Stars more massive than about 8 times the mass of the Sun end their lives in
cataclysmic explosions:  supernovae and gamma-ray bursts.  In recent years targeted
and blind transient surveys have expanded the range of potential outcomes, including
potentially non-destructive eruptions on the path to the eventual explosion and
highly-luminous events that may require a new range of progenitor or explosion
parameters.  In this talk I will give an overview of these recent developments
spanning the range from transients at intermediate luminosities to gamma-ray bursts.