FINALLY

In the works: The Eagles are working on what would be the band’s first studio album since “The Long Run” in 1979 and hope to have it ready for release next year, guitarist Joe Walsh told Billboard.com.

Counting the house: For its 20th anniversary season that ended in June, L.A. Opera reported Thursday that it exceeded its ticket revenue projections by more than $900,000, with overall attendance at more than 86% of capacity.

New faculty: CalArts in Valencia has hired Tony Award-winning lighting designer Donald Holder as head of lighting design for its school of theater and playwright and poet Carl Hancock Rux as head of the CalArts Writing for Performance program.

Casting: Former Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter has signed on to play fanatically evil Lord Voldemort devotee Bellatrix Lestrange in “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” the next movie based on J.K. Rowling’s books.

Ailing: Musician Freddy Fender, a three-time Grammy Award winner, has incurable cancer, diagnosed after tumors were found on his lungs, his wife said. Fender, 69, was resting this week at his home in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has canceled all performances and will resume chemotherapy soon, she said.