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Tim McGraw recasts ACM’s TV special, airing Sunday

In this Jan. 15, 2013 file photo, Country singer and actor Tim McGraw poses for a portrait, in Nashville, Tenn.  "ACM Presents: Tim McGraw's Superstar Summer Night," taped a day after the ACM Awards last month in Las Vegas, will air Sunday, May 19, at 9 p.m. EST on CBS. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision/AP, file)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When the producers of the Academy of Country Music’s annual television special approached Tim McGraw about the 2013 edition, the country music star immediately flashed on the program’s format.

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‘Idol’ to crown Harrison or Glover latest champion

Candice Glover performs on stage after she was announced the winner at the "American Idol" finale at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live on Thursday, May 16, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The third time’s the charm for Candice Glover on “American Idol.”

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Review: Musical using Leo Tolstoy a messy thrill

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. (AP Photo/The Hartman Group, Chad Batka)

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

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Review: No passing grade for ‘English Teacher’

This undated publicity photo released by courtesy of Cinedigm shows Michael Angarano, left, as Jason Sherwood and Julianne Moore as Linda Sinclare in the film, "The English Teacher," directed by Craig Zisk. (AP Photo/Cinedigm, Nicole Rivelli)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Craig Zisk moves from TV to big screen with the story of a teacher played by Julianne Moore who sleeps with a former student.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra names new music director

BOSTON (AP) — Andris (AHN’-driss) Nelsons has been named music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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