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• As 'SNL' season ends, signs of a coming shift

  

  How can "Saturday Night Live" possibly replace (fill in the blank)?

• World's best ballroom dancers set to perform in Charlotte

  

  Burn the Floor is almost too much. That many of the best ballroom dancers in the world, on the stage at the same time, can make you want to blush or hop up out of your seat and dance along.

• 'Avengers' rules with record $103M second weekend

  

  "The Avengers" followed a record-shattering $200 million opening with another Hollywood high — a $100 million-plus second weekend.

• 'Diablo III' fans celebrate game's release

  

  Fans of "Diablo III" celebrated the midnight launch of the long-awaited role-playing video game at a shopping center in Irvine, Calif.

• '30 Rock' getting odd exit from NBC

  Emmy-winning comedy "30 Rock" is being ushered out in an odd way by NBC.

• Britney Spears joining Fox's 'The X Factor'

  

  Britney Spears and Demi Lovato are joining the judging panel on "The X Factor" this fall, part of Fox's effort to boost its underperforming music competition shows.

• ABC orders 10 new series for upcoming season

  ABC will introduce new shows about a fading country music star, a trapped submarine, alien neighbors and a creepy New York apartment building this fall.

• Indonesia yanks Gaga gig, says she'll corrupt kids

  

  Lady Gaga will have to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following protests by Islamic hard-liners and conservative lawmakers, who said her sexy clothes and dance moves will corrupt young people.

• Jay-Z announces 2-day Philly music festival

  

  Jay-Z is in a Philadelphia State of Mind: The rapper announced a two-day music festival Monday in the City of Brotherly Love.

• Real 'Jersey Boys' to embark on national tour

  

  In a basement in a quiet suburb 10 miles west of Manhattan, the characters of a bygone era in pop music are brought to life in mellifluous four-part harmony.

• 'Housewives' says farewell with grace and humor

  

  There was nothing desperate about this finale. ABC's "Desperate Housewives" concluded its rocky, racy and macabre eight-season run with a tidy, affectionate send-off.

• Alvin Ailey dancer has preschool dream come true

  

  Alicia Graf Mack has wanted to be a professional dancer since she was 3 years old. Today, she tours the world with The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

• Photographer Wright, painter Holbein share unique reality at exhibit

  

  Until photographer Patty Wright and painter Amy Holbein found themselves sharing a gallery for the month of May, these Upstate artists didn't know each other and had very little in common.

• Auditions set for 'The King and I' at Chapman Center

  The Spartanburg Little Theatre is holding open auditions for the musical “The King and I” at 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Chapman Cultural Center.

• Hub City Bookshop announces events

  The Hub City Bookshop, 186 W. Main St., in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association, is presenting a talk and signing with Robert Leleux, author of “The Living End: A Memoir of Forgetting and Forgiving” at...