Indian media criticise the government for failing to ensure the security of author Salman Rushdie after threats of violence kept him away from a literary festival.

A lawsuit is filed in California suing US comedian Jay Leno for what it calls "racist" comments on the Golden Temple.

Australian popstar Kylie Minogue is to celebrate working in showbusiness for 25 years, by re-recording some of her old and most popular hits, it is announced.

US actor James Farentino, who appeared in dozens of movies and TV shows, dies aged 73.

Palme D'Or winning Greek film director, Theodoros Angelopoulos, dies after being hit by a motorcycle.

Aardman Animations will change a scene which "pokes fun" at people with leprosy in its new film.

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten is expected to announce a reduction in the level of cuts faced by BBC local radio stations later.

Principal dancer Sergei Polunin shocks bosses at the Royal Ballet after resigning from his post, less than two years after he was promoted.