Two people charged with extorting singer Stevie Wonder over a video that portrays the singer negatively plead not guilty in a Los Angeles court.

A mass bell-ringing is to take place in a few hours to mark the official start of the Olympic Games.

Comedian and actor Russell Brand is fined $500 and ordered to do 20 hours of community service for damaging a photographer's mobile phone.

Orange Prize co-founder Kate Mosse says she is "thrilled" by the level of interest in the search for a new sponsor for the women's prize for fiction.

The parents of a stuntman killed during filming of the Expendables 2 are suing the makers of the movie.

The band's singer Billie Joe Armstrong joins the show as a mentor of Christina Aguilera's team.

Drummer Lars Ulrich says the band are hoping to re-enter the studio in September to work on new songs.

Snow Patrol, Duran Duran, Stereophonics and Paulo Nutini will help kick off the Olympics with a special concert in Hyde Park, as the opening ceremony is shown on big screens.