Techno beats, over-the-top stage antics and pop stars of the past return to the spotlight in Stockholm this weekend as the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest ramps up to its showy finale.

Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry in a brazen late-night burglary.

For Pete Townshend, watching the Stratford Festival's revamp of his hit rock opera Tommy stirs up difficult memories from his working-class, post-war upbringing.

Vancouver's Stan Douglas has won the Scotiabank Photography Award, the $50,000 prize given annually to a Canadian contemporary photographer.

J.J. Abrams beams back into Star Trek with the sequel Into Darkness, a new journey offering a mix of fun and familiar, anchored by the relationships of the classic characters.

Quebec director Chloé Robichaud is at the Cannes Film Festival with her debut feature, Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course), which has been chosen for Un Certain Regard, a program that runs alongside the main competition.

Ticketmaster has agreed to settle claims for up to $23 million US over a lawsuit affecting more than a million people who, after buying a ticket online, were enrolled in a rewards program that cost $9 a month but never gave them any benefits.

German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey's two-month stay at a Munich animal shelter.

Of A Monstrous Child: A Gaga Musical, staged by Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and Ecce Homo Theatre, explores the myth and mystique surrounding pop star Lady Gaga.

Canada's MuchMusic Video Awards are going Gangnam Style: The music station has signed on South Korean pop star Psy as co-host and performer for the MMVAs bash in Toronto on June 16.