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--FILE-- In this publicity image released by ABC, actor Charlie Sheen is shown during an appearance on the late night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live," in this March 21, 2011, file photo in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ABC, Richard Cartwright, file)
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FILE - In this May 29, 1980 file photo, actors from left, Judd Hirsch, Bob Gunton, Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, pose with Lanford Wilson, playwright of "Talley's Folley," which was honored as best play at the 1980 New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards in New York. Wilson, the Tony Award and Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright of such plays as "The Hot L Baltimore," "Burn This," "Fifth of July" and "Talley's Folly," died, Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in New York. He was 73. (AP Photo/Suzanne Vlamis, file)
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An ex-aide to Sen. John Ensign whose wife had an affair with the senator that damaged his career has been indicted for illegal lobbying. (Associated Press)
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says Xanadu, the unfinished retail and entertainment complex, will get a new exterior as part of the deal to finish developing the troubled facility at the Meadowlands. (Associated Press)
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An ex-aide to Sen. John Ensign whose wife had an affair with the senator that damaged his career has been indicted for illegal lobbying. (Associated Press)
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David Somerville (left), who sings backup and plays sax, flute, trumpet and keyboard for the Samsarians, looks to RVA Studios owner Aaron Reinhard for a cue to start singing during a recording session. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Mr. Somerville uses a megaphone to get just the right sound. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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The Samsarians (seen here) and other RVA artists appreciate the booming acoustics of the live room at Samis Grotto. The space "was built, shaped and modeled for voice amplification, RVA's Mr. Reinhard says. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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RVA Studios owner Aaron Reinhard (left) and engineer Evan Bateman like everything about the one-time 1930s theater where they work, from the basement (here) to the stage and projection room. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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The building started as a movie theater during the Depression, became a top country-music destination in the 1950s and finally was bought by local Masons (top) who have made it their headquarters since the '70s and share it with RVA. (Photograph provided by Samis Grotto)
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A ska band named the Samsarians jams on the stage in the main-floor "live room" at Samis Grotto in Richmond, the new home of RVA recording studios. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Emily Browning's Babydoll (center) leads a band of institutionalized young women who craft and inhabit an elaborate fantasy world in director Zack Snyder's "Sucker Punch."
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In this photo provided by the Chopin Museum Thursday, March 24, 2011, the envelope of a letter written by Polish composer and pianist Frederic Chopin to this parents and sisters in Warsaw in 1847 is seen on display at the Frederic Chopin Museum in Warsaw, Poland. A collection of letters written by Polish composer Frederic Chopin considered lost in 1939 have been found and donated to Warsaw's Chopin museum. Address reads in French and Polish: Mrs. Chopin through Berlin to Warsaw in Poland. Nowy Swiat street at the house of Mr. Barcinski near Warecka street not far from Bentkowskiego (street). (AP Photo/Chopin Museum, ho)
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In this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Company, Colin Firth portrays King George VI in "The King's Speech." (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Laurie Sparham)
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This undated photo provided by Artexpo New York shows Safori, a sought-after, self-taught artist who once hailed as Ghana's national pole-vault champion. He is among 148 artists and 215 galleries from 25 countries featuring their work at Artexpo New York, the oldest fine art trade show in the country. The three-day event opens Friday, March 25, 2011, at Pier 94 in Manhattan. (AP Photo/Artexpo New York)
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Actress Kate Winslet attends the premiere of HBO's "Mildred Pierce" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, March 21, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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In this film publicity image released by Fox Searchlight Films, Paul Giamatti, left, and Alex Shaffer are shown in a scene from, "Win Win." (AP Photo/Fox Searchlight, Kimberly Wright)
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FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Matt Berninger of The National performs during their concert in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, file)
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FILE - In this Jan. 27, 1993 file photo, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is shown in Midland, Texas. Gabor's publicist says the shock of Elizabeth Taylor's death made Gabor fear she was next and sent her to the hospital with high blood pressure. John Blanchette says the 94-year-old celebrity was watching the news Wednesday morning, March 23, 2011 at her Los Angeles home when she learned her friend and one-time neighbor had died. (AP Photo/Curt Wilcott, File)
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In this publicity image released by HBO, Evan Rachel Wood, left, and Kate Winslet are shown in a scene from the HBO mini-series, "Mildred Pierce." (AP Photo/HBO, Andrew Schwartz)
