against a former gallery director…
Robert De Niro Testifies in Gallery Owner Lawrence Salander’s Art Fraud Trial
NEW YORK (AP).- It’s a role that moviegoers might not know Robert De Niro plays: overseeing his painter father’s estate. The Academy Award-winning actor served as a star witness Friday in an art-fraud trial, testifying against a former gallery director…
Artist Sues Kevin Costner to Force Sculpture Sale
DEADWOOD, S.D. (AP).- An artist who created a bronze sculpture for Kevin Costner is suing the actor to force him to sell the work of art. Peggy Detmers says she spent more than six years creating the sculpture of 14 bison and three American Indian hun…
New Work by Slater Bradley and Ed Lachman: Shadow at the Whitney Museum of American Art
NEW YORK, NY.- Artists have long engaged with the mythology of Hollywood cinema, creating a hybrid of art and cinema that has become an important strand of contemporary art. Shadow’ (2010, 13 ½ minutes) a video installation by Slater Bradley in c…
Hattie McDaniel’s Personal Presentation Script from ‘Gone with the Wind’ on the Auction Block
LOS ANGELES, CA.- Bonhams & Butterfields’ Entertainment Memorabilia auction on December 13, 2010 in Los Angeles will feature a wide variety of items related to Hollywood, Rock ‘n Roll and Animation Art, including one of our star lots — Hattie McDani…
MoMA’s Third Annual Film Benefit to Honor Director Kathryn Bigelow
NEW YORK, NY.- The Museum of Modern Art’s third
annual Film Benefit, to be held on November 10, will honor
writer-director
Kathryn Bigelow. Renowned for her Academy Award-winning film The Hurt
Locker
(2008), for over 30 years Bigelow has cra…