The Commercial Appeal

Beach Boys top Bonnaroo lineup

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

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, 61; cartoonist Matt Groening (“The Simpsons”), 58; model Janice Dickinson (“America’s Next Top Model”), 57; actor Joseph R. Gannascoli (“The Sopranos”), 53.

THE REUNITED Beach Boys will celebrate sunshine and summer at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with

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The always eclectic four- day festival June 7 to 10 also will include ,

and made their live debut at the awards, joined on stage by Foster the People.

Bon Iver won best new artist, Skrillex took home three trophies, and two -time Grammy-winners The Civil Wars are scheduled to play just a few weeks before singer Joy Williams’ baby is due.

Tickets go on sale Saturday at bonnaroo.com.

Meryl Streep said she has always enjoyed playing difficult women as she presented her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher on Tuesday in Berlin, where she was being honored for her achievemen­ts over more than three decades.

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The lineup has something of a rippedfrom-the -headlines feel. Several acts had notable nights at the Grammy Awards. The reunited Beach Boys lineup of

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Streep: ‘I do like difficult women’

Regis Philbin might no longer be a staple on morning television, but he’ll soon

Streep, 62, is a double Oscar-winner and a strong contender to pick up a third for her role as Thatcher in “The Iron Lady.” It already has won her best-actress honors at the Golden Globes and at Britain’s BAFTAS.

“I do like difficult women, or at least the ones that are difficult to understand — I do like translatin­g them,” she told reporters at the Berlin Internatio­nal Film Festival.

In her acting, Streep said, “I find ... what’s like me in this person, and I’ve been lucky in tracking a number of different characters that have qualities that I recognize in myself.”

Regis to guest on ‘Cleveland’

, Leeves and as friends who take an unexpected detour to Cleveland, Ohio, while on a trip to Paris and end up moving to the Midwest city permanentl­y.

Betty White plays their feisty caretaker.

Oprah Winfrey and U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are among those scheduled to join Lady Gaga at Harvard University on Feb. 29 for the launch of the singer’s Born This Way Foundation.

The Born This Way Foundation will address issues like self- confidence, wellbeing, anti-bullying, mentoring and career developmen­t. appear in primetime on “Hot in Cleveland.”

Philbin, , and are all slated for guest appearance­s on the TV Land comedy.

The show, now in its third season, stars

Gaga foundation set to launch

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