Duran Duran, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics and Paolo Nutini are to represent the four UK nations at a concert to mark the start of the Olympics.

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan says an eight-year tussle with the Australian government over taxes is over after a deal is reached.

A committee of MPs which has been investigating allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World is due to publish its findings.

The names of the first 100 albums of the late DJ John Peel's record collection are published online.

Comedy Bridesmaids and cult movie The Hunger Games lead the MTV movie awards nominations, with eight nods each

The National Portrait Gallery is to open its Lucian Freud exhibition until midnight for three days to cope with demand.

The production company behind the Golden Globes telecast had the right to negotiate a long-term deal with US broadcaster NBC, a judge in Los Angeles rules.

A woman who once based a work around Star Wars character Jabba the Hutt is one of the four artists shortlisted for this year's £25,000 Turner Prize.