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Williams to headline Heroes gig
Aug 3rd
3 August 2010 Last updated at 01:00 ET
Robbie Williams and Alexandra Burke are among the stars set to perform at a benefit concert for servicemen and women at Twickenham Stadium.
The concert, which takes place on 12 September and will be shown on BBC One, will also feature comic talent including Bruce More >
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The growing use of the internet for viewing has made licensing TV sets outdated, according to right-wing think tank the Adam Smith More 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 >
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 >
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 >
Brit actor Garfield is Spider-Man
Jul 2nd
Andrew Garfield won a TV Bafta for his role in gritty drama Boy A
British actor Andrew Garfield is to play comic book superhero Spider-Man in the next outing of the film series, it has been announced.
The 26-year-old, raised in the UK but born in California, will begin work on 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 >
Winfrey top of Forbes power list
Jun 29th
Winfrey is launching her own TV channel next year
US TV host Oprah Winfrey has has been named the most powerful celebrity in the world by Forbes magazine.
Winfrey knocked film star Angelina Jolie off the top spot of Forbes’s annual Celebrity 100 list, which is based on earnings and media More >
Jackson glove sells for $190,000
Jun 28th
The auction took place on the first anniversary of Jackson’s death
A crystal-studded glove belonging to the late pop star Michael Jackson has sold at a US auction for $190,000 (£126,000).
The glove, worn during the Jacksons’ 1984 Victory tour, was among over 200 items on offer, which sold for just More >
Wrongful death suit over Jackson
Jun 26th
Fans around the world marked one year since the singer’s death
Pop star Michael Jackson’s father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the doctor charged with giving him a lethal overdose one year ago.
The civil suit from Joe Jackson accuses Dr Conrad Murray of professional negligence in administering a More >
Jackson ‘was killed for money’
Jun 24th
Michael Jackson was murdered for money, according to his sister LaToya
LaToya Jackson has claimed her brother Michael was murdered because he was “worth so much more dead than alive”.
Speaking during a TV interview, the singer demanded what she called “the truth” surrounding the star’s death in June 2009. 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 >
Toy Story 3 tops US box office
Jun 21st
It is 15 years since the first Toy Story film was released
Toy Story 3 has had the biggest-ever opening for a Disney Pixar film, raking in $109m (£73m) in its opening weekend, initial estimates suggest.
It knocked The Karate Kid, which took $29m (£19.49m), into second place.
The previous best debut More >
Harry Potter US theme park opens
Jun 20th
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Madeline Morris takes a look around the new Harry Potter theme park in Florida.
Thousands queued for the opening of the Harry Potter theme park, where they were greeted by the films’ stars, including Daniel Radcliffe.
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened at the 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 >
