CANNES, France — Before "Fruitvale Station," Michael B. Jordan was glimpsed sporadically in supporting roles on TV shows like "The Wire" and "Friday Night Lights," and in films like "Chronicle" and "Red Tails." Read more

PARIS — Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins at the homes of Hollywood celebrities, French officials said Friday. Read more

LONDON — George Michael was being treated at a hospital Friday for what his publicist called minor injuries after being a passenger in a car crash near London. Read more

AUSTIN, Texas — Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 DWI arrest in North Texas. Read more

BERLIN — Conveyor belts hum quietly, towering over piles of dark red wax. A giant mauve object that looks like a deflating balloon sprawls and sags its way across three rooms. A dark pigment circle creates the illusion of a black hole opening up in the floor. And there are lots of mirrors: convex, concave... Read more

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When the producers of the Academy of Country Music's annual television special approached Tim McGraw about the 2013 edition, the country music star immediately flashed on the program's format. Read more

CANNES, France — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: Read more

NEW YORK — Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the largest gaps in the e-book catalogue - poetry. Read more

LOS ANGELES — Forget the DVR. Read more

BERLIN — Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal. Read more

MUMBAI, India — In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of spinning wheels called the Ring of Death. Read more

NEW YORK — In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap. Read more

NEW YORK — That's a wrap! Read more

NEW YORK — A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction. Read more

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — Los Angeles County prosecutors say they've charged a former "Days of Our Lives" actor with selling cocaine out of his Agoura Hills home. Read more

Week ending May 12th, 2013, powered by Nielsen BookScan. Copyright 2013 The Nielsen Company. Read more

NEW YORK — Two reasons for the popularity of the USA series "Psych" are its inside jokes and theme storylines, like the recent 100th episode inspired by the movie "Clue" that had multiple endings. Read more

NEW YORK — What do you get when you take a 70-page melodrama at the center of "War and Peace" and turn it into a musical? Now layer dance music onto the traditional Russian folk music. Now put it in a tent. While you're at it, throw in a meal and strobe lights. Read more

NEW YORK — 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

WASHINGTON — 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 last year said Latinos have been largely excluded. Read more