US country music star Glen Campbell cancels scheduled visits to Australia and New Zealand in August, citing health reasons.

Thousands of fans line the streets of Mumbai, braving monsoon rains, for the funeral of India's "first superstar" Rajesh Khanna.

The Modern Family actress is the highest paid in TV earning more than Kim Kardashian, according to US business magazine Forbes.

A Matisse painting stolen from a Venezuelan museum around 10 years ago may have been recovered in a police operation in Miami, it is reported.

Christian Bale joins co-stars Tom Hardy and Anne Hathaway at a double premiere for Batman sequel The Dark Knight Rises in London.

The British Museum assists in the return of 843 artefacts to Afghanistan, almost 20 years after they were stolen or smuggled abroad.

Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker loans a Damien Hirst painting to a gallery in his home city of Sheffield, to show his support after its funding was slashed.

ITV1's wartime drama Downton Abbey is up for the main prize at the 2012 Primetime Emmys, with competition from Homeland and Mad Men.