Dylan inducted as honorary member of arts academy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Chabon had long been mystified by that Bob Dylan lyric about "midnight's broken toe."... Read More

'The Office': shutting down on NBC after 8 years

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.... Read More

Kennedy Center revises way honorees are selected

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has a new process to select artists who receive one of the nation's top arts prizes, the Kennedy Center Honors, after an outside group... Read More

Hot off the press: Seen and heard in Cannes

CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:... Read More

Ticketmaster settles rewards lawsuit for $23M

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Ticketmaster has agreed to settle claims for up to $23 million over a lawsuit affecting more than a million people who, after buying a ticket online, were enrolled in a rewards... Read More

Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes

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... Read More

'Vampire Diaries' star understands fans passion

NEW YORK (AP) -- "The Vampire Diaries" is known for its twists and turns, and one of its stars, Ian Somerhalder, says Thursday night's season finale won't be any different.... Read More

Coetzee tells Spain: Drop pro-bullfighting law

LONDON (AP) -- Nobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he called "an archaic form of entertain... Read More

'Glee's' Lynch and dog go to bat for shelter mutts

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Jane Lynch doesn't mind being upstaged by her latest co-star, Olivia - after all she "has no bad side, she is always ready to pose and she sits perfectly still when you put her... Read More

At Cannes, Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom

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.... Read More