Comic and Doctor Who star Catherine Tate says "exclusive" ticket prices are making London's West End theatre elitist.

"Agressive" Mario Marconi and "out of order" Rebecca Shiner face eviction from the Big Brother house on Friday.

Three sketches by Spanish master Francisco de Goya, presumed lost for 130 years, fetch £4m at auction.

The smaller of Hollywood's two acting unions has approved a new prime-time TV contract with Hollywood studios.

Canadian band Nickelback become the latest act to sign with concert promoter Live Nation.

The BBC defends pay rises of up to £107,000 for executive directors saying it must offer competitive salaries for top jobs.

Organisers of the heavily criticised Zoo8 music festival apologise and admit they ran out of money to pay some bands.

Loch Ness and the surrounding area are headed for a boom time in terms of films being shot, it is claimed.

Celebrity couple Gavin Henson and Charlotte Church fancy roles in the hit comedy Gavin and Stacey.

Actress Juliette Binoche's new challenge - dance

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New US band Black Kids fly the flag for classic, cheesy pop

Alan Ayckbourn's 51 dramatic years in Scarborough

Andy Serkis on playing Haddock

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British comedy Kinky Boots is set to become a Broadway musical, the Hollywood Reporter reports.

A demolition worker comes across a postcard sent to JRR Tolkien's wife, behind a fireplace at the author's former home.

Rare glass paintings charting the life and death of Lord Nelson are being auctioned in Norfolk.

The arts and antiques market is being bolstered during the credit crunch by high-value works, says Rics.

Hancock, the story of a drinking, swearing superhero played by Will Smith, powers its way to the top of the UK box office.

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman gives birth to a girl called Sunday Rose in Nashville, Tennessee.

Will Smith's latest movie about an unlikely superhero enters the North American box office chart at number one.

Film star Robert De Niro warns Hollywood actors against taking industrial action as their wrangle with producers continues.

Former Village People lead singer Victor Willis is recovering in hospital following vocal cord surgery.

Glasvegas, Wiley and Elliot Minor are among a host of acts that have been added to the Reading and Leeds Festival line-up this year.

Rock star Meat Loaf responds to criticisms after fans walk out of a live outdoor performance in Hampshire.

Welsh soul star Duffy is to become the first artist to sell one million albums in 2008 with her debut Rockferry.

TV chefs are setting a bad example by failing to follow basic hygiene standards, public health chiefs say.

The final episode of the latest Doctor Who series, starring David Tennant, is greeted with a mixed response by fans.

ITV's Jeremy Kyle Show is rapped by Ofcom for failing to bleep out a swear word during a morning broadcast.

Singer Jason Donovan broke broadcasting rules when he backed Boris Johnson to be London mayor, Ofcom has said.