Oklahoma’s accurate and quick-thinking quarterback, Sam Bradford, received college football’s top honor.

Bradford Wins Heisman, but the Top Prize Awaits

Shaun Ellis picked up a fumble and ran into the end zone with less than two minutes left to give the Jets a win.

Jets Get the Bounce and the Victory Over the Bills

“Panic” carries the cautionary message that the wisdom brought by a financial collapse is wisdom that rarely sticks.

Crashes, Goofs and Schadenfreude: Wild Ride in the Age of Financial Hysteria

At the Z100 Jingle Ball, if you weren’t approximately 14 and approximately a girl, the chances were high that you were a bored father, a sympathetic mother or a responsible boyfriend.

Nary a Carol in Earshot, and a Santa in Heels

“Greetings, Friends!,” an annual poem in The New Yorker, vanished after its 1998 iteration and has not been seen again until now.

Rhyming Name Dropper Returns

When the South Ferry station reopens, it will have some added luminosity, thanks to a site-specific installation.

Making Artistic Connections at a Subway Station

The Mets’ owner, Fred Wilpon, had invested hundreds of millions of dollars with Bernard L. Madoff, who has been charged with running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme.

Wilpon’s Losses in Fraud Case May Affect Mets

An article last Sunday about the extended life of the comedy troupe Monty Python misstated the year of production for the movie “A Fish Called Wanda,” which starred John Cleese, a member of the troupe. It was 1988, not 1998.

Correction: 	The Extended Life of Monty Python

An article last Sunday about President-elect Barack Obama and whether his politics transcends partisanship quoted incorrectly from Thomas Jefferson’s Inaugural Address of 1801, before the modern party system. He said, “We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists,” not “We are all Republicans, we are all Democrats.”.

Correction: ‘Partisan’ Seeks a Prefix: Bi- or Post-

Artifacts made famous by Michael Jackson will go on the auction block next year.

Want an Item From the Gloved One?

Summit Entertainment has named Chris Weitz (“The Golden Compass”) to direct the sequel to “Twilight.”

A New Director for ‘Twilight’ Sequel

A new solo show will star Mike Burstyn as Meyer Lansky, the Jewish gangster who died in 1983.

Wiseguy in the Wings

Last week’s top four movies all slipped a notch at the weekend box office as “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” a remake of the 1951 alien morality tale, made its debut in the top spot.

‘Earth Stood Still’ Lands at Top of Box Office

The Academy Award-winning screenwriter Roger Avary pleaded not guilty to felony charges of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol.

Screenwriter Pleads Not Guilty

The 18-year-old lead singer of Soul Cry, an Italian gothic metal band, and her 16-year-old brother, the band’s bass player, were arrested and charged with premeditated attempted murder.

Band Members Arrested

Theatergoers at a matinee of David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow” got something extra for their ticket price.

A Little Sondheim for Your Mamet?

The pianist Yefim Bronfman will receive the 2008 Dmitri Shostakovich Prize and more culture news.

Footnotes

Al Harrington needed just nine games to become the Knicks’ best scoring weapon and one of Coach Mike D’Antoni’s most trusted disciples.

Knicks’ Quick-Shooting Harrington Finds Niche

A television entry in the Week Ahead column last Sunday misstated the outcome of the vote on Proposition 8, the California ballot measure that bans same-sex marriage. A majority voted for the proposition, not against it.

Correction: The Week Ahead: Dec. 7-13

An article last Sunday about John Patrick Shanley, who wrote and directed the film adaptation of his play “Doubt,” misidentified the order of the nuns depicted in the film. They are the Sisters of Charity, not the Sisters of Mercy.

Correction: ‘Doubt’ and Doubts of a Workingman

An article on Nov. 30 about a new talk show with Elvis Costello as the host misstated what was invented by Momofuku Ando, whose name inspired the title of Mr. Costello’s album “Momofuku.” Mr. Ando invented instant ramen noodles, not ramen noodles.

Correction: Is It a Talk Show if the Host Sings?

Al Harrington’s 11-point burst late in the third quarter padded the Knicks’ lead and knocked the wind out of the Sacramento Kings.

Harrington Delivers a Crucial Victory for Knicks

The scattered empty seats these days at some of Broadway’s best-reviewed plays are part of an overall nationwide decline in audiences for nonmusical theater, a new study says.

Audience for Straight Plays Is Declining, N.E.A. Finds

Perhaps Leonard Bernstein would have written an amusing, slightly off-color song about this festival in his honor.

December 14, 2008

Headlines from December 14, 2008

Bradford Wins Heisman, but the Top Prize Awaits

Jets Get the Bounce and the Victory Over the Bills

Crashes, Goofs and Schadenfreude: Wild Ride in the Age of Financial Hysteria

Nary a Carol in Earshot, and a Santa in Heels

Rhyming Name Dropper Returns

Billboard 200

808s & Heartbreak

Fearless

Chinese Democracy

I Am...Sasha Fierce

Theater Of The Mind

Historical Context for December 14, 2008