A website that illegally sold Beatles songs online for 25 cents each agrees to pay record companies almost $1m (£625,000) to settle a lawsuit.

Dame Helen Mirren describes joining the hand and foot prints outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as a "moment of triumph" on a par with winning an Oscar.

Jim Broadbent reveals that his role in BBC One thriller Exile, co-starring John Simm, was to have been played by the late Pete Postlethwaite.

British detective writer HRF Keating, best known as the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Mumbai CID, dies at the age of 84.

Country star Willie Nelson is offered a plea bargain over his marijuana charge - to sing in a Texan courthouse.

Welsh-born tenor Robert Tear, who performed at opera houses around the world and appeared on more than 250 recordings, has died aged 72.

Renowned Serbian turbo-folk singer Svetlana Raznatovic, widely known as Ceca, is indicted on embezzlement charges.

Amazon has unveiled an online music service that lets users upload songs and play them from a range of devices.