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High Points at the Toronto Film Festival

Amid serious Oscar releases, intellectual documentaries and edgy indies at the Toronto Film Festival, the standout films were comedies and an upbeat musical.

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An American Homecoming

British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage—whose opera 'Anna Nicole' opens in Brooklyn on Tuesday—makes a case for Anna Nicole Smith as a modern diva.

Sophie McShera's Fall Theater Pick

Downton Abbey's Daisy, Sophie McShera, plans to spend the season going to the theater with friends.

Pretty Women

Garry Winogrand's "Women Are Beautiful," a series of pictures the photographer first exhibited in 1975, was a fashion chronicle of the outfits and hair styles worn by what came to be called the Liberated Woman.

BMI Gives Jazz Pros a Hand

A unique mentorship program run by BMI helps advanced jazz artists develop and refine their skills.

The Making of a Minimalist Menagerie

Director John Tiffany and set designer Bob Crowley have stripped the stage bare for the upcoming production of "The Glass Menagerie," creating a minimalist home for the Wingfield family.

A Beacon Diminished

An important symbol at One World Trade Center, sacrificed for the sake of cost cutting.

National Oversight

The Museum of Modern Art rediscovers pre-World War II American art. Finally.

Theme Songs of the Obscure

Original television music is not given the respect that feature-film scores get. In this year's Emmy press release, the music categories were listed after the nominees for outstanding prosthetic makeup.

On Set, Actor Perfects the Peach Pie

Actor Josh Brolin says he made about 75 pies while filming "Labor Day" with Kate Winslet.

Designer's Orders: One-a-Day of Betsey

The invitation for Betsey Johnson's fashion show on Wednesday is something that most people running around for fashion week could use during this hectic time: a bottle of pills.

Jeweler Turns to Life of Crime

Dan Schechter was ready to give up on filmmaking, frustrated by dead ends he kept hitting in an effort to adapt Elmore Leonard's "The Switch." He joined his family's jewelry business, until the film rights suddenly became available.

'The Gentle Padre'

A show at the Huntington Library is as much about Indian culture in California as it is about Junípero Serra, the Franciscan missionary who is just one miracle away from sainthood.

A Prism Between Two Worlds

Dave Holland's new band and its self-titled debut album may lead fans to associate Prism with the jazz bassist's earlier work with Miles Davis.

Robert Evans's Favorite Things

The Hollywood producer shares a few of his favorite things, from his 1974 Golden Globe Award for "Chinatown" to a gold key to New York.

MoMA PS1 Hosts the Church of Francesco Vezzoli

Francesco Vezzoli staged a concert with Lady Gaga and presented a 24-hour art exhibit in Paris. But uprooting an entire church and moving it from Italy to New York this fall might be his most monumental work yet.

'Riddick' Wins Slow Movie Weekend

"Riddick" is seeing light at the box office. The science-fiction thriller starring Vin Diesel as an intergalactic criminal with built-in night vision debuted in first place with $18.7 million, according to studio estimates.