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Arthel “Doc” Watson, the legendary North Carolina guitarist and one of the most iconic American musicians of the 20th century, died Tuesday evening at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. He was 89 years old.

The subject of picking parties arose naturally from some recent events: the coming of summer, the news that the biggest event in bluegrass music will unfold in Raleigh next year, and, sadly, the death of Earl Scruggs.

With the conclusion of the world's most prestigious film festival Sunday, the 2012 awards picture remains nearly as much a mystery as it was when Cannes began.

Once you saw past the stage smoke and secret curtain, the great and powerful Oz seemed like a pretty lonely guy whose citadel had too many hallways and not enough heartbeats. It's hard not to wonder if the same applies to Hollywood wizard Rick Baker, but maybe that's just because of the giant hourglass and the flying monkeys that decorate his shadowy office.

Surrounded by a Norse god, a super soldier, a deadly spy, a brilliant scientist who can become an 8-foot-tall rage monster, and, well, Tony Stark, it might have been easy for Cobie Smulders to get lost in the muscle-clad crowd.

The comic action heroes of "Men in Black 3" have taken over the weekend box office from the comic-book superheroes of "The Avengers."

The suits have knocked off the superheroes at the box office.

As he received an honorary doctorate Sunday, Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro told Bates College graduates that despite his own lack of formal education, he made out OK.

In a May 26 story about the film "Mud," The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of the film's director. His name is Jeff Nichols, not David Nichols.

Nicole Kidman's red carpet date travelled for 35 hours to join her in Cannes.

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' "Men in Black 3" has taken over the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with a $69.3 million debut over the four-day Memorial Day weekend.

Charlize Theron's evil queen costumes for "Snow White and the Huntsman" called for hundreds of hand-cut rooster feathers, thousands of iridescent beetle wings from Thailand and one particularly imposing crown.

An open letter to the people in charge of programming for the major television networks from the people who watch that programming.

The meteoric performance of "The Avengers" has been the buzz of Hollywood in recent weeks, with the superhero film zooming to more than $1 billion in worldwide receipts in just 19 days. But the real box-office shocker of the season features no comic book crusaders, aliens or computerized special effects.

Some "Men in Black" took down both aliens and superheroes at the box office this weekend, as the third installment in the sci-fi comedy series knocked "The Avengers" out of the No. 1 position after four weeks.

There was Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman, red carpet glamour and a crop of new Academy Award contenders - but this was also the year the global financial crisis exploded onto movie screens at Cannes.

Watching a film get an award is rarely as moving and emotional as watching the film itself, but that was the experience Sunday night at the Cannes Film Festival when Michael Haneke's "Amour" won the Palme d'Or.

Actress Audrey Tautou, known for her sweet and light roles in such films as "Amelie," praised the late director Claude Miller as a "bright and passionate" filmmaker who helped her turn in a darker direction in his final film.

Nicole Kidman's red carpet date travelled for 35 hours to join her in Cannes.