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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 Forsyth and Jack Dee
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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 The growing use of the internet for viewing has made licensing TV sets outdated, according to right-wing think tank the Adam Smith Institute.
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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.
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29 July 2010 Last updated at 15:37 ET Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine have scooped two prizes at this year’s Kerrang! Awards, including best British group for the third year running. They were also named best live band, following a headline appearance at this year’s Download Festival
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28 July 2010 Last updated at 12:45 ET ITV has successfully held onto the UK TV rights for the next two Rugby World Cups, it has been announced. The channel, which has shown every world cup since 1991, will broadcast live TV and online coverage of every match from the tournaments
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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 employed 75 people.
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25 July 2010 Last updated at 12:12 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. 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
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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.
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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.
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21 July 2010 Last updated at 07:39 ET Hollywood star George Clooney will receive an Emmy award for his humanitarian efforts, it has been announced. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences will present the 49-year-old actor with the prestigious prize, named after the late comic-actor Bob Hope. Chairman of the TV academy John Shaffner said Clooney was “an obvious choice” for the award
