Kevin Spacey to teach at Oxford University

London – Kevin Spacey already has two Academy Awards and heads London’s Old Vic theater. Now he can add a new title – Oxford University professor.

The Hollywood star has been named Cameron Mackintosh Visiting Professor of Contemporary Theater at Oxford’s St. Catherine’s College, officials there announced Friday.

Spacey will succeed Shakespearean actor and “Star Trek: The Next Generation” star Patrick Stewart when the new academic year starts in October. Previous holders of the post, endowed by theater impresario Mackintosh, include composer Stephen Sondheim, playwright Alan Ayckbourn and actress Diana Rigg.

Michael Moore to publish ‘Election Guide’

New York – Take cover, McCain. You too, Obama. Michael Moore is coming out with a new book.

The tome, titled “Mike’s Election Guide,” a manual of mockery for the 2008 presidential election, will be published Aug. 19 by Grand Central Publishing, Jimmy Franco, a spokesman for the publisher, said Friday.

Promotional material for the book reads: “Perfectly timed to coincide with the national political conventions – and to capitalize on massive campaign coverage.”