A New York author is to have a pig named in his honour after becoming the first American to win the Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction.

A collection of film documentaries dating back more than 100 years that was found in the basement of a disused shop in 2002 is added to a UN heritage list.

American Idol creator Simon Fuller received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Monday.

Bette Midler has been cast alongside Al Pacino in a TV film about the jailed music producer Phil Spector, according to US reports.

Oscar winner Cate Blanchett leads the line-up for the Barbican's 30th anniversary celebrations next year, which also includes the UK's biggest Bauhaus exhibition for 40 years.

The fourth instalment in The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise becomes the biggest UK box office of the year, taking £11.6m over its first weekend.

Footage of actor Sir Ian McKellen appearing in his first television role is rediscovered in the US, decades after it was feared lost for good.