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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 >
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 >
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 >
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 >
Actor Dennis Hopper dies aged 74
May 29th
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Clips from some of Dennis Hopper’s films
Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper has died at the age of 74 following a battle with prostate cancer.
Known for such cult classics as Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now and Blue Velvet, Hopper embodied the image of the Hollywood icon.
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Paris art thief hunted by police
May 21st
Police are hunting for clues as to who carried out the brazen theft
French police are hunting the burglar or burglars who made off with paintings by Picasso, Matisse and other great artists from a Paris museum.
Officials have admitted the Museum of Modern Art’s alarm system had not been fully More >
Jason gets first role since Frost
May 18th
David Jason has announced his first role since quitting A Touch of Frost – playing a former dock worker in a new ITV1 drama.
Jason and Alison Steadman (Pride and Prejudice) will star in Come Rain Come Shine as a retired couple whose family face financial ruin.
Filming on the two-hour More >
Hoffman to take director’s chair
May 18th
Oscar-winning actor Dustin Hoffman is to make his directorial debut with a British comedy starring Dame Maggie Smith and Albert Finney.
Quartet, a “life-affiirming” tale about aging opera singers, will be made for BBC Films.
BBC Films revealed its upcoming projects at the Cannes Film Festival.
Plans include a comedy from Armando Iannucci, More >
Clarkson told to reopen footpath
May 11th
Television presenter Jeremy Clarkson has been ordered to reopen a footpath through his property after a public inquiry on the Isle of Man.
The BBC Top Gear presenter sparked protests from ramblers when he diverted a path on land at his holiday home, a lighthouse on the Langness peninsula.
He claims More >
US singer Lena Horne dies
May 10th
The US singer and actress Lena Horne has died in New York at the age of 92.
Renowned for her beauty and sultry voice, Ms Horne battled racism to become Hollywood’s first black sex symbol.
In 1943, she played Selina Rogers in the all-black film musical Stormy Weather, the title song More >
RTE broadcaster Ryan found dead
Apr 30th
Gerry Ryan, one of Ireland’s best known broadcasters, has died.
The body of the 53-year-old was found at his Leeson Street apartment in Dublin on Friday at 1300 BST. Foul play is not suspected.
From Clontarf in Dublin, he had been broadcasting on RTE 2fm for over two decades. He also More >
Lennon lyrics ‘to fetch $700,000′
Apr 29th
John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics to the Beatles song A Day in the Life are expected to make up to $700,000 (£460,000) at auction.
The double-sided sheet of paper with notes written in felt marker and blue ink will go under the hammer at a sale in New York on 18 June. More >
McQueen took drugs before suicide
Apr 28th
Fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself after taking a mix of cocaine, tranquillisers and sleeping pills, an inquest has concluded.
He was under huge pressure from work and “overwhelmed with grief” at the loss of his mother, the court heard.
The 40-year-old’s body was found at his London flat on 11 More >
Artists remember Jeanne-Claude
Apr 27th
Members of the art world have gathered to pay tribute to artist Jeanne-Claude at a memorial service in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The US artist, who worked alongside her husband, Christo, died last November as a result of complications following a ruptured brain aneurysm. She was 74.
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