This year’s Cannes festival mixes big-name directors with lesser known in competitionPARIS — This year’s Cannes film festival will pit a roster of festival veterans, including four former winners of the glamorous film competition’s top prize, against challengers from emerging cinema hotbeds from China to the Philippines. Tribeca Film Festival bows amid turbulent times felt off screen and depicted on screenNEW YORK — The eighth annual Tribeca Film Festival bows amid a turbulent time for movies, which is evident at this year’s festival both on screen and off. Hip-hop singer Lauryn Hill to headline Stockholm Jazz Festival as part of European tourSTOCKHOLM — Organizers say former Fugees singer Lauryn Hill will be the headline act for the Stockholm Jazz Festival in July. Indie music fest Coachella concludes with sets by M.I.A., McCartney, Yeah Yeah YeahsINDIO, Calif. — Crowds appeared as big as ever at the seemingly recession-proof Coachella music festival, where Paul McCartney delivered an epic set of Beatles classics, M.I.A. ended her maternity leave and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Sunday alongside a giant inflated eyeball. Decades after the MGs, Booker T revs up again at Coachella Music & Arts FestivalINDIO, Calif. — Booker T. Jones was flummoxed by the digital revolution. So he went to school. Playful and passionate former Beatle Paul McCartney leads off SoCal Coachella music festivalINDIO, Calif. — Energized by the desert air and memory of his late wife, a playful and passionate Paul McCartney riffed on “Foxy Lady,” led an after-midnight “Hey Jude” singalong and dedicated songs to his former bandmates at the Coachella music festival that kicked off Friday. |