Peter McKay - This coming weekend, the second of our children will graduate from college. We've gotten one son successfully out in the real word and on his own, and within a matter of weeks, another one will have flown the nest.
Entertainment
Review: New `Pirates' sails old familiar, seas (AP)
AP - At two hours and 16 minutes, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" — the fourth film in the ridiculously successful Disney franchise — is the shortest in the series. But it still feels overlong and overstuffed: needlessly convoluted yet, at the same time, phoned-in.
Lady Gaga to perform on Letterman in album media blitz (Reuters)
Reuters - Lady Gaga will perform on "The Late Show with David Letterman" next week on the day her much-awaited new album "Born This Way" is released, broadcaster CBS said on Monday.
Simon Cowell, prehistoric Earth features on Fox (AP)
AP - Fox is canceling "America's Most Wanted," the Saturday night show that has profiled criminals on the lam since 1988, and replacing it with reruns.
Terrence Malick's long-awaited return splits Cannes (Reuters)
Reuters - The long wait for U.S. director Terrence Malick's return to the screen ended Monday with a mix of loud applause and jeers, as his drama "The Tree of Life" appeared to split critics at the Cannes film festival.
Denzel Washington receives honorary Penn degree (AP)
AP - Denzel Washington confessed to a bit of stage fright in his latest role: Commencement speaker at the University of Pennsylvania.
'Spider-Man' musical posts respectable numbers (AP)
AP - The retooled "Spider-Man" musical is still managing to spin its web at the box office.
'Dougie' rapper M-Bone slain in Calif. drive-by (AP)
AP - M-Bone of the rap group Cali Swag District, which scored a hit last year with the song "Teach Me How to Dougie," was killed in a weekend drive-by shooting as he sat in a car outside a liquor store, police said Monday.
'The Four Freshmen' tenor Bob Flanigan dies at 84 (AP)
AP - Bob Flanigan, an original member of the four-part jazz vocal harmony group The Four Freshmen, has died in Las Vegas at age 84, a manager of the group said Monday.
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