David Bowie's Blackstar is the best-selling vinyl of the past 12 months, the Official Chart Company says.

Dame Helen Mirren says actresses should go after more roles written for men, saying "at least half" of parts could be played by women.

Ukraine says it has recovered four paintings from a haul of 24 that was stolen from a gallery in the Netherlands more than a decade ago.

James Levine, the music director at New York's Metropolitan Opera for 40 years, is to retire for health reasons.

The Avatar franchise will carry on for at least four more films, after James Cameron announced a fifth instalment would be released in 2023.

Italian researchers say they have identified 35 living people, including director Franco Zeffirelli, who are related to Leonardo da Vinci.

A former BBC presenter who was the voice of the 'Mind the Gap' announcements on the London Underground dies.

The NHS choir which beat Justin Bieber to the Christmas number spot joins the same record company as the Canadian pop star.