NEW YORK -- Imagine the Beatles hailed from another port city, on the other side of the Atlantic -- like Newark, N.J.

LOS ANGELES -- The filmmakers of "Left Behind: World at War" figured a little preaching to the choir would help market the Christian-themed thriller.

LONDON -- A diamond tiara worn by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, was front-page news in Britain as royal-watchers noted another first for the new wife of Prince Charles.

POCAHONTAS, Ill. -- In the rough-and-tumble roadhouse called Big O's, a teenage Gretchen Wilson felt at home with a microphone in hand, belting out renditions of old-school Patsy Cline or Loretta Lynn that sliced through the smoky haze.

LONDON -- In "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," the teenage wizard faces new terrors. A face-to-face encounter with his nemesis, the evil Lord Voldemort, for one. Girls, for another. And, still fresh in the mind of 16-year-old star Daniel Radcliffe -- ballroom dancing.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The family bluegrass group Cherryholmes was tearing through a song last summer at the Ryman Auditorium when a guitar string snapped.

LOS ANGELES -- In Don Coscarelli's "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road," a seemingly defenseless woman gets to practice her survival skills against a serial killer. In Mick Garris' "Chocolate," a man experiences life through the eyes of a mysterious lady. And in Joe Dante's "Homecoming," deceased U.S. soldiers in Iraq rise from the grave to vote out the politicians who sent them there.

LOS ANGELES -- Jerry Lee Lewis stole the show from Norah Jones and Kid Rock when the musicians performed at a taping of a Johnny Cash tribute.