BBC News - Entertainment & Arts

29 April 2011 Last updated at 20:30 ET

Swedish film wins Tribeca prize

A Swedish film about two teenage girls whose friendship turns to rivalry wins a top award at the Tribeca film festival in New York.

Singer Dionne Warwick sues the producers of a Broadway musical, claiming it uses her name and likeness without her consent.

Rod Stewart has been honoured with a lifetime achievement from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in Los Angeles.

Lennon microphones up for auction

Microphones and equipment from John Lennon's home studio, in which he recorded early solo albums and hit song Imagine, are to be sold at auction.
Holmes settles drug claim dispute

Actress Katie Holmes settles a legal claim with a US celebrity magazine over an article that falsely suggested she was a drug addict.
Boxing movie's real mother dies
Bellowhead win world music award
Sony photographer prize announced
Aronofsky to chair Venice panel
Folk singer Phoebe Snow dies at 58
ABC cancels royal wedding satire

US photographer wins £30k prize

American photographer Jim Goldberg wins the Deutsche Borse photography prize for his exhibition about refugees making new lives in Europe.
Ben Stiller makes Broadway return
Chilean poet Gonzalo Rojas dies

Arthur stumbles at UK box office

Russell Brand's remake of the 1981 film Arthur has a disappointing opening weekend at the UK and Ireland box office, taking just £764,468.
Rio film flying high in US
Grease duet tops film song chart

Grammys producer death announced

John Cossette, a longtime executive producer of the prestigious Grammy awards, has died aged 54, his family confirms.
Punk icon Poly Styrene dies at 53
Posthumous prize for John Barry

New director of BBC Vision named

George Entwistle is appointed director of BBC Vision, the division responsible for commissioning, producing, scheduling and broadcasting TV content.
Teleprompter inventor dies at 91
BBC presenter reveals injunction

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Gallery visitors wax lyrical over model Prince
'I can sing in tune' Watch

NZ opera sensation Hayley Westenra on her 'pure' voice
Killer idea

Author Don Winslow on breathing new life into old assassins
In pictures

Ivory Coast artist documents the battle for Abidjan
Big Thor

Kenneth Branagh on his comic book blockbuster
Tweet modern

The illustrators turning Twitter comments into art
Getting rich

How hip hop artists create wealth through business