Monster Mash: ‘Glee’ to do the time warp; a new L.A. planning chief; Alfred Molina on ‘Law & Order: L.A.’
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--Time warp: ‘Glee’ plans a ‘Rocky Horror’ episode. (Los Angeles Times)
--D’oh!: And ‘Glee’ may be making an appearance on ‘The Simpsons.’ (Los Angeles Times)
--New chief: Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa picks City Hall veteran Michael LoGrande, the city’s chief zoning administrator, to replace Gail Goldberg as director of planning. (Los Angeles Times)
--Coincidence?: In wake of publicity about censorship, YouTube reinstates video by Los Angeles artist Susan Mogul. But you have to sign in to see it. (YouTube)
--Would Rothko approve?: ‘Red’ star and Tony nominee Alfred Molina takes a TV job, playing deputy district attorney in the new ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles.’ (Los Angeles Times)
--Protecting the arts: Former NEA President Bill Ivey thinks the United States needs a ‘cultural EPA.’ (Boston Globe)
--Changing her mind: Twenty-four-year-old retired actress Amanda Bynes, who starred in the film version of ‘Hairspray,’ is no longer retired. (People)
--Posthumous honors: Singer Louis Prima gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (Los Angeles Times)
--Serious play: Lego architecture, and architect and Lego master Adam Reed Tucker, get a showing at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. (Washington Post)
--Tony producer dies: Buff Cobb, who received a Tony nomination for producing the 1963 Broadway revival of ‘Too True to be Good,’ starring Lillian Gish, has died. (Los Angeles Times)
And in the Los Angeles Times: Art critic Christopher Knight reviews ‘Manly Pursuits: The Sporting Images of Thomas Eakins’ at LACMA; Music critic Mark Swed reviews iPalpiti Orchestral Ensemble of International Laureates at Walt Disney Concert Hall; and Tony Perry writes about the ‘Theater of War’ project for Camp Pendleton Marines.