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• New J.J. Abrams series 'Revolution' will be filmed in Wilmington, NC

  The Wilmington (N.C.) Regional Film Commission confirmed Friday that "Revolution," a new NBC television series set to air Mondays this fall, is headed to the Cape Fear region to film.

• At Cannes, films explore financial crisis

  

  There was Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman, red carpet glamour and a crop of new Academy Award contenders — but this was also the year the global financial crisis exploded onto movie screens at Cannes.

• Robert Pattinson leaves vampires behind

  

  Robert Pattinson has gone from playing a vampire to depicting another kind of bloodsucker — a billionaire financier whose world crumbles in the course of a nightmarish cross-town drive in "Cosmopolis."

• Beyonce honors Whitney, Donna Summer

  

  Michelle Obama was with the single ladies this weekend, joining 5,500 fans at a Beyonce concert in Atlantic City.

• Lady Gaga tells fans she's 'devastated'

  

  Lady Gaga told fans she was "devastated" at having to cancel her sold-out show in Indonesia following threats by Islamic hard-liners, who called her a "devil worshipper."

• Justin Bieber wanted for questioning

  

  Justin Bieber is wanted for questioning by Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators after a photographer complained of being roughed up by the pop star at a shopping center.

• 29th annual Bi-Lo Charity Classic begins Saturday

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  Bi-Lo Charities has announced the 29th annual Bi-Lo Charity Classic will take place Saturday through June 4. 

• Greenville Little Theatre ends season with 'The Music Man'

  Staff reports

  The Greenville Little Theatre will be wrapping up its 2011-12 season with “The Music Man.” 

• Furniture appeals to classic and contemporary tastes – and fingers, too

  

  As you approach any piece of furniture in Michael McDunn's “Function and Awe” exhibit at the Spartanburg Art Museum, you might be tempted to touch. But you can't — at least you shouldn't.

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• Hub-Bub presents Converse exhibits

  

  Hub-Bub is presenting two simultaneous Converse College senior solo BFA exhibitions, by Daphne Cuadrado and Patricia Drummond. The exhibits will be on display through Friday at The Showroom, 149 S. Daniel Morgan Ave. downtown.

• 'Spitfire Grill' at Flat Rock Playhouse begins Friday

  

  Flat Rock Playhouse presents "The Spitfire Grill," a musical full of rich melodies and memorable characters onstage at Playhouse Mainstage from Friday through June 24 at 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock, N.C.

• Tryon Fine Arts Center to host blues guitarist

  

  Tryon Fine Arts Center will present Australian blues-roots guitarist Geoff Achison and Georgia singer-songwriter Randall Bramblett at 8 p.m. Saturday.

• Arts calendar: Union's Tuesday Night Artists' Group

  The Union County Artists' Guild's Tuesday Night Artists' Group meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on second and third Tuesdays at 116 E. Main St., Union. Open to anyone working in any medium. Call 864-429-2817 or email ucac@bellsouth.net.

• Book picks: Theodore Roosevelt and the imperial dream

  

  “Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream” by Gregg Jones.

• Library calendar: Needle Arts Group in Woodruff

  Tuesday, 2 p.m. Woodruff Library, Needle Arts Group. Work on projects in knitting, crochet, etc. Call 864-476-8770