Anne Hathaway, Beyoncé, Jennifer Hudson

The costars of the 2006 film "Dreamgirls," Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson, both won trophies and wowed the audience with individual performances during the 40th annual NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles. Beyoncé, who opened the show with a wind-swept rendition of her song "Halo," won the female artist category while Husdon, who performed "The Impossible Dream" for the President's Award recipient, Muhammad Ali, picked up the new-artist award. The rapper will.i.am and the singer Seal also performed. The actress Halle Berry and the actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry were the hosts. (AP)

A full-frontal, nude photo of a 20-year-old Madonna has fetched $37,500 at auction, an apparent record auction price for a photograph of the singer. An unnamed European buyer bought the picture, according to Christie's auction house in New York. Madonna then was a dancer trying to make ends meet when she answered a newspaper ad seeking a nude model. She may have earned as little as $25 for the 1979 photo session. Lee Friedlander's raw, explicit black-and-white image appeared in Playboy in 1985. (AP)

Wanda Sykes will soon get the chance to make fun of President Barack Obama to his face. The comic actress said that she has been selected as the entertainer at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, slated for May 9. Obama is expected to attend the black-tie affair at the Washington Hilton and to follow in his predecessors' tradition by putting on a comedy act of his own. (AP)

You won't find Edward Albee in the theater on opening night for one of his plays. So, where is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright? "I go to a movie, always," he says. "I turn off about five days before the production opens because everything's been fixed if anything's wrong, and the actors know what they're doing." One of his Pulitzer Prize winners, "A Delicate Balance" (1967), is being revived at Arena Stage in Washington. He also won Pulitzers for "Seascape" (1975) and "Three Tall Women" (1994). Albee, who turns 81 on March 12, is still writing. He plans to open his latest play, "Me, Myself and I," on Broadway this fall. (AP)

Jack White and Meg White, the rock duo better known as The White Stripes, will perform for the broadcast Friday of NBC's "Late Night With Conan O'Brien," the band's publicist said. The band has appeared together infrequently since its 2007 album "Icky Thump." The show is O'Brien's final episode as host of "Late Night" before Jimmy Fallon, the former "Saturday Night Live" star, takes over on March 2; O'Brien becomes host of NBC's "Tonight Show" on June 1. U2 will be the musical guest for a full week on CBS's "Late Show With David Letterman," from March 2 through 6, The Associated Press reported. The band's new album, "No Line on the Horizon," will be released March 3.

Mahatma Gandhi's distinctive wire-frame eyeglasses are among rare personal items that belonged to him going on the auction block next month. The sale of Gandhi's belongings is especially significant because the ascetic leader of India's independence movement didn't have many possessions, said a spokesman for Antiquorum Auctioneers in New York. His trademark round eyeglasses, a pair of worn leather sandals, an inexpensive pocket watch and a simple brass bowl and plate will be sold as a single lot on March 5, with an estimated low bid ranging from $20,000 to $30,000. The items have been consigned by a private American collector who obtained them from the descendants of the Gandhi family, the spokesman said. (AP)

The frontman of the Black Eyed Peas has taken up another cause. In collaboration with the Australian photographer Russell James's "Nomad Two Worlds" art project, will.i.am has created a song for a viral music video featuring Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, celebrities like Hugh Jackman and James's images of Aborigines. The "Nomad Two Worlds" art project, conceived by James, features works by Australian indigenous people about the tumultuous relationship between the Aborigines and the Australian government. The video has been released on dipdive.com. (AP)

From Academy Award nominee to spirited Shakespeare heroine. Anne Hathaway will play Viola this summer in the New York Public Theater's Central Park production of "Twelfth Night." Daniel Sullivan will direct the production at the outdoor Delacorte Theater. It runs June 9-July 12. Hathaway was nominated for an Oscar this year for her performance in the film "Rachel Getting Married." The Public's second Central Park production will be Euripides' "The Bacchae," directed by JoAnne Akalaitis. It is to run Aug. 11-Sept. 6. (AP)