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Controversies, blinking skirts, fake tans: It must be time for the Eurovision Song Contest

MALMO, Sweden - Flashy skirts, fake tans, fur and feathers: Welcome to the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest.

Justin Bieber faces bill for monkey's upkeep in Germany as deadline to reclaim it passes

BERLIN - Justin Bieber will face a bill for thousands of euros (dollars) for his pet monkey's two-month stay at an animal shelter since it was seized by German customs, officials said Friday as a deadline expired for him to reclaim the animal.

Vincent Kartheiser of 'Mad Men' will play Mr. Darcy onstage at the Guthrie

NEW YORK, N.Y. - To find their Mr. Darcy, the Guthrie Theater in Minnesota has turned to a Mad Man.

Obama to host concert honouring Carole King, recipient of 2013 Gershwin Prize for Popular Song

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is putting on a show at the White House next week for singer-songwriter Carole King.

Popular 'Sonic the Hedgehog' video games coming to Nintendo systems

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.

Tim McGraw recasts Academy of Country Music's annual TV special, to air Sunday

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - When the producers of the Academy of Country Music's annual television special approached Tim McGraw about the 2013 edition, the country music star immediately flashed on the program's format.

Stan Douglas wins $50,000 Scotiabank Photography Award

TORONTO - Vancouver's Stan Douglas has won this year's $50,000 Scotiabank Photography Award.

K'naan working on new songs after deriding 2012 album for chasing U.S. fame

TORONTO - Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan says lingering disappointment over his last album is pushing him to write and release a new batch of songs.

Police official: About $1 million worth of jewels stolen from hotel near Cannes film festival

PARIS - A French police official says jewelry worth about $1 million has been stolen from a safe in a Cannes hotel room, against the backdrop of the Riviera resort town's film festival.

Wax and mirrors, a deflating giant and a black hole: major Anish Kapoor show opens in Berlin

BERLIN - Conveyor belts hum quietly, towering over piles of dark red wax. A giant mauve object that looks like a deflating balloon sprawls and sags its way across three rooms. A dark pigment circle creates the illusion of a black hole opening up in the floor. And there are lots of mirrors: convex, concave, twisting and a painted "blood mirror."

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