The producers of the Spider-Man musical take legal action against the show's former director, claiming she developed a "hallucinogenic" show.

Soul saxophonist, singer and songwriter Jimmy Castor, best known for the song It's Just Begun and being sampled for numerous hip hop hits, dies at 71.

Comedian Ricky Gervais says that he will not return as host of the Golden Globes after three years at the helm of the awards show.

A grant is awarded to Glasgow School of Art for a research project looking at why the city has produced so much artistic talent.

Historian Simon Schama accuses hit ITV drama Downton Abbey of "cultural necrophilia" and pours scorn on its historical accuracy.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens its new library and archives to the public in Cleveland.

The autobiography of punk guitarist Johnny Ramone is to hit bookshelves, eight years after he died of pancreatic cancer.

A magazine editor appearing at the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics stresses the public interest in exposing hypocritical behaviour by stars.