A rare copy of John James Audubon's Birds of America, billed as the world's most expensive book, sells for more than £7m at auction.

Director Mike Leigh is to return to the National Theatre next year with an improvised play starring long-standing collaborator Lesley Manville.

US actor Gus Mercurio, who appeared in The Blue Lagoon and Crocodile Dundee II, dies aged 82.

Former Bond girl Michelle Yeoh visits Aung San Suu Kyi to discuss Yeoh's plan to play Burma's pro-democracy leader in a film.

A woman who slashed actor Leonardo DiCaprio's face with a broken bottle at a Hollywood party in 2005 is sentenced to two years in prison.

Oscar-winning-actress Cate Blanchett will reprise her Lord Of The Rings role for the film's prequel, The Hobbit.

Piers Morgan compares taking over from veteran chat show host Larry King with following "Sinatra at Vegas".

Scuffles erupt outside Italy's La Scala opera house at a protest against planned cuts to the arts and education budget.