Family tree of talent
By MARCIA VANDERLIP of the Tribune’s staff
The pursuit of art has turned into something of a family affair in Nora “Teeny” Gibbons’ household.

NICHE: A WEEKLY PEEK AT AN EMERGING ARTIST
Chris Teeter
By SETH ASHLEY of the Tribune’s staff
Chris Teeter likes to think of the creative process as "serious play." It might be work, but each time he creates a sculpture, he embarks on a fun exploration and lets his materials guide him as they call for his response.

Stewart to host ’06 Oscars

Dench sneaks a peek

Tom Jones now a knight

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Wrestle a giant
By CONNOR ENNIS of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - The first time Gabriel Byrne read Eugene O’Neill’s "A Touch of the Poet," he threw it at the wall.

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World’s jazz capital readies for 4-day industry love fest
By JON W. POSES
Beginning Wednesday, somewhere between 7,000 and 8,000 "jazz geeks" - including yours truly - will pour into what is generally accepted as the Jazz Capital of the World - New York City - for a four-day, wall-to-wall, morning-until-late-night gathering.

Sí, sí, sí!
By ANGELA MOSCARELLA of The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY - Not long ago, a reporter in Mexico City put singer Juanes on the spot at a news conference when he asked the Colombian performer why he had once rebuffed Jennifer Lopez.

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“Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis” by Jimmy Carter (Simon and Schuster, 212 pages)
By TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER of Knight Ridder Newspapers
It’s been said that the best way to get a heated discussion going is to bring up one of three subjects: religion, politics or sex. In his book "Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis," former President Jimmy Carter does all three - sometimes simultaneously.

New Olivier biography relies on mountain of private papers
By BOB THOMAS of The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - The title of the book begins on the back cover with the bold red letters: O L I. On the spine is another letter, V. The front cover continues with I E R, under a photo of a brooding, young Laurence Olivier.

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Impossible turns possible
By TARA BURGHART of The Associated Press
CHICAGO - To create an exhibition of all the 400-year-old masterpieces of Italian painter Caravaggio, loans would have to be obtained from the most heralded museums of Rome, London, Paris, New York City and St. Petersburg, Russia.

Memory of motions
By SHEILA FLYNN of The Associated Press
DALLAS - Gemze de Lappe intently stared at the dancers, critiquing them during a dress rehearsal of the ballet "The Four Marys" at Southern Methodist University.

Faith in his vision
By RACHEL ZOLL of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Camilo Jose Vergara has spent the last three decades taking his camera to some of the poorest neighborhoods in the country, documenting places few outsiders ever visit.

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