Paddington Bear is voted the UK's favourite animated character of all time at the British Animation Awards in London.

TV cooking show MasterChef announces its 2012 champion, with hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode praising the winner as a "very special cook".

Ian Fleming's James Bond back catalogue is getting a relaunch after his estate signs a new book deal.

French actor Gerard Depardieu reveals he signed up to play former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn because he is "arrogant and smug".

Comic Russell Brand is arrested for criminal damage in the US city of New Orleans.

An Andy Warhol painting of Elvis Presley is expected to fetch up to $50m (£31.7m) when it goes under the hammer in May.

A Jewish man wins his fight against a German museum for the return of thousands of rare posters stolen from his father by the Nazis in 1938.

Chilean artist Fernando Casasempere unveils his latest installation at London's Somerset House, which features 10,000 clay flowers.