Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo replaces Orson Welles's Citizen Kane at the top of a magazine poll that sets out to name one film "the greatest of all time".

Joss Whedon will return to write and direct the sequel to Marvel's Avengers Assemble, Disney confirms.

A blue plaque is to be installed in Thame, Oxfordshire, at the former home of musician Robin Gibb.

Iron Man director Jon Favreau has confirmed he will direct the film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, Jersey Boys.

US singer Madonna appeals for the release of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot during one of her concerts in Moscow.

Barbra Streisand leads tributes to composer Marvin Hamlisch, who wrote the scores for films and shows including The Sting and A Chorus Line.

A campaign to keep an acclaimed 19th Century impressionist painting in the UK is successful.

Filming starts on new episodes of cancelled US sitcom Arrested Development, as cast members tweet photos from the set.