Monster Mash: Eli Broad on his new museum; Deborah Gribbon to Cleveland; Angelina Jolie statue

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-- ‘It’s going to happen’: Eli Broad talks about his plans for his new museum, which he says he still would like to build in Beverly Hills.

--Legal trouble: Artist Ai Weiwei said he was detained by Chinese authorities who wanted to prevent him from testifying at a trial concerning earthquake victims.

--New venue: The Pasadena Pops has revealed plans for new outdoor concert venue near the Rose Bowl.

-- New job: Deborah Gribbon, the former head of the J. Paul Getty Museum, has been named interim director of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

-- Dame-tastic: Judi Dench will star in a 2010 production of Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at London’s Rose Theatre.

-- Raising an eyebrow: Times art critic Christopher Knight weighs in on the decision by Americans for the Arts to jump into the healthcare debate.

-- Good Samaritan: Conductor Bramwell Tovey, recently seen at the Hollywood Bowl, lends an emergency hand to a wedding ceremony in Britain.

-- Returning to stage: Michael Shannon will star in the new play ‘Mistakes Were Made’ by Craig Wright at Chicago’s A Red Orchid Theatre, set for 2010.

-- Celebrity art: A planned statue depicting a breastfeeding Angelina Jolie continues to inspire debate.

-- Unloading: J. Ezra Merkin, who invested heavily with Bernard Madoff, sold his art collection for $310 million last month.

-- Places everyone: Arlene Phillips has been named Britain’s new dance czar by the country’s secretary of health.

-- Tough times: The Fresno Art Museum is slashing its budget by a third and plans to lay off an undetermined number of its 15 employees.

-- David Ng

Photo: Eli Broad. Credit: Los Angeles Times