FILE - This March 26, 1953 file photo shows poet and author Langston Hughes speaking before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in Washington, D.C. Hughes, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, and Wallace Stevens are among the poets whose work recently became available in electronic format. Random House Inc., W.W. Norton and several other publishers now routinely release new books in both print and digital versions.

Poetry finally joining e-book revolution

Over the past two years, publishers have been steadily filling one of the largest gaps in the e-book catalogue - poetry.

Kerry Washington arrives at the Academy of Television Art and Sciences' event with the cast and producers of "Scandal".

'Scandal' cast performs finale live for Academy

Forget the DVR.

Bieber will have to pay for German monkey business

Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal. Photo Gallery Available

In this April 11, 2013 photo, Biju Nair, principal clown at Rambo Circus, looks at a mirror before a performance on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. Nair who literally ran away and joined the circus at the age of 10 says he scours YouTube for videos of international clowning acts to give him new ideas with help from other performers who know how to read and write, since he never learned. Circuses around the world may struggle to compete with an ever-increasing array of entertainment options, but India’s once-widespread industry in particular has gone through cataclysmic changes.

Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans

In the early morning heat and dust, daily practice at the Rambo Circus is in full swing. A trapeze creaks as two performers perfect their throws. A Colombian daredevil shouts to his colleagues scrambling atop a giant set of spinning wheels called the Ring of Death. Photo Gallery Available

NYers furious over photos taken through windows

In one photo, a woman is on all fours, presumably picking something up, her posterior pressed against a glass window. Another photo shows a couple in bathrobes, their feet touching beneath a table. And there is one of a man, in jeans and a T-shirt, lying on his side as he takes a nap. Photo Gallery Available

This publicity image released by NBC shows the cast of "The Office," from left, Phyllis Smith as Phyllis Vance, Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly Halpert, Jake Lacy as Pete, Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute, Ellie Kemper as Erin Hannon, right, in a scene from the series finale, airing Thursday, May 16, 2013 on NBC.

Paper wrap: 'The Office' ends its 8-year run

That's a wrap!

Bea Arthur topless painting fetches $1.9M in NYC

A painting of actress Bea Arthur topless has sold for $1.9 million at a New York City auction.

Former soap actor charged with selling cocaine

Los Angeles County prosecutors say they've charged a former "Days of Our Lives" actor with selling cocaine out of his Agoura Hills home.

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This publicity image released by USA Network shows Dule Hill, center left, and James Roday, center right, performing a musical number at the 2013 USA Network Upfront at Pier 36 in New York on Thursday, May 16, 2013. At the network's annual upfront presentation for advertisers Thursday, James Roday and Dule Hill said for the show's eighth season, which they're filming now, Roday said the cast and crew are planning to remake a previous episode.

'Psych' stars Roday and Hill tease episode remake

Two reasons for the popularity of the USA series "Psych" are its inside jokes and theme storylines, like the recent 100th episode inspired by the movie "Clue" that had multiple endings. Photo Gallery Available

This undated theater image released by The Hartman Group shows Blake DeLong, left, with an audience member in "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812," a dinner theater performance that opened Thursday, May 15, 2013 in the meatpacking district of New York.

Review: Musical using Leo Tolstoy a messy thrill

What do you get when you take a 70-page melodrama at the center of "War and Peace" and turn it into a musical? Now layer dance music onto the traditional Russian folk music. Now put it in a tent. While you're at it, throw in a meal and strobe lights. Photo Gallery Available

This undated publicity photo released by NBC shows John Krasinski as Jim Halpert in the "Finale" episode for "The Office," Season 9, on NBC.

'The Office': shutting down on NBC after 8 years

As "The Office" airs its series finale after eight years on NBC, the time feels right to salute the show that spawned it. Photo Gallery Available

Kennedy Center revises way honorees are selected

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has a new process to select artists who receive one of the nation's top arts prizes, the Kennedy Center Honors, after an outside group last year said Latinos have been largely excluded.

Director Sofia Coppola poses for photographers during a photo call for the film The Bling Ring at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes

Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival. 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." Photo Gallery Available

The CW network releases its schedule

The CW network's prime-time schedule for the fall:

Ticketmaster settles rewards lawsuit for $23M

Ticketmaster has agreed to settle claims for up to $23 million over a lawsuit affecting more than a million people who, after buying a ticket online, were enrolled in a rewards program that cost $9 a month but never gave them any benefits.

Ian Somerhalder, from "The Vampire Diaries," attends the CW Upfront on Thursday, May 16, 2013 in New York.

'Vampire Diaries' star understands fans passion

"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. Photo Gallery Available

Spanish bullfighter David Galan performs with a Jose Escolar's ranch fighting bull during a bullfight of the San Isidro fair at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid, Monday, May 13, 2013. For a month bullfights take place every afternoon in what has been recognized as one of the most important bullfighting fairs in the world. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain and the season runs from March to October.

Coetzee tells Spain: Drop pro-bullfighting law

Nobel Literature laureate J.M. Coetzee has called on Spain to abandon plans to protect bullfighting, making a rare public appeal against what he called "an archaic form of entertainment." Photo Gallery Available

In this Nov. 7, 2012, photo released by Shelter Me shows Finn, a former shelter dog bringing comfort to patient Jacob Chodash, who had a brain tumor removed, and his parents at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

'Glee's' Lynch and dog go to bat for shelter mutts

Jane Lynch doesn't mind being upstaged by her latest co-star, Olivia - after all she "has no bad side, she is always ready to pose and she sits perfectly still when you put her in your lap. Photo Gallery Available

This March 14, 2013 photo shows members of the band Vampire Weekend, from left, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, Ezra Koenig, and Chris Thomson posing during the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. The band's latest album, "Modern Vampires of the City," was released on Tuesday.

Vampire Weekend switch it up, some, on third album

The guys in Vampire Weekend changed how they wrote songs, how they record and what an album of theirs even looks like - the cover for "Modern Vampires of the City" is not another artsy old Polaroid, but a 1966 black-and-white photo of a smoggy New York skyline. Photo Gallery Available

Boston Symphony Orchestra names new music director

Andris (AHN'-driss) Nelsons has been named music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The Hollywood Reporter's best stories of the week

The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week:

At Cannes, Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom

Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival, relishing a Valley Girl role far from her wise-beyond-her-years Hermione. Photo Gallery Available

This CD cover image released by Amy Grant Productions/Sparrow Records shows "How Mercy Looks From Here," the latest release by Amy Grant.

Review: Grant returns gracefully with new album

Amy Grant, "How Mercy Looks From Here" (Capitol Christian)

This undated publicity photo released by Fox shows, Candice Glover, left, and Kree Harrison from "American Idol: The Final 2." The current 12th season is set to conclude Thursday, May 16, 2013, with a showdown between the 23-year-old R&B vocalist Glover of St. Helena Island, S.C., and the 22-year-old country crooner Harrison of Woodville, Texas.

How Candice Glover won 'American Idol'

With a flawless voice that recalled past "American Idol" finalist Jennifer Hudson and a sense of determination after not making it in previous seasons, Candice Glover did the one thing Hudson wasn't able to do: She won the title of "American Idol." Photo Gallery Available

The pink kitchen is pictured with cupcakes in the Barbie Dreamhouse Experience near Alexanderplatz square in Berlin, Germany, Thursday May 16, 2013. The 2,500 square meter Barbie Dreamhouse Experience will be open for three months in Berlin.

Protesters picket Barbie-themed house in Berlin

It probably wasn't the reception Barbie was hoping for at the start of her European tour. Photo Gallery Available

Review: 'Metro: Last Light' a can't-miss shooter

What are you doing after the apocalypse?

This publicity image released by The CW shows Aimee Teegarden as Emery, center, and Matt Lanter as Roman in the pilot episode of the new series "Starcrossed," airing this fall on the CW.

CW to air iHeartRadio Music Festival next season

The CW network is bringing a popular radio music series to television and is going heavy on escapist fare in its new programming for next season. Photo Gallery Available

Director Francois Ozon, second right, poses with actors, from right, Geraldine Pailhas, Marine Vacth and Fantin Ravat during a photo call for the film Young & Beautiful at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Model-actress Marine Vacth a Cannes rising star

Cannes has been the birthplace of many a star, and the latest candidate to shine is Marine Vacth, who plays a teenager confronting the complexities of adolescent sexuality in Francois Ozon's "Jeune et Jolie" ("Young and Beautiful.") Photo Gallery Available

Exhibition of secretly shot photos upsets NYers

Residents of a New York luxury apartment building are livid over an exhibition of photos secretly snapped through their apartment windows.

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