Monster Mash: Breaking news and headlines

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--Edgar Degas’ ‘Little Dancer’ sculpture sells for a record $19.2 million at auction in London.

--Al Pacino will star in a film version of ‘King Lear.’

--Museum of Contemporary Art loses one-third of its board members.

--Miami City Ballet cuts eight members of the corps due to funding woes.

--Richard Neutra-designed medical office building in Newport Beach is saved from the bulldozers.

--It it or isn’t it Obama? Owners of a painting try to find out.

--Ford Theatre reopens in Washington -- just in time for the Lincoln bicentennial.

--A day in the life of Patti LuPone as she prepares for the last performance of ‘Gypsy’ (on a scream-free day).

--MOCA plans to party with Sonic Youth members.

--Jane Fonda, currently starring in ’33 Variations’ on Broadway, has a blog.

--Lisa Fung