Reuters - Warner Bros. is turning Leonardo into an action-adventure hero. No, not DiCaprio, but Da Vinci.

Reuters - Asher Edelman, a former corporate raider who became an art dealer, has been sued by Emigrant Bank for more than $3.1 million after allegedly defaulting on some loans, including one to buy a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti.

Reuters - Harold Pinter's masterpiece The Caretaker mirrors life in that it's not entirely clear what's going on. But the joy, pain and despair are real.

Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.

Scott Brown, the Republican whose surprise victory in the Senate race in Massachusetts rocked the political landscape, has signed a deal to write his memoirs, the publisher HarperCollins said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Comparisons with the original were inevitable when Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to write a sequel to his record-breaking musical Phantom of the Opera.

Playbill - Red, the Donmar Warehouse production of John Logan's play about 20th-century abstract-impressionist artist Mark Rothko, starring Alfred Molina, makes its U.S. debut at Broadway's Golden Theatre starting March 11.

Reuters - An auction at Sotheby's of more than 160 works of post-war and contemporary art from the Peter Stuyvesant Collection exceeded all expectations on Monday, raising a record 13.6 million euros ($18.6 million).

Playbill - The Target Margin Theater's Unknown Williams, a collection of 12 rarely-seen works by late playwright Tennessee Williams, begins performances March 11 at the Bushwick Starr in Brooklyn.

Reuters - The sequel to Phantom of the Opera, one of the biggest musicals of all time, opens in London on Tuesday amid disquiet among die-hard phans who have been posting opinions online since previews began two weeks ago.