Director Ethan Coen returns to off-Broadway with "Offices"

NEW YORK — Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ethan Coen scored last season at the Atlantic Theater Company with "Almost an Evening," a trio of one-act comedies that marked his playwriting debut.

Now he will return to the Atlantic with "Offices," another collection of plays, which will be part of the Atlantic's 2008-09 season, artistic director Neil Pepe announced Wednesday.

The three new comedies dealing with workplace stresses and strains will open next spring. Pepe directs. With his brother Joel, Coen has made such movies as "Fargo," "Raising Arizona," "Barton Fink" and this year's Oscar winner for best picture, "No Country for Old Men."

The Atlantic's new season will also include a revival of Martin McDonagh's "The Cripple of Inishmaan," first seen in New York in 1998 in a production at the Public Theater. The revival will be a co-production with the Druid Theatre of Galway, Ireland, and will be directed by the Druid's Garry Hynes. It will run Dec. 9-March 1, 2009.

"Farragut North," Beau Willimon's play about Washington politics and power, will open the season, running Oct. 22-Nov. 29. Doug Hughes directs.

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Artist: Gonfanon

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Metal: Death,Black
   

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Funeral for music legend Bo Diddley being held in Gainesville, Fla.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Family, friends and fans of music legend Bo Diddley are heading to Gainesville, Fla., for his funeral.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer died this past week of heart failure and his funeral is slated for this afternoon.

The funeral service is going to be followed by a tribute concert featuring his touring band and other musicians.

Diddley was known for his square guitar and songs like "Who Do You Love?"

His unique style was an influence on artists including Buddy Holly and The Rolling Stones.

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Kylie back with Oliver Martinez?

Pop singer Kylie Minogue has reunited with former boyfriend Olivier Martinez after a year apart, according to reports published in several UK papers.
The pair have been seen strolling arm-in-arm in the streets of Paris, where Martinez, 42, lives, sparking the reports.Minogue, 39, was also photographed leaving his apartment to take his dog Sheba for a walk.
"Kylie has taken him back - with a new set of rules," a friend of Minogue's told the Daily Mail.
"Ollie has agreed to try for a baby. That was always the stumbling block in their relationship. They have both been single for a year and Kylie has realised she has never had anyone that has matched up to him."
Minogue arrived in Paris last Sunday for the NRJ Music Awards and spent the following days with Martinez.
"She has always described him as the love of her life," a member of Martinez's family told The Sun.
"Who knows what might happen? We would certainly like to see them back together."