Frankenstein stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller jointly scoop the prize for best actor at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

Hollywood actress Mila Kunis attends a ball after accepting a date proposal from a US marine on YouTube earlier this year.

Adele and Taylor Swift win three awards each at the American Music Awards, with the US country star crowned artist of the year.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 makes its debut at the top of the US box office chart, with takings of $139.5m (£88.6m).

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are to play a series of tour dates in 2012, it is announced.

A pop song has been recorded to mark next week's mass strike by public sector workers over pension changes, but some doubt it will prove to be a hit.

Patricia "Bonnie" Pointer of the Pointer Sisters is arrested on suspicion of crack cocaine possession after police pull her car over.

A musical version of boxing movie Rocky, backed by the film's star Sylvester Stallone, will debut in Germany in November next year.