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Mutek was founded in 2000 when the rave era was at its peak, but after the monster party scene collapsed a couple years later, the festival stayed strong because they traded in a style of electronic music that was more esoteric than ecstatic.

Now electronic music has exploded once again as Mutek celebrates its 13th anniversary in Montreal from May 30 - June 3, but festival programmer Patti Schmidt, famed for her stint on CBC Radio's late, lamented Brave New Waves, couldn't care less.

"Everyone wanted to know my opinion on Deadmau5 and Skrillex, which, well, snore..." she says. "But Justice and Daft Punk and Depeche Mode have all been big business, and all been stadium rockers. I feel like the penetration of the mainstream keeps happening over and over again and the 25-year-olds who are writing the articles are on some novelty angle that nobody can ever shake.

"I'm a refusenik about this."

Fair points all, but certainly Mutek no longer has the dancefloor to itself these days, as electronic tours like IDentity and mega one-off festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas now dot the summer calendar and every rock fest adds a dance tent. And the whole thing has become big money.

"There's a commercial angle to it and in the last few years, the fees and the agency structure around the bigger names in electronic music have really tripled or quadrupled," Schmidt says. "The money that they get is kinda mind-boggling."

And so she laughs off promoters who ask for $40,000 for some trendy producer and instead curates a line-up that pushes boundaries, paying homage to the past while fixing its eyes firmly on the future. And when Mutek does book a hot commodity, like Richie Hawtin and Amon Tobin last year, or Nicholas Jaar this year, it's because they have a longstanding relationship already.

"This will be the third time he [Jaar] has played at the festival and the first time nobody knew who he was," says Schmidt. "He had maybe one 12-inch out and [Mutek director] Allain [Mongeau] had a connection to him through Chile."

Jaar will be joined by a diverse line-up ranging from techno legend Jeff Mills and acid house icon A Guy Called Gerald to Juno-winning avant-garde electronic artist Tim Hecker on a church organ and a rare "live soundtracking" set from dubstep pioneer (and Hyperdub label boss) Kode9. There will also be sets from Canadian heroes like Mat Jonson, Solvent and Junior Boys' Jeremey Greenspan as well as "dudes with oscillators and scotch tape and rubber bands."

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img-girls-gone-wild-3_135102671668120507184106The film debuted a brief clip at the Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews Justin Bieber must be so happy for her!

Selena Gomezhas been working so hard on her film career, and it seems to be paying off early reviews of her upcoming movie Spring Breakers are stellar!

Selena, 19, stars in the racy flick, and fans were treated to an early peek of a preview at the Cannes Film Festival. The consensus? It will be amazing!

The best thing Ive seen so far in Cannes: the outdoor movie Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers, alongside Tarantino movie. Harm is back! wrote Twitter user Tom Charity.

We saw a few minutes. Struck me see Selena Gomez and Vanessa Hudgens in such extreme scenes for the film from Korine. wrote Twitter user Diego Batlle.

The craziest movie of 2013? To be a Harmony Korine movie with theft, lesbian scenes, and punk. And James Franco with gold teeth. wrote Twitter user Filiberto Molossi.

It sounds like such an extreme role for Selena we cant wait for it to come to the big screen!

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Nicole Kidman's new film, The Paperboy, has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to rave reviews.

But, one key scene is the talk of the town.

The sight of Nicole Kidman urinating on her co-star Zac Efron had critics abuzz at this year's Cannes festival.

But the scene isn't as racy as you might expect.

Kidman's Charlotte urinates down on Efron's excitable teen after he gets stung on the face by a jellyfish.

Fans of the original novel, from which the film has been adapted, will note a change of plot.

In the original Peter Dexter novel, Efron's Jack is treated by a group of nursing students but in the film Kidman chases the nurses away: 'If anyone is going to piss on that boy, it's going to be me,' she says.

Kidman, who is in Cannes with her husband Keith Urban, said of the role: 'Lee said to me, 'Look we've got no money, you're going to have to do your own hair and make-up.' So I went into my bathroom, and I got out the fake tan and I put on lashes, and I got out a hairpiece thing it was platinum.

'I put it all on and took a photo and texted it to Lee, in all kinds of different provocative positions. What he sent back, which I cannot say, but it was like 'Thumbs-up!'

'And that's how it started to percolate.'

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In the early '90s, alternative rock was exploding overground, with the rave scene coming up right behind it. This beloved Adelaide Street club bridged these two movements together in a legitimate, licensed space.

Club: Catch 22 Niteclub, 379 Adelaide W.

Years in operation: 1989-1997

History: While a five-year-lifespan tends to be a decent run for nightclubs in this city, some strike a nerve and manage to go it longer, thanks to an ever-evolving community of supporters. Catch 22 was such a venue.

Located on Adelaide near the corner of Spadina, Catch was slightly off the beaten path as it lay on the edges of the then-developing club district and was a few minutes walk south from Queen West. It was opened in November of 1989 by a group of friendswith Pat Violo, Lex van Erem, and Gio Cristiano at the corein a former storage space on the buildings lowest level.

Lex van Erem had the space and wanted to build a restaurant, but I convinced him it wasnt a good idea because of its location, recalls Violo, who had been a manager at RPM nightclub. I told him it best suited a nightclub. He liked the idea and asked me to be his partner.

The original idea was to open a club that played only alternative music, and looked very underground. We wanted the music to be the focal point, and it was inspired by CFNYs format.

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The cast of The Paperboy hit the Cannes red carpet for world premiere.

Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron at a gala screening of The Paperboy at Cannes. Picture: AFP Source: AFP

Kidman as the trashy sexual predator Charlotte in The Paperboy. Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

IF THIS year's Cannes film festival is remembered for one thing, it'll be the sight of Nicole Kidman urinating on Zac Efron.

The golden shower isn't a publicity stunt gone wrong, but a scene from Kidman's new film,The Paperboy, which made its debut at Cannes and is giving her the best reviews of her career.

Critics have called her trashy, predatory Barbie doll in Lee Daniel's humid, swamp thriller "funny, sexy, poignantly vulnerable (and) romantic".

Even those who booed the film at the press screening were kind enough to note that Kidman hasn't been this funny since her 1995 black comedy To Die For.

Kidman, who is in Cannes with her husband Keith Urban, said of the role: "Lee said to me, 'Look we've got no money, you're going to have to do your own hair and make-up.' So I went into my bathroom, and I got out the fake tan and I put on lashes, and I got out a hairpiece thing it was platinum.

"I put it all on and took a photo and texted it to Lee, in all kinds of different provocative positions. What he sent back, which I cannot say, but it was like 'Thumbs-up!"

"And that's how it started to percolate."

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