Famed American painter Cy Twombly, widely known for his repetitive lines and scribbles on canvas, dies at the age of 83.

Members of the National Union of Journalists at the BBC vote in favour of taking industrial action over compulsory redundancies.

A Pablo Picasso drawing, thought to be worth £100,000, is stolen from an art gallery in San Francisco with the perpetrator fleeing in a taxi.

Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker were the highest-paid Hollywood actresses last year, each earning $30m (£18.7m), Forbes.com says.

Zoe Ball is to replace Claudia Winkleman as the presenter of Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two.

Leading Indian film-maker Mani Kaul, one of the pioneers of arthouse Indian cinema, has died in the capital, Delhi, aged 66.

A controversial documentary about the death of Princess Diana, Unlawful Killing, is to get its first public screening at a film festival in Ireland.

A painting of a horse on Newmarket Heath by George Stubbs breaks a record at auction, as does a portrait by Thomas Gainsborough.