`Alice' still reigns at box office with $34.5M
Alice remains the queen of the box office.

Cannes-winning director goes for emotion in 'Lola'
Philippine director Brillante Mendoza says he hopes his new movie about two grandmothers will resonate with a broader audience than his dark Cannes-winning crime thriller "Kinatay."

Tang premieres new film after reported China ban
Chinese actress Tang Wei returned to the red carpet on Sunday, promoting her first movie since the 2007 Ang Lee spy thriller "Lust, Caution," a politically sensitive production that reportedly prompted officials to ban her in her home country.

Vienna makes first woman concertmaster permanent
The Vienna Philharmonic has permanently appointed its first woman concertmaster.

Lady Gaga fires back in NY court at music producer
Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for $30.5 million.

Ian McEwan plans opera version of 'Atonement'
It was a book, then an award-winning film. Now Ian McEwan's "Atonement" is to become an opera.

Stars compete for British theater's Olivier Awards
Stars including Jude Law, Keira Knightley and Rachel Weisz are competing for London's Laurence Olivier theater awards.

Late Mass. monk's poems recall Khmer Rouge horrors
During Buddhist monk Ly Van Aggadipo's final days, he wrote often in a notebook. Temple followers knew the nonagenarian spiritual mentor to many local Cambodian refugees was recording some sort of personal history, but they weren't sure what.

Court: Anna Nicole Smith gets none of oil fortune
The elderly Texas billionaire who married Anna Nicole Smith in the last year of his life never intended to leave the former stripper any portion of his vast fortune, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

Earnhardt visits `Handy Manny' prime-time special
The children's animated TV series "Handy Manny Big Race" is going prime time Saturday night with Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

Ellen presents $30K to Miss. lesbian in prom flap
A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her school's prom policy has received a $30,000 scholarship on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."