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Attention: in order to improve our site performance, we decided to move the Newsfeefds from Reuters to the "News Service". Heather Nova Live At John Lennon TributeWashington Post HeadlinesIt’s hard sometimes to keep track of all your planes. The Army, it seems, “lost” one for a while. Well, not actually lost, according to a May 9 Department of Defense inspector general’s report, since it seems to have been used by Army brass (also known as “high priority passengers”) who needed a ride “to give speeches, or attend conferences, meetings” and such. Read full article >>
Read complete article It's official: Anthony Weiner will attempt a political comeback of huge proportions and run for mayor of New York City this year. Just two years after resigning his congressional seat after posting lewd pictures of himself to Twitter and then lying about it, Weiner launched his campaign with a Web video posted late Tuesday. Read full article >>
Read complete article A House Democrat this week released a report that could help resurrect bipartisan legislation he sponsored three years ago to protect the nation's power grid from cyber attacks and other threats. The analysis, spearheaded by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and released Tuesday, says a lack of compliance with voluntary security standards has made the electric grid "highly vulnerable to attacks from Iran and North Korea" and additional dangers such as geomagnetic storms from solar activity. Read full article >>
Read complete article Last year's deadly attack on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya is shaping up as a real political problem for President Obama, with concern extending well beyond the conservative base. More than half of Americans say his administration is trying to cover up the facts of the attack, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Read full article >>
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Read complete article “Why does Benghazi go on? No one was ever fired? So, people made tragic errors. No one’s accepting responsibility and no one was fired.” — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), on CNN’s “State of the Union,” May 19, 2013 Read full article >>
Read complete article A federal court Tuesday struck down Arizona’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy absent a medical emergency. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit said the law violated a woman’s constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. Read full article >>
Read complete article The controversy over the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi attack last year began at a meeting over coffee on Capitol Hill three days after the assault. It was at this informal session with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that the ranking Democrat asked David H. Petraeus, who was CIA director at the time, to ensure that committee members did not inadvertently disclose classified information when talking to the news media about the attack. Read full article >>
Read complete article Suppose you gave a demonstration and nobody came — at least, almost nobody. The United States Capitol Black Police Association expected 50 to 200 people to protest what it has described as an unfair, discriminatory and hostile work environment. Read full article >>
Read complete article It is never good for an administration when a front-page newspaper article about an ongoing controversy begins as follows: “The White House offered a new account Monday of how and when it learned . . . ” That’s what readers of The Post awoke to on Tuesday. In trying to contain the controversy and protect President Obama, White House officials have only added to questions about what happened. Read full article >>
Read complete article A Senate committee approved a sweeping immigration reform bill Tuesday that would provide a path to citizenship for up to 11 million illegal immigrants, setting the stage for the full Senate to consider the landmark legislation next month. Read full article >>
Read complete article The Bush administration appointee who led the Internal Revenue Service during President Obama’s first term told Congress on Tuesday that he was saddened by some of the agency’s actions regarding applications for tax-exempt status during his tenure. Read full article >>
Read complete article This IRS scandal is, as expected, getting most interesting. People are asking questions about who knew what when — a variant of Sen. Howard Baker’s famous question at the Watergate hearings 40 years ago: “What did the president know, and when did he know it?” Read full article >>
Read complete article * Conservatives are rallying against the immigration bill. * Senate Republicans worked out a compromise. * While the finance committee grilled the IRS. * Inhofe says Oklahoma will not be like Sandy. Read full article >>
Read complete article American Future Fund has now spent over $1 million defending Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), thanks to a new $452, 000 ad buy in New Hampshire and Boston. The buy is part of an ongoing air war over Ayotte's opposition to expanded background checks for gun buyers. Ayotte was the only senator in the Northeast to vote against the legislation, and both supporters and opponents of gun control see New Hampshire as a testing ground for their power going forward. Read full article >>
Read complete article Lois Lerner, the IRS official who first disclosed the agency's improper targeting of conservative groups two weeks ago, will invoke her right not to testify Wednesday for fear of self-incrimination, her lawyer has told the House Oversight Committee. Read full article >>
Read complete article If I hadn't seen Joplin, Mo., almost two years ago, I wouldn't believe the extent of the devastation in Moore, Okla. By the time I visited Joplin on Labor Day 2011, after the May 22 tornado had struck the southwest Missouri community, much of the damage was still visible. Entire city blocks of houses and buildings lay pulverized to piles of rubble. No newspaper photograph or television news clip could capture the damage. Areas where the debris had been cleared had become the silent ghosts of neighborhoods that no longer existed. Signs spraypainted on remnants of houses ranged from the threatening "You loot, we shoot" to the reassuring "all ok." Read full article >>
Read complete article When the news and pictures streamed in from Oklahoma, it was terrible and shocking. The tornado hit Moore, leveling homes and obliterating a school, where frightened children turned to teachers who comforted them, kept their cool and tried to protect their charges, with their own bodies if it came to that. Read full article >>
Read complete article A slim majority of Americans say President Obama is focusing on things that matter to them personally, while a clear majority say Republicans in Congress are not, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows. Read full article >>
Read complete article Oklahoma has one of the most conservative congressional delegations of any state: seven Republican men, including fierce advocates for cutting federal spending. Five of those seven voted no in January on a bill to provide $50 billion in disaster funding for states hit by Hurricane Sandy. Read full article >>
Read complete article The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Tuesday sent a host of personnel to Oklahoma in response to the massive tornado that ravaged parts of the state the previous day. FEMA spokesman Daniel Watson said three of its search-and-rescue teams arrived early Tuesday morning. He said the agency also sent a liaison to the state's emergency-response center on Sunday, well before a tornado claimed dozens of lives while ripping through the city of Moore, Okla. Read full article >>
Read complete article A primary opponent of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is among the 10 people President Obama has named to his commission on elections. Trey Grayson, who lost to Paul in a 2010 Senate primary, is currently serving as director of the Harvard Institute of Politics. Read full article >>
Read complete article Former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman doesn't think he has to apologize for the wrongdoing that occurred at the IRS on his watch, and he repeatedly refused to do so at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday. Read full article >>
Read complete article Struggling with a reporter about which Republican concerns are and are not legitimate, White House spokesman Jay Carney said that if reporters are going to ask about every issue, they should include President Obama's birth certificate. Read full article >>
Read complete article An Internal Revenue Service review of the agency's approach of scrutinizing conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status questioned the now-controversial policy a year ago, according to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee spokesman Ali Ahmad. Read full article >>
Read complete article HOLYWOOD HEADLINES "It was right after my cancer, and this beautiful gift was handed to me," the actor said of getting to work on Steven Soderbergh's Liberace biopic. 
Read complete article  Russian filmmaker Yuri Bykov’s second feature, starring Denis Shvedov and Irina Nizina, premieres in the Cannes Critics' Week sidebar. 
Read complete article  Roadside Attractions will release Guillaume Canet's crime thriller starring Clive Owen, Mila Kunis and Marion Cotillard. 
Read complete article  The studio generated more than $250 million in sales, topping last year's result by more than 50 percent with the help of output deals. 
Read complete article  The psychological thriller premiered in the Un Certain Regard section. 
Read complete article  One of India's most prolific producers of a new wave of cinema making a global impact – Cannes titles include “The Lunchbox” and “Monsoon Shootout” - explains how her approach to film-making is different from the mainstream. 
Read complete article  The Weinstein Company's boutique label schedules a fourth quarter release 2013. 
Read complete article  Swiss-born Portuguese director Basil da Cunha's debut feature is set in the gritty Lisbon ghetto of Reboleira. 
Read complete article  The U.K.-New Zealand co-production has been developed by Ray Marshall's Festival Films. 
Read complete article  The electronics and entertainment giant said it would mull a proposal from an activist investor and cut its profit forecast for its gaming division. 
Read complete article THR's final daily issue highlights a wrap-up of the business at the market and a photo portfolio of exclusive images. 
Read complete article  Cannes keeps inviting him back, but the director admits a fondness for Venice, confesses he didn’t know Marion Cotillard’s films and advises travelers to never check their luggage. 
Read complete article  The pan-Asian arm of IM Global also takes "Lone Survivor," starring Mark Wahlberg, among other titles. 
Read complete article  “It’s very challenging for buyers today when they come to Cannes and aren’t excited by the product. Throw in the weather, and it sucks the electricity out of the marketplace," says on veteran agent. 
Read complete article  The Kryptonian general wants Superman now – or humankind will "suffer the consequences." 
Read complete article  Director Bryan Singer tweeted a picture of the Oscar winner as the shapeshifting mutant. 
Read complete article  The ruling is also a blow to David Bergstein as the appeals court affirms they were partners in five bankrupt companies. 
Read complete article  Julie and Rick Yorn will produce the true-life tale via their Fox-based shingle, LBI. 
Read complete article  Upon court approval, JS Communications will receive a $300,000 break-up fee. 
Read complete article  In an important appeal that divided Hollywood, the Third Circuit sides with the likeness rights of celebrities over protections afforded by the First Amendment. (SAG-AFTRA 1, MPAA 0) 
Read complete article  His directorial debut "Monsoon Shootout" is part of the Midnight Screening program at the festival. 
Read complete article  Mark Hamill wore the sand-colored jeans for much of the iconic 1977 film. 
Read complete article  Primeridian partner Arcadiy Golubovich will direct. 
Read complete article  Liberace goes to Cannes. 
Read complete article  He had a landmark role as a gay man on “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman” and played recurring characters on such shows as “Dallas,” “Lou Grant” and “Knots Landing.” 
Read complete article MOVIE REVIEWSRussian filmmaker Yuri Bykov’s second feature, starring Denis Shvedov and Irina Nizina, premieres in the Cannes Critics' Week sidebar. Read complete article Swiss-born Portuguese director Basil da Cunha's debut feature is set in the gritty Lisbon ghetto of Reboleira. Read complete article  A disabled dancer clashes with a deadly gangster in director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s Cannes competition contender. Read complete article  Vincent Lindon and Chiara Mastroianni star in Claire Denis' puzzle-like drama, premiering in Un Certain Regard, about a man's doomed shot at payback for crimes against his family. Read complete article  French-Canadian filmmaker Chloe Robichaud makes her feature debut in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section. Read complete article  Denis Menochet ("Grand Central") and Jean-Pierre Martins ("La Vie en Rose") play two wrestlers duking it out in early 1960s Paris. Read complete article  Dramatic debut by former documentary maker Marcela Said delivers powerful atmosphere in service of thin story. Read complete article  Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Elias Koteas and Olivia Williams star as Red Planet explorers under siege from a virulent bacterial strain in Ruairi Robinson's Directors' Fortnight premiere. Read complete article  The magical atmosphere of Fellini’s "Roma" and "La Dolce Vita" pervades Paolo Sorrentino's update on cynicism, premiering in competition. Read complete article  Michael Douglas and Matt Damon shine in Steven Soderbergh's fabulous Liberace biopic, which is playing in competition at the festival ahead of its May 26 debut on HBO. Read complete article  Studio facilities in the British capital are busy, with such high-profile international productions as "Star Wars" set to shoot there. Read complete article  The third installment of director Todd Phillips' phenomenally popular series finds Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms back in Vegas. Read complete article  French stage star Guillaume Gallienne turns sexual anguish and family friction into charming confessional comedy. Read complete article  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi once again gets personal as she directs, co-writes, and stars in her third film, premiering in competition at Cannes. Read complete article  Vincent Macaigne and Laetitia Dosch headline filmmaker Justine Triet's debut feature, which premiered in the Cannes ACID selection. Read complete article 
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