Reunion

Jurassic 5 called it quits in 2007, and if the hip-hop act's catalog isn't exactly old enough to be found encased in amber, there's been little noise on the group since its breakup. It's OK, for instance, to have been completely surprised to see Jurassic 5 near the top of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival lineup released last week.  The reunion -- or "rebirth" as  DJ Nu-Mark is calling it -- is so new that Jurassic 5 has yet to even rehearse for its dates in the desert city of Indio.

Taylor Swift's disgusted reaction manifests exactly what she thinks of Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber rekindling their romance. The singer unleashed her true feelings via an impromptu facial expression when her bestie Gomez kissed her ex-boyfriend backstage at the Billboard Music Awards, so obviously not wanting him to "Come and Get It. " Swift, who won the night's honor for artist of the year, was walking backstage with Gomez at the MGM Grand...

At most reunions, the attendees would prefer to keep the headlocks and body-slams to a minimum. That's decidedly not the case at the Wrestle Reunion fan convention, a muscle-bound extravaganza featuring wrestling matches, vendors, autograph sessions, photo and video opportunities, and a live podcast taping. Scheduled guests include "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Bret "Hitman" Hart. Hilton Los Angeles Airport, 5711 W. Century Blvd., L.A. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Fri., 9 a.m.-8:15 p.m. Sat., 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sun. $15-$129.

TONATICO, Mexico - Armando Guadarrama was navigating his taxi through the narrow streets of this central Mexico pueblo on a recent Saturday morning, some 2,000 miles from the Beltway. But like many here, Guadarrama was up-to-the-minute with the immigration reform push that is the talk of Washington. When he spoke of its odds, the 40-year-old could sound like a hard-bitten D.C. veteran, grumbling over a scotch at the Old Ebbitt Grill. He sniffed incredulously at President Obama's statement, a day earlier, that he was "absolutely convinced" that reforms would pass this year.

It's a taken a while - even longer than the group expected - but the Mavericks reunion album “In Time” finally arrives on Feb. 26. The genre-defying country-rock-Latin-roots band originally was going to put the album out last fall, then decided to hold off so it would coincide more closely with a full-fledged reunion tour that kicks of Monday, Feb. 25, in New York and hits Southern California for several stops in March. The Los Angeles date is March 26 at the El Rey. "We didn't want to just do a reunion tour - we wanted to make a new record, and make a really good new record," lead singer and chief songwriter Raul Malo told The Times last year when the band formally returned to action with a performance at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio.

The ninth annual "Night of 100 Stars" viewing party, held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel, attracted nearly twice that number of celebs. Hosted by former agent Norby Walters and underwritten by Canadian clothier Peter Nygard, the event benefited Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation, which is committed to film preservation. The party, heavily skewed toward stars of yesteryear and past Oscar contenders, had the feeling of a reunion.

The reunion of Capt. Douglas Cox with his family at Staples Center will be featured on "Backstage Lakers" at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Returning briefly from duty in Afghanistan, the Army officer surprised his wife and four of their six children at a  Lakers game on Jan. 25. As cameras followed Cox while he was led to his family by Lakers spokesman John Black, Cox talks about feeling nervous. "I'd rather jump out of an airplane," said Cox. "The kind of butterflies I don't normally experience.

When Led Zeppelin announced five years ago that the band's surviving members would reunite for t he group's first headline show in 27 years , more than 20 million requests for tickets flooded in. Only 18,000 fans got in to London's O2 arena to see the performance, but as of Oct. 17, the unlucky millions who were shut out will have another shot by way of limited theatrical screenings, to be followed Nov. 19 by the release of the concert in multiple...

The 40th anniversary reunion of all U.S. Marines and Navy personnel who participated in the invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II will be held Friday through Sunday at the Holiday Inn in Vicksburg, Miss. Information: (601) 636-7264 or (601) 636-2734.

Twenty years have passed since Michigan played in the 1993 NCAA tournament championship game, and now the "Fab Five" who starred for the Wolverines back then want to hold a reunion at Monday night's matchup against Louisville. Well, four of them do. Jalen Rose says that Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson have agreed to attend. But Chris Webber has failed to respond. "We're still waiting to hear from the big fella," Rose told ESPN's "Mike and Mike" show on Monday morning.

"The Office" will close its doors Thursday night after eight years and nine seasons. That is not to say that Dunder Mifflin, the paper company in whose Scranton, PA, branch the series has largely been set, is itself going out of business. It's not uncommon that when a workplace sitcom concludes it takes the workplace with it, but there have been no signs of that this season. Still, anything can happen in 75 minutes. (The extra-long, "supersized" finale that will end the series makes a total of 201 episodes - 13.4 times as many episodes as the Ricky Gervais U.K. series upon which it was based.)

Bob Saget, Candace Cameron Bure and Jodie Sweetin had a mini-"Full House" Tanner family reunion at a research benefit Tuesday. The "TGIF" fixtures attended the Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine event to benefit scleroderma research at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire. Saget, who hosted the event, is a Scleroderma Research Foundation member. The actor-comedian lost his sister to the autoimmune disease, which literally means "hard skin" and affects internal organs. Cameron Bure, 37, and Sweetin, 31, played two of Saget's three sitcom daughters, DJ and Stephanie Tanner, respectively, in their early years.

DALLAS - The five men who have held the title of president gathered to celebrate the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library at Southern Methodist University on Thursday, a rare reunion that focused on praising his achievements and made only passing reference to the controversies that divided the country during his administration. Bush, former First Lady Laura Bush, President Obama and all the living ex-presidents - Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Bush's father, George H.W. Bush - spoke at a gathering that proved far more collegial than their past political disputes.

Former Lakers coach Mike Brown is expected to be the next coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to multiple reports. Brown took over for Phil Jackson in 2011, managing the Lakers through the lockout-shortened season. After starting the 2012-13 campaign 1-4, Brown was discharged by the team, which eventually replaced him with   Mike D'Antoni (after a  brief  flirtation with Jackson). The Cavaliers fired Byron Scott on Thursday after the team's 24-58 season. Brown previously coached the Cavs from 2005 to 2010, making an NBA Finals appearance in 2007 with LeBron James.

Baltimore Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz smiled as he recalled what it was like pitching to Andre Ethier on Saturday. “It didn't hit me until the at-bat was over,” Matusz said. Ethier's at-bat in the seventh inning of series opener marked the first time the two graduates of St. Mary's High in Phoenix faced each other. With two on, Matusz struck out Ethier to keep the score tied, 5-5. The Orioles went on to win, 7-5. By the time Matusz enrolled at the Arizona high school, Andre Ethier had graduated.

Could this BE any more absurd? The Internet seems to really want a "Friends" reunion (and, hey, we don't blame them. We want to know if Joey still loves jam these days just as much as the next person.) Rumors that NBC was launching a new season of "Friends" took grip of the World Wide Web earlier this week (yeah, we're not sure how either) -- and it tugged right at our Central Perk hearts. And while it would seem easy enough -- after all, Courtney Cox recently guest-starred on Matthew Perry's "Go On," and Matt LeBlanc will be appearing on Lisa Kudrow's "Web Therapy" -- that is where the fantasy stops.

For those of us seeking intrigue in our lives, a quick look at the early leaderboard in the British Open Thursday was fodder for soap operas. Leading at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, with lots of players still on the course, was Adam Scott at six under par. Not far down the leaderboard was Tiger Woods at three under. With a twist here and a turn there, we could wind up with a final pairing Sunday of Scott and Tiger. Or, more to the point, a final pairing of Scott and his caddy, Stevie Williams, and Woods.

Some came with reluctance but to others, the idea was irresistible as more than 2,000 descendants of slaves gathered on the plantation where their forebears toiled. "I know if any of our ancestors are buried here, they are turning over in their graves and singing, 'Hallelujah!"' said Mabel Phelps of Norfolk, Va., at the Somerset Plantation in Creswell, N.C. Others were less enthusiastic at first. "My first reaction was, 'By golly, why should we be digging up those kind of memories?'

Showtime was only minutes away at the Glass House in Pomona on a recent Saturday night as Michael Quercio, Danny Benair, and Louis Gutierrez, three original members of the Los Angeles psychedelic pop quartet the Three O'Clock, prepared for their first live show together in 28 years. With the exception of the band's frontman Quercio, who at 50 has maintained the boyish looks that made him a local heartthrob in the 1980s, the rest of the band bore little resemblance to their musical personas of old - a reality they were willing to joke about.

Twenty years have passed since Michigan played in the 1993 NCAA tournament championship game, and now the "Fab Five" who starred for the Wolverines back then want to hold a reunion at Monday night's matchup against Louisville. Well, four of them do. Jalen Rose says that Juwan Howard, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson have agreed to attend. But Chris Webber has failed to respond. "We're still waiting to hear from the big fella," Rose told ESPN's "Mike and Mike" show on Monday morning.