That's all we have time for today, but we'll be back on Wednesday with more rolling news from the world of entertainment, media and the arts, when we'll have reaction from a new production of Bugsy Malone opening in London tonight.

In the meantime, we'll leave you with one last picture of the late, much-loved Keith Harris - accompanied, as ever, by his constant but now silent companion, Orville the Duck.

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Damian Lewis's moustache gets almost as many mentions as he does in reviews for his latest West End outing, a revival of David Mamet's 1975 play American Buffalo.

The Telegraph's Dominic Cavendish called his "droopy horse-shoe... the finishing comical touch" of the former Homeland actor's "lynchpin" performance, while the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts said his "Tom Selleck soup-strainer" was such an unlikely appendage "it raised a titter from the stalls."

John Goodman and Tom Sturridge round out the cast of Mamet's three-hander, about small-time crooks who plot to steal a highly coveted coin.

Read what the critics had to say about the production, which runs at the Wyndham's Theatre in London until 27 June.

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No prizes for guessing what film is top of the chart this week. Avengers: Age of Ultron has stormed to the top of the UK and Ireland box office, taking £18.02 million in its debut (four-day) weekend.

The Marvel superhero film beat its competition hands down, with its nearest rival, Fast and Furious 7, settling for second with takings of just £1.6m.

Disney's live-action version of fairytale classic Cinderella is at three, while animation Home took fourth position.

The Met Opera's double bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci rounds out the top five, taking £337,698.

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Marianne Ellliott won a Tony for directing War Horse in 2011. Now she finds herself in the running for her second, thanks to the Broadway transfer of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

She told the BBC the nomination was "completely amazing" but admitted she was "in a panic" about attending the ceremony in June.

"I've got to go on a diet. How can I lose lots of weight in that time?" she laughed.

The play transferred from London's National Theatre earlier this year. Elliott, though, said it has not changed much since crossing the Atlantic.

"It's still set in Swindon, then in London. It's an all-American cast but they do Swindon accents, which is quite amazing as a lot of English people can't do Swindon accents!"

Elliott also said the experience of directing a hit play in New York was easier the second time around.

"When I did it the first time, my child was really young and it was very difficult. I went on my own and they stayed at home and it was horrible.

"But this time my husband and my child came with me and they had an absolute ball. They are trying to persuade me now that we should move to New York!"

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Rudimental fans, gather round: you can now hear the first new piece of music from the band's upcoming second album, due out later this year.

The track is called Never Let You Go and it was premiered on Annie Mac's show on Radio 1 last night.

The band have collaborated with Donald Fagan from Steely Dan and George Clinton on their as yet untitled album and have been invited back to Glastonbury this year.

Last year's set was cut short by a thunderstorm, which certainly ups the ante for this June's performance.

Listen to Never Let You Go.

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US actress Viola Davis is to portray abolitionist Harriet Tubman in a new HBO biopic.

Based on Kate Clifford Larson's book Bound for the Promised Land, the film will highlight Tubman's heroic acts leading slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad and later fighting with the Union during the Civil War.

Davis can currently be seen in legal drama How to Get Away With Murder, for which she received a Screen Actors Guild award in January.

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Bad news for Sam Smith's Australian fans: he's had to cancel his tour Down Under.

The Lay Me Down singer revealed the news on his Instagram page, external, explaining he was under doctor's orders to rest his voice after a small haemorrhage was found on his vocal chords.

"I am so sorry to those who have bought tickets, I truly am," he wrote. "This kills me."

Re-arranged dates are due to be announced shortly, so watch this space.

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"It is a honour to be nominated and to become a part of the grand tradition of American theatre. I am very lucky that I speak American! Albeit in the play with a very British accent.

"It is a very exciting season on Broadway, with many great plays, musicals and performances, so just to be a part of that is a thrill."

Next time you're browsing the iTunes store, you'll have the option to support the Red Cross disaster relief effort in Nepal.

iTunes have activated a donation option, with all contributions helping the Red Cross provide first aid and support.

The UN estimates that eight million people have been affected in Nepal, more than a quarter of the country's population.

Foreign aid is arriving but is being hampered by congestion at Kathmandu's only airport.

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Weta Workshop, the New Zealand-based effects house behind the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films, has paid its own tribute to the cinematographer Andrew Lesnie following his death on Monday.

"Our memories of Andrew will always be of a wonderful and caring person who looked out for the technicians around him, was keen to have a good laugh and keep everyone jollied along," wrote its founders on Facebook, external.

"What an incredible man and we are very fortunate to have had the chance to work with him on so many wonderful projects."

Lesnie, pictured above with Jason Isaacs and Joely Richardson at the 2004 Bafta Film Awards, also worked on such films as I Am Legend, The Last Airbender and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

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Eric Carle, best-selling author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has a new picture book out this autumn.

"I've written The Nonsense Show to introduce children to the wonderful world of surrealism," he said. "I hope this book will make children both laugh and think, and prepare them for a lifetime of loving both words and art."

Francesca Dow, of Penguin Random House Children's, described the book as "a fantastic colourful story of an upside-down world, which the adult in us will also enjoy as a wonderful celebration of surrealism."

What do you get when you cross a film festival with a music festival? You get Flickerama, external - a summer festival where all the "acts" are films.

Conceived by Tom Lawes, owner of the historic Electric cinema in Birmingham, the three-day festival will feature outdoor screenings of such fan favourites as Back to the Future, Jaws and The Blues Brothers, as well as a host of film-related events.

"It's an event for film lovers where everything is in one place, in a beautiful environment," says Law, who promises Flickerama will take "outdoor event cinema... to the next level".

It all kicks off on 14 August at Great Tew in Oxfordshire. Fittingly, it also has a trailer, external.

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Former Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman has admitted that he no longer watches the show.

So what is he watching instead? Dating show Take Me Out and The Only Way is Essex, apparently.

"Of course I know who Joey Essex is," Paxman told the Radio Times, saying he did not like Towie "as much as I like Take Me Out, which I think is a fantastic show."

The presenter, who spent 25 years at the helm of Newsnight before leaving last summer, said he had no second thoughts about his decision to move on.

"I don't see Newsnight, I'm afraid," the 64-year-old went on, external. "My idea of fun is to go to bed at 10.30pm and read a book."

British directors are well represented, with nominations coming for Stephen Daldry (Skylight), Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and Jeremy Herrin (Wolf Hall Parts 1 & 2).

Curious Incident has six nominations in all, while the RSC's double bill of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies has eight.

Musicals An American in Paris and Fun Home have the most nominations over all, having each scored 12 apiece.

Sting's shipbuilding musical The Last Ship, meanwhile, has earned him a nomination for best original score, despite closing in January.

Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth - nominated herself for best lead actress in a musical - will host this year's ceremony, at Radio City Music Hall on 7 June.

See the full list of nominees, external.

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Dame Helen Mirren, Carey Mulligan and Ruth Wilson are among the British talents nominated for Tony Awards this year.

Dame Helen is nominated for her Olivier-winning performance as The Queen in The Audience, while Mulligan is shortlisted alongside co-star Bill Nighy for their roles in the Broadway transfer of Skylight.

Luther star Wilson is nominated for the best actress in a play award for Constellations, alongside Dame Helen and Mulligan.

The RSC's adaptations of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, first staged at the National Theatre, are shortlisted for the best new play award.

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The identity of a replica painting that was hung at Dulwich Picture Gallery as part of a "spot the fake" challenge has been revealed.

Since February, Jean-Honore Fragonard's 18th-Century work Young Woman has been replaced by a $120 (£70) counterfeit, produced in China.

The public was asked whether it could identify the fake amongst the permanent collection of 270 Old Master paintings.

Nearly 3,000 visitors cast a vote, but only 10% of them guessed correctly.

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There'll be no happy return for reality show The Osbournes. Music TV network VH1 had plans for a reboot of the original MTV series, but its plans have hit the skids.

Focusing on the famous Osbourne family - Ozzy, Sharon, Jack and Kelly (daughter Aimee chose not to take part) - the show was a hit in the early noughties.

Sharon announced the news of the revamp in November on an episode of The Talk, the CBS daytime show she co-hosts.

She said the plan was to do six to eight episodes, to "catch up on our lives and where we are now".

It's not known why the plans have been scrapped, but Variety did suggest last year there could be problems due to clashing schedules.

Guess we won't be seeing Ozzy rocking out in his kitchen anytime soon.

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Game of Thrones news alert.

Check out this parody trailer, external for Medieval Land Fun-time World, which uses lip synching to imagine the hit TV series as an 80s teen comedy.

"Tell me how you found the kitten meat?"

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Mariah Carey's Las Vegas residency doesn't begin until 6 May, but the soul diva is already making a splash on the Strip.

The singer heralded her upcoming run of shows at Caesars Palace with a "launch event" on Monday that saw her arrive in a classic 1936 pink convertible.

Behind her trailed no less than 18 mobile billboards, each bearing the titles of her number one hits. Well, that's one way to stop the traffic.

"Everyone in Vegas, there's a new girl in town," said the 45-year-old singer, promising fans her Mariah #1 to Infinity show would be "an extravaganza".

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"R.I.P. Keith Harris, external - ... 'bye Orville." - magician Paul Daniels

"Rest in peace Keith Harris., external Lovely, funny talented man." - comedian Julian Clary

"Another TRUE entertainment star, external leaves us. So so sad! #KeithHarris rest well, a great inspiration." - Children's entertainers Dick and Dom