Director Roman Polanski is given one of Poland's top film awards in Krakow, where he also faces a US request to extradite him over rape charges dating back to 1977.

Avengers: Age of Ultron tops the US and Canada box office with $191.3m (£126.5m) in its opening weekend, but fails to beat the debut of 2012's Avengers film.

Top Gear's use of the word "pikey" is being investigated by watchdog Ofcom, after a complaint was rejected by the BBC Trust.

A judge puts a friend of singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in charge of her medical decisions, after the musician was placed in intensive care last month.

Movie star Robert Carlyle's directorial debut film is to open the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Rihanna, Kim Kardashian and Beyonce are the star turns on this year's Met Gala red carpet in New York.

More than 150 complaints about Kanye West's language during his performance at the Brit Awards are dismissed by broadcasting regulator Ofcom.

The singer's publicist denies Chris Brown was involved in a fight on a Las Vegas hotel basketball court.