Fassbender scoops Standard award - Michael Fassbender wins the best actor prize at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for his roles in sex addiction drama Shame and Jane Eyre.
Prince leads Dickens celebrations - The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will lead global celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth later.
'BBC journalists' held in Iran - Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country.
Military Wives song raises £500k - A song by Devon's Military Wives choir which topped the Christmas singles chart has raised more than £500,000 for two forces' charities, it is revealed.
Pulp to be honoured at NME awards - The band are to be handed the outstanding contribution to music prize at the NME Awards later this month.
Contest to boost reading for fun - The government is planning to create a national reading competition in England to encourage a love of books and boost children's literacy.
Madonna 'brassy' at Super Bowl - Madonna "rose to the occasion" to give "a shot of female brass" to the Super Bowl in her 12-minute half-time show, reviewers say.
Oban fiddler wins BBC music award - A 22-year-old fiddler from Oban has been crowned BBC Radio Scotland's Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2012.
Phil Spector death case settled - The mother of the actress Phil Spector murdered has settled a wrongful death case against the music producer, according to her lawyer.
Brits dominate 2011 album market - British music acts accounted for 52.7% of the overall UK album market last year, figures show.
Artist set for Facebook windfall - A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook's offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.
Dickens 'beyond' modern children - Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.
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