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This photo provided by Disney Parks, shows an artist's rendering that depicts the proposed Shanghai Disney Resort. Walt Disney Co. and its Shanghai partner broke ground Friday, April 8, 2011 for a long-awaited theme park that Disney hopes will draw legions of newly affluent Chinese and provide a cornerstone for its brand in the world's most populous country. (AP Photo/Disney Parks)
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FILE - In this March 9, 2011 file photo, Larry King arrives to the Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, file)
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Filmmaker Ken Burns looks at a book of Civil War draft records during a news conference at the National Archives in Washington, Wednesday, April 6, 2011, in conjunction with Ancestry.com, making newly digitized Civil War records available online. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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In this book cover image released by Philomel Books, "Between Shades of Gray," by Ruta Sepetys, is shown. (AP Photo/Philomel)
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In this April 5, 2008 photo, Peruvian opera tenor Juan Diego Florez and his wife, Australian Julia Trappe Florez, pose for photographers after their wedding in Lima, Peru. Juan Diego Florez assisted two mid-wives as they helped Julia deliver their first child, Leandro Florez at 12:25 p.m., on Saturday, April 9, 2011, in New York. Juan Diego Florez was able to hold his son for a moment before rushing off for his 1 p.m. performance at the Metropolitan Opera. (AP Photo/Karel Navarro)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005 file picture, director Sidney Lumet, right, receives an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences during the 77th Academy Awards telecast in Los Angeles, presented by actor Al Pacino. Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died his family said Saturday, April 9, 2011. He was 86. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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FILE - This Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006 picture shows director Sidney Lumet during an interview in his New York office where he discussed the current state of TV news, the focus of his 1976 film, "Network." Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Network," "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died the family said Saturday, April 9, 2011. He was 86. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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** FILE ** This Tuesday Jan. 31, 2006, picture shows director Sidney Lumet during an interview in his New York office where he discussed the current state of TV news, the focus of his 1976 film, "Network." Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as "Serpico," "Dog Day Afternoon" and "12 Angry Men," has died, the family said Saturday, April 9, 2011. He was 86. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
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This Friday, Oct. 24, 2008 picture shows, from left, the 'Today Show' team Matt Lauer, Ann Curry, Meredith Vieira and Al Roker at the Friars Club Roast of 'Today Show' host Matt Lauer in New York. NBC's "Today" show has been one of the most stable and successful programs in the history of television over the past 15 years. Now it faces the possibility of a major makeover. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2008 file photo, producer Nigel Lythgoe, left, and his son, producer Simon Lythgoe pose on the press line at the premiere of the feature film "Tropic Thunder" in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)
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This Thursday, April 7, 2011 photo courtesy of Julie Skarratt shows, from left to right, Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis, musician Eric Clapton and blues legend Taj Mahal during Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2011 Annual Gala in New York. The organization raised more than $3.6 million dollars via the Gala, which will benefit the thousands of performance, education and broadcast events that the organization produces each year. (AP Photo/Julie Skarratt)
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In this publicity image released by NBC, co-host Matt Lauer, left, talks with actress Anne Hathaway as she appears on the "Today" show to talk about her role in the animated film, "Rio" Thursday, April 7, 2011 in New York. (AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer)
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In this film publicity image released by TriStar Pictures, Carrie Underwood is shown in a scene from "Soul Surfer." (AP Photo/TriStar Pictures, Mario Perez)
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Russell Brand portrays a booze-soaked playboy and heir of the family fortune in "Arthur." (Associated Press)
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From left, Jennifer Nettles, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Martina McBride and Carrie Underwood perform at "Girls Night Out: Superstar Women of Country" in Las Vegas on Monday. (Associated Press)
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From left, Natalie Portman, Danny McBride, James Franco and Zooey Deschanel star in director David Gordon Green's fantasy-comedy "Your Highness." (Associated Press)
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Tom and Tara Frazier of Annandale fly rainbow-colored kites alongside other aficiandos at the 2008 Kite Festival, part of the kickoff festivities for the National Cherry Blossom Festival for 45 years. The event is in peril this year because of the chance the federal government will be shut down if the budget battle on Capitol Hill remains unresolved. (The Washington Times)
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In this publicity image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Eve, the first wild-born calf of an elephant that was rescued and rehabilitated by Dame Daphne Sheldrick, is shown during the filming of,"Born To Be Wild 3D." The 40-minute documentary, narrated by Oscar winning actor Morgan Freeman, opens Friday, April 8, 2011, in IMAX theaters across the U.S. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Drew Fellman)
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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns told an audience at the National Archives in Washington on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, that he, too, found a family connection in the archives for the Civil War. It turns out his great-great-grandfather Abraham Burns was a member of the horse artillery. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, the National Archives and Ancestry.com announced Wednesday that Civil War archives now will be available online outside the archives. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns (right) and TV journalist and author Cheryl Wills look at a book that contains Civil War draft registration records at the National Archives in Washington on Wednesday, April 6, 2011, following the announcement that Civil War records such as these will now be available online at Ancestry.com. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
