The lead singer of Grammy-nominated heavy metal band As I Lay Dying was arrested Tuesday in Southern California as authorities said he tried to hire an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife.

Tim Lambesis, 32, was arrested at a retail business in Oceanside, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

Australian actor Hugo Weaving, best known for his roles in "The Matrix" and "The Lord of the Rings", will head the jury for next month's Sydney Film Festival, organisers said Wednesday.

Weaving, who stars in murder movie "Mystery Road" which opens the festival on June 5, will lead the panel judging the 12 films in the official competition which includes productions from Europe, India and Canada.

Justin Bieber is used to fans snapping his photo. Dubai police say he also triggered some speed cameras while driving a white Lamborghini during his stop in the Gulf city.

Dubai newspapers on Tuesday quoted a police official saying the megastar racked up a "number" of speeding fines before being pulled over.

French actor Alain Delon will be honored at the Cannes film festival later this month with a screening of "Plein Soleil", Rene Clement's 1960 adaptation of "The Talented Mr Ripley", in which he starred.

The tribute will be paid to the 77-year-old Delon, who now lives in Switzerland, as part of the Cannes Classics series, festival organizers said Tuesday, confirming a newspaper report.

YouTube is proving to be a powerful launch pad for a new generation of Internet-savvy music stars from Psy to Macklemore and beyond.

The Google-owned video-sharing website has catapulted Psy, Macklemore, Justin Bieber and others onto global stages where they can cash in on digital downloads of songs; packed concerts; online ads, or even sponsored music videos.

Sweden's iconic disco group ABBA has no plan for a reunion, but a new Stockholm museum opening on Tuesday will offer the second-best opportunity to experience the foursome on stage.

"In the museum you can see us together again. That I think is the closest you could ever get," band member Bjoern Ulvaeus, a youthful-looking 68-year-old, joked in front of a group of reporters Monday.

Michael Jackson had levels of drugs in his body consistent with someone undergoing major surgery on the day he died in 2009, a coroner's expert said Monday.

The 50-year-old died from an overdose of the anesthetic propofol, given by his doctor Conrad Murray to help the singer with chronic insomnia during rehearsals for a doomed series of concerts in London.

A Bolivian brewer has come up with an innovative solution for quenching thirst and coping with altitude sickness: coca beer, based on the same leaf used to make cocaine.

Coca has only recently acquired its nefarious reputation: for millennia, people living along the Andes mountains have chewed coca leaves. The juice from the leaves has a mild stimulant effect, easing stomach pain and helping people from the lowlands cope with altitude sickness, known locally as soroche.

Shania Twain has announced 22 new show dates this fall to round out the first year of her two-year Las Vegas Strip residency.

Twain told The Associated Press Monday that the show at Caesars Palace is "a dream performance scenario" that allows her to balance her roles as a mother and as a country superstar.

If you called Sarah Brightman a space cadet, it would probably make her smile.

That's because she plans on becoming the first recording artist to venture into space en route to the International Space Station sometime in the next two years.