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Friday, May 24, 2013 12:13:07

BBC ABANDONS £100M DIGITAL PROJECT

The BBC is to close its Digital Media Initiative, with director general Tony Hall saying it had "wasted a huge amount of licence fee payers' money"....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 12:08:06

VIDEO: RADIO 1'S BIG WEEKEND MUSIC ACADEMY

BBC Radio 1's is running an academy to inspire the next generation of big names....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 10:34:02

BRITISH HOPEFULS UP FOR US TV AWARDS

Damian Lewis and Sienna Miller are among the British stars nominated for the annual US Critics' Choice Awards....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 09:31:17

LEIBOVITZ WINS TOP SPANISH AWARD

US photographer Annie Leibovitz wins the 50,000 euro (£40,000) Prince of Asturias award for communication and humanities....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 07:51:39

POLICE CONFIDENT ABOUT BIG WEEKEND

Officers in Londonderry admit the Radio 1 event is their biggest police operation this year and they will "curb any anti-social behaviour"....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 06:44:13

VIDEO: BRADLEY COOPER'S FINAL HANGOVER

Bradley Cooper talks about the final film in The Hangover series...
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Friday, May 24, 2013 06:42:45

PENSIONER WINS MODERN ART AWARD

Margaret Harrison, 72, wins the £16,500 Northern Art Prize for a recreation of the perimeter fence from the Greenham Common airbase....
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Friday, May 24, 2013 02:24:23

VIDEO: THE BOOK CLUBS THAT FIND BESTSELLERS

The book group that can crush an author's hopes or find a bestseller...
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Friday, May 24, 2013 00:37:57

VIDEO: AFRICA BEATS: AFRIKAANS RAPPER JAAK

South African rapper determined to prove Afrikaans is "cool"...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 23:08:48

VIDEO: TATE LIVERPOOL CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

It is 25 years since the opening of Tate Liverpool - the first Tate gallery established outside London....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 22:32:27

THOUSANDS AT AUTHOR ACHEBE'S FUNERAL

Thousands of mourners attend the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in his home town of Ogidi in Anambra state....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 20:41:26

NEW JEWEL THEFT HITS CANNES FESTIVAL

A necklace reportedly worth 1.9m euros (£1.6m) is stolen during the Cannes film festival, the second such theft to hit this year's event....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 18:29:10

GRIMMY AND RIZZLE KICKS IN TV DEALS

Radio 1 DJ Nick Grimshaw and British rappers Rizzle Kicks are being lined up to host new music shows for Channel 4....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 17:37:36

AUDIO: GERVAIS: YOU CANNOT PANDER TO EVERYONE

Comedian Ricky Gervais has confirmed that Derek is back for a second series and viewers in the US will see the first on Netflix....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 17:24:16

BBC SHOWS OFF 'SCRIPT-CHANGING' RADIO

A radio that has the ability to alter scripts and other content depending on its location and other factors is being developed by the BBC....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 15:43:07

REDFORD IMPRESSES CANNES CRITICS

Robert Redford receives a standing ovation for his performance in his survival-at-sea epic All Is Lost at a Cannes Film Festival screening....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 15:36:57

VIDEO: S AFRICA CELEBRATES SEKOTO LEGACY

South Africa is celebrating 100 years since Gerard Sekoto's birth with the exhibition "Song for Sekoto" in Johannesburg....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 13:32:56

TITANIC VIOLIN REAL, SCAN SUGGESTS

A violin thought to be the one played by the band leader of the Titanic as it sank is proved to be genuine following CT scans at a hospital, an auctioneer says....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:46:41

FRANKLIN POSTPONES JUNE CONCERTS

Aretha Franklin has postponed three concerts in June, a week after health issues forced her to cancel two shows in May....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:27:00

SHAMELESS STAR TO PLAY TOMMY COOPER

Shameless star David Threlfall is to play comedian Tommy Cooper in a new drama commissioned by ITV....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:52:33

FRENCH SINGER GEORGES MOUSTAKI DIES

Georges Moustaki, the French singer and composer who wrote Edith Piaf's 1958 hit song, Milord, dies aged 79....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:27:43

STEPHEN FRY TO CURATE OPERA FESTIVAL

Stephen Fry will curate this year's Deloitte Ignite festival at the Royal Opera House exploring the work of the Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:07:24

KING RECEIVES HONOUR FROM OBAMA

US President Barack Obama honours "living legend" Carole King as he presents her with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:37:47

VIDEO: KING WINS FIRST FEMALE GERSHWIN PRIZE

Singer-songwriter Carole King has become the first female to win the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 09:50:04

10 OF POPULAR CULTURE'S BEST MACHIAVELLIAN CHARACTERS

10 truly devious characters from TV and film...
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 09:38:21

CONSTABLE MASTERPIECE BOUGHT BY TATE

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, one of Constable's "most important paintings", is bought by the Tate for a "bargain" £23.1m....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 08:22:06

NOVEL WRITTEN IN VERSE UP FOR AWARD

A book about Christopher Marlowe written entirely in verse makes the shortlist for the sixth Desmond Elliott Prize for best debut novel....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 01:00:05

VIDEO: FILM CHARTS CHINA'S THIRST FOR RED WINE

A new documentary film looks at the dramatic impact of China's growing fascination with fine French wines....
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Thursday, May 23, 2013 00:03:31

VIDEO: US SHOWMAN'S UNBELIEVABLE ODDBALLS

Neal Thompson, the author of a book about Robert "Believe it or not" Ripley, tells the BBC how the connoisseur of the strange and wonderful influenced modern life...
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 22:13:45

INTERNATIONAL BOOKER FOR LYDIA DAVIS

American writer Lydia Davis is named as winner of the Man Booker International prize for her "achievement in fiction on the world stage"....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 18:18:25

RYAN GOSLING FILM DIVIDES CRITICS

There are boos and walk-outs for Ryan Gosling's film Only God Forgives at Cannes, but it still earns some five-star reviews....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 17:36:06

HARRY HILL NAMES X FACTOR MUSICAL

The X Factor musical written by comedian Harry Hill has been titled I Can't Sing! and will open at the London Palladium in March 2014....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 16:10:29

EMMERDALE ACTOR RICHARD THORP DIES

Actor Richard Thorp, who played Emmerdale stalwart Alan Turner for more than 30 years, dies at the age of 81....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:12:12

THE X FACTOR REVEAL JUDGES FOR 2013

It is confirmed that Sharon Osbourne will return as a judge in 2013, alongside Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh....
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:20:12

FAST AND FURIOUS BEATS GREAT GATSBY

Action sequel Fast & Furious 6 races ahead of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby in this week's UK and Ireland box office chart....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 13:47:21

TEARFUL DOUGLAS HAILS LIBERACE ROLE

Film star Michael Douglas breaks down in tears at a press conference in Cannes while discussing his role as flamboyant pianist Liberace....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:01:22

ERIC AND ERNIE'S WRITER BRABEN DIES

Eddie Braben, the writer behind comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, dies at 82....
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 07:59:12

TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PALAIS PEOPLE

Who queues for hours to Cannes film screenings?...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 07:56:47

ARTHUR DARVILL TRAVELS FROM TARDIS TO BROADWAY

Arthur Darvill on starring in hit Broadway musical Once...
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