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CBC Headlines
- new Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision
- Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune Only Teardrops.
- Thieves steal $1M worth of jewels during Cannes film festival video
- 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.
- video Tommy revival stirs emotions for Pete Townshend video audio
- 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 wins $50K award for photography
- Vancouver's Stan Douglas has won the Scotiabank Photography Award, the $50,000 prize given annually to a Canadian contemporary photographer.
- FILM REVIEW: Star Trek Into Darkness
- 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's Chloé Robichaud takes debut feature to Cannes audio
- 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 settles rewards lawsuit for $23M
- 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.
- Bieber must pay for monkey's stay in Germany
- German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey's two-month stay at a Munich animal shelter.
- video Lady Gaga's mystique at heart of Toronto cabaret video
- 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.
- Gangnam Style's Psy to co-host MuchMusic Video Awards
- 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.
