FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — In the center of an impoverished village in southern Ethiopia, a disgruntled coffee farmer looks into the camera and frankly states “coffee is gold.” It’s not gold to him, but rather for the four leading coffee retailers such Sara Lee, Nestle, Kraft, and Proctor and Gamble, according to the documentary “Black Gold.”

LOS ANGELES — University of Southern California officials are looking to expel rumors about the university’s rights over student work after a Los Angeles Times blog reported that George Lucas stole the negative of his final project at USC to use as the basis for his first feature film.

ATLANTA — New concert film “Shine a Light” combines the forces of two behemoths: the meticulous film director Martin Scorsese and the rambunctious gods of rock ‘n’ roll the Rolling Stones.

“21″ plays out like your typical heist film, jazzed up with an attractive cast and all the glitz and glamour of Sin City. But don’t be fooled: The film might look like a winning bet, but in the end all you’ll walk away with is too much style over substance.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Sarah Marshall, a Texas Christian University senior advertising/public relations major, was eating dinner with her boyfriend about three weeks ago when a friend came up and asked if they were OK.

MINNEAPOLIS — For the past few weeks, four men in their early 20s have been riding around the American heartland in a smelly van. Every night or two, they stop in a college town, find the venue, then wait for the audience to show up. They sleep on friends’ couches. They travel light: no roadies, no groupies, no amps or guitars.