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A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for cover.

Candice Glover of Beaufort, South Carolina is the winner of the 12th season of Fox's "American Idol." Candice managed to beat out Woodville, Texas-native Kree Harrison to become the first woman to win the title since season six winner Jordin Sparks.

Millions of fans actually watched the season-two finale of the ABC drama "Scandal" the old-fashioned way: on a TV screen, as it was fed from the network to their local affiliates.

The NBC workplace comedy, set at the fictional company's Scranton, Pa., branch, aired its finale Thursday to end an eight-year run.

A former miner, Shane became a club singer and comic after suffering an accident at a colliery in the late 1960s.

EDS NOTE: NUDITY - This image provided by Christie's Auction House shows a 1991 painting by artist John Currin entitled "Bea Arthur Naked". The painting was sold at auction by Christies in New York, for $1.9 million during their "Post War and Contemporary Art Sale, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

"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.

Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a work-in-progress cut of a film he had spent years wrestling with: "Apocalypse Now." "I have nice memories of Cannes," Coppola said in an interview Thursday on the roof of the Palais, the festival center.

Listening to actor Simon Helberg talk about "The Big Bang Theory," you'd think his show was actually a nerdy nighttime soap.

As Ol' Dirty Bastard rhymes in "Brooklyn Zoo II," "When you take north, east, west, south/and put it all together and it spell newwwwws!" Know what else spell news? A star-powered hip-hop festival announcing that two rap legends - not figurative legends, mind you; one's been dead eight years, the other 18 - will perform this fall.

Born in New Jersey, she graduated from Iowa University and studied for two years at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.

For most of the last three decades, ABBA was but a memory for Agnetha Faltskog. She made concerted efforts to leave behind her past as one of two principal singers of the best-selling 1970s Swedish quartet, best known for the pop classic "Dancing Queen." "There was several years after I had stopped with the group that I couldn't listen to the ... (more)

It's down to the final two on Fox's "American Idol." Tonight Kree Harrison and Candice Glover face off in their final performances before host Ryan Seacrest announces the winner on the season finale Thursday.

In a letter on her website , the 31-year-old entertainer apologized to her "dearest fans" in Antwerp, Belgium, who missed out on seeing the singer perform Tuesday.

Wednesday, though, was a day for star power. Spielberg has had films at Cannes before, including "E.T." and "Sugarland Express," but never in competition.

Actress Cameron Diaz rushed to the aid of a fellow diner who accidentally set his menu on fire while enjoying a meal in a New York City restaurant on Sunday.

Let's be honest here: Hot, toned bods are usually a delightful sight to behold, but sometimes, too much exposure can eventually turn sighs of glee into sighs of "not again..." We take a moment to address a few celebrities whom we think should start cultivating the habit of covering up:

AEG Live considered "pulling the plug" on Michael Jackson's comeback concerts 11 days before the pop icon died, the show's choreographer testified Tuesday.

Miranda Lambert admits she used to be bothered by tabloid rumors about her, but now she can laugh at them.

ABC says it is adding 14 new shows to its lineup next season, including a spinoff of its fairytale drama, "Once Upon a Time," and an action-adventure series drawn from the Marvel Comics world.