Thousands of people contribute money to help pay a tax bill served on China's recently detained dissident artist Ai Weiwei.

Animated film Puss in Boots maintains its lead at the US box office for a second week, beating Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy movie Tower Heist.

An exhibition of European art from Russia's Hermitage Museum is to go on show at the Prado Museum in Madrid.

Robert De Niro is to star as disgraced financier Bernie Madoff in an HBO movie that he will also produce, according to reports.

Frankenstein actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller compete against each other for best actor at this year's Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

An artist has given thousands of yellow balloons to Kenyan commuters to counter their Monday-morning blues.

Actress Vanessa Redgrave is to receive an Oscar tribute at a special event in London on Sunday.

A devil's face hidden for centuries is revealed in a fresco by the Italian renaissance master Giotto in Assisi.