Muse Arts

Leckey, Wilkes, Islam, Macuga's Film, Sculpture Vie for U.K. Turner Prize Film and sculpture artists dominate this year's shortlist of four for the U.K.'s Turner Prize 2008, announced at Tate Britain.

London Gets New Art District: Dealers in Fitzrovia Fight Economic Slowdown Without too many people noticing, London has got itself a new art district.

Guitar Star Yang Spices Classical Music With Flamenco Skirts, Chinese Folk Dressed in Beijing silk one minute and a flamenco skirt the next, Xuefei Fei expertly strums her guitar, mixing classical Spanish favorites with folk tunes from her native China.

Nun Turns Mistress, Leipzig Revives Puccini Amid Hysteria: Shirley Apthorp Take a forgotten version of a Puccini opera, with its theme of a prospective nun turned paramour meeting a sticky end, add a ``Great Gatsby'' setting laced with a hint of the Holocaust, and stir in some mild hysteria.

Steve Jobs's Yell-in-Your-Face Guide to Staff Motivation: Author Interview Steve Jobs is a narcissistic perfectionist with a volcanic temper who considers most people to be ``bozos.'' Apple Inc.'s chief executive officer is also among the greatest business leaders of all time.

Ian McEwan Says Thank You to North Pole's Pushy Idealists, Madame Bovary No stranger to moral ambiguity, Ian McEwan is at it again, this time taking on global warming as the subject of his next book.

Bryan Adams Photographs Mick, Placido, Amy to Raise Money for Hearing Loss Bryan Adams's ``Hear the World'' photo exhibit features black-and-white shots of Mick Jagger, Amy Winehouse, Placido Domingo and other famous singers cupping their ears in a listening pose.

Bar Q's Michelin-Rated Anita Lo Feeds Kobe to Village Shoppers: Food Buzz There's always much ado about pre- theater dining. But what about post-retail eating? Shopping, after all, is the universal form of exercise in Manhattan, and a famishing one at that.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Designer Funds New Talent With Apprentice Program Rafael Vinoly, the designer of dramatic buildings like New York's Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Tokyo International Forum, is celebrating his firm's 25th birthday in 2008 by funding emerging architects through an expanded apprentice program.

Salonen Deploys 8-Foot Trombone, Harps in Wagner; Domingo Redux: Alan Rich The last thing anyone expected of Esa- Pekka Salonen when the golden-haired Finnish prodigy signed on as music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic 16 years ago was that he would emerge as one of the world's foremost Wagnerians.

Picasso's Women, Hirst's Spots Mark Hong Kong's New Bid for Art-Fair Glory Pablo Picasso's women, Andy Warhol's fast cars and Damien Hirst's spots will lead Hong Kong's biggest effort so far to establish the city as Asia's art-market capital.

New York Gets Top Billing in Movies With Help of Tax Breaks, Weak Dollar New York is a star again.