Actress Audrey Tautou, known for her sweet and light roles in such films as "Amelie," praised the late director Claude Miller as a "bright and passionate" filmmaker who helped her turn in a darker direction in his final film.

The French star plays a husband-poisoner in Miller's "Therese Desqueyroux," which closes the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday at a special screening celebrating the lauded New Wave filmmaker, who died last month of cancer at age 70.

South Sudan said Monday Sudanese war planes and artillery had bombarded its territory on the eve of peace talks, as Southern officials set off to attend African Union-led negotiations in Ethiopia.

"They are bombing South Sudan, attacking South Sudan, and continuing to send armed groups to destabilize South Sudan... these are not the signs of peace," South Sudan's top negotiator Pagan Amum told reporters.

Justin Bieber is wanted for questioning by Los Angeles County Sheriff's investigators after a photographer complained of being roughed up by the pop star at a shopping center.

Sheriff's Lt. Robert Wiard (ward) says the photographer called 911 on Sunday and complained of pain to his chest. Wiard said the scuffle happened when the photographer tried to snap pictures of Bieber and his girlfriend, teen actress Selena Gomez, after they walked out of a theater at The Commons at Calabasas.

For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King.

Celebrity auctioneer Darren Julien is selling Elvis Presley's original crypt to the highest bidder as part of his "Music Icons" auction later this month.

The third installment in the successful "Men in Black" sci-fi adventure franchise blasted away competition to take the top spot at the North American box office, industry estimates showed Sunday.

The blockbuster stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones reprising their roles as secret agents battling alien species living on Earth, this time joined by Josh Brolin when the adventures goes back in time to 1969.

The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, "Amour."

The Austrian director's powerful and understated film stars two French acting icons — 85-year-old Emmanuelle Riva and 81-year-old Jean-Louis Trintignant — as an elderly couple coping with the wife's worsening health.

Swedish star Loreen on Sunday celebrated victory over rivals including Russian pensioners in a spectacular Eurovision Song Contest that host Azerbaijan hoped would banish qualms over its rights record.

Loreen, 28, the daughter of Berber immigrants from Morocco, wowed voters with a catchy dance number called "Euphoria" featuring an exultant chorus accompanied by a high-kicking dance duet and a storm of artificial snow.

Pop diva Lady Gaga's show in Indonesia has been cancelled, her promoters said Sunday after Islamic hardliners threatened "chaos" if she entered the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.

"Lady Gaga's management has considered the situation minute to minute, and with threats if the concert goes ahead, Lady Gaga's side is calling off the concert," Minola Sebayang, lawyer for promoters Big Daddy, told reporters.

Texas native Pascal Abi-Samra was crowned on Thursday Miss Lebanon Emigrants USA at a pageant which was held at the Greenfield Manor in Dearborn.

Abi-Samra won the title competing with 14 contestants from all over the country who participated in the pageant to represent Lebanon.

Britney Spears has been on the job just two days and she's already proving to be a popular judge on "The X Factor."

The pop queen is also growing into her role as critic on the Fox singing contest show.