300: Rise of an Empire, the sequel to 2006 hit 300, slayed the competition at cinemas this weekend, earning $45.1m (£27m) in the US and Canada and an additional $87.8m (£52.6m) worldwide.

Channel 4 is to broadcast the TV spin-off of the Coen brothers' Oscar-winning film Fargo, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Sherlock's Martin Freeman.

Hollywood star Liam Neeson takes a new role promoting his native Northern Ireland as a tourist destination.

A woman tells a London court she thought she was going to be raped in publicist Max Clifford's car.

Dame Judi Dench and Jude Law are among the nominees in the running for this year's Olivier Awards, one of the most high-profile events in the UK theatre calendar.

A report into how the BBC is funded recommends arguing for the licence fee to be pegged to inflation, instead of the current freeze.

Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne have been writing with the US rock band for One Direction's new album.

Hit musical Book of Mormon will visit Salt Lake City next year, the location of the Mormon church's Utah headquarters.