The lineup for the Cannes Film Festival includes 19 films and lots of world cinema, including from some of the globe's most difficult locales for artists.

Cannes artistic director Thierry Fremaux said Thursday that the high-profile festival protects talent in countries where freedom of expression is threatened.

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called Thursday for a "paradigm shift" to a creative economy and hailed "Gangnam Style" star Psy for honoring a copyright on his latest dance moves.

In a meeting with policymakers, Park said the nation needed to shift its reliance on big manufacturers like Hyundai or Samsung to IT and software industries to create more jobs and sustain growth.

Grammy award winning U.S. musician Will.I.Am was allowed into Paris's Louvre museum at two in the morning to record part of a song entitled "Smile Mona Lisa" in front of the famed painting by Leonardo da Vinci, he told reporters in Paris on Wednesday.

"That song touches me because I recorded a large portion of that song inside the Louvre, next to Mona Lisa's picture," the lead singer of the Black Eyed Peas said, adding that the song would appear on his next solo album.

A 34.64-carat pink diamond has sold at auction in New York for nearly $40 million, setting a new record for Christie's auction house.

Dubbed the "Princie Diamond," the gem is "one of the largest and finest pink diamonds in the world," with a "fabulous provenance," Christie's jewelry chief Francois Curiel said ahead of the sale.

"Gangnam Style" star Psy's new music video crossed the 100 million views mark on YouTube Wednesday, shattering another record on the video-sharing site since its much-anticipated weekend debut.

The video for "Gentleman", the long-awaited follow-up to the South Korean singer's global hit, has received 105.4 million hits, topping 100 million in record time since it was posted Saturday.

India's most elaborate theme park opens this week with special-effect Hindu gods and Bollywood-themed rides, aiming to tap a thirst for family entertainment among the country's rising middle-class.

Adlabs Imagica, which cost about $294 million to create, opens its doors to the public on Thursday between the western cities of Mumbai and Pune, with capacity for 10,000 to 15,000 visitors a day.

A Ukrainian television prankster who gatecrashed this year's Grammy Awards show has been charged and could face up to six months in jail, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

Vitalii Sediuk managed to get into a VIP seating area at the music industry's biggest awards show on February 10 and walked up on stage just as British singer Adele stepped up to receive her award.

Amsterdam's Anne Frank museum on Monday defended teen idol Justin Bieber amid a furore over his comments that he hoped the Jewish teen who died in a Nazi camp would have been a fan.

"We think that what's special is that a 19-year-old comes to the Anne Frank House and spends an hour visiting on a Friday night," museum spokeswoman Maatje Mostart told Agence France Presse amid growing criticism of the pop star's perceived selfishness.

Cinematic super hero and tech genius he may be, but Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. on Monday confessed that unlike co-star Gwyneth Paltrow he can't speak French.

Paltrow, who mastered a British accent for several roles in the 1990s, showed off her linguistic skills at a news conference in Paris, answering questions about the "Iron Man 3" film in fluent French.

Australian actor Hugh Jackman has vowed to "do anything" to protect his family, after U.S. police arrested an alleged stalker who chased him into a New York gym with an electric razor.

The star was outside the gym on Saturday morning when the 47-year-old woman approached him, a New York Police Department (NYPD) spokesman said. Media reports said she was screaming "I love you."