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Threesome face Big Brother axe

Darnell, Rebecca and Mohamed are nominated to face Friday's eviction vote in Big Brother.

Welsh band set for Kerrang! trio

Rock act the Lostprophets are in line to win best British band at the Kerrang! awards for the third year running.

Blue plaque for St Trinian's star

A blue plaque is being unveiled to honour the late character actor Alastair Sim.

Downey Jr halts memoir plans

Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr postpones plans to write his memoirs and returns his advance to publisher HarperCollins.

Monkey magic

Sideburns, kung-fu and bad dubbing. Why was it a hit?

Millions needed to fix Hollywood's "health hazard" Walk of Fame

Hollywood's iconic Walk of Fame stars are getting a makeover ahead of the tourist attraction's 50th birthday celebrations.

Band scrap album prior to release

Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong's label have confirmed the band have dramatically scrapped the release of their debut album which was due out on 4 August.

McFly CD lifts newspaper's sales

A giveaway of the new McFly album in the Mail on Sunday boosts circulation by 300,000, according to the newspaper.

Winehouse parents reveal waxwork

A waxwork model of Amy Winehouse is unveiled by her parents at Madame Tussauds in London.

Rapper Rock sentenced for brawl

Rapper Kid Rock is sentenced to a year on probation for his part in a fight in an Atlanta waffle restaurant in 2007.

No action over Leslie rape claim

No further action is being taken over a rape allegation made against former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie, police have confirmed.

Fire alarm stops C4 news bulletin

Channel 4's lunchtime news bulletin is taken off air after a fire alarm goes off at ITN's London studios.

Jeremy Kyle involved in car crash

Talk show host Jeremy Kyle is involved in a crash where a car overturns in Nottinghamshire.

UK tour for Brazilian rockers CSS

Electro-rockers CSS will be touring nine cities in England and Scotland after releasing their second album, Donkey.

Talking Shop

Spooks' star tackles climate change in new drama Burn Up

Channel fined over 'explicit' sex

Adult TV channel Television X - The Fantasy Channel is fined 25,000 by Ofcom for broadcasting "highly explicit sex material".

Ozzy to be crowned living legend

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne will receive the living legend award in the Classic Rock Roll of Honour this year.

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BBC One to show new Merlin drama

A host of stars including John Hurt, Michelle Ryan and Richard Wilson will appear in new BBC One drama Merlin in September.

Golden Girls pay tribute to Getty

Actress Estelle Getty, best known as Sicilian grandmother Sophia Petrillo in US sitcom The Golden Girls, dies aged 84.

Opera house targets Sun readers

Tickets for the opening night of the new Royal Opera House season will only be available to readers of the Sun newspaper, it is announced.

Funk queen

Chaka Khan on her musical legacy and kicking drugs

Why drummers need the stamina of a Premiership footballer

Playing the drums for a rock band requires the stamina of a Premiership footballer, research suggests.

New role for BBC Two controller

BBC Two controller Roly Keating is leaving to become the corporation's first director of archive content.

Mercury hat-trick for Monkeys man

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner scores his third Mercury Prize nomination in three years with The Last Shadow Puppets.

Bankable band?

Why an indie group was up for sale on Dragon's Den

Tobin wins best BBC jazz vocalist

The winners of this year's BBC Jazz Awards have been announced in a ceremony held in London.

Batmobile and flames at premiere

The Dark Knight, the latest Batman movie, is to receive its European premiere in London shortly.

BBC 'compromised' by sport deal

The BBC's integrity was "compromised" by sponsorship of the Sports Personality of the Year show, the BBC Trust says.

UK cinema attendances rise

The number of people going to UK cinemas rose by 4% in 2007, after two years which saw attendances decline, the UK Film Council says.

Pay to play

Fans pay for Dandy Warhols' comeback

John Lydon denies 'racist' attack

Sex Pistols singer John Lydon has denied claims by Kele Okereke from Bloc Party that he was racially abused and attacked by a member of the Pistols' entourage at a Spanish music festival.

Williams injured for Unicef match

Robbie Williams says he is "gutted" a knee injury will stop him from playing in the rematch of a charity football event that he organised.

Brazil police find stolen Picasso

Police in Brazil find an engraving by Pablo Picasso stolen in June after arresting a man for a completely unrelated offence.

Hong Kong showbiz couple wed

Hong Kong actor Tony Leung marries long term partner Carina Lau in a Buddhist-inspired ceremony in Bhutan.

Wall-E beaten by Mamma Mia!

Musical Mamma Mia! beats off competition from newly-released Wall-E to hold on to the number one spot at the UK box office.

Walliams' stalker admits campaign

A woman admits to a four-year-long campaign of harassment aimed at Little Britain star David Walliams.

Mystery maestro

How did this man's song become the 'UK's most played'?

Fringe addresses ticket backlog

Organisers of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which has been hit by ticketing problems, claim thousands of preview week tickets are being sent out.

In pictures

European premiere The Dark Knight in London's West End

Jail term for Winehouse husband

Singer Amy Winehouse's husband gets 27 months in jail for assault on a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice.

Sky launches net music service

The satellite TV firm teams up with Universal Music to offer downloads for a monthly fee.

Dr Who writer denies Tintin row

Scriptwriter Steven Moffat denies he "quit" working on Steven Spielberg's Tintin films so he could take over at Doctor Who.

Jackson 'malfunction' fine axed

US judges throw out a $550,000 fine against CBS for showing Janet Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction".

Leno to leave Tonight in May

Comedian Jay Leno will make his last appearance as host of The Tonight Show next May, TV network NBC says.

Found sounds

The lost tapes of Dr Who composer Delia Derbyshire

Mercury shortlist to be announced

The 12 British and Irish acts which feature on this year's Mercury Prize shortlist will be announced later.

Rowling's Harry Potter 'regret'

Harry Potter author JK Rowling speaks of her regret that she never told her mother about her world-famous creation.

 

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