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Reuters – Prince fans from across Europe converged on Montreux for two shows by the American musician whose rare appearance on the continent stretched well into Sunday morning.

Reuters – Saudi Arabia’s only film festival has been canceled, dealing a blow to reformist hopes of an easing of clerical control over culture that had been raised by the low-key return of cinemas in December.

AP – Rock ‘n’ roll’s roster of famous and formative festivals is well-established. Woodstock defined the hippie generation. Altamont’s deadly violence signaled an end of innocence. Watkins Glen drew massive crowds to a New York speedway.

AP – Welcome to middle age, Woodstock Baby ? if you’re really out there.

Playbill – The 13th annual Philly Fringe, running in conjunction with the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival Sept. 4-19, will host 185 artists during 16 days of performances in over 80 venues throughout Philadelphia.

Playbill – Two world premieres, two Shakespeare plays, Cowgirls and A Christmas Story are among offerings in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s nine-title 2009-10 season in Montgomery.

Reuters – China’s government, entangled in a row with Australia over alleged commercial spying, has stirred more controversy by demanding a documentary about restive ethnic Uighurs be dropped from Australia’s largest film festival.

E! Online – Even more so than usual, the name of the game at the 34th Toronto Film Festival will be survival of the fittest.

Reuters – Several paintings by actor Robert De Niro’s late father were sold without the actor’s permission as part of an art scam by a New York gallery, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office said on Tuesday.

Reuters – The effects of the global recession are forcing big cutbacks in the world of film and could also hamper independent filmmaking for years to come, organizers of the Toronto International Film Festival said on Tuesday.