ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT REPORTS FROM THE TIMES, NEWS SERVICES AND THE NATION’S PRESS.

THE ARTS

Gehry to Revamp Art Center: The Art Center College of Design has hired Frank O. Gehry to develop a master plan for a major expansion of the school’s Pasadena campus. The proposal includes a new library, a technical skill center and fine arts studios. The college hopes to complete the master plan by early May and then begin work on the schematic design for the various structures. College officials say the expansion could take up to 10 years to complete. In a related proposal, the school is also in discussions with city officials over transforming Pasadena’s Glenarm Power Plant into a public education facility. The power plant, which stands on a sprawling, 7 1/2-acre site, was built in 1927 and closed in 1984. The college hopes to use the site for exhibition facilities and continuing education programs. Although college officials have yet to announce a budget for the various proposals, they would make up the most ambitious expansion in the school’s 70-year history.

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Guggenheim Goes Global: The Solomon R. Guggenheim has announced a new collaboration with Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, which builds on the New York museum’s already evolving partnership with the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, the New York Times reported Tuesday. The new three-way alliance, which is not exclusive, will allow for shared exhibitions, co-curating and shared resources. “You get much more marketing and picture power if you pool your resources,” said Nicolas Iljine, the European representative of the Guggenheim Foundation. The Kunsthistorisches Museum, home to a vast collection of Old Master paintings, assembled mostly by the Hapsburg dynasty, adds one more dimension to the still evolving concept of an international museum partnership.

POP/ROCK

Welcome to the Jungle . . . Again: More than 200,000 frenzied fans rocked into the early hours of Monday as Guns N’ Roses fired up the third night of a mega-music festival in Rio de Janeiro. The Los Angeles band, which returned to live shows after a seven-year break with an impressive performance at the House of Blues in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve, took the stage at 2 a.m. and played 22 songs spanning more than two hours. Reviewing the show on MTV.com, Kurt Loder said of Rose: “At 38, he remains one of the great can’t-take-your-eyes-off-him rock stars,” adding that the band members “were often able to make all the old thrills seem new again.”

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Brit Award Nominees Announced: British R&B; star Craig David led the pop pack Monday when nominated for four Brit awards, including best British album (“Born to Do It”) and best newcomer. The awards, the British equivalent of the Grammys, will be presented Feb. 26 in London. Other nominees include “Yellow” rockers Coldplay (best British group, best British album and best British newcomer), Robbie Williams, Radiohead, Badly Drawn Boy, Sonique, Westlife and David Gray. U2 will receive an Outstanding Contribution to Music honor in addition to being nominated for Best International Group.

FILM

Foster to Head Cannes Jury: Jodie Foster will head the jury at the 54th Cannes Film Festival in May, festival officials announced Tuesday. Foster, who has a French mother and speaks French fluently, “has received the highest honors. It was time for her to come to Cannes,” Gilles Jacob, the festival’s president, said in a statement. The festival runs May 9-20. The rest of the jury will not be announced until the end of April. Foster won best actress Oscars for “The Accused” in 1989 and “The Silence of the Lambs” in 1992.

QUICK TAKES

Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller, 85, will make his first film appearance in the movie “Plain Jane,” an adaptation of his short story “Homely Girl, a Life,” the Hollywood Reporter said Tuesday. . . . British rocker Sting has been decorated with a human rights award by the Chilean government. The Gabriela Mistral medal, named after Chile’s 1945 Nobel Prize winning poet, was bestowed Monday on Sting by Foreign Minister Soledad Alvear. “Sting has made a very important contribution to the world and to our country by promoting the cause of human rights,” Alvear said. . . . Arthur Seidelman has been signed to direct Mary Tyler Moore and Jean Stapleton in “The Mother, The Son and the Socialite” for CBS. Shooting begins Jan. 29 in Melbourne, Australia. . . . The Getty Center has extended its “no reservations policy.” Parking reservations are no longer required Saturdays and Sundays, or weekdays after 4 p.m. . . . The California Coastal Commission is accepting entries for its 2001 Amateur Photography Contest. Entrants are encouraged to submit photos of the scenic coast, the ways people use the coast, or coastal wildlife. Entry is free and open to all amateurs. Entries must be postmarked by March 15. For further information, visit https://www.coastal.ca.gov or call (800) 262-7848.