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Posted: 5/22/2013 6:51:50 AM EST
Director Baz Luhrmann (2nd L) poses for pictures with cast members on the red carpet of the Australian premiere of "The Great Gatsby" in Sydney May 22, 2013. Luhrmann brought "The Great Gatsby" home on Wednesday for its Australian premiere, with box-office success for the Sydney-produced film bolstering hopes for the resurgence of the local film industry. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
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Posted: 5/20/2013 1:10:46 PM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Roland and Natalie Jones embrace as President Barack Obama is predicted as the winner over challenger Mitt Romney at a Colorado Democrat's election party at the Sheraton Hotel in Denver. As a divisive legislative session ended this month, Colorado Democrats muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It's the latest _ and most substantial _ development in a nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back at two years of Republican success in passing measures to require identification at polling places and purge rolls of suspect voter. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)
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Posted: 5/20/2013 1:10:46 PM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2012 file photo, Madeline Nicole Kreyger, from Santa Barbara, Calif., casts her vote at a polling station on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. As a divisive legislative session ended this month, Colorado Democrats muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots. It's the latest _ and most substantial _ development in a nationwide Democratic Party effort to strike back at two years of Republican success in passing measures to require identification at polling places and purge rolls of suspect voters. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
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Posted: 5/17/2013 3:37:33 PM EST
In this July 13, 2005, photo, Kenny Wallace, left, and Dick Trickle discuss track conditions at the Slinger Nationals auto race in Slinger, Wis. Trickle, whose larger-than-life personality and penchant for fun won him legions of fans despite a lack of success beyond the nation's small tracks, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. He was 71. (AP Photo/West Bend Daily News)
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Posted: 5/16/2013 4:25:02 PM EST
Pop group One Direction react after being awarded the Global Success award at the BRIT Awards, celebrating British pop music, at the O2 Arena in London February 20, 2013. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
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Posted: 5/15/2013 12:25:21 PM EST
This undated image made available by the Oregon Health & Science University in May 2013 shows a stem cell colony developed from cloned human embryos. Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes. In the Wednesday, May 15, 2013 edition of the journal Cell, scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University report harvesting stem cells from six embryos. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, who led the research, said the success came not from a single technical innovation, but from revising a series of steps in the process. (AP Photo/Oregon Health & Science University)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 12:25:21 PM EST
This undated image made available by the Oregon Health & Science University in May 2013 shows developing cloned human embryos. Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes. In the Wednesday, May 15, 2013 edition of the journal Cell, scientists at the Oregon Health & Science University report harvesting stem cells from six embryos. Shoukhrat Mitalipov, who led the research, said the success came not from a single technical innovation, but from revising a series of steps in the process. (AP Photo/Oregon Health & Science University)
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Posted: 5/15/2013 9:07:42 AM EST
This Feb. 19, 2013 photo shows members of the band Phoenix, from left, Deck D'arcy, Laurent Brancowitz, Christian Mazzalai and Thomas Mars, posing in New York. Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars said their new album, “Bankrupt!,” was born out of the negative influences going on in the band after the unprecedented success of their Grammy-winning 2009 album, “Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.” (AP Photo/John Carucci)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 6:06:50 AM EST
Taiwanese director Ang Lee answers questions during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. The academy award winning director said Thursday that modesty and diligence have been the keys to his success in penetrating the foreign cultures that have framed the backgrounds for many of his most notable films. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 6:06:50 AM EST
Taiwanese director Ang Lee gestures while answering a question during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. The academy award winning director said Thursday that modesty and diligence have been the keys to his success in penetrating the foreign cultures that have framed the backgrounds for many of his most notable films. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 6:06:50 AM EST
Taiwanese director Ang Lee smiles while speaking during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. The academy award winning director said Thursday that modesty and diligence have been the keys to his success in penetrating the foreign cultures that have framed the backgrounds for many of his most notable films. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 6:06:49 AM EST
Taiwanese director Ang Lee gestures while speaking during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. The academy award winning director said Thursday that modesty and diligence have been the keys to his success in penetrating the foreign cultures that have framed the backgrounds for many of his most notable films. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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Posted: 5/9/2013 6:06:48 AM EST
Taiwanese director Ang Lee answers questions during a press conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, May 9, 2013. The academy award winning director said Thursday that modesty and diligence have been the keys to his success in penetrating the foreign cultures that have framed the backgrounds for many of his most notable films. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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Posted: 5/7/2013 10:32:41 AM EST
FILE - In this Saturday, April 20, 2013 file photo, a model poses with a Great Wall H7 SUV at the Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (AUTO Shanghai) media day in Shanghai, China. SUV sales in China rose 20 percent last year to 2.5 million vehicles, more than double the 8 percent growth of the overall auto market, according to LMC Automotive. SUVs made up 18 percent of all vehicles sold. Great Wall Motor Co., has become the Chinese industry's breakout success on the strength of its SUVs. The company, headquartered in Baoding, an industrial city southwest of Beijing, said SUV sales in the first three months of the year rose 95 percent over a year earlier and accounted for half the 180,000 vehicles it sold. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 4:38:26 PM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2013 file photo, a customer looks over shotguns on display at the annual New York State Arms Collectors Association Albany Gun Show at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany, N.Y. After struggling to sway both state and federal lawmakers, proponents of expanding background checks for gun sales are now exploring whether they will have more success by taking the issue directly to voters. While advocates generally prefer that new gun laws be passed through the legislative process, especially at the national level, they are also concerned about how much sway the National Rifle Association has with lawmakers. Washington state Rep. Jamie Pedersen, a Democrat who had sponsored unsuccessful legislation on background checks at the state level, said a winning ballot initiative would make a statement with broad implications. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass, File)
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Posted: 4/28/2013 4:38:26 PM EST
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 file photo, a Glock representative explains features of the Glock 37 Gen 4 .45 caliber pistol at the 35th annual SHOT Show, in Las Vegas. After struggling to sway both state and federal lawmakers, proponents of expanding background checks for gun sales are now exploring whether they will have more success by taking the issue directly to voters. While advocates generally prefer that new gun laws be passed through the legislative process, especially at the national level, they are also concerned about how much sway the National Rifle Association has with lawmakers. Washington state Rep. Jamie Pedersen, a Democrat who had sponsored unsuccessful legislation on background checks at the state level, said a winning ballot initiative would make a statement with broad implications (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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Posted: 4/27/2013 1:53:22 PM EST
FILE - In this July 4, 2011 file photo, fireworks launched from ONEOK Freedom Fest line the Tulsa skyline and are reflected in the Arkansas River In Tulsa, Okla. Buoyed by its success hosting a Bassmaster Classic fishing tournament this winter, the city of Tulsa is aiming for something faster, higher, stronger: the 2024 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Tulsa World, Jeff Lautenberger)
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Posted: 4/24/2013 1:53:26 AM EST
FILE -In this April 17, 2006 photo, "V for Vendetta" director James McTeigue, left, producer Joel Silver, center, and actor Hugo Weaving pose for photographers as they are greeted by Japanese fans, all wearing masks from the movie, upon their arrival at the Japan premiere of their latest film in Tokyo. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood into deleting movie content Beijing finds objectionable. However, last year’s showing on Chinese television of the 2005 political adventure “V for Vendetta” was seen as a notable step forward - it remains beholding to sensitivities that makes its decisions sometimes hard to fathom. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
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Posted: 4/24/2013 1:53:26 AM EST
FILE - In this April 6, 2013 file photo, a Chinese man uses a smartphone to take his own photo with an "Iron Man" poster together with a costumed figure, left, during a promotional event of the new movie "Iron Man 3" at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing's Forbidden City. From demanding changes in plot lines that denigrate the Chinese leadership, to dampening lurid depictions of sex and violence, Beijing is having increasing success in pressuring Hollywood into deleting movie content Beijing finds objectionable. It’s even getting American studios to sanction alternative versions of films specially tailored for Chinese audiences, like “Iron Man 3,” which debuts in theaters around the world later this week. The Chinese version features local heartthrob Fan Bingbing - absent from the version showing abroad - and lengthy clips of Chinese scenery that local audiences love. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
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Posted: 4/23/2013 12:18:39 PM EST
Philogene Pierre, 55, and her daughter sit next to a pot of coffee in what remains of a refugee camp set up for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake near the national stadium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 22, 2013. The number of people still living in camps has become a barometer of the success or failure of how to house Haitians, though it's unclear what happens to most people after they leave the formal camps. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
