Bill Murray has been spotted out and about around town, including at Evangelos earlier this month. Curious as to why the former Saturday Night Live sensation and Oscar nominee (Lost in Translation) was in town, we turned to our friend Google. Turns out that Murray has replaced Toby Kebbell as murderous mobster Happy Shannon in writer/director Mitch Glazer's Passion Play. He has joined Mickey Rourke, Megan Fox and Kelly Lynch in the dramatic thriller. On Jan. 13, Murray was spotted eating at Tomasita's and posing with musicians from the all-female Mariachi Buenaventura group.

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Part-time Pecos-area resident Jane Fonda is getting ready to exercise again, creating a new exercise DVD scheduled for release in 2011, the Telegraph UK reports. This will be her 23rd workout videos, on top of five workout books and 13 audio programs. Her 1982 Jane Fonda's Workout sold 17 million copies.

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More compliments from Hugh Grant about New Mexico, these from an Entertainment Weekly article publishes last year. He and Sarah Jessica Parker, co-star in Did You Hear About the Morgans? were discussing filming for her latest Sex in the City film and Parker mentioned that the paparazzi drive her nuts. "It's just very hard to get a day's work done and concentrate," she said, with Grant pitching in to mention another of New Mexico's great qualities: "All of New Mexico was completely pap-free." He goes on to add that, "I was so charmed by the middle of America. I'd never seen anyone in a cowboy hat. I was fascinated."

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The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts held its annual members meeting last week, with sculptor Stephen Wall taking over as chairman of the board from Fran Mullin, owner of Vanessie of Santa Fe. Joining the board are Richard Altermann, Bidtah N. Becker, Stock Colt, Jenny Kimball and L. Stephine Poston. Next up for SWAIA: the unveiling of the 2010 poster artist's image, Feb. 11, at Vanessie of Santa Fe. The organization is honoring a pioneer this year, Geronima Cruz Montoya, a painter from Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo.

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Early January: Randy Travis at the Bull Ring, via Twitter from @santafedining.

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Political blogger Joe Monahan writes that actor Val Kilmer — who isn't running for governor — was spotted at the Roundhouse on Wednesday.

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Santa Fe freelancer Gregory Pleshaw is still enjoying time in paradise — he has been in Thailand for the past several months. But friends and readers can keep up with his adventures at http://gregoryp.blogspot.com.

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