The British street artist known as Banksy will sponsor free Monday admission for all visitors to the Museum of Contemporary Art for the duration of the exhibition "Art in the Streets," which highlights the history of street and graffiti art and features works by Banksy, Shepard Fairey and other genre notables.
The museum said Thursday that admission to its Geffen Contemporary space in Little Tokyo will be free on Mondays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 13 through Aug. 8.
Banksy likes to stay under the radar in terms of public exposure, eluding the press and generally shunning the spotlight. But MOCA provided a quote from him: "I don't think you should have to pay to look at graffiti. You should only pay if you want to get rid of it."
After 14 years as the understudy, Ann Curry is in the big chair now at NBC's "Today" show.
She had her first day Thursday as co-anchor with Matt Laueron television's top-rated morning show. Her predecessor,Meredith Vieira, had an on-air going-away party Wednesday.
Curry has been on the show since 1997 as the regular newsreader, and has filled in as co-host dozens of times.
She referred to that in her opening, saying, "I'm Ann Curry, in for I guess nobody this morning — me, myself and I. It's nice to be able to say that, isn't it?"
Lauer welcomed her, saying she had already been on the show so long that "it's a little bit like a member of the family moving to a new seat at the table."
The union that represents theater directors is seeking any royalties owed Julie Taymor, the original director of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark."
The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society filed an arbitration claim Thursday against the show's producers, saying they had "failed to pay to Ms. Taymor any royalties for the run of the production."
Taymor, who had been the director and co-book writer, was fired from the $70-million musical in March after years of delays, accidents and critical backlash.
Michael Cohl, one of the show's lead producers, acknowledged this week that his team was still trying to resolve financial disputes as a result of having to rework the musical. The rebooted show opens Tuesday.