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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The growing use of the internet for viewing has made licensing TV sets outdated, according to right-wing think tank the Adam Smith More >
Balding complains over sex jibe
Jul 30th
30 July 2010 Last updated at 13:10 ET
Sports presenter Clare Balding has made an official complaint to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) over an article which mocked her sexuality in The Sunday Times.
Last week columnist AA Gill reviewed her new show Britain By Bike.
However, Balding took exception to comments he made More >
UK Film Council to be abolished
Jul 26th
26 July 2010 Last updated at 10:51 ET
The UK Film Council is to be axed as part of a cost-cutting drive by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), it has been announced.
The organisation, founded in 2000, had an annual budget of £15m to invest in British films and 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 >
Chris Moyles signs new contract
Jul 21st
Chris Moyles holds the record as Radio 1′s longest-serving breakfast show host
Radio 1 breakfast show host Chris Moyles has signed a new contract which will keep him at the station for at least another year.
The DJ announced the news on his Twitter feed on Tuesday (20 July).
He said: “Evening More >
Dream opening for Inception movie
Jul 19th
19 July 2010 Last updated at 04:18 ET
Christopher Nolan’s Inception has topped the North American box office taking $60.4m (£39.5m) on its opening weekend, according to studio estimates.
The thriller, about thieves who steal secrets from dreams, knocked animated 3D film Despicable Me off the top spot.
It was Leonardo DiCaprio’s best opening 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 >
Stunt error throws Pink off stage
Jul 16th
16 July 2010 Last updated at 04:55 ET
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The singer’s tumble was captured by an amateur cameraman
US singer Pink was taken to hospital during a gig in Germany after an on-stage stunt went wrong.
The star fell out of a harness which was supposed to carry More >
‘Molasses’ poured in BP protest
Jul 13th
The museum says it is grateful to BP for its support
An oil-like substance has been poured around one of the British Museum’s statues by activists urging it to end its sponsorship deal with BP.
The targeted relic, Hoa Hakananai’a, is a giant carving of a human head and torso and More >
Swiss reject Polanski extradition
Jul 12th
Polanski was under house arrest but is now free to leave
Authorities in Switzerland have decided not to extradite film director Roman Polanski to the US to face sentencing for a case dating back to 1977.
Polanski, 76, has been under house arrest in his Swiss chalet since December 2009 pending More >
Campbell to testify at war trial
Jul 10th
Naomi Campbell is scheduled to appear on 29 July
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has confirmed she will give evidence at the war crimes trial of the former Liberia President Charles Taylor.
Mr Taylor is on trial at the UN-backed tribunal in The Hague accused of using diamonds to fuel a conflict in More >
Police probe Gibson assault claim
Jul 9th
Oksanka Grigorieva and Mel Gibson appeared at numerous public events
Actor Mel Gibson is being investigated over claims of domestic violence, Los Angeles police have confirmed.
They said an allegation was being looked into following an interview with the star’s Russian ex-girlfriend Oksanka Grigorieva.
But spokesman Steve Whitmore declined to disclose any More >
Turner oil breaks artist record
Jul 8th
The painting was bought by the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles
An 1839 Turner masterpiece of a view of Rome has sold for £29.7m in London, breaking the artist’s auction record.
Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino sold in five minutes with six bidders battling for the work which has More >
