Actor Steve Coogan tells an inquiry into media ethics that reporters have been through his rubbish bins, looking for "lurid" details of his private life.

Wounded Iraq war veteran JR Martinez has won the 13th series of Dancing With the Stars.

A play based on eyewitness accounts of this summer's riots in England receives praise for shedding light on the underlying causes of the unrest.

Hi-De-Hi! actress Su Pollard will make her Strictly Come Dancing debut in this year's Christmas special.

The National Gallery is to take action against the resale of tickets for its "blockbuster" Leonardo da Vinci exhibition.

Actors Kenneth Branagh and Ralph Fiennes are to receive major prizes at this year's British Independent Film Awards.

Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams is to be honoured at the Palm Springs International Film Festival next year, organisers announce.

Opera singer Sena Jurinac, one of the most celebrated sopranos of the post-war period, has died in Germany at the age of 90.