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feed text TV director-producer Robert Finkel dies at 94
Fri, 25 May 2012 20:29:43 -0400
Emmy Award-winning TV director and producer Robert Finkel has died. He was 94.

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 file photo, actor Jeff Goldblum attends the premiere of A judge on Friday granted Jeff Goldblum a temporary restraining order against a woman who has been repeatedly ordered to stay away from the actor in recent years.



text Breeze of Arab Spring felt on Cannes red carpet
Fri, 25 May 2012 15:55:56 -0400

Director Bernard-Henry Levy, centre, flanked by two unidentified persons wearing Syrian flags pose during a photo call for The Oath of Tobruk at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)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.



FILE - In this Tues., March 6, 2012 file photo, actress Katie Finneran poses for a portrait in New York. The two-time Tony Award® winning actress (Katie Finneran is about to get evil — playing Miss Hannigan in the new production of "Annie" on Brodway.



text Britney Spears debuts on 'X Factor' show
Fri, 25 May 2012 21:04:23 -0400

This May 24, 2012 photo released by Fox shows judges, from left, L.A. Reid, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears and Simon Cowell from the singing competition series, Britney Spears has been on the job just two days and she's already proving to be a popular judge on "The X Factor."



text Madonna in holy land to kick off world tour
Fri, 25 May 2012 14:48:00 -0400

FILE - In this April 12, 2012, file photo, Madonna arrives at Macy's Herald Square in New York. Israelis are gearing up to get down at Madonna's show as the pop diva landed in the holy land Friday, May 25, 2012 ahead of her world tour which kicks off here next week. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)Israelis are gearing up to get down at Madonna's show as the pop diva landed in the holy land ahead of her world tour which kicks off here next week.



FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2008, file photo, actress Anne Hathaway, right, sits with her boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, at the Miss Sixty fashion show during fashion week in New York. Follieri was released Friday morning from a prison in Loretto, 80 miles east of Pittsburgh. Follieri pleaded guilty to cheating investors by falsely claiming he had Vatican connections that enabled him to buy church property at a discount. He was sentenced in 2008 to 4 1/2 years in prison. Follieri agrees he owes more than $3.6 million to those he ripped off. The proceeds supported a playboy lifestyle that included a $37,000-a-month New York City apartment and lavish vacations with Hathaway, the star of An Italian ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway has been released from a Pennsylvania federal prison following a real-estate scam.



text TNA claims WWE tried to poach its wrestlers
Fri, 25 May 2012 15:41:19 -0400
Two giants in the wrestling world are getting ready to rumble — in a courtroom.
text Gregg Allman engaged to 24-year-old girlfriend
Fri, 25 May 2012 13:19:40 -0400

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2011 file photo, singer Gregg Allman arrives at the 45th Annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn. Allman has told several interviewers this week that he's engaged to his 24-year-old girlfriend, Shannon Williams, and Allman's publicist and manager confirmed the news Friday morning. This will be his seventh marriage. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)Gregg Allman is getting married for the seventh time.



A California activist faces up to three years and eight months behind bars for spraying an irritant at a pop singer from Vietnam to protest communism.
text Actress Keira Knightley to wed musician Righton
Fri, 25 May 2012 13:24:47 -0400

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2012 file photo, actress Keira Knightley arrives for the Gala Premiere of A Dangerous Method at the May Fair Hotel, in London. Knightley, the glamorous star of Keira Knightley, the glamorous star of "Pirates of the Caribbean," is engaged to marry musician James Righton, her publicist said Friday.



text Robert Pattinson all grown up in "Cosmopolis"
Fri, 25 May 2012 12:58:26 -0400

Director David Cronenberg, left, and actor David Cronenberg pose during a press conference for Cosmopolis at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)Going back to what he does best, David Cronenberg takes a visceral day-trip inside the cushioned limousine of a tycoon who cares little for the bloody, populist riots that explode outside his car in "Cosmopolis."



Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of Cosmopolis at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)Aishwarya Rai Bachchan says she's is happy with herself and her weight — a rare combination in the world of celebrities.



text New Spoleto season opens in Charleston
Fri, 25 May 2012 18:18:02 -0400

Confetti rains down on the crowd during the opening ceremonies of the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, May 25, 2012. The internationally known arts festival was opening its 36th season. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)Another edition of the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday amid a brass fanfare, a shower of confetti and reminders of how important the arts are to cities.



President Barack Obama waves to supporters after speaking at the TPI Composites Factory, a manufacturer of wind turbine blades, Thursday, May 24, 2012, in Newton, Iowa. In Obama’s second visit as president to Newton, a city of about 15,000 east of Des Moines, he argued for Congress to renew wind energy tax credits. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)President Barack Obama heads to Broadway next month as part of a double bill with former President Bill Clinton — and the stars will be out to welcome them.



text Musician Doc Watson has surgery at NC hospital
Fri, 25 May 2012 11:39:41 -0400

FILE - In this March 15, 2000 file photo, master flatpicker Doc Watson, talks about his long and successful musical career at his home in Deep Gap, N.C. Watson was in critical condition Thursday, May 24, 2012, at a North Carolina hospital after falling at his home in Deep Gap earlier this week. (AP Photo/Karen Tam, File)Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson is in critical condition but improving at a North Carolina hospital after undergoing colon surgery.



Actress Aishwarya Rai arrives for the screening of Cosmopolis at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is happy with herself and her weight — a rare combination in the world of celebrities.



text Canine stars compete for Cannes' Palm Dog
Fri, 25 May 2012 08:57:07 -0400
Move over, Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman. The Cannes Film Festival's four-legged stars are in the spotlight with the contest for the event's best canine performance.

Janet Jackson at the auction for the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS benefit during the 65th Cannes film festival, in Cap d'Antibes, southern France, Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)Stars promised hugs, kisses, a massage — and a vampire bite — in a glamor-filled auction to raise money to fight AIDS.



text 3 young actors seize the day, go 'On the Road'
Fri, 25 May 2012 12:11:45 -0400

Actress Kristen Stewart smiles as she arrives for the screening of On the Road at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)Kristen Stewart understands the lure of the open road. So do her "On The Road" co-stars, Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley.



text Born this way? Lady Gaga meets Thai 'lady boys'
Fri, 25 May 2012 10:08:47 -0400

U.S. singer Lady Gaga pauses while making her way to a waiting car upon her arrival at Don Muang airport in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, May 23, 2012. Lady Gaga is performing a concert in Bangkok on Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo)Lady Gaga has met Thailand's premier "lady boys" at a Bangkok drag show featuring busty dancers who were not born that way.



This undated photo provided by the New-York Historical Society shows a Currier & Ives color lithograph Beer was hip in New York long before hipsters were into craft brews, according to a new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society that traces the history of beer all the way back to drunken Colonial times.



Muslim women hold posters during a protest against Lady Gaga's concert that is scheduled for June 3, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, May 24, 2012. Lady Gaga might have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia because police worry her sexy clothes and dance moves undermine Islamic values and will corrupt the country's youth. The writings on the posters read Lady Gaga's manager says the pop diva has no plans to tone down her act, even if that prevents her from performing in some countries on her Asian tour.



From left, producer Paulo Branco, actors Sarah Gadon, Robert Pattinson and director David Cronenberg pose during a photo call for Cosmopolis at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)In the movie "Cosmopolis," director David Cronenberg goes on a visceral day-trip inside the limousine of a tycoon — who cares little for bloody, populist riots taking place outside his car.



text Publicist: Actress Keira Knightley engaged
Fri, 25 May 2012 11:35:36 -0400
Keira Knightley, the glamorous star of "Pirates of the Caribbean" star is engaged to be married, her publicist said Friday.

Conan O'Brien discusses his life and the art of comedy during a forum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Thursday, May 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)Late-night talk show host Conan O'Brien visited Boston to talk about the art of comedy and how he got started in it.



text New Yorker mag serialize Egan story on Twitter
Thu, 24 May 2012 21:55:38 -0400
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jennifer Egan's latest New Yorker magazine story is being serialized on Twitter.

Russia entrant Buranovskiye Babushki perform during rehearsals for the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, May 21, 2012. The final of the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest will be held at the stadium on May 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)A memorable melody. Distinctive stage presence. Some horse-trading of votes.



text Daytime Emmy Awards find cable home at HLN
Thu, 24 May 2012 20:07:08 -0400
The Daytime Emmy Awards have found a new home at cable news channel HLN.
Elton John is canceling three Las Vegas performances on doctors' orders after being hospitalized with a respiratory infection.

Azerbaijan on Saturday hosts the Eurovision song contest, the biggest event the ex-Soviet state has ever heldAzerbaijan on Saturday hosts the Eurovision song contest, the biggest event the ex-Soviet state has ever held, which has been marred by the arrest of opposition protesters.



text AP NewsAlert
Fri, 25 May 2012 22:50:37 -0400

In a photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard the unmanned Japanese fishing vessel Ryou-un Maru dirfts northwest in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 164 miles southwest of Baranof Island Wednesday April 4, 2012. The vessel has been adrift since it was launched by the tsunami caused by the magnitude-9.0 earthquake that struck Japan last year. The Coast Guard is monitoring the vessel, which is currently considered a hazard to navigation. (AP Photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis, U.S. Coast Guard)Tropical storm warnings for Southeast US coast as system off South Carolina packs 45 mph winds.



text Wildfire blows heavy smoke near Disney World
Fri, 25 May 2012 21:15:45 -0400
A wildfire that is burning in Orlando blew heavy smoke near the busy hotel and attractions district of Walt Disney world at the start of the busy Memorial Day weekend.
text Britney Spears debuts on 'X Factor' show
Fri, 25 May 2012 21:04:23 -0400

This May 24, 2012 photo released by Fox shows judges, from left, L.A. Reid, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears and Simon Cowell from the singing competition series, Britney Spears has been on the job just two days and she's already proving to be a popular judge on "The X Factor."



text War, passion mark 'Hemingway & Gellhorn'
Fri, 25 May 2012 20:37:36 -0400

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2012 file photo, actress Nicole Kidman, left, and actor Clive Owen pose for a portrait while promoting the HBO film HBO's "Hemingway & Gellhorn" is a vibrantly smart, sensual biopic due to its game stars, Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman, and in larger portion to filmmaker Philip Kaufman.



FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 file photo, actor Jeff Goldblum attends the premiere of A judge on Friday granted Jeff Goldblum a temporary restraining order against a woman who has been repeatedly ordered to stay away from the actor in recent years.



text TV director-producer Robert Finkel dies at 94
Fri, 25 May 2012 20:29:43 -0400
Emmy Award-winning TV director and producer Robert Finkel has died. He was 94.

FILE - In this Tues., March 6, 2012 file photo, actress Katie Finneran poses for a portrait in New York. The two-time Tony Award® winning actress (Katie Finneran is about to get evil — playing Miss Hannigan in the new production of "Annie" on Brodway.



This undated photo provided by the New-York Historical Society shows a Currier & Ives color lithograph Beer was hip in New York long before hipsters were into craft brews, according to a new exhibit at the New-York Historical Society that traces the history of beer all the way back to drunken Colonial times.



text New Spoleto season opens in Charleston
Fri, 25 May 2012 18:18:02 -0400

Confetti rains down on the crowd during the opening ceremonies of the Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, May 25, 2012. The internationally known arts festival was opening its 36th season. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)Another edition of the Spoleto Festival USA opened Friday amid a brass fanfare, a shower of confetti and reminders of how important the arts are to cities.