Chris Pizzello, Associated Press
Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys
The reunited Beach Boys will celebrate sunshine and summer at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish and Bon Iver.
The always eclectic four-day festival June 7 to 10 also will include Skrillex, Foster the People, The Avett Brothers, The Shins, The Roots and Alice Cooper on the 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tenn.
The lineup has something of a ripped-from-the-headlines feel. Several acts had notable nights at the Grammy Awards. The reunited Beach Boys lineup of Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston and David Marks 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.
Streep: 'I do like difficult women'
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.
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'
Regis Philbin might no longer be a staple on morning television, but he'll soon appear in primetime on "Hot in Cleveland."
Philbin, Joan Rivers, Rhea Perlman, Andy Richter and Kevin Nealon are all slated for guest appearances on the TV Land comedy.
The show, now in its third season, stars Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick 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.
Gaga foundation set to launch
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, well-being, anti-bullying, mentoring and career development.
-- From Our Press Services
Today's birthdays
Actress Claire Bloom, 81; songwriter Brian Holland (Holland-Dozier -Holland), 71; actress Jane Seymour, 61; singer Melissa Manchester, 61; cartoonist Matt Groening ("The Simpsons"), 58; model Janice Dickinson ("America's Next Top Model"), 57; actor Joseph R. Gannascoli ("The Sopranos"), 53.
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