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Mantel on Orange Prize longlist Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:11:17 GMTBooker Prize winner Hilary Mantel is longlisted for this year's Orange Prize for Fiction for her historical novel Wolf Hall.
Ads 'exaggerated climate change' Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:05:41 GMTTwo government press adverts aimed at raising awareness of climate change are banned for overstating the risks.
Jack White 'records with Jay-Z' Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:48:32 GMTThe White Stripes frontman has revealed that he's recorded a new track with the Brooklyn rapper in a magazine interview.
Bullock no-show hits premiere Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:07:56 GMTThe UK premiere of The Blind Side is scrapped after its Oscar-winning star Sandra Bullock pulls out of the event, organisers say.
Tube Banksy work regains its halo Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:01:21 GMTA Banksy poster that was censored for use on the Tube is restored by an unidentified graffiti artist.
Shock television Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:28:03 GMTFrench fake show turns contestants to electrocutioners
BBC world music DJ Gillett dies Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:56:51 GMTBBC World Service DJ and rock'n'roll historian Charlie Gillett dies aged 68 after a long illness, his official website confirms.
Jack White records with Jay-Z Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:48:32 GMTThe White Stripes frontman has revealed that he's recorded a new track with the Brooklyn rapper in a magazine interview.
Oops! Red faces after adult channel airs on children's TV Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:26:48 GMTUS TV bosses apologise after preview clips of the Playboy channel were accidentally played out on two children's channels in North Carolina.
Winfrey to defend defamation Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:28:00 GMTOprah Winfrey must defend a case filed against her by the former headmistress of her girls' school in South Africa, a judge rules.
Corey Haim laid to rest in Canada Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:12:31 GMTA private funeral service is held in Toronto for actor Corey Haim following his death at the age of 38 last week.
Cult musician Chilton dies at 59 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:25:09 GMTSinger and guitarist Alex Chilton, whose band Big Star influenced acts from REM to Primal Scream, dies in New Orleans.
Record estimate for Picasso work Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:09:59 GMTA painting owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber's Art Foundation, which was at the centre of a dispute about its Nazi-era history, is to be offered for sale.
Keys and Peas to launch World Cup Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:21:06 GMTAlicia Keys and Black Eyed Peas will kick off this year's World Cup football tournament with a special gig in Johannesburg.
Jedward announce new record deal Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:33:26 GMTX Factor finalists John and Edward Grimes - otherwise known as Jedward - switch record labels and signed to Universal, it is announced.
Banderas in global poverty fight Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:10:14 GMTThe Spanish-born actor is appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by the United Nations.