http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment_and_arts/ The latest stories from the Entertainment & Arts section of the BBC News web site. en-gb Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:14:04 GMT Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment_and_arts/ 120 60 15 Children's laureate and Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson writes a poem in protest at planned library closures across the country. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16878453 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16878453 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:11:54 GMT Almost a year after the film reigned supreme at the Oscars, the stage version of The King's Speech has its world premiere. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16860995 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16860995 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:59:05 GMT Movie billboards in Paris featuring The Artist actor Jean Dujardin might affect his chances of winning an Academy Award, according to French press. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16867721 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16867721 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:07:31 GMT Comedian Billy Connolly is criticised for ending two of his stand-up shows early in the past week due to hecklers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16870595 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16870595 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:31:43 GMT Actors should be given more prominence in TV credits that are shown at the end of programmes, according to a survey carried out by the acting union Equity. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16876840 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16876840 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:14:37 GMT Belfast's new £18m Metropolitan Arts centre - MAC - is prepares to open its doors in the city's Cathedral Quarter. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-northern-ireland-16873061 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16873061 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:15:44 GMT Actor Hugh Grant will star in the third Bridget Jones movie, despite recent reports that he had pulled out of the sequel http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16872782 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16872782 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:26:26 GMT Appropriate Adult, ITV1's dramatisation of the arrest of killer Fred West, picks up best single drama at the Broadcast awards in London. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16870507 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16870507 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:58 GMT Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off is to transfer to the West End after breaking box office records at the Old Vic. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16869421 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16869421 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:01:42 GMT BBC Radio 1 have announced more than 25 acts to take part in the Olympic Hackney weekend festival. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/newsbeat/16858676 http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/16858676 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:05:30 GMT Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward threatens to pull out of the bands reunion, unless he is presented with a "signable contract". http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16867216 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16867216 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:34:48 GMT Novels by authors such as James Patterson and Lee Child are among the most borrowed books from British libraries. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16854192 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16854192 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:55:18 GMT 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. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16871764 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16871764 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:13:34 GMT Pop star Calvin Harris was the most successful songwriter in the UK singles chart in 2011, according to research from trade magazine Music Week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16874367 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16874367 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:20:58 GMT Artist Mike Kelley, whose unsettling installations helped define contemporary art in Los Angeles, has died at the age of 57. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16852641 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16852641 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:45:33 GMT Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Theodore Boone are among the books vying for the title of best children's novel in the last decade. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16851836 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16851836 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:21:06 GMT A painting thought to be the earliest replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is discovered in Madrid, revealing new details about the original. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16835270 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16835270 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:16:11 GMT Gary Oldman wins his first acting award in more than two decades for his role as spymaster George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16859684 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16859684 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:25:00 GMT Actor Daniel Craig is shown wielding a gun and sporting stubble in the first official image from the new James Bond film Skyfall. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16831346 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16831346 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:57:11 GMT Egypt's leading comic actor Adel Imam receives a three-month jail sentence for insulting Islam in films and plays. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16858553 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16858553 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:22:19 GMT R&B and gospel singer David Peaston, best known for the tracks Two Wrongs (Don't Make it Right) and Can I?, dies aged 54. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16867213 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16867213 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:47:52 GMT A record company has begun a worldwide search for the singer who can sing a note so low that it is thought never to have been sung before. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16858789 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16858789 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:58:45 GMT Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Snoop Dogg and Slash are among the dozens of artists paying tribute to the late Soul Train creator Don Cornelius. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16850457 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16850457 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:21:42 GMT Actress Letitia Dean is to return to Albert Square after an absence of six years. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16850451 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16850451 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:10:26 GMT Australia is more forward-thinking than the UK when it comes to portraying ethnic minorities in soaps, says Neighbours actor Sachin Joab. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16832730 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16832730 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:26:11 GMT Chris Evans's breakfast show is still the nation's favourite morning listen, according to new figures from the radio audience survey organisation Rajar. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16840462 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16840462 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:08:54 GMT Arts editor Will Gompertz has been speaking to the writers and performers of farce to find out the genre's pitfalls and problems. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/today/hi/today/newsid_9692000/9692698.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9692000/9692698.stm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:55:16 GMT Mark Kermode reviews the latest UK film releases including Martha Marcy May Marlene, Man on A Ledge and Young Adult. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16875241 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16875241 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:21:07 GMT One of the first events to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee is taking place at the Cartoon Museum in London. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16869250 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16869250 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:37:12 GMT Andrew Marr is presenting a new documentary to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16869258 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16869258 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:01:30 GMT Actor Viggo Mortensen told Radio 5 live how he got the part of Sigmund Freud in new film A Dangerous Method. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16878202 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16878202 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:19:14 GMT A work of abstract expressionism by a chimp and a still life of a flower by an elephant are part of a new exhibition in London of artworks created by animals. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16860961 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16860961 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:06:30 GMT There's new evidence that Dickens lived much closer to some of the characters in his novels than previously thought. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-16857713 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16857713 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:00:23 GMT The BBC's Nick Higham talks to James Treadwell about his book Advent. http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16868450 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16868450 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:22:26 GMT Sir David Jason moves behind the camera http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16850836 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16850836 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:26:19 GMT The residents fed-up with movie stars and camera crews http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16858535 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16858535 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:14:40 GMT Original artworks hang alongside copies in new exhibition http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16835729 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16835729 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:04:00 GMT Martha Macy May Marlene explores the attraction of cults http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/entertainment-arts-16831353 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16831353 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:46:44 GMT Why nostalgia and the internet are increasingly important for comics http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16629705 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16629705 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:18:21 GMT What's behind US cult appeal of Downton Abbey? http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/magazine-16731254 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16731254 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:32:47 GMT London exhibition of works of art by elephants and apes http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-england-london-16835258 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16835258 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:52:25 GMT