Leonard Cohen acknowledges the audience after receiving the Glenn Gould Prize in Toronto on Monday May 14, 2012. …

Last night, beloved Canadian singer and songwriter, Leonard Cohen, was presented with the prestigious Glenn Gould Prize and accepted the honour while donating the $50,000 prize to the Canada Council for the Arts.

"The truth is without the help and encouragement of the Canada Council, I would never have written 'The Favourite Game' or 'The Spice Box of Earth,'" he said. "I am profoundly grateful."

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Over the last week, Toronto has been taken over with events of Cohen fanfare that included an exhibition of his visual art, a film trilogy tribute at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema and public performances of his music in 25 city hotspots.

Each presentation demonstrated why this Montréal-born artist means so much to Canada and reinforced his status as the ninth Prize Laureate of what some have called the "Nobel Prize of the Arts," becoming the third Canadian to do so.

Presented by The Glenn Gould Foundation, the

An inspirational music video set to a Kelly Clarkson hit, made by the young leukemia patients at Seattle Children's Hospital, has taken the Internet by storm, thanks to a tweet from Kelly herself. And it's easy to understand why Kelly (and 1.4 million YouTube viewers, as of this writing) have been so emotionally moved by the clip, which manages to be both heartbreaking and joyful at the same time. As the ward's cancer-stricken children lip-synch and dance in their hospital rooms to "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" in the video, Kelly's lyrics take on poignant new meaning, as the pop song transforms from a simple breakup ode into a triumphant anti-cancer anthem.

Just in time for Mother's Day, Justin Bieber has debuted a new track that he wrote for his own mom, Pattie Malette, called "Turn To You."

"Turn To You" by Justin Bieber

Released on iTunes yesterday, proceeds from the purchase of the song will go towards helping Malette raise money to save a shelter in Ontario dedicated to the support of single mothers called the Bethesda Centre.

For more information about their cause, head here and join us as we countdown our favourite Mother's Day tunes featured below.

4. "The Best Day" by Taylor Swift
In a heart-warming video featuring clips of a young Taylor Swift, we can see that the country superstar gets her eyes and gorgeous smile from her mother, Andrea Swift. The "Love Story" singer wrote the track and created the video herself as a Christmas present for her mom saying, "It's probably one of my favourite songs that I've ever written." "My mom and I have been best friends since I was born. So I'm really glad that I got that down on CD."

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Devon Whitney, a teen born with a rare disease called Oto-Palatal-Digital Syndrome that leaves him in constant pain and according to 9 News, has caused "more than two dozen surgeries since the day he was born," is looking for a date to his high school prom.

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The 19-year-old from Aurora, Colorado, has put off finding a date because he says that he is afraid to ask anyone. However, the shy teen has put his fears aside and decided to ask his "dream girl," Taylor Swift, to be his date to the big dance in the hope that with her on his arm, no one will make fun of him.

"I just think she's the sweetest girl I've ever known," Whitney said in an interview. "Because I saw her live in concert and I was like 'Oh my gosh, she's amazing!'"

By posting a video on message for Swift on YouTube, Whitney hopes to reach the country superstar.

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"My senior prom is coming up and at first I

This elephant can play the harmonica better than you.

According to the video's description, Shanthi, a 36-year-old Asian female elephant at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has been known to play instruments provided for her in her zoo environment at her own discretion without the coaxing of zoo trainers or keepers.

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"I think what's really amazing about the little ditties that Shanthi comes up with is musically, they really do have a beginning, a middle and an end," elephant keeper Debbie Flinkman says in the clip. "[The songs] have a repetitive part that might have some beat that you could actually follow to it and it has a big crescendo at the end and we all know there is going to be a crescendo. And, we wait and then we applaud and then we go back to work and it's just so enjoyable."

It's rare that you'd find Earth's largest land animal jamming without encouragement from trainers and keepers or with the added incentive

Rebecca Black is back in action!

Yesterday, the famed "Friday" singer, who currently has almost 88 million views on her YouTube channel, released her new music video, "Sing It," and in it she takes us to the beach for some fun in the sun.

"Sing It" - Rebecca Black - Official Music Video

"'Sing It' is about just being free and having fun," the California native told E! News. "[It's] about letting go and letting music take over. That's how it is for me. When I listen to music, I listen to it very loud and I just forget everything else in the world."

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Singing with flowers in her hair and having fun on a beautiful beach in Malibu, Black's video makes us long for the fast approaching days of summer.

"The music video [takes place] at my favourite place, ever, the beach," Black said. "I'm a total beach person, so this was one of my favourite videos. It's shows me with my friends having a great time and just letting go [in front of] a

This ain't nothin' but a hound dog. Cryin' all the time!

In what seems like a scene right out of Disney's "Oliver & Company," this toddler and bloodhound sure know how to jam!

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Featured on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," DeGeneres prefaced the clip by saying, "For some of you, summer is when your kids are at home from school and you can look forward to hours and hours of entertainment like this." She jokingly added, "Now I remember why I don't have kids."

This musical occurrence is a common one and an event that can produce thousands of similar results simply by searching the phrase "dog harmonica" on YouTube.

According to Modern Dog Magazine, studies confirm that different types of music produce different reactions from our canine counterparts.

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For example, in the article Deborah Wells, a psychologist at Queen's University Belfast, exposed dogs in an animal shelter to multiple genres of music including

During their May 4 concert performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California, Coldplay honoured late Beastie Boys rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch with an acoustic performance of the hip-hop trio's 1987 smash single, "Fight For Your Right."

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In the clip, Coldplay manages to turn the iconic rap anthem into a gentle piano ballad that was emotional and heartfelt. At the end of the song, lead singer Chris Martin added in the band's sentiments by singing, "We're sending all our love to the Beastie Boys."

Simply titling the video "RIP MCA" and posting it on their website a mere two days ago, the touching clip has gone on to receive over 1.4 million views and has prompted comments like, "What a great tribute! Can't stop the tears from flowing...VERY sweet!"

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Jumping from Los Angeles, California across the United States to Newark, New Jersey, the Red Hot Chili Peppers also honoured Yauch during their Friday