Italian composer Ennio Morricone will be president of the jury at this year's International Rome Film Festival, organisers announce.

The sequel to hit comedy The Hangover goes straight to the top of the UK and Ireland box office chart after making £10.41m in its opening weekend.

German film director Roland Emmerich admits courting controversy with his film that questions the authorship of Shakespeare's plays.

The British firm that insured Michael Jackson's comeback concerts at London's O2 arena asks a judge in Los Angeles to nullify the policy.

Doctor Who fans are to be plunged into one of the Time Lord's adventures in an "immersive" show created by the acclaimed theatre company Punchdrunk.

Pop star Lady Gaga is presented with the fashion icon trophy at this year's Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) award ceremony.

British director Nicolas Kent has made a stage play out of a public inquiry into the death of an Iraqi in British custody, without making a word of it up.

The fifth X-Men movie tops the UK and Ireland box office in its opening weekend, taking £5.4m in three days.