Hull's Truck theatre is given an emergency grant of £250,000 by Arts Council England as it attempts to get out of financial trouble.

Transformers: Age of Extinction leads the Razzies awards, given to the worst films of 2014, with seven nominations including worst picture, screenplay and director.

Demand is high in France for the new edition of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo which depicts the Prophet Muhammad, a week after the deadly attack on its office.

Richard Linklater receives his first Directors Guild of America (DGA) nomination for his coming-of-age film Boyhood.

Concert promoter Ticketmaster is offering refunds for comedian Bill Cosby's upcoming shows in Denver, though organisers say they have a "moral obligation" for the performances to go ahead.

Director Roman Polanski promises to cooperate with Polish prosecutors, who have been asked to extradite him to the US where he is wanted in a 1977 sex case.

Trevor Ward-Davies, best known as Dozy, from the 1960s pop group Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, dies at the age of 70.

The BBC launches The Year of Song and Dance 2015, which will include new programmes and live performances on BBC Two, BBC Four and Radio 3.