US film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died in New York at the age of 81.
Posted : Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:27:26 GMT
Bee Gees star Robin Gibb says he is making a "spectacular" recovery from cancer and that he is feeling "fantastic".
Posted : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:59:19 GMT
Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.
Posted : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:30:44 GMT
Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign.
Posted : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:30:11 GMT
US singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey goes straight in at number one in the UK album chart with her debut release Born To Die.
Posted : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 19:18:22 GMT
Film-maker Zalman King, best known for writing and producing the hit movie Nine and a Half Weeks, dies aged 70.
Posted : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:05:50 GMT
The BBC's Director General, Mark Thompson, accuses the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:47 GMT
Movie billboards in Paris featuring The Artist actor Jean Dujardin might affect his chances of winning an Academy Award, according to French press.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:07:31 GMT
Almost a year after the film reigned supreme at the Oscars, the stage version of The King's Speech has its world premiere.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:59:05 GMT
R&B and gospel singer David Peaston, best known for the tracks Two Wrongs (Don't Make it Right) and Can I?, dies aged 54.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:47:52 GMT
Actor Hugh Grant will star in the third Bridget Jones movie, despite recent reports that he had pulled out of the sequel
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:26:26 GMT
Comedian Billy Connolly is criticised for ending two of his stand-up shows early in the past week due to hecklers.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:31:43 GMT
A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:13:34 GMT
Pop star Calvin Harris was the most successful songwriter in the UK singles chart in 2011, according to research from trade magazine Music Week.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:20:58 GMT
Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off is to transfer to the West End after breaking box office records at the Old Vic.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:01:42 GMT
Artist Mike Kelley, whose unsettling installations helped define contemporary art in Los Angeles, has died at the age of 57.
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:45:33 GMT
Novels by authors such as James Patterson and Lee Child are among the most borrowed books from British libraries.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:55:18 GMT
Egypt's leading comic actor Adel Imam receives a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam in films and plays.
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:22:19 GMT
An actor known for his far-right views takes up his position as director of a prominent Hungarian theatre amid controversy and protests in the streets of Budapest.
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:48:36 GMT
Actor Daniel Craig is shown wielding a gun and sporting stubble in the first official image from the new James Bond film Skyfall.
Posted : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:57:11 GMT
A record company has begun a worldwide search for the singer who can sing a note so low that it is thought never to have been sung before.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:58:45 GMT
BBC Radio 1 have announced more than 25 acts to take part in the Olympic Hackney weekend festival.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:05:30 GMT
Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward threatens to pull out of the bands reunion, unless he is presented with a "signable contract".
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:34:48 GMT
Australia is more forward-thinking than the UK when it comes to portraying ethnic minorities in soaps, says Neighbours actor Sachin Joab.
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:26:11 GMT
Appropriate Adult, ITV1's dramatisation of the arrest of killer Fred West, picks up best single drama at the Broadcast awards in London.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:58 GMT
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is to guest star on animated comedy The Simpsons, it is confirmed.
Posted : Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:41:31 GMT
The BBC's director general Mark Thompson has accused the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.
Posted : Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:25:09 GMT
One of the first events to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee is taking place at the Cartoon Museum in London.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:37:12 GMT
A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:06:30 GMT
At the age of 14, Gun Chaikittiwatana is already playing some of the hardest pieces ever written for classical piano.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:24:53 GMT
Scarlett Johansson's among the winners at Germany's Golden Camera Awards and Daniel Radcliffe opens up about his drinking plus the rest of the day's top entertainment headlines.
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:26:49 GMT
There's new evidence that Dickens lived much closer to some of the characters in his novels than previously thought.
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:23 GMT
The BBC's Nick Higham talks to James Treadwell about his book Advent.
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:22:26 GMT
Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds has revealed that he accidentally gave his co-star Denzel Washington a black eye while filming an action scene for his new film Safe House.
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:52:04 GMT
Sir David Jason moves behind the camera
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:26:19 GMT
The residents fed-up with movie stars and camera crews
Posted : Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:14:40 GMT
Why nostalgia and the internet are increasingly important for comics
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:18:21 GMT
Martha Macy May Marlene explores the attraction of cults
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:46:44 GMT
Original artworks hang alongside copies in new exhibition
Posted : Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:04:00 GMT
What's behind US cult appeal of Downton Abbey?
Posted : Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:32:47 GMT
The nine best picture nominees for 2012
Posted : Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:21:48 GMT