Monster Mash: Katie Holmes does Judy Garland; British Museum plan rejected; Dame Edna back on Broadway?

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-- Did you think she could dance? Katie Holmes channels Judy Garland on ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ on Fox.

-- No free pass: In surprise move, council rejects proposal for $222-million Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners-designed expansion of British Museum.

-- More delays: Zaha Hadid’s pavilion in Chicago’s Millennium Park inches closer to completion, but opening may still be delayed.

-- Reunion, of sorts: Ron Eldard and Kate Beahan cast in Los Angeles production of ‘Helter Skelter,’ written and staged by Neil LaBute.

-- Major gift-purchase: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts acquires prized German Expressionist art collection once ‘taken for granted.’

-- Back to the homeland: John Malkovich, pictured, takes his opera about Austrian serial killer Jack Unterwager, first seen in Santa Monica, to -- where else? -- Austria.

-- World premieres planned: Pasadena Playhouse’s 2010 season includes three world premieres, including a new musical by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nilo Cruz.

-- Which do you like?: A look at the six buildings in contention for the Stirling Prize, Britain’s highest architecture honor. Bookies favor Tony Fretton design.

-- Edgy or in poor taste? Is it too soon for a spoof theater production about Michael Jackson?

-- London hit comes stateside: ‘Star Wars’ concert show kicks off tour in Southern California at Anaheim Center.

-- Burning question: Does this country really need a National Black Arts Festival?

-- Lisa Fung