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Call to overhaul funding for BBC
Aug 1st
1 August 2010 Last updated at 19:35 ET
The television licence fee is “obsolete and unfair” and should be replaced with a voluntary subscription service for certain programming, a report says.
The growing use of the internet for viewing has made licensing TV sets outdated, according to right-wing think tank the Adam Smith More >
Hunt calls for BBC pay openness
Jul 25th
25 July 2010 Last updated at 12:12 ET
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Jeremy Hunt said the public needed greater transparency from the BBC
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called on the BBC to be more open about how much it pays its top stars.
Speaking on BBC One’s Andrew Marr More >
Richard Desmond buys channel Five
Jul 23rd
23 July 2010 Last updated at 15:45 ET
Richard Desmond, the owner of the Daily Express and Daily Star, has bought Five Group from entertainment network RTL for £104m.
The deal for Mr Desmond’s Northern & Shell company to buy Five, which runs TV channel Five, has been closed with immediate effect.
RTL said More >
Sherlock actor’s ‘joy and worry’
Jul 22nd
22 July 2010 Last updated at 23:01
By Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News
Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has admitted he felt an initial rush of anxiety over taking on the role of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes.
The 34-year-old actor stars in the BBC’s contemporary remake of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic which begins on More >
TV licence may be cut – minister
Jul 17th
17 July 2010 Last updated at 10:11 ET
The television licence fee could be cut under the government’s public spending austerity drive, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Mr Hunt attacked the BBC’s “extraordinary and outrageous” waste.
He said he could “absolutely” see viewers paying less than More >
Men At Work to hand over royalties
Jul 6th
Down Under reached number one in Australia, the US and the UK
A judge has ordered Men At Work to hand over royalties from the 1983 hit single Down Under after earlier ruling they had plagiarised a children’s song.
The Australian band must pay 5% of money earned from the song More >
South Korean star ‘found hanged’
Jun 30th
Mr Park had been nursing his terminally ill 62-year-old father
A popular South Korean actor and singer has been found dead at his home after an apparent suicide, police said.
Park Yong-ha, 33, was reportedly found by his mother after apparently hanging himself with an electrical cord.
Police said Mr Park had More >
Warhol sells in Polaroid auction
Jun 23rd
Andy Warhol’s Self Portrait (Eyes Closed) and Truman Capote were on sale
A 1979 Andy Warhol self-portrait which sold for $254,500 (£170,800) was among photos sold at a New York auction of the Polaroid corporation’s collection.
It was one of 1,200 photos for sale at Sotheby’s collected by the firm over More >
Director Ronald Neame dies at 99
Jun 18th
Poseidon Adventure director Ronald “Ronnie” Neame has died in hospital in Los Angeles at the age of 99.
The British film-maker, who died on Wednesday, never recovered after suffering from a fall, said family friend and BBC correspondent Peter Bowes.
London-born Neame also worked as a cinematographer on films including Blithe Spirit More >
Five MTV awards for New Moon
Jun 7th
Stewart and Pattinson picked up the award for best kiss
The second instalment in the Twilight franchise won five prizes at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles – emulating the success of the first movie in 2009.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon won best movie while Kristen Stewart and Robert More >
World Cup opera singer dies at 34
May 26th
Siphiwo Ntshebe had been due to release a single and album
A South African opera singer chosen by Nelson Mandela to perform at the World Cup opening ceremony has died from meningitis, his record label has said.
Siphiwo Ntshebe, 34, was admitted to hospital in Port Elizabeth last week and died More >
Slipknot bassist found dead at 38
May 25th
The band, with Gray (far right) won a Grammy Award in 2006
Paul Gray, the bassist with US metal band Slipknot, has been found dead in a hotel in Des Moines, Iowa.
The body of the 38-year-old musician was found by an employee at the hotel in a suburb of the More >
Superhero show Smallville ending
May 21st
Tom Welling has starred in the series for a decade
US television series Smallville is coming to an end after 10 years, broadcaster CW has confirmed.
The drama, which charts the early years of Superman’s alter ego Clark Kent, is said to be the longest-running serial based on a comic book More >
Superhero show Smallville ending
May 21st
Tom Welling has starred in the series for a decade
US television series Smallville is coming to an end after 10 years, broadcaster CW has confirmed.
The drama, which charts the early years of Superman’s alter ego Clark Kent, is said to be the longest-running serial based on a comic book More >
Lily Allen wins three Ivor awards
May 20th
By Tim Masters Entertainment correspondent, BBC News
A tearful Lily Allen has picked up three Ivor Novello songwriting awards, including songwriter of the year.
The 25-year-old was choked with emotion as her hit single The Fear scooped prizes for best song musically and lyrically, and most performed work.
“This song is so much More >
