Brie Larson has said that her decision not to applaud Casey Affleck at the Academy Awards in February “spoke for itself”.

An award-winning Indian film with a feminist slant has been refused a certificate by the Indian censors.

Emma Thompson has confirmed that she will not be returning for the belated sequel to Love Actually, owing to the death of Alan Rickman, a close friend who played her husband in the original film.

Mick Jagger wrote a 75,000-word memoir in the early 80s, which remains unpublished, according to the publisher John Blake.

Uzbekistan’s film licensing body has stopped the release of a homegrown movie because it doesn’t feature Morgan Freeman.

Promising to be the “ultimate novel about identity, truth, terror and lies.” a new novel by Salman Rushdie dramatising the last eight years of US politics has been announced by his publisher for release in September.

Fast and Furious, about a team of greasehead friends who use cars as vehicles to steal from the rich and give to the poor, is to become a stage show.

Madonna has adopted twin girls from Malawi, according to government officials.

The anticipated duet album between Faith Evans and the late Notorious BIG is to be released this spring. The King and I has been described as collection of songs that tell the story of one of the most legendary love stories in hip-hop history.

A cache of lost Bob Marley recordings has been discovered after lying for more than 40 years in a damp London hotel basement.

A painting by Amedeo Modigliani has fetched US$170.4m (£112.7m) at an auction in New York, setting a world record for the artist.

At 10.21pm on Saturday it was finally official: Real Madrid’s captain was leaving the club & Spain’s captain was leaving the country, destination Porto.

Report disputes facts surrounding the network’s star correspondent’s emergency medical intervention on an earthquake victim in April.

An armed siege at a cafe in the heart of Sydney has ended after police entered the building shortly after a series of loud bangs were heard and groups of hostages ran out onto the street.

The politicians are meeting in Sweden this week to discuss progress towards agreements made at the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD).