26 May. 20128:42 PM ET

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Sweden's Loreen clinched the top spot at this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her dance hit "Euphoria," pushing aside competition from a sextet of Russian grannies and a Serbian balladeer.

26 May. 20122:24 PM ET

CANNES, France (AP) — "After Lucia" by Mexican director Michel Franco has won the top prize in the Cannes Film Festival's sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard.

26 May. 201212:28 PM ET

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Grammy-winning folk musician Doc Watson remains in critical condition at a North Carolina hospital after undergoing colon surgery this week.

26 May. 201212:05 PM ET

CANNES, France (AP) — To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege. To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune — and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of independent cinema.

26 May. 20121:01 PM ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music star George Jones has been released from the hospital.

26 May. 20123:21 AM ET

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco's glittering Mawazine international music festival wraps up this weekend with performances by Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz, after nine days of showcasing the North African kingdom's cool factor — even as dissident Moroccan musicians are imprisoned for their anti-establishment lyrics.

26 May. 201211:40 AM ET

CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes film festival on Saturday wrapped up the movies in competition wading deep in the Mississippi river with "Mud," a heart-wrenching, Mark Twain-influenced tale of a teenage boy searching for the meaning of life in a harsh world and starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon.

25 May. 20122:49 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Coming in second on "American Idol" may still be a path to superstardom, but it no longer offers guaranteed paychecks worthy of the next pop idol or rock star.

26 May. 20123:57 AM ET

WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Former adult film star Jenna Jameson has been arrested in Southern California for investigation of driving under the influence after she struck a light pole with her vehicle.