Sunami

A roundup of entertainment headlines for Monday Mel Gibson attends court for Hamlet. ( Wall Street Journal ) Moviegoers made "Battle: Los Angeles" the No. 1 movie of the weekend. ( Los Angeles Times ) No joke: Jane Lynch, Ellen DeGeneres and other celebrities are starting a campaign to get President Obama to clarify his stance on same-sex marriage. ( Los Angeles Times ) Bad news for Charlie Sheen = good news for "The Chicago Code. " ( Los Angeles Times )

A roundup of entertainment stories for Friday. Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake are over. ( TMZ ) Why do singers choose to perform for dictators? They say that sometimes they aren't aware they're doing so. ( Los Angeles Times ) Darren Aronofsky is going back to the drug world for his next movie. ( Los Angeles Times ) For the record: An item in Fast Track stated that Darren Aronofsky is going back to the drug world for his next movie. A spokeswoman for Aronofsky said that the director himself was not attached to produce the film "Intricate" and was not engaging with it. "American Idol" hopeful Ashthon Jones has gone home, while Casey Abrams is back in the hospital.

If there was a recurring motif at last weekend's CEAIT (Center for Experiments in Art, Information and Technology) festival at Cal Arts, it had to be the illuminated, compromised apple on the many Macintosh laptops on hand, a tool of choice for many of today's experimental musicians. And, because tools and conventions are made to be broken in the experimental scene, we could have expected the presence of a rebel like the artist known as Bob Bellerue/halfnormal. Roving around Roy O.

Ballroom Dancing (Granada Pavilion, 11128 Balboa Blvd., Granada Hills, [818] 366-1805). Sat., 6:30-11:30 p.m. Live band and deejay. Lessons and refreshments included. $10. Bicycle Rides (Cal State Northridge parking lot, Nordhoff Street and Darby Avenue, [818] 347-6148). The San Fernando Valley Bicycle Club (http://www.sfvbc.org) offers group rides Sat.-Sun., 8 a.m. Free. Big Band (Horace Heidt Estates, 14155 Magnolia Blvd., Sherman Oaks, [818] 784-8211).