Oscar-nominated actor John Malkovich is to play a Josef Fritzl-style Austrian psychopath at the Barbican, in London, next year, it is announced.
This year's Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles was the most watched in the US for five years, early figures suggest.
The BBC Trust announces it will review how well some radio services perform in terms of their quality, distinctiveness and value for money.
Musician Pete Doherty is banned from driving after admitting allowing his manager to use his car without insurance.
The critics' verdicts on Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies
Pink Floyd launch legal action in the High Court against EMI over payment of online royalties and marketing of their music.
A US TV producer pleads guilty to attempting to blackmail US chat show host David Letterman over his affairs.
Goldfrapp return all happy and relaxed. What happened?
Actor Charlie Sheen is expected to return to the set of Two and a Half Men after a spell in rehab, his publicist says.
Rapper Lil Wayne is sentenced to a year in prison after admitting possessing a gun, discovered on his tour bus in 2007.
Unemployment records found in a skip which poke fun at a young Sir Tom Jones are being auctioned.
Florence and the Machine is to headline her first festival, topping the bill at Latitude in Suffolk in July.
A Welsh TV channel funded by taxpayers aired almost 200 TV shows in the last month that officially attracted zero viewers, according to a newspaper report.
Oliver Stone's sequel to 1987 hit Wall Street will not be in cinemas for another six months after film studio bosses push back the release date.
Take That star Mark Owen says he is "deeply sorry" after admitting he cheated on his partner of five years, before they married in 2009.

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