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Trombone Shorty, with Dan Oestreicher on baritone saxophone in the background, performing at the Newport Jazz Festival on Saturday.

The famous Maracana stadium in Rio De Janeiro will host the final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library is partnering with the Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse theater chain to archive the company’s growing collection of original film posters designed by contemporary graphic artists. The first group of the Alamo Drafthouse’s Mondo posters arriving at the Herrick will include the latest print, a poster for the classic horror film “Frankenstein” (1931), created by Drew Struzan.

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Gabe Kaplan, star of Welcome Back Kotter, has been part of a long-standing, private poker game. He is now being sued for his winnings.

Reporter Missy Shelton traveled to Galena, Kan., with her 3-year-old son, Zeke, to catch a glimpse of the real Mater.

Cinematographer Richard P. Crudo, producer Gale Anne Hurd, composer David Newman and film editor Michael Tronick make up this year’s first-time electees to Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors. In addition, seven incumbents were reelected and three other motion picture professionals will return to the Board after a time away.

While most of Bob And The Monster is a straightforward documentary, it employs a couple of stop-motion animation sequences.

Elmo and Kevin Clash, photographed on the Sesame Street set in 2006.

Director Feng Xiaogang, whose 2010 film Aftershock is China's highest-grossing Chinese-made film of all time, arrives at the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival. At left is his wife Xu Fan, who starred in Aftershock.