A row over the way the Poetry Society is run prompts Arts Council England to delay its latest payment of £78,500 to the charity.

Singer Joe Arroyo, one of salsa music's most famous names, has died in Colombia aged 55 after a long illness.

Amy Winehouse's father Mitch reveals plans to set up a foundation in his daughter's name to help people struggling with addiction.

Tenor Placido Domingo is taking a leading role the fight against music piracy after becoming chairman of the IFPI, the body representing record labels.

Author Sarah Thornton wins £65,000 in libel damages over a "spiteful" book review published in a broadsheet newspaper.

A designer who made the original Stormtrooper helmets for Star Wars wins his Supreme Court battle with director George Lucas over his right to sell replicas.

US folk rock musician Dan Peek, who sang lead vocals for the band America, dies at his home in Missouri aged 60.

The Thick Of It star Peter Capaldi is to present a spoof TV documentary about the "forgotten stars" of a fictional ill-fated film studio.