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Ryan Gosling breaks Cannes' heart, misses premiere

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The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling.

Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th

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Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western...

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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival

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Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.

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Ai Weiwei uses music to mock state power in China

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Two emotionless prison guards watch Ai Weiwei as he eats, sleeps, paces, showers _ and even sits on the toilet _ in the Chinese artist's new obscenity-filled,...

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Hosseini discusses new novel at NYC reading

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Khaled Hosseini, whose novels have sold more than 38 million copies worldwide, knows what a lucky man he is.

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Aretha Franklin taking June off, postponing shows

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Aretha Franklin is taking off the month of June.

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Singer Kellie Pickler named new `Dancing' champ

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Kellie Pickler came into the final "Dancing With the Stars" episode in second place but finished in first.

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Library honors Carole King with US pop music prize

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Carole King isn't done with music _ not yet anyway.

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Burt Bacharach opens up on daughter's suicide

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Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional _ not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages. He knew that being honest...

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Lawyer: No background check done on Jackson doctor

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AEG Live LLC did not conduct any background checks or supervise the doctor who was later convicted of killing Michael Jackson, a corporate attorney testified...

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Two charter airplanes carrying the "Today" show anchor team and their crew from Hawaii to Yellowstone National Park were diverted in the air to Oklahoma for...

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Man pleads guilty in Picasso vandalism case

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A man accused of vandalizing a 1929 Pablo Picasso painting in a Houston museum _ an act that was caught on cellphone video _ agreed Tuesday to a two-year prison...

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Harry Potter book with author notes sold for $228K

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For fans of the boy wizard, this could be the most coveted copy of all the "Harry Potter" books in the world.

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Muppets creator Henson's items head to NYC museum

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The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens.

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The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store

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iTunes' Official Music Charts for the week ending May 20, 2013

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Sorrentino, Bruni Tedeschi bring Italy to Cannes

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La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui.

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Birth of anteater has Conn. zoo staff puzzled

An anteater has given birth at a Connecticut conservation center, prompting officials there to wonder how the mother conceived. Full Story

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Japan watchdog: Nuclear plant sits on active fault

Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath one of two reactors at an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the reactor's restart ... Full Story

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