This CD cover image released by 4AD Records shows "Trouble Will Find Me," the latest release by The National.

Review: The National returns with somber 6th album

The National, "Trouble Will Find Me" (4AD)

This CD cover image released by Capitol Nashville shows "True Believers," by Darius Rucker.

Review: Darius Rucker settles in on latest album

Darius Rucker, "True Believers" (Capitol Nashville)

This book cover image released by Riverhead Books shows "And the Mountains Echoed," by Khaled Hosseini.

Khaled Hosseini's new book is another tear-jerker

"And the Mountains Echoed" (Riverhead Books), by Khaled Hosseini

FILE - This May 16, 2012 file photo shows Audra McDonald at the Friars Club Roast of Betty White in New York. McDonald's new CD," Go Back Home" includes classics like Stephen Sondheim's "The Glamorous Life," the Richard Rodgers-Oscar Hammerstein II's "Edelweiss," and "First You Dream," from the John Kander and Fred Ebb show "Steel Pier."

Audra McDonald returns with new, personal CD

If either her husband or daughter is calling, Audra McDonald knows without looking at her phone.

Man falls from NYC theater window onto marquee

Officials in New York City say a man suffered minor injuries after falling out of a window onto the marquee of a Broadway theater.

File - In this Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 file photo, director Steven Soderbergh speaks to journalists during the press conference in Berlin. Soderbergh has said that Behind the Candelabra, a $23 million HBO movie starring Michael Douglas as the flamboyant pianist and Matt Damon as his lover, Scott Thorson, will be his last film, at least for now.

AP Interview: Soderbergh on quitting movies

Steven Soderbergh is working on a new currency.

Japan's 'Shield of Straw' an action pic in Cannes

Director Takashi Miike says shooting an action movie in Japan is a lot harder than it looks. Photo Gallery Available

In this photo taken Sunday, May 19, 2013, actor Mathieu Amalric poses for photographs following an interview with The Associated Press at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. Amalric depicts a maverick academic counseling Benicio Del Toro's Native American war vet in "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," director Arnaud Desplechin's Cannes Film Festival contender.

Amalric plays a Frenchman in America in 'Jimmy P'

Playing a Freudian analyst helped Mathieu Amalric overcome his fear and loathing of psychotherapy. Photo Gallery Available

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 file photo, Taiwanese singer-actress Michelle Chen smiles at a promotional event for her new song album "Me, Myself and I" in Hong Kong. Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster “You Are the Apple of My Eye.” Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music. The 29-year-old actress said she poured her heart and soul into her first studio album, “Me Myself and I.”

'Apple of my Eye' star turns to first love: music

Fans know her as the sweet schoolgirl in the 2011 blockbuster "You Are the Apple of My Eye." Now, they can take a closer look at Michelle Chen through her first love: music. Photo Gallery Available

O.J. Simpson and his defense attorney Ozzie Fumo confer during an evidentiary hearing for Simpson in Clark County District Court on May 17, 2013 in Las Vegas. Simpson, who is currently serving a nine-to-33-year sentence in state prison as a result of his October 2008 conviction for armed robbery and kidnapping charges, is using a writ of habeas corpus to seek a new trial, claiming he had such bad representation that his conviction should be reversed.

OJ Simpson lawyers say he is closer to freedom

The latest high-stakes court hearing for O.J. Simpson in the glitzy capital of big gambles has come to a close with the former football star's defense team feeling confident that their client is closer to getting out of prison. Photo Gallery Available

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