When Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg travels to Copenhagen to address the international conference on climate change, he will do so on his private jet, producing 21.6 tons of carbon dioxide.

Bloomberg the Bigfoot (in Carbon)

The first American Nobel laureate in economics was the foremost academic economist of the 20th century.

Paul A. Samuelson, Economist, Dies at 94

Dominick Dunne, who died on Aug. 26, left behind one last, stinging roman à clef. And he most assuredly used it to settle scores.

Still Settling the Score, Even Beyond the Grave

Trevor Nunn’s revival of “A Little Night Music” may well be a hit, though not because of any artistic finesse.

A Weekend in the Country With Eros and Thanatos

The prolific French filmmaker François Ozon, whose magic-realist fable “Ricky” opens this week, clearly prizes not just speed but also variety.

Movie Director Exploring the Family, Not Killing It

Justin Bieber, the 15-year-old pop moppet, decimated the larynxes of thousands of tween girls.

20-Year-Old Fogy Cedes Audience to 15-Year-Old

Gabriel Orozco’s retrospective is a taut, attractive, but oddly conventional looking survey.

Slicing a Car, Fusing Bicycles and Turning Ideas Into Art

“The Princess and the Frog” opened in first place but on the low end of industry expectations.

Disney’s ‘Princess’ Displays Limited Box Office Magic

Fans of the groups involved in this concert film, especially Dave Matthews acolytes, will almost certainly enjoy it.

Three Bands, Three Concerts, One Film (but No Beer)

Michael Haneke’s film won three European Film Awards, Agence France-Presse reported.

‘White Ribbon’ Tops European Film Awards

Johnny Hallyday was put into a medically induced coma to assist his recovery from back surgery in Los Angeles, The Associated Press reported.

French Rocker in Coma After Surgery

“The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle” is coming to the Ohio Theater, and Kathleen Turner takes on Molly Ivins.

In the Wings

The Smithsonian Institution has lost $12.3 million in property and can’t find it.

Losses at the Smithsonian Institution

According to Variety, Natalie Portman will battle a cast of the undead in a movie based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s best-selling novel “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.”

Austen Zombies Go Hollywood

The York Theater Company will present a concert production next month of a new musical about a married couple whose experiences are reflected in articles they read in The New York Times.

Vows, the Musical

Construction on the new Clyfford Still Museum in Denver is to begin with a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday, the museum’s publicist said.

Footnote

An article last Sunday about four former governors who are running for their old offices misstated the model of the car that Gov. Jerry Brown of California drove when he was first elected. It was a Plymouth Satellite, not a Plymouth Valiant.

Corrections

The Chess column last Sunday, about two grandmasters who were forced to forfeit their matches at the World Chess Cup and a contestant at the National Chess Congress who won despite having a relatively low rating, gave an outdated title for Bill Goichberg, director of the national tournament. Mr. Goichberg is no longer the president of the United States Chess Federation, which issues the ratings; that position is now held by Jim Berry.

An article last Sunday about Len Chenfeld, a high school basketball player who transferred from Hunter College High School in Manhattan to Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn in hopes of being recruited by an elite college basketball program, misspelled the given name of an alumnus of Poly Prep who now plays for the Chicago Bulls. He is Joakim Noah, not Joachim.

A picture caption last Sunday with an article about Bloomberg L.P.’s new player-evaluation software for Major League Baseball teams switched the order of several members of the group that developed it. The picture showed, from left, Stephen Orban; Bo Moon; Daniel L. Doctoroff, the Bloomberg L.P. president; Angela Sun; and Jay B. Lee. The caption also gave an erroneous job description for Ms. Sun. She is Mr. Doctoroff’s chief of staff, not one of the engineers who developed the software.

The Keeping Score column last Sunday, about the worthiness of admitting a designated hitter into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, misspelled, in some editions, the surname of a writer who has evaluated historical baseball statistics. He is Dan Szymborski, not Syzmborski.

The 7-footer Jonathan Bender is attempting a comeback with the Knicks. The fifth overall pick in the 1999 draft, Bender had his career stalled by knee injuries in 2005.

Knicks Sign 7-Footer Who Hasn’t Played in Four Years

New releases from Alicia Keys, Timbaland and Jimmy Buffett.

New CDs

HBO is promoting this film as a study in domestic violence, but what’s best about it is that it treats the subject obliquely.

December 13, 2009

Headlines from December 13, 2009

Bloomberg the Bigfoot (in Carbon)

Paul A. Samuelson, Economist, Dies at 94

Still Settling the Score, Even Beyond the Grave

A Weekend in the Country With Eros and Thanatos

Movie Director Exploring the Family, Not Killing It

Billboard 200

I Dreamed A Dream

My Christmas

For Your Entertainment

Rated R

The Fame Monster (EP)

Historical Context for December 13, 2009