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en-us Copyright 2010 The New York Times Company Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:00:19 GMT http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif http://www.nytimes.com/pages/arts/index.html?partner=rss http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=580e0cf19be4f1d614b4c244e81b00c3 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/arts/television/21danson.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/arts/television/21danson.html Ted Danson’s television profile is on an upswing. Michael Nagle for The New York Times On “Damages” and “Bored to Death,” Ted Danson specializes in vain personalities. It’s acting.

Television: Ted Danson of ‘Damages’: Humble Egotist

20 Mar 10, 11:03:38

On “Damages” and “Bored to Death,” Ted Danson specializes in vain personalities. It’s acting.

Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context

21 Mar 10, 12:03:54

How the Internet and mash-up culture change everything we know about reading.

Evidence, ODC and Urban Bush Women Dance for Diplomacy

20 Mar 10, 11:03:11

Evidence Dance Company recently traveled to South Africa as part of a State Department-sponsored tour, the first major dance initiative of this kind in more than 20 years.

Music: ‘T.A.M.I. Show’ Release Reveals Classic Performances

21 Mar 10, 12:03:50

“The T.A.M.I. Show,” a legendary 1964 concert film long out of circulation, will be released on DVD for the first time on Tuesday.

Film: Methods Behind ‘How to Train Your Dragon’

21 Mar 10, 10:03:29

“How to Train Your Dragon” might be made for kids, but the lighting is for grown-ups.

Film: Remembering Those Awesome ’80s With ‘Hot Tub’ Boys

21 Mar 10, 12:03:31

A conversation with the four stars of “Hot Tub Time Machine” about their memories of the ’80s.

Loving Molly Ivins, and Getting Her to the Stage

21 Mar 10, 01:03:59

The play “Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins” has been the beneficiary of a string of fortuitous events, including the casting of Kathleen Turner in the one-woman show.

Aaron Paul of ‘Breaking Bad’: Character and Career Both Live

21 Mar 10, 12:03:31

Fortunately for the actor Aaron Paul, the producers of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” have not yet fulfilled their ambitions of killing off his character.

Joyce DiDonato, Standing on Her Own Just Fine

21 Mar 10, 12:03:27

Back on two feet, Joyce DiDonato is now in trousers at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as the frisky page Cherubino in Mozart’s “Nozze di Figaro.”

Charlie Gillett, Disc Jockey and Historian, Dies at 68

20 Mar 10, 11:03:12

As a broadcaster, journalist, author and musicologist, Mr. Gillett strove to bring deeper, broader dimensions to people’s appreciation of popular music.

The China Institute’s Curator Has Connections

21 Mar 10, 12:03:48

Willow Weilan Hai Chang has put the China Institute on the map by mounting small, strategically focused exhibitions that illuminate different aspects of Chinese art and life.

Poster Art for Revival of ‘La Cage Aux Folles’

20 Mar 10, 03:03:16

A look at some of the poster art ideas for the coming Broadway revival of “La Cage aux Folles.”

DVDs: New on DVD: ‘The African Queen’

21 Mar 10, 01:03:44

“The African Queen,” the 1951 classic starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, makes its DVD debut.

Design: Why @ Is Held in Such High Design Esteem

21 Mar 10, 02:03:10

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has deemed the symbol to meet its standards on form, function, values, cultural impact and innovation.

Maastricht Signals an Art Market on the Rebound

19 Mar 10, 11:03:15

The European Fine Art Fair, a major barometer of the mood of the market, has seen buoyant buying interest this month.

Review: Once Scattered, Crivelli Is Back in Milan

21 Mar 10, 10:03:00

"Crivelli and the Brera" brings together for the first time in nearly 200 years all of the original Crivelli panels once at the Brera, save for "The Consigning of the Keys to St. Peter" in Berlin.

Special Report: Museums: Reopening of Palazzo Grimani Revives Memory of Creator

18 Mar 10, 04:03:49

Giovanni Grimani was not only a passionate collector and patron of the arts but also an extraordinary architect and interior designer.

Special Report: Museums: Don't Think of Them as Mausoleums

17 Mar 10, 01:03:42

Restaurants and events are attracting increasing numbers of visitors to museums despite the economic downturn.

Design: From Lab to Life, a 'New World of Objects'

15 Mar 10, 09:03:00

The title of a new exhibition, "Joris Laarman Lab," sums up the show perfectly because it features some of the experiments the designer and his collaborators are conducting in Amsterdam.

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