AP - Jazz crooner Tony Bennett handed out dozens of new instruments Thursday to students at a charter school founded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, hoping the tubas, trumpets and trombones would be used to carry on New Orleans' vibrant musical tradition.
Reuters - Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica has dropped out of a race this weekend after suffering minor injuries in a car crash on the outskirts of his Caribbean homeland's capital, his agent said on Thursday. -- read full article
Reuters - A new German film turns the spotlight on a man many in the country would rather forget: Veit Harlan, director of infamous Nazi propaganda movie "Jud Suess," a wartime hit which helped set the tone for the Holocaust. -- read full article
Reuters - U.S. toymaker Hasbro Inc and Discovery Communications unveiled a joint venture on Thursday for a television network and website that will carry children's programs featuring brands like G.I. Joe, Transformers and My Little Pony. -- read full article
AP - Matt Giraud says he expects to see his name on a trivia card — the first "American Idol" contestant to get a judges' reprieve when the audience vote went against him.
AP - It's become standard practice for TV shows to use edgy, contemporary songs at key plot points, whether it's an OMG moment on "Gossip Girl" or the latest Izzie drama on "Grey's Anatomy."
Reuters - Regal Entertainment Group, the No. 1 U.S. movie theater operator, posted a lower quarterly profit and said its box office receipts failed to match up to the brisk pace of the industry. -- read full article
Playbill - PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American popular song, goes into the studio April 29 to record the Off-Broadway cast album of Scott Brown and Anthony King's showbiz satire, Gutenberg! The Musical! -- read full article
