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"The Hangover Part II" features (from left) Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis. The movie suffers due to a perceived need to top the 2009 original by introducing heightened versions of that film's basic elements.
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"I'm all about creating productions that are accessible to the audience," opera/theater director Francesca Zambello says. (Associated Press)
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Nilai Sarda, 11, bottom left, from Atlanta, Ga., waves as he and the other 10 finalists in the 2011 National Geographic Bee take their places on stage at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 to begin the competition. The finalists all ranged in age from 10 to 13. Nilai came in second place. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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** FILE ** Kimberly Adams waits outside Harpo Studios before the final taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in Chicago, Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The finale will air on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
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Lukas Nelson, the son of country music great Willie Nelson, is a guitarist in his own right and will play with his father on a tour that begins Friday in Philadelphia. (Associated Press)
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Guitarist Lukas Nelson is on the road again with his famous father, country music superstar Willie Nelson. (Associated Press)
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Jessica Chastain promotes Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" at the 64th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, earlier this month. "I'm just nervous that I'm going to be the newcomer that everyone's sick of, and they don't even know my name." she said. (Associated Press)
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Mark Burnett and his wife, actress Roma Downey, are producing the 10-part docudrama "The Bible" for the History Channel. The series combines live action with computer-generated imagery. (Associated Press)
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Navy went 3-26 under Ed DeChellis last season. (Associated Press)
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In this photo combination of file images released by ABC, actress Kirstie Alley and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy perform on the celebrity dance competition series, "Dancing with the Stars," in Los Angeles, on March 28, 2011, at left, and May 16, 2011, at right. Alley has been losing weight week-after-week during the competition. (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Taylor, File)
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An undated two-image photo released Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, by Yemen's Interior Ministry purportedly shows bomb-making suspect Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri. (AP Photo/Yemen Interior Ministry)
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Performing arts venues such as the Shakespeare Theatre Company would be affected by the proposed extension of the District of Columbia's 6 percent sales tax to include ticket sales for all live performances. (Photo by Scott Suchman)
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Private art collections such as the Corcoran Gallery of Art would have to pay a 6 percent tax on ticket sales under the 2012 budget proposal submitted by D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray. (Associated Press)
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Brad Paisley tips his hat to country music's roots in the South with his new album, which is filled with genre staples and showcases his talent on the Telecaster. ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Associated Press Lance Armstrong, shown in Brisbane, Australia, won the Tour de France seven times, including every year from 1999 to 2005.
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Former Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. says he hopes to become an influential national voice on Republican politics through books, radio and television gigs. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS American journalist Lawrence Wright performs in his one-man play "The Human Scale" at the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Mr. Wright, who has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize, stood before an Israeli theater audience with his one-man play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a modest goal: to hold up a mirror to Israelis and show them why he's concerned about the future of their region.
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Barnes & Noble's Nook electronic reader now accounts for 28 percent of the market for those devices. It has the potential to go beyond books to deliver all types of digital products, including music, magazines, TV shows and movies. Cable television mogul John Malone is offering $1 billion to buy the bookstore chain. (Associated Press)
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Preakness: Trainer Kathy Ritvo, left, watches as Preakness contender Mucho Macho Man waits on the track at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Thursday, May 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Dietz)
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** FILE ** In this April 4, 2011, file photo, actor and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, poses after receiving the insignia of Chevalier in the Order of the Legion of Honor during the MIPTV (International Television Programme Market) in Cannes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
