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  • Tear-jerker 'Mud' ends Cannes competition lineup

    By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

    The Cannes film festival on Saturday wrapped up the movies in competition wading deep in the Mississippi river with "Mud," a heart-wrenching, Mark Twain-influenced tale of a teenage boy searching for the meaning of life in a harsh world and starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon.

  • Eurovision set for battle of the oldies

    By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

    Usually a jamboree of youthful exuberance _ and questionable taste _ this year's Eurovision Song Contest features a pair of elderly acts among its top contenders.

  • Jenna Jameson arrested for suspected DUI in Calif.

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

    Former adult film star Jenna Jameson has been arrested in Southern California for investigation of driving under the influence after she struck a light pole with her vehicle.

  • Zimbabwe arrests British music presenter

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

    Organizers of a classical music festival in Zimbabwe say authorities arrested a prominent British music personality at a concert in the second city of Bulawayo.

  • Reopening of Berlin Staatsoper faces new delay

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

    Officials say Berlin's Staatsoper opera house will not reopen until 2015 after a new problem arose at the building site in the German capital.

  • NC musician Doc Watson still in critical condition

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

    Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson remains in critical condition at a North Carolina hospital after undergoing colon surgery this week.

  • Morocco hosts world's artists, imprisons its own

    By PAUL SCHEMM - Associated Press

    Morocco's glittering Mawazine international music festival wraps up this weekend with performances by Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz, after nine days of showcasing the North African kingdom's cool factor _ even as dissident Moroccan musicians are imprisoned for their anti-establishment lyrics.

  • Katie Finneran to join cast of Broadway's 'Annie'

    By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

    Katie Finneran is about to get evil _ playing Miss Hannigan in the new production of "Annie" on Brodway.

  • Matthew McConaughey pulls of Cannes double header

    By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

    To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege. To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune _ and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of independent cinema.

  • 3 young actors seize the day, go 'On the Road'

    By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

    Kristen Stewart understands the lure of the open road. So do her "On The Road" co-stars, Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley.

  • Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet

    By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

    The ripples of the Arab Spring are being felt in summery Cannes, where films from Egypt and Syria, as well as a passionate documentary about the overthrow of Libya's Moammar Gadhafi, are being screened alongside the latest features from the world's heavyweight directors.

  • Bayou Country Superfest to kick off Saturday

    By STACEY PLAISANCE - Associated Press

    Country singer Jerrod Niemann says he'll have a horn section in tow when he heads to south Louisiana this weekend for Bayou Country Superfest, a two-day festival with a lineup that includes Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Sara Evans and others.

  • Bayou Country Superfest to begin Saturday in La.

    By STACEY PLAISANCE - Associated Press

    A horn section backs up country singer Jerrod Niemann this weekend in south Louisiana's Bayou Country Superfest, a two-day festival that includes Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, Jason Aldean, Sara Evans and others.

  • This is pop? A look at wacky Eurovision contenders

    By PETER LEONARD - Associated Press

    A memorable melody. Distinctive stage presence. Some horse-trading of votes.

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