Google launches an Android-based online music store challenging Apple's dominance of the sector.

Comedian Ricky Gervais is to host the Golden Globes award ceremony for the third time, despite previously causing controversy in the role.

Victoria Wood wins the top accolade for a TV writer at the Writers' Guild Awards - the first time a woman receives the top prize.

A painting of London's Piccadilly Circus by Salford painter LS Lowry fetches £5.6m at auction, matching a world record price for the artist.

A novel about a black community in Mississipi confronting Hurricane Katrina has won the US National Book Award for fiction.

Singer Amy Winehouse had been planning a jazz album with stars including Questlove and Soweto Kinch, her music producer reveals.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker agree to extend the hit animation for another three series.

The final series of 1960s period piece Mad Men will be set in 2011 when main character Don Draper is in his 80s, creator Matthew Weiner reveals.