A collection of 15 Oscar statues sells for more than $3m (£1.8m) at an auction in Los Angeles, just two days after the Academy Awards.

Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins is heading to the USA to compete in reality show Dancing With The Stars.

BBC Persian TV's audience in Iran has almost doubled since 2009, despite the Iranian authorities' efforts to block the service, new research shows.

Matilda the Musical will transfer to Broadway next year, the Royal Shakespeare Company confirms.

Dominic West, John Simm and Daniel Rigby will compete in the best actor category at this year's Royal Television Society awards.

The Royal Opera House plays down the boos and walkouts that greeted a modern-dress production of a Dvorak work featuring provocatively dressed prostitutes.

BBC Radio 1 DJ Greg James is to host the station's weekday 16:00-19:00 drivetime show from April, as part of a shake-up of presenters.

Rock veterans The Fall and singer Badly Drawn Boy are to headline Frankfest, a gig to raise money to build a statue of comic character Frank Sidebottom.