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Spain's Eurovision entrant admits her country would struggle to host the event next year if it were to win the competition for the first time in 43 years.
Reality TV shows featuring child stars are made to apply for licences under the biggest overhaul of performance rules for 40 years.
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's former special adviser Adam Smith faces a second day of questioning later before the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics.
Playwright Laura Wade updates her 2010 play Posh to reflect the changing political climate for its West End transfer.
A French film in which Kylie Minogue makes a cameo appearance emerges as a dark horse contender to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Seminal indie band The Stone Roses play their first reunion gig to an ecstatic reception - but opinion is divided over singer Ian Brown's voice.
Comedian Eddie Izzard calls a halt to his attempt to run 27 marathons in 27 days, blaming "unforeseen medical complications".
Dappy, real name Dino Costas Contostavlos, denies affray after appearing in court charged over claims he was involved in a fight.
The family of an actress left brain-damaged following an accident on the set of Transformers 3 has been awarded an £11.7m ($18.5m) settlement.
Grace McCleen's The Land of Decoration, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce and The Last Hundred Days, from Patrick McGuinness, compete for this year's Desmond Elliot prize
A former nanny is suing the Basic Instinct star for harassment and unfair dismissal, but Stone calls the claims 'absurd'.
A work by Cuban surrealist painter Wifredo Lam sells for $4.5m at an auction in New York, a record price for one of his works.
Marvel comic X-Men is set to feature a same sex wedding following gay character Northstar's marriage proposal to his boyfriend in the current issue.
Sir Paul McCartney, Dame Judi Dench and David Hockney were among 850 cultural figures who joined the Queen at a Diamond Jubilee reception.
Art owned by German billionaire playboy Gunter Sachs, including an Andy Warhol portrait of his ex-wife Brigitte Bardot, fetches £35m at auction.
A book about the death of a British officer in Afghanistan, once pulped by the Ministry of Defence, wins the Orwell Prize for political writing.
Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comedy, about a spoof dictator's eccentric behaviour, takes nearly £5 million at UK and Ireland cinemas.
Film director Ken Loach criticises British film censors for asking him to remove swear words from his new film in order to qualify for a 15 certificate.
A long-awaited film adaptation of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road is screened for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival.
A private funeral for I Feel Love singer Donna Summer takes place in Nashville, Tennessee, following her death from cancer last week.
Scissor Sisters will promote their new album Magic Hour with eight live dates in the UK and Ireland in October.
The R&B star is up for seven prizes at July's award show with Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce nominated for 11 between them.
The winner of this year's American Idol contest is announced, after a record 132 million votes are cast in the final showdown.
Singer Katherine Jenkins comes second in the final of the US version of Strictly Come Dancing to an American football star.
BBC music programme Top of the Pops is to return as a stage show, described by its producers as "a nostalgic interactive jukebox".
The UK's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 talks to the BBC's Steve Rosenberg about his hopes for the final.
The renowned pianist Noriko Ogawa is soon to perform two concerts at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall - but at one of them, she will be playing a very rare instrument.
Marvel comic X-Men has featured its first same-sex wedding, after gay character Northstar proposed to his boyfriend.
Alfred Hitchcock's debut feature film, The Pleasure Garden, has been restored by the British Film Institute (BFI) as part of its celebration of the film-maker.
The Stone Roses throw a surprise gig and Kylie, Kristen Stewart, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian hit Cannes plus the rest of the day's top entertainment stories.
Jedward say they are responsible for attracting a "mainstream" audience for the Eurovision Song Contest after they made it through to their second final.
The residents of Kingston Bagpuize have spent 3 years making a film. Now, Tortoise in Love will have its premier in the West End.
Fun with the Olympic torch, running a half marathon in a hot air balloon and the chocolate record that actually plays.
Men In Black back with blast in the past
Restoring the film-maker's nine silent films
Stars from the world of art and entertainment join the Queen
The troubled genius of James Brown
Scissor Sisters focus on fun factor for fourth album
Bee Gees 'on a par with The Beatles', songwriters say
Thousands march for peace in Mexico TENS of thousands of people have marched in Mexico's second most populous city, angry at the inability of authorities to end a crime wave.
(heraldsun world)
Fake Android apps scam cost users £28,000 Malicious Android apps posed as Angry Birds and Cut the Rope in a scam that used premium rate text messages to defraud customers of £27,850.
(telegraph technology)
First creature to walk on land 'dragged itself along' - like it was on crutches The creature lived in floodplains on what is now Greenland during a period known geologically as the Devonian period - about 360 to 410 million years ago.
(dailymail sciencetech)
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