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Christie’s to auction Renoir painting

LONDON

Christie’s auction house says it will sell Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Impressionist nude “Bagneuse” (“Bather”), which is valued at between $18 million and $28 million.

The French master’s 1888 painting is part of a June 20 sale of Impressionist and modern art at Christie’s in London. The auction also includes Pablo Picasso’s “Femme au Chien,” valued at between $9 million and $14 million, and works by Paul Gauguin, Edgar Degas and Rene Magritte.

The Renoir painting was last sold in 1997 for $20.9 million, a record for a nude by the artist.

Winehouse’s family to sell singer’s home

LONDON

The family of Amy Winehouse has put the late singer’s London home up for sale for $4.2 million.

The three-bedroom property in the Camden neighborhood of northwest London had become a shrine of sorts for mourning fans who left flowers and tributes after Winehouse’s death last July from alcohol poisoning.

Chris Goodman, a spokesman for the Winehouse family, said the family put the house on the market because they felt it would be inappropriate for any of them to live there, and it was not practical to keep it empty while paying for its upkeep.

Goodman said in a statement Thursday that the Winehouse family reached the decision “with great regret.”

Grammys to take place Feb. 10 in LA

NEW YORK

If you’re a fan of the Grammy Awards, mark your calendar for Feb. 10 — that’s when the annual event will take place next year.

The Staples Center in Los Angeles again will be the stage for what’s billed as “music’s biggest night.” The nominations will be revealed about two months earlier on Dec. 5 during a live, prime-time concert on CBS.

CBS also will broadcast the Grammy Awards.

This year’s Grammy broadcast was seen by almost 40 million viewers, making it the second- most-watched Grammys in history. The broadcast was highlighted by Adele’s Grammy sweep and a tribute to Whitney Houston, who died a day before the event.

Emmys to combine movies, minis awards

LOS ANGELES

The Emmy Awards competition will be getting fiercer among TV movie and miniseries performers.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Thursday it will merge the leading- and supporting-acting categories for longform programming.

Starting with the 2013 awards, new categories for outstanding actor in a miniseries or TV movie and outstanding actress in a miniseries or movie will each include six nominees, equal to other performing categories.

Previously, the four movie and miniseries acting categories included five nominees each.

The TV academy already chipped away at the long-form categories last year, combining the outstanding TV movie and miniseries nominees into one field.

At the 2011 Emmys, Kate Winslet of HBO’s “Mildred Pierce” and Barry Pepper of ReelzChannel’s “The Kennedys” took lead miniseries or movie acting honors, while supporting awards went to Maggie Smith for PBS’ “Downton Abbey” and Guy Pearce for “Mildred Pierce.”

Vindicator wire services