The 67th Cannes Film Festival awards its top prizes Saturday with a Canadian prodigy, a Russian corruption critic, Belgian brothers, a Turkish husband-and-wife team and a British veteran tipped for glory.

Eighteen contenders are in the running for the coveted Palme d'Or gong for best picture, but unlike previous races, no obvious winner emerged during the 12-day event in this French Riviera resort.

Canadian federal police said Thursday they hope to investigate actress Pamela Anderson's recent allegations of childhood rape, and have reached out to her for details.

Anderson alleged at a press conference in Cannes, France last Friday that she had been sexually abused while growing up on Vancouver Island in westernmost Canada from the age of six until her teens at the hands of a babysitter, a boyfriend and others.

Disgraced British fashion designer John Galliano, little-seen since being sacked by Dior in 2011 for making drunken racist tirades, reappeared in Moscow Thursday as creative director of a Russian cosmetics chain.

The L'Etoile chain, which has some 850 branches in more than 250 Russian towns, did not skimp on the event which took place in one of the most exclusive Moscow suburbs.

The latest "X-Men" blockbuster is expected to take North America's box office by storm this weekend, as the mutant superhero gang reunites for one of the biggest U.S. film-going holidays of the year. 

"X-Men: Days of Future Past," a time-bending movie that is already a hit with critics, could make up to $110 million over the extended Memorial Day weekend that runs through Monday -- the unofficial kick-off of the summer movie season.

Music legend Paul McCartney has been treated in a Tokyo hospital for an illness that forced him to cancel a tour of Japan but is expected to make a full recovery, his representatives said Friday.

Fans and well-wishers had thronged to the 71-year-old singer-songwriter's Tokyo hotel all week after he was taken sick with an undisclosed virus.

RadarOnline is reporting that superstar couple Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are under investigation by the Los Angeles Department of Children & Family Services after a photo of their 13-year-old daughter, Willow, lying in bed with a 20-year-old friend went viral online earlier this month.

“The investigation was formally opened last week and is being taken very seriously by the department. Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have been extremely cooperative with officials. Of course, they aren’t happy that their parenting skills are under scrutiny, but they understand," a source told the website, adding that social workers will be speaking to Willow separately, as well as former Disney star Moises Arias, who was pictured with her in the photo.

Big-voiced rocker Caleb Johnson is the season 13 "American Idol," winning the title over teenage pop singer Jena Irene.

"This is crazy," Johnson said after host Ryan Seacrest announced the TV audience's decision on Wednesday's season finale of the Fox contest.

As Romeo said: "My bounty is as boundless as the sea ... the more I give to thee, the more I have." His modern-day counterparts — the kind with deep pockets — are going all out to offer extravagant, star-studded weddings to their own Juliets.

Hip-hop star Kanye West may uphold glam-set tradition this week with a wedding to TV reality star Kim Kardashian. The office of the mayor of Florence and the Chateau of Versailles say the couple will celebrate in palatial, centuries-old venues in Italy and France. The potential bride and groom, however, are staying mum. It would be the first marriage for him, the third for her.

Written by Anthony Sargon

The very first X-Men movie came out 14 years ago. Directed by Bryan Singer, it was Marvel’s first legitimate blockbuster, and introduced audiences the world over to iconic characters such as Wolverine, Magneto, and Professor Xavier. “X2: X-Men United” was an exemplary sequel, and is still considered by many as one of the best superhero movies ever made. Unfortunately, things became a little shaky after X2. Following Singer’s abrupt departure from the franchise, Brett Ratner stepped in to helm “X-Men: The Last Stand,” and we all know how awful that turned out. If that wasn’t bad enough, 2009′s “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” was so bad that it risked derailing the franchise for good, until Matthew Vaughn’s excellent “X-Men: First Class” brought our favorite mutants roaring back. Well folks, it only took 14 years, but we now have our definitive X-Men flick. Not only is “Days of Future Past” the best X-Men movie to date, but it’s the best movie of the year (so far), and one of the greatest and most ambitious comic book films ever made.

Thanks to the generosity of a U.S. forklift truck dynasty, pop star Katy Perry will soon take pride of place in the dignified National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

"Cupcake Katy," an oil-on-linen portrait by New York artist Will Cotton, will go up on June 18 as part of a rotating display of recent acquisitions, the museum said Wednesday.