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Jump! Jump! (Peter McKay)

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.

Review: New `Pirates' sails old familiar, seas (AP)

In this film publicity image released by Disney, Johnny Depp, left,  Penelope Cruz, right, and Ian McShane, background are shown in a scene from, 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.' (AP Photo/Disney, Peter Mountain)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)

FILE - In this March 12, 2009 file photo, John Walsh, host of the television show 'America's Most Wanted,' is photographed in New York. Fox is cancelling 'America's Most Wanted,' the Saturday night show that has profiled criminals on the lam since 1988, and replacing it on the network's regular schedule with reruns. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, file)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)

Actor Brad Pitt attends a news conference for the film 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)

Actor Denzel Washington makes remarks during the University of Pennsylvania's 255th Commencement Monday, May 16, 2011, in Philadelphia. Washington, whose son Malcolm  attends the Ivy League school, received an honorary degree at the ceremony.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)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)

*** ADDS THEATER AND LOCTION *** Patrick Page, right, Jennifer Damiano, second from right, Reeve Carney, second from left, and T.V. Carpio, left, react to audience applause during the curtain call for 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' following the first preview performance of the revamped show at the Foxwoods Theatre in New York Thursday May 12, 2011.  The musical returned after a three-week hiatus to fix problems with the show and is scheduled to open June 14th. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)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)

In this photo taken Oct.,1, 2010, M-Bone of Cali Swag District performs during rehearsals for the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta.  Police say M-Bone, whose real name is Mante Ray Talbert, was killed in a drive-by shooting Sunday, May 15, 2011, while sitting in a car outside an Inglewood liquor store. He was 22. (AP Photo/PictureGroup, Paul Abell)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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