Bee Gees star Robin Gibb is to make his classical debut with an album about the sinking of the Titanic.

French silent movie The Artist is the big winner at the Film Critics' Circle Awards in London on Thursday, scooping three awards.

Acclaimed Italian director and actor Nanni Moretti will head the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organisers announce.

One of the internet's largest file-sharing sites is offline after US officials charged its founders with piracy, while hackers target US websites in response.

An Oxford academic has uncovered letters by Voltaire, which reveal how much this icon of French writing profited financially and intellectually from a stay in England.

Bandleader Johnny Otis, dubbed the 'godfather of rhythm and blues', dies aged 90.

Artist Leo Fitzmaurice, who creates new art out of old objects, from cigarette packets to 19th Century landscape paintings, wins the Northern Art Prize in Leeds.

Simon Cowell says his ego has been 'put in check' after a year of falling ratings and controversy surrounding his TV shows