Cotillard receives French honour - Oscar-winning actress Marion Cotillard receives one of France's highest cultural honours at a ceremony in Paris.
Street star out of Dancing on Ice - Coronation Street actor Danny Young is voted off ITV1's Dancing on Ice following a costly mistake in the skate-off.
Friends star Schwimmer to marry - Friends actor David Schwimmer is to marry his British photographer girlfriend Zoe Buckman.
Big rise in online music revenues - The royalties UK songwriters get from online sales are now growing faster than the decline from CDs and DVDs.
Bloc Party star to play solo gig - Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke has announced details of his first solo live gig, playing this summer's Ibiza Rocks series alongside The Prodigy and Dizzee Rascal.
Alice still leads US box office - Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland holds firm at the top of the US box office chart for the second week running.
French singer Ferrat dies aged 79 - French singer and songwriter Jean Ferrat, whose communist views saw many of his songs banned from broadcast in the 1960s, dies aged 79.
Puttnam hails 'buoyant' UK cinema - Lord Puttnam says UK cinema is in a robust state, but says film should be reflected more on primetime television shows.
Broadway set for Ray Charles show - A musical celebrating US musician Ray Charles will open on Broadway in November, it is announced.
Malkovich to tread London boards - Oscar-nominated actor John Malkovich is to play a Josef Fritzl-style Austrian psychopath at the Barbican, in London, next year, it is announced.
Hollywood plans highland turkey tale movie - The story of a woman who was stranded by snow for a month after she popped out to buy a turkey could be made into a Hollywood film.
Hollies miss Hall of Fame honour - The two remaining original members of pop group The Hollies are to miss the group's induction into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in New York.
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Nice ones!