JAKE COYLE

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

CANNES, France (AP) -- Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley Girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione. The 23-year-old "Harry Potter" actress stars in Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," which premiered Thursday at the...

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

LONDON (AP) -- Hit boy band One Direction has announced plans for an ambitious world tour in 2014. Plans call for the youthful chart-toppers to play major stadiums in Latin America, Britain and Ireland during the first leg of the mega-tour that begins in April. U.S. dates are expected to be...

FRAZIER MOORE

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) -- As "The Office" airs its series finale after eight years on NBC, the time feels right to salute the show that spawned it. I'm talking, of course, about the BBC-produced, British version of "The Office," starring a previously unknown scamp named Ricky Gervais, who also served...

DERRIK J. LANG

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- One is a little bit country. The other is a little bit R&B. Either country crooner Kree Harrison or vocal powerhouse Candice Glover will be revealed Thursday night as the 12th season champion of "American Idol." The winning finalist of the Fox singing competition will...

JAKE COYLE

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

CANNES, France (AP) -- Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a work-in-progress cut of a film he had spent years wrestling with: "Apocalypse Now." "I have nice memories of Cannes," Coppola...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) — When the school year ends a few weeks from now, millions of kids will head off to sleepaway camp for a summer filled with color wars, kayaking and bunk life. Most will have a great time, some will make friends for life, and many will look back on the experience fondly. But...

Updated: Thu, May 16, 2013

SPARTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Michigan fruit tree growers who suffered devastating freeze losses one year ago seem to have sustained less serious damage from this week's late frost. Growers took extraordinary steps ahead of Monday's frost and freeze warnings, using helicopters, wind machines,...

Elizabeth Larner

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

Emma's moving on from 'Harry Potter' Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley Girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione Granger. The 23-year-old "Harry Potter" actress stars in Sofia Coppola's "The Bling Ring," which...

Kelly Jane Torrance

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

Simon Pegg got rather a start when he first read the script for "Star Trek Into Darkness." Playing the Enterprise's chief engineer, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, Pegg was one of the stars of J.J. Abrams' 2009 "Star Trek" reboot. But early in the sequel, which opened this week, Scotty and Captain...

Marie Gullard

Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

Don't look for a gremlin when checking out the music of Gizmo at Bohemian Caverns. Instead, expect a 22-year-old bass guitarist from Philadelphia named Kenneth Rodgers, whose parents nicknamed him after a favorite movie, "Gremlins." The name may be an attention-grabber, but it is the music of...