Doug Wheeler, a founder of the so-called Light and Space movement, constructs his first Manhattan “infinity environment” at the David Zwirner gallery in Chelsea.

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STOCKHOLM — Three U.S.-born scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for overturning a fundamental assumption in their field by showing that the expansion of the universe is constantly accelerating. Their discovery created a new portrait of the eventual fate of the universe: a place of super-low temperatures and black skies unbroken by the light of galaxies moving away from each other at incredible speed. Read full article > >

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3 U.S.-born scientists win physics Nobel for revealing universe’s expansion is getting faster

What does the Devil watch on TV? Reality shows, of course, chortling at the mayhem as foul-mouthed, amoral youngsters compete to be “interesting.” “It’s my fast food,” Satan grins in “Something Past in Front of the Light,” a brave and breezy new play by Kathleen Akerley that gives us the Devil we know and — more interestingly — the Devil we don’t. Of course Beelzebub giggles at the no-rules squalor on the tube. But did you know the poor fellow had a hard time growing up in the suburbs? He shows us his home movies, effectively staged by Akerley (who directed, with assistance from Michael Glenn) inside a big fake screen at the far end of the small Callan Theatre stage at Catholic University. Read full article > >

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Theater review: ‘Something Past in Front of the Light’ at Catholic University

A 21-year-old aviation student from Scotland is killed along with her brother when the light aircraft she was piloting crashes in central Florida.

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Siblings killed in US air crash

FINALE WATCH: “Traffic Light” (Fox at 9:30 p.m.). Status: Canceled. This couples comedy didn’t make it to Season 2. In the series finale, Mike and Lisa hope for a break with a babysitter — but wind up getting involved in lots of teen drama. If you’re sick of those singing and dancing reality show competitions, “America’s Got Talent” (NBC at promises a little something for everyone — jugglers, impressionists, contortionists and ventriloquists, in addition to singers and dancers. Season 6 kicks off Tuesday night with auditions in front of judges Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan, and host Nick Cannon. Read full article > >

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TV highlights: ‘America’s Got Talent’ premiere; ‘Traffic Light’ finale

The man who composed the pop hit “You Light Up My Life” ended his own life Sunday, New York police said.

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Grammy-award winning songwriter Joseph Brooks has died of an apparent suicide, New York police said Sunday. The songwriter, whose biggest hit was 1977′s “You Light Up My Life,” was awaiting trial on charges that he molested a woman in 2009. In January,…

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The writer of “You Light Up My Life,” who was awaiting trial, is believed to have killed himself, the police said.

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City Room: Oscar Winner Facing Sex Charges Is Found Dead

In 2007, the Italian tenor Giuseppe Filianoti gave a triumphant New York performance in Francesco Cilea’s opera “L’Arlesiana” at Carnegie Hall. Filianoti, 33, had won fans in his Metropolitan Opera debut; this performance cemented the love. “Remember his name,” said the Associated Press. “He’s going to be a major tenor.” In 2008, Filianoti was in the headlines again — because La Scala had uninvited him from its opening night at the very last minute. In Milan, Filianoti was supposed to sing the title role of Verdi’s “Don Carlo,” a significantly heavier part for his light, lyric voice. Was the problem a mistake he made during the dress rehearsal; general backstage intrigue; or the fact that he was over-singing, taking on roles that were too big for him? Read full article > >

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“ The Devil’s Light ,” Richard North Patterson’s ambitious novel of nuclear terrorism, opens with Osama bin Laden in a cave in western Pakistan, discussing with two followers a plan to explode a nuclear weapon above an American city on Sept. 11 of this year, the 10th anniversary of the original 9/11 attacks. In the real, nonfictional world, bin Laden was killed by American forces at about the time this novel was reaching bookstores. Patterson and his publisher could be forgiven if they wondered if this otherwise welcome news might be bad news for his novel — writers and publishers think like that — but I suspect it will not hurt the book’s prospects and might even enhance them. Bin Laden’s death certainly put the once-elusive terrorist back in the news, and the novel presents an interesting portrait of him, not only as a mass murderer but as a visionary, even a kind of poet. Moreover, if bin Laden had in fact set in motion a massive 10th anniversary attack, it might well be as complex and bloodthirsty as the one pictured here, and it would almost certainly be going ahead despite his death. In that sense, we won’t know until Sept. 11 just how much fact there is in Patterson’s fiction. Read full article > >

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Patrick Anderson reviews Richard North Patterson’s ‘The Devil’s Light’

Venezuela halts plans to develop nuclear power in the light of the crisis in Japan, but Chile says it will keep the nuclear energy option open.

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Venezuela freezes nuclear plans

Apple’s “smart cover” is like the refrigerator door: open it and the light goes on, revealing the inside.

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New iPad Cover Opens to Instant Gratification

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce signs a new contract committing him to the Stadium of Light club until 2014.

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Researchers propose a method to detect the light emitted near spinning black holes, suggesting that the twisting of space-time twists the light itself.

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The wait is finally over, and in a joint announcement Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have informed us that British actor Henry Cavill has landed the coveted role of Superman in the new film, to be directed by Zack Snyder. Cavill is one of those guys who’s been lingering around the edges of Hollywood, just itching to burst out in a big way. You may already be familiar with some of his work from the show The Tudors (where he plays Charles Brandon), or from some of his bit roles in films like Whatever Works, Stardust and Blood Creek. Prior to seeing him don the famous cape in 2012, you’ll be able to see Cavill star as Theseus in Immortals (where he’ll get his Greek God battle on), as well as the character of Will Shaw in The Cold Light of Day (opposite Bruce Willis… Read More Read Comments

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Meet Your New Superman – Henry Cavill!