The Oscar nominations will be announced later, with 12 Years a Slave, Gravity and American Hustle all expected to be in the running for best picture.

A studio debate, including the community, will be held after the Benefits Street TV documentary series, a public meeting hears.

Figures from The British Museum show amateur archaeologists with metal detectors found 990 items classified as treasure during 2012, with nearly 74,000 items of historical interest discovered.

Harry Potter author JK Rowling tops a new list of children's favourite books which is dominated by titles that have been made into films.

Comedians, like many other creative types, have personality types linked with psychosis, researchers claim.

An appeals court rejects Conrad Murray's bid to have his conviction for the involuntary manslaughter of Michael Jackson overturned.

The writers of US comedy How I Met Your Mother apologise after accusations the latest episode was "racist".

Richard Shepherd, the producer of classic Hollywood movie Breakfast at Tiffany's, dies at the age of 86.