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NEW & DEVELOPING
US--PEOPLE-SUTHERLAND
NEW YORK (AP) — Kiefer Sutherland's lawyer says an investigation by New York City officials into a charge he head-butted a fashion designer will show he was not an instigator.
AP Text: Colleen Long.
AP Photos: Filer of Sutherland.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
EU--TITANIC STARS-SURVIVOR
LONDON — "Titanic" stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have pledged to help the last survivor of the sinking of the ocean liner. DiCaprio and Winslet say they have thrown their support behind a fund that would subsidize Millvina Dean's nursing home fees.
AP Text: Coverage planned.
AP Photos: Filers of DiCaprio, Winslet and Dean.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--MISS CALIFORNIA
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — — Officials of the Miss California USA pageant have strongly criticized titleholder Carrie Prejean but say it's not their decision whether she should be stripped of her crown.
AP Text: Coverage planned.
AP Photos: Filer of Prejean.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--LINCOLN CENTER ANNIVERSARY
NEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic will play Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man" for Lincoln Center's 50th anniversary on Monday, recreating the piece that Leonard Bernstein conducted at the arts complex's 1959 groundbreaking.
AP Text: Ula Ilnytzky.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--TV-STORYMAKERS
NEW YORK — Tom Cruise says he'd try directing if he weren't so busy with a different kind of off-camera project: parenting.
AP Text: Television Writer Frazier Moore.
AP Photos: Photo of Cruise.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
People-DANNY GLOVER
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Actor Danny Glover joined labor, political and civil-rights leaders on one of the first stops of a four-day, 11-state tour supporting U.S. manufacturing workers.
AP Text: Coverage planned.
AP Photo: Photo of Glover in Hamtramck.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
UK--BRITAIN-PEOPLE-KATIE PRICE
LONDON — British tabloid darling Katie Price and her husband, Peter Andre, are splitting up.
AP Text: Coverage planned.
AP Photos: No coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
UK--BRITAIN-CALENDAR GIRLS
LONDON — A group of English women who posed naked for a calendar 10 years ago to raise money for cancer research are shedding their clothes again. The women — whose first calendar inspired the movie "Calendar Girls," starring Helen Mirren and Julie Walters — have come out with a new 2010 calendar.
AP Text: Coverage planned.
AP Photos: No coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
LT--TWO TO TANGO
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — It takes two to tango, even if they're neighboring countries in a long-standing feud over who can claim the voice of the dramatic, elegant music and dance. Argentina and Uruguay, embroiled in a clash over the birthplace of crooner Carlos Gardel, have kicked aside their differences to persuade UNESCO to give tango protected cultural status.
AP Text: Jeannette Neumann
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--TV-CELEBRITY APPRENTICE FINALE
NEW YORK — Comedian Joan Rivers was hired and poker champ Annie Duke was fired on the final faceoff of "Celebrity Apprentice."
AP Text: Television Writer Frazier Moore.
AP Photos: Filer of Rivers.
AP Video: Coverage planned for online.
US--MUSIC-JANE'S ADDICTION
ATLANTA — Jane's Addiction lead singer Perry Farrell is recovering from a torn calf muscle he suffered on stage at a concert in Atlanta.
AP Text: Coverage planned.
AP Photos: Filer of Farrell.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--MUSIC-MISSISSIPPI GRAMMYS
TUNICA, Miss. — Country music artists Charley Pride and Marty Stuart and bluesman Pinetop Perkins will headline the third annual Mississippi Grammy gala.
AP Text: Coverage planned.
AP Photos: Filer.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--MUSIC-COUNTRY AWARD
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country artists Brooks & Dunn and Dierks Bentley have been honored by the Country Music Association for promoting the genre overseas.
AP Text: Coverage planned.
AP Photos: No coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--OPERA-END OF THE RING
NEW YORK — The Rhine overflowed its banks, Valhalla went up in flames, and the world according to Otto Schenk came crashing down one final time as the Metropolitan Opera retired its venerable production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle.
AP Text: Mike Silverman.
AP Photos: Photos of the opera.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
MONDAY, May 11
US--FILM-TREK LOVE
LOS ANGELES — Love is in the air aboard the starship Enterprise as the new "Star Trek" has a couple of the sci-fi franchise's classic characters locking lips.
AP Text: Movie Writer David Germain.
AP Photos: Portraits of Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, still from movie.
AP Video: Coverage already available for online and broadcast.
US--FILM REVIEW-ANGELS AND DEMONS
AP Text: Movie Critic Christy Lemire.
AP Photos: Photo from film.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
UK--FILM-BEN STILLER
LONDON — Interview with the actor about his trip to Uganda with Save the Children and his work as a Children's Artist ambassador.
AP Text: No coverage planned
AP Photo: No coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned for broadcast and online.
US--FILM-CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
LOS ANGELES — The cast and director of Atom Egoyan's "Adoration" talk about their memories of the French film festival ahead of its opening Tuesday in Cannes.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: No coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned.
US--FILM-EASY VIRTUE PREMIERE
NEW YORK — Premiere of "Easy Virture" film.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--AP ON TV-SANJAY GUPTA
NEW YORK — "Don't drop me," CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta said as he hopped on the back of a motorcycle for a ride down a dusty Mexican street. He was looking for the boy believed to be the first person diagnosed with swine flu, armed with a picture on his Blackberry. Moved in advance on Friday.
AP Text: Television Writer David Bauder.
AP Photos: Filer of Gupta.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--TV-ALLISON IRAHETA
NEW YORK — Allison Iraheta, the latest "American Idol" contestant to be kicked off the show, discusses her exit.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photo: No coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned for online and broadcast.
US--TV-PREMIERE GLEE
LOS ANGELES — Premiere of Fox TV's "Glee."
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned.
US--MUSIC-YOKO ONO
NEW YORK — Yoko Ono talks about the new John Lennon exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame annex.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photo: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned for online and broadcast.
US--MUSIC-STEVE MARTIN'S BIG BAD BANJO
LOS ANGELES — Steve Martin performs on the banjo.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: Coverage planned
AP Video: No coverage planned.
UK--MUSIC-THE FRAY
LONDON — American rockers The Fray on taking time out and touring their second album.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photo: No coverage planned.
AP Video: Broadcast and online video already available.
US--GAMES-NEWS BYTES
UNDATED — What's new in video games.
AP Text: Lou Kesten.
AP Photos: Filer.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--DARING TO DANCE
NEW YORK — Heidi Latsky had a dream: a dance troupe, but one unlike any other. Yes, this troupe would feature superb dancers with toned and perfect bodies — but also those with missing or twisted limbs. Latsky dreamed of a dance company that challenged audiences' conceptions of beauty and of dance. Moved in advance for Sunday, May 17. An ABRIDGED version will move by May 14. Also moved on NewsFeatures digest.
AP Text: Special Correspondent Helen O'Neill.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned.
US--BROADWAY TIX
NEW YORK — Broadway ticket availability and capsule reviews of shows.
AP Text: Drama Critic Michael Kuchwara.
AP Photo: Photo from "Desire Under the Elms."
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--NIGHT AT THE SMITHSONIAN
WASHINGTON — What happens after dark in the halls of a museum? A few lucky kids will get to find out in the months ahead, thanks to some big promotions and travel deals drawing on the buzz of Hollywood's new museum flick, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian."
AP Text: Brent Zongker.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: No Coverage planned.
TUESDAY, May 12
US--UNIVERSITIES-GOING HOLLYWOOD
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Many know of the University of Michigan through its famous alumni — Madonna, Gerald Ford, Arthur Miller. And ... Gregory House, and Gerald and Karen DeGroot. The last three aren't real at all, of course. House, the eccentric doctor in the TV series of the same name, is a Michigan medical school graduate; the DeGroots are Michigan doctoral candidates who founded the mysterious Dharma Initiative at the center of the ABC serial "Lost."
AP Text: Mike Householder.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--TV-DANCING WITH THE STARS
LOS ANGELES — Another celebrity is dismissed from "Dancing With the Stars" as the show heads into its final week. Show airs from 9 to 10 p.m. EDT.
AP Text: Entertainment Writer Sandy Cohen
AP Photo: Coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--TV-AMERICAN IDOL
LOS ANGELES — The three remaining contestants sing for a shot at the finals.
AP Text: Entertainment Writer Erin Carlson.
AP Photo: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Online coverage planned.
US--AP ON TV-LOST-MICHAEL EMERSON
NEW YORK — The season finale of "Lost" airs Wednesday. But Michael Emerson, who plays the devious Ben, was found last week in a New York cafe discussing his life on the mysterious island (as well as back home, on the isle of Manhattan).
AP Text: Television Writer Frazier Moore.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned.
US--TV-24
LOS ANGELES — Season 7 Emmy event.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned.
EU--FILM-CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
CANNES, France — The Cannes Film Festival gets under way with a lively lineup that includes "Up," the first animated movie to open the event, and films by Quentin Tarantino, Francis Ford Coppola, Sam Raimi and Ang Lee, along with Heath Ledger's final performance.
AP Text: Movie Writer David Germain.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Broadcast and online video coverage planned.
US--FILM REVIEW-MANAGEMENT
AP Text: Movie Critic Christy Lemire.
AP Photos: Photo from film.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
UK--FILM-NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM PREMIER
LONDON — Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Ricky Gervais, Steve Coogan attend the world premiere of "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian."
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned.
US--FILM-DRAG ME TO HELL PREMIERE
LOS ANGELES — Premiere of "Drag Me to Hell."
AP Text: No coverage planned
AP Photos: Coverage Planned
AP Video: No coverage Planned
UK--FILM-RACHEL WEISZ
LONDON — Star of "The Brothers Bloom" talks about life on set and taking her family travelling with her.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: No coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned.
UK--MUSIC-CALVIN HARRIS
LONDON — Music star talks about his rise to fame, writing tunes for adverts and new single "Yeah Yeah Yeah La La La".
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photo: No coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned.
US--GAME REVIEW-WII RACING
UNDATED — Reviews of "ExciteBots Trick Racing," ''NASCAR Kart Racing."
AP Text: Lou Kesten.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
WEDNESDAY, May 13
US--TV-AMERICAN IDOL
LOS ANGELES — And then there were two: the final contestants on "American Idol."
AP Text: Entertainment Writer Derrik J. Lang.
AP Photo: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Online coverage planned.
CN--FILM-RACHEL WEISZ
TORONTO — Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz shows off her lighter side in the con man romp "The Brothers Bloom."
AP Text: Movie Writer David Germain.
AP Photos: Portraits of Weisz, stills from movie.
AP Video: Broadcast and online coverage of the New York premiere from May 7.
US--FILM REVIEW-THE BROTHERS BLOOM
AP Text: Movie Critic Christy Lemire.
AP Photos: Photo from film.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
UK--FILM-JONAS BROTHERS: THE 3D CONCERT EXPERIENCE
LONDON — Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas attend the premiere of their new movie, "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience."
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: Coverage planned.
US--MAXIM'S HOT 100
LOS ANGELES — Maxim unveils its "Hot 100" list.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
US--PEOPLE EN ESPANOL GALA
NEW YORK — People en Espanol magazine's gala.
AP Text: No coverage planned.
AP Photos: Coverage planned.
AP Video: No coverage planned.
THURSDAY, May 14
FRIDAY, May 15
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