Plans for a new publicly-funded £110m theatre and arts venue at the former site of Granada TV studios in Manchester are discussed by the city's council.

US hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash says he lost three crates of rare, vintage vinyl when a valet mistakenly gave his car to the wrong person.

Oscar-winner Diane Keaton will star opposite Jude Law in a new Sky drama about the Vatican.

A leading bookmaker is refusing to take bets on which artist will record the next James Bond theme song after one customer tried to place a £15,000 wager on Radiohead being selected.

Pay TV business Sky reports an 18% jump in annual profits to £1.4bn, helped by its screening of the HBO series, Game of Thrones.

The Danish Girl, Eddie Redmayne's first film since his Theory of Everything Oscar triumph, is to compete for the Golden Lion award at this year's Venice Film Festival.

Stage director Peter Brook is revisiting The Mahabharata, his nine-hour epic stage production from 1985, as part of the Young Vic's new season.

The 13 books longlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize are announced, with previous winner Anne Enright among those in contention.