Cilla Black is to be honoured with a special award to recognise her 50-year career at this year's British Academy Television Awards.

Apple is in talks to buy headphone maker and music-streaming service provider Beats Electronics for $3.2bn, according to various media reports.

The team behind the Oscar-nominated short film The Voorman Problem are making a film about the early life of former Smiths frontman Morrissey.

Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series of books, is appointed Ireland's new children's laureate,

Ireland fail to reach the final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time since 2009 while Austria's Conchita Wurst sails through to the event on Saturday.

Entertainer Rolf Harris groomed and repeatedly molested his daughter's friend, a court hears, as the prosecution sets out its case against him.

Nigel Farage says bias against the UK at Eurovision shows how hard will be to renegotiate its relationship with the EU.

Comic book show Agents of Shield is renewed for a second series, along with a spin-off show Marvel's Agent Carter.