Michael Jackson's doctor tried to conceal having given the singer a powerful anaesthetic shortly before he died, prosecutors say at a hearing.

Character actor Bill Erwin, best known for his role as the grumpy old man in US sitcom Seinfeld, dies aged 96.

The New York rockers have finished their as yet untitled fourth album and will release it "by March", says bass player Nikolai Fraiture.

HMV Group shares fall 21% after it reveals sharply lower Christmas sales and announces plans to close 60 stores.

Mick Karn, former bass player of New Romantic band Japan, dies at the age of 52 after suffering from cancer.

Around 300 works of art and memorabilia owned by the late actor Dennis Hopper are to go under the hammer in New York next week.

Nominations for this year's Writers Guild and Producers Guild awards identify the leading contenders for Oscar nominations later this month.

Jack Black comedy Gulliver's Travels was the top film at the UK and Ireland box office over the New Year period.