A man with "violent tendencies" who was convicted of stalking Madonna has escaped from a mental hospital, Los Angeles police say.

Irish comedy The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson as an unorthodox Galway policeman, beats nine other contenders to win the Guardian's annual First Film award.

Sir Paul McCartney has been honoured with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.

A Broadway play co-produced by R&B singer Alicia Keys is to close after three months.

Animal rights group Peta calls for TV and film safety rules to be tightened after two horses were put down during filming for HBO racing drama Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman.

Critics heap praise on a West End revival of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends starring The League of Gentlemen's Reece Shearsmith and Strictly Come Dancing winner Kara Tointon.

Designer Karl Lagerfeld says his comments about Adele being "too fat" were taken out of context.

A children's story by James Joyce is published for the first time in Dublin to the dismay of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation.