Lance Armstrong ends years of denials by admitting he used performance-enhancing drugs to win his seven Tour de France titles.

Trustees of Glasgow's famous Burrell Collection want to send exhibits on tour overseas - against the wishes of the shipping magnate who assembled it.

The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Theatre, Sergei Filin, is treated in a Moscow hospital for severe burns to his face after an acid attack.

Actor Robert Wagner "declines to be interviewed" by police reinvestigating the death of his wife Natalie Wood.

Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard is named as the recipient of this year's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award by Harvard University.

Johansson wins praise for her "imposing presence" in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof but critics are unimpressed by the play.

The dubstep producer's hair caught on fire as he blew out candles on his birthday cake.

Beyonce and Fun are among the artists on President Obama's inauguration playlist which he has revealed ahead of the ceremony on 21 January.