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feed text Joyce children's book sparks feud
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:54:49 GMT
A children's story by James Joyce is published for the first time in Dublin to the dismay of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation.
text UK children are 'culture starved'
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:05:59 GMT
Millions of British children have never been to an art gallery, theatre or stage show, a study shows.
text World Press Photo winner 2011
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:12:50 GMT
Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda wins the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year with an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen.
text Police recapture Madonna stalker
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:47:21 GMT
A man with "violent tendencies" convicted of stalking Madonna is recaptured a week after escaping from a psychiatric hospital, police say.
text HBO attacked over death of horses
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:07:14 GMT
Animal rights group Peta calls for TV and film safety rules to be tightened after two horses were put down during filming for HBO racing drama Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman.
text Video game sales slump in January
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:37:50 GMT
US video games suffer a 34% annual drop for January, according to analysts at NPD. The figures come less than a fortnight before the PlayStation Vita launches.
text Guardian gong for Gleeson's Guard
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:25:02 GMT
Irish comedy The Guard, starring Brendan Gleeson as an unorthodox Galway policeman, beats nine other contenders to win the Guardian's annual First Film award.
text Seatwave opens first ticket shop
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:49:54 GMT
Secondary ticketing website Seatwave opens its first shop, close to London's O2 arena, while the venue urges fans to buy tickets from its own official site.
text Suge Knight arrested in Las Vegas
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:31:22 GMT
The Death Row Records co-founder is arrested and released from jail after being found with cannabis in his car in Las Vegas.
text Lagerfeld clarifies Adele remark
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:15:28 GMT
Designer Karl Lagerfeld says his comments about Adele being "too fat" were taken out of context.
text No takers for Miro at London sale
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:17:48 GMT
A 1933 work by the Spanish artist Joan Miro fails to sell in a week that has seen other pieces sold for record prices at London auctions.
text Mills 'did not back phone access'
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:00:54 GMT
Heather Mills, ex-wife of Sir Paul McCartney, tells the Leveson Inquiry she did not authorise former tabloid editor Piers Morgan to access her voicemail.
text VIDEO: Sir Paul McCartney gets his star
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:07:38 GMT
Sir Paul McCartney has been honoured with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
text Ayckbourn classic tickles critics
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:38:03 GMT
Critics heap praise on a West End revival of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Absent Friends starring The League of Gentlemen's Reece Shearsmith and Strictly Come Dancing winner Kara Tointon.
text Whiteread to make gallery frieze
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:45:28 GMT
British artist Rachel Whiteread is commissioned to create a new work to adorn the historic facade of the Whitechapel Gallery in east London.
text Library appoints resident artist
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:17:40 GMT
The British Library appoints its first artist-in-residence - a performer who will create a new character based on his research into hypnotism.
text Three Gatsby stage plays planned
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:15:19 GMT
Three different stage versions of the American classic novel The Great Gatsby are set to take place later this year, it is announced.
text Watts lands Princess Diana role
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:27:57 GMT
British-born actress Naomi Watts is to portray Princess Diana in a new film believed to explore her relationship with the heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.
text Berlin to open with French drama
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:24:27 GMT
A drama set around the French Revolution, starring Diane Kruger as Marie Antoinette, will launch the Berlin Film Festival later.
text Connolly lands Hobbit dwarf role
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:41:37 GMT
Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly will play a dwarf warrior in Peter Jackson's Hobbit films, the director announces.
text Alicia Keys Broadway play closing
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:59:19 GMT
A Broadway play co-produced by R&B singer Alicia Keys is to close after three months.
text Nickelback lead Juno nominations
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:04:08 GMT
Nickelback, Drake and Feist are among the artists nominated for more than one prize at Canada's Juno music awards.
text Singer Tabor sweeps folk awards
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:14:10 GMT
Veteran singer June Tabor wins four prizes at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in Salford, three of which are shared with her collaborators The Oysterband.
text Shocked TV chef mourns burnt barn
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:32:10 GMT
A shocked Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says it is impossible to imagine a fire destroying his "lovely Devon barn" at River Cottage.
text Simpsons fans attempt TV record
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:28:01 GMT
Fans of the US TV show will try to break the record for marathon TV viewing this week.
text Medical drama House to end run
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:37:34 GMT
The show, which stars British actor Hugh Laurie, will finish after the current eighth season ends.
text AUDIO: Oscars dog fight: Hugo vs The Artist
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:35 GMT
Front Row's John Wilson visits some famous dog film stars and their trainer Julie Tottman at the Leavesden Studios.
text VIDEO: This week's top releases with Film 24
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:34:07 GMT
This week's edition reviews Daniel Radcliffe in his first film since Harry Potter, playing a bereaved father in The Woman in Black. Miss Piggy and Kermit are back with The Muppets and Keira Knightley stars in A Dangerous Method.
text VIDEO: 'Unwrapping' an Egyptian mummy
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:45 GMT
A major exhibition of Egyptian treasures, including mummified animals and people, is set to open in Edinburgh.
text VIDEO: How the Bafta trophy is made
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:40:59 GMT
Patrick Helly shows BBC News how the hand-made Bafta trophies are produced.
text VIDEO: Dame Judi Dench on her latest film
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:00:45 GMT
Dame Judi Dench and Celia Imrie talking to Tim Muffett about their latest film Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
text VIDEO: Gaga beat bulimia and more news
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:26:49 GMT
Lady Gaga reveals beating teenage bulimia saved her music career and Sir Paul McCartney gets a star on the Walk of Fame plus the rest of the day's top entertainment headlines.
text VIDEO: Oscar statuettes flown into LA
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:11:26 GMT
Boxes of the 2012 Oscar statuettes have arrived in LA ahead of the Academy Awards on 26 February.
text VIDEO: Meet the Author: Cullen Murphy
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:22:10 GMT
Nick Higham meets Cullen Murphy, author of God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World.
text N Korean A-ha accordionists 'will be stars'
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:22:05 GMT
Norway welcomes North Korean YouTube stars
text Making movie music for the Muppets
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:23:07 GMT
The dos and don'ts of writing music for the Muppets
And other treasures that shed light on British royals
text Alan Moore on Anonymous' rise
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:03:16 GMT
Alan Moore, creator of V for Vendetta, on how his creation became a hacktivist icon
text VIDEO: Highlights of the 2012 Design Awards
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:36:13 GMT
The creations competing for the 2012 Designs of The Year awards
text Tom Hiddleston on his Oscar double
Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:34:12 GMT
Tom Hiddleston on being in two films up for best picture
text Stage chiller hits the big screen
Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:47:05 GMT
Harry Potter star is spooked in the Woman in Black