A controversial biographical film on Princess Grace of Monaco, which has been slammed by the former Hollywood star's children as "pure fiction", will open the Cannes film festival, the organizers said Friday.
The world preview of "Grace of Monaco" will take place on May 14 in the out of competition category, a statement said.

Music's biggest stars gather Sunday for the Grammys, with artists ranging from the Beatles and veteran rapper Jay-Z to newcomers like New Zealand's Lorde and rapper Kendrick Lamar up for honors.
French electro sensation Daft Punk, pop diva Taylor Swift, chart-topper Justin Timberlake and Seattle hip hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are also among those vying for prizes at music's version of the Oscars in Los Angeles.

British-American actress Angela Lansbury, star of "Murder, She Wrote", is returning to London's West End for the first time in nearly 40 years -- in the same theater where her mother made her debut in 1918.
Lansbury will reprise her Broadway role as clairvoyant Madame Arcati in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit from March in her first stage performance in Britain since 1975.

Tori Spelling's husband, Dean McDermott, has entered rehab, his publicist, Jill Fritzo, confirmed Thursday.
The 47-year-old actor said he's being treated for "some health and personal issues."

Justin Bieber was a mop-haired heartthrob, clean cut and charming when he debuted five years ago. But a series of troubling incidents have put his innocent image at risk, and none more so than his arrest on drunken-driving charges.
Police say they arrested a bleary-eyed Bieber — smelling of alcohol — after officers saw him drag-racing before dawn Thursday on a palm-lined residential street, his yellow Lamborghini traveling at nearly twice the speed limit.

Paris' frenetic spring-summer couture week wrapped up Thursday with displays mixing one of Jennifer Lopez's favorite red-carpet designers Zuhair Murad with other promising up-and-coming names.
Meanwhile, Christie's sold off a collection of objects belonging to the late, great couturier Elsa Schiaparelli for an incredible €1,690,000 ($2.3 million), provided by her granddaughter, actress Marisa Berenson. The sale had animal rights groups complaining for including a monkey fur cape, which didn't end up selling and comes a few days after a prominent fashionista was criticized for wearing gorilla fur.

"Pulp Fiction" and "Django Unchained" director Quentin Tarantino is on the warpath, after someone leaked his latest screenplay, prompting him to scrap plans to make it as his next film.
The "Reservoir Dogs" filmmaker is pointing the finger at someone linked to only six people with whom he shared the screenplay for "The Hateful Eight," which he now says he will turn into a book instead.

Ellen DeGeneres's talk show is getting a new audience — viewers in China.
The lighthearted, celebrity-focused show is now available in China on video site Sohu, with Chinese subtitles and within 48 hours of its original U.S. broadcast.

A German music festival Wednesday invited social media users to compose all-new orchestral pieces for a "Tweetfonie" to be given a world premiere later this year.
The world of classical music is eagerly embracing Twitter and Facebook with musicians, conductors, concert halls and opera houses enthusiastic users of the platforms.

Thousands of hours of fastidious couture burst out onto the catwalks for Wednesday's dramatic Paris shows — including displays from Valentino, Elie Saab and Viktor & Rolf. The spring-summer 2014 collections provoked applause, gasps, cheers and generally so much enthusiasm that one fashion journalist even fell off the stage trying to speak to Jean Paul Gaultier. The Associated Press also caught up with a real life haute couture client who owns over 1,500 astronomically-priced gowns.
Here are the reports, tidbits and highlights from the day:
