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A first edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone with the author's scribbles about the Hogwart's coat of arms and other details of the wizarding universe sold for £150,000 ($234,000 Cdn) at a charity auction in London today.

Montreal filmmaker Chloé Robichaud's debut feature Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course) had a warm welcome Tuesday following its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

The company unveiled the Xbox One, a next-generation entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment. It will go on sale later this year.

American writer and humorist David Sedaris manages to find humour in the perversity of everyday life.

Yahoo says it is rebooting its languishing photo-sharing site Flickr with plans to make it "awesome" again — and is now offering users 1 terabyte of free online storage.

It was party time on Saskatoon's Broadway Avenue Monday afternoon, with native sons The Sheepdogs taking to the stage.

CBS has taken the scheduled season-ending episode of Mike & Molly off the air because its plot line revolved around a tornado threatening the couple.

Justin Bieber's pet monkey has become the property of Germany after the pop singer failed to produce required vaccination and import papers for the animal.

Comedy doyenne and TV sketch queen Carol Burnett is set to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.

Netflix has been giving viewers the opportunity to watch entire new seasons of TV shows in one sitting and — for better or for worse — many have been doing just that.

Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74.

A Vancouver company says it will re-start production of a guitar that was used by Chris Hadfield in space, prompting thousands of dollars in new orders.

Jeff Foran is a teacher who took up the RPM Challenge this winter, and produced an album that mixes his passions for cycling and percussion.

Halifax musicians are fundraising for local guitar player Rick Edgett, who's dying of cancer.

Microsoft's next-generation Xbox expected to be revealed Tuesday, and anticipation for the entertainment console's latest evolution is running high.

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards, winning eight of 11 awards, including top artist and top Billboard 200 album for Red.

The director behind a TV series being shot in Kahnawake says she wants to show Canadians what it means to be a Mohawk woman.

A custom-made electric guitar played by the late John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold at a New York auction on Saturday for $408,000 US, said officials with the company behind the event

Canadian Sarah McNally is taking her own unique approach to the book-selling game in New York City, and its success is evident in her Manhattan McNally-Jackson Bookstore, writes David Gutnick.

Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune Only Teardrops.

Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry in a brazen late-night burglary.

German officials say Justin Bieber will have to pay the bill for his monkey's two-month stay at a Munich animal shelter.

Techno beats, over-the-top stage antics and pop stars of the past return to the spotlight in Stockholm this weekend as the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest ramps up to its showy finale.

For Pete Townshend, watching the Stratford Festival's revamp of his hit rock opera Tommy stirs up difficult memories from his working-class, post-war upbringing.

Quebec director Chloé Robichaud is at the Cannes Film Festival with her debut feature, Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course), which has been chosen for Un Certain Regard, a program that runs alongside the main competition.