The sequel to Finding Nemo breaks the US box office record for most successful opening weekend for an animated film with $136.2m (£93.3m).

The release date for the Lego movie sequel is pushed back nine months to February 2019.

Author Simon Mawer wins the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction - worth £25,000 - for his work Tightrope.

Author Sarah Crossan makes a rallying cry for poetry as she wins this year's Carnegie Medal for children's fiction.

Female characters in the new Guardians of the Galaxy film, including one played by Scottish actress Karen Gillan, will feature more prominently in merchandising.

Loose Women is investigated by the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom for offensive language, over an episode in which Katie Price's son Harvey swore.

Olivia Colman lends her voice to the role of mum in Channel 4's animated adaptation of the classic children's book We're Going on a Bear Hunt.

France's first ever Shakespearean Globe-style theatre is vandalised just a week before its official opening.