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What to know about the Eurovision Song Contest as it turns 70 with a Vienna extravaganza

LONDON (AP) — The Eurovision Song Contest is celebrating its 70th anniversary, with political tensions hanging over the musical extravaganza. The contest, held in Vienna from May 12-16, features 35 countries competing for the continent's pop crown. Five countries are boycotting due to Israel's participation and protests are planned in Vienna during the event. Eurovision began in 1956 to promote unity after World War II and has grown into a global celebration of diversity and pop music watched by 166 million people last year. Despite its motto “United by Music,” the contest often faces political controversies. This year, Finland is favored to win the grand final at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna on May 16.

An Oscar is lost, then found, after director forced to check it on a flight out of JFK

NEW YORK (AP) — After being forced to check his Academy Award on a trans-Atlantic flight, recent winner Pavel Talankin’s Oscar went missing before an airline tracked it down two days later. Talankin, who co-directed the best documentary winner “Mr. Nobody Against Putin,” didn’t expect to have to check his statuette for a flight from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport for Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday. But a Transportation Security Administration agent said it couldn’t go on board. Then, it disappeared. On Friday, the airline Lufthansa said it had found the Oscar and is expediting its return to Talankin.

Foo Fighters bring their stadium show to a modest NYC venue. Inside the exclusive, surprise concert

NEW YORK (AP) — Foo Fighters have performed a surprise, secret concert at New York City's Irving Plaza. Tickets for the Thursday night show were priced at $30. They were limited to two per purchaser and available only on a first-come, first-served basis at 10 a.m. Thursday. Over two and a half hours, the band ripped through songs old and new. Surprises abounded. The band debuted a new song, “Window.” The group opened a five-song encore with “A320,” a contribution to the oft-overlooked 1998 “Godzilla” soundtrack. At one moment a concertgoer shouted, “Taylor Hawkins forever!” That was in memory of the band’s late drummer. Front man Dave Grohl instinctively responded: “That’s right!”

A converted church in rural Pennsylvania is becoming an incubator for Amish roots music

McCOYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A converted church in rural central Pennsylvania has become a place where musicians with Amish roots are coming to record music and make videos that are drawing millions of views. Ragamuffin Hall in McCoysville was the setting last weekend for a concert by two of the rising stars in that burgeoning scene, the married couple Ben and Rose Stoltzfus. Ben and Rose performed along with the musician and producer behind Ragamuffin Hall, Conrad Fisher. Fisher describes most of what gets recorded at Ragamuffin Hall as “clean country music” and rootsy bluegrass, with a heavy dose of gospel.

Music Review: Kacey Musgraves’ ‘Middle of Nowhere’ is where you’ll want to be

New York (AP) — Crossover country-pop star Kacey Musgraves will release her sixth album Friday. Titled “Middle of Nowhere,” it celebrates her Texas roots with a blend of genres, from country pop to norteño. The album isn’t so much a love letter to her home of the Lone Star State as much as it is a place for profundity, writes The Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman in her review. It is a celebration of sounds familiar, new, old and revived, delivered with her glassy vocal style and cheeky wit. She says collaborations with fellow Texans Miranda Lambert and Willie Nelson amplify these wise songs about making your own way.

Georg Baselitz, German artist known for provocation and upside-down paintings, dies at 88

Georg Baselitz, an acclaimed and award-winning neo-Expressionist German artist with a penchant for provocation and known for painting images upside down, has died. A gallery representing him announced his death, citing the family. He was 88. Born Hans-Georg Kern, he derived his artistic name from the village of Deutschbaselitz in Germany's eastern Saxony region, where he was born on Jan. 23, 1938. He was often described as an “artist of rage,” and had a motto of “contradiction,” according to German news agency dpa.

Milly Alcock’s ‘punk rock’ Supergirl takes flight as DC bets big on the Woman of Tomorrow

Australian actor Milly Alcock stars as Supergirl in this summer's new DC Studios movie bearing her name. Heading to theaters on June 26, the film finds her character on an intergalactic odyssey of revenge. DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran first noticed Alcock on the “Game of Thrones” prequel series “House of the Dragon.” Since she filmed her cameo for “Superman,” it's been a non-stop ride. Alcock says her character reminded her a lot of herself. She's finding the experience of sudden fame somewhat disorienting and laughs about anyone wanting a toy with her face.

‘Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner ordered to stay 100 feet apart

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son were ordered Thursday to stay 100 feet (30 meters) away from each other for the next three years as a Utah court commissioner continues to assess custody plans for the child. Paul has been unable to spend unsupervised time with her son since an April 7 hearing, when Third District Court Commissioner Russell Minas said Paul had a history of volatile behavior directed at her former partner, Dakota Mortensen, while kids were present. Minas on Thursday described the pair’s dynamic as “very toxic” before granting Paul and Mortensen’s dueling requests for protective orders against each other.

Britney Spears charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears has been charged in California with driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The Ventura County District Attorney's Office says Spears was charged Thursday with a single misdemeanor count of driving under the combined influence of alcohol and at least one drug. The California Highway Patrol said the 44-year-old pop star was driving erratically in her BMW on March 4 on U.S 101 near her home outside of Los Angeles. She was arrested and jailed after taking several sobriety tests. A representative for Spears called her actions “completely inexcusable” and said she planned to comply with the law. Spears' representative later said she voluntarily checked into a substance abuse treatment facility.