A polka dot chiffon dress worn by singer Amy Winehouse on the cover of her hit album Back to Black sells for £43,200 at an auction in London.

Actor Charlie Sheen pays tribute to Patrice O'Neal, a stand-up comic who mocked him on a TV show earlier this year, following his death at the age of 41.

Meryl Streep is named best actress for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in upcoming film The Iron Lady by the New York Film Critics Circle.

The latest Twilight film has now made more than $500 million (£321m) at the worldwide box office, its distributor Summit Entertainment says.

Training Day writer David Ayer has been recruited to pen Universal Pictures' planned remake of crime film Scarface, according to reports.

Former Housemartins and Beautiful South singer Paul Heaton says that he has bought the lease to a public house in Salford.

The National Theatre's production of Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors, starring Lenny Henry, opens to positive reviews in London, while the production's programme contains its own mistake.

Pllaywright Mark Ravenhill is to become the Royal Shakespeare Company's Writer in Residence next year, it is announced.