Jackson's father seeks allowance
Joe Jackson asks for an allowance from the estate of his late son Michael, saying the star supported him before he died. |
Sadler's Wells role for Phillips
Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips is to become a director of Sadler's Wells dance theatre. |
Street star questioned over crash
Police quiz Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas over a car crash which took place in Manchester city centre. |
Aretha to perform at Motown gala
Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder are among the musicians set to perform at a special concert for the US record label. |
Sick Sir Elton is out of hospital
Singer Sir Elton John is released from a London hospital after being treated for flu and E. coli, a spokesman for the star says. |
Beatles tracks pulled off US site
EMI wins an injunction against a US website which it claims was selling Beatles songs without permission. |
Ant and Dec sign new ITV contract
Presenting team Ant and Dec say they are "delighted" and "excited" after signing up for two more years at ITV. |
Beyonce in MTV Europe hat-trick
Singer Beyonce has landed a trio of trophies, including best female and best song, at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin. |
Golden Girl star has heart bypass
Golden Girls actress Rue McClanahan is recovering in a New York hospital following heart bypass surgery, her manager says. |
Revamped Ashmolean opens to public
The UK's oldest public museum, the Ashmolean, reopens after a £61m redevelopment. |
Bridgend to premiere suicide play
A play based around teenage suicide in the Welsh county of Bridgend is announced by the National Theatre Wales. |
Public art boosted by tax scheme
Works of art by Titian and David Hockney are among almost £20m worth of cultural objects accepted in lieu of tax this year, it is revealed. |
Record prices mark art sale boom
A sale of Impressionist and Modern Art fetches more than than $180m (£108m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York. |
X Factor twins no good, says PM
Gordon Brown reveals he does not rate the X Factor contestants twin group John and Edward. |
Bunnymen cancel US tour over tax
Echo and the Bunnymen cancel their US tour 10 days before it was due to begin over a tax dispute. |
Morrissey is 'best musical poet'
A Scottish academic writes a book arguing that singer Morrissey is the greatest lyricist in the history of British popular music. |
Rihanna warning over assault
Singer Rihanna talks on US television about being assaulted by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown, warning that "it could happen to anybody". |
Choir aims for top with Dame Vera
A Welsh choir is teaming up with forces sweetheart Dame Vera Lynn to try to secure the Christmas number one spot. |
Eminem 'wins 3D horror film role'
Rap star Eminem is to appear in a 3D hip-hop horror movie called Shady Talez, according to trade paper Screen International. |
De Niro gets top LA Bafta award
Veteran actor Robert De Niro receives the Stanley Kubrick award for excellence in film at the Bafta Awards in Los Angeles. |
Freeman settles car crash lawsuit
Hollywood star Morgan Freeman reaches an out-of-court settlement with a woman who was his passenger in a car crash. |
Boyle 'to make mountaineer epic'
Slumdog Millionaire director is to film the story of a climber who was forced to amputate his own arm, US media reports. |
STV to go it alone with Taggart
STV is to make a new series of its police drama Taggart next year, even if ITV refuse to re-commission it. |
Wogan stays at Children In Need
Broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan plans to carry on presenting the BBC's Children In Need show "until hell freezes over", he reveals. |
Royle Family actress collects OBE
Veteran actress Sue Johnston, best known for her role in the Royle Family, collects her OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace. |
TV debut for Streep daughter
The daughter of Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep is to make her screen debut in a TV series as the child of a celebrity couple. |
Ladies' night in Berlin
Host Katy Perry may have an album called One of the Boys - but it was the girls who shone at the MTV Europe Music Awards |
Obama inspired
Jon Bon Jovi says his lyrics are framed in the White House |
Inside Ashmolean
Discover the museum's delights |
Dreamscape
Tracey Emin unveils her latest exhibition in New York |
The Grouch
Why did Britain fall out of love with Sesame St? |
Making Dr Who
Bye to the man behind the biggest doctors |
Vampire weekend
One hotel. Five actors. And 800 Twilight fans... |
