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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.

Award-winning underwater cinematographer Mike deGruy dies in a helicopter crash in Australia.

Comedian John Bishop is about to take on a five day triathlon from Paris to London to raise money for Sport Relief.

The Finborough Theatre is the big winner at this year's Off West End Theatre Awards.

The presenter says she is to return to the TV talent show next Saturday after recovering from the traumatic birth of her second daughter.

The mother of the actress Phil Spector murdered has settled a wrongful death case against the music producer, according to her lawyer.

Acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow has written a biography of Charles Dickens, exploring the importance of the theatre to the author.

A unique insight by his assistant, model and friend, David Dawson

Chronicle, a film about teenagers with super powers, beats Daniel Radcliffe thriller The Woman in Black to top the North American film chart.

Ticket registration for BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend has opened, with 100,000 tickets to be allocated.

Pop singer Cher Lloyd tells Panorama's Declan Lawn about being cyberbullied and her fears for her family's safety.

US singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey goes straight in at number one in the UK album chart with her debut release Born To Die.

Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign.

Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.

Film-maker Zalman King, best known for writing and producing the hit movie Nine and a Half Weeks, dies aged 70.

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb says he is making a "spectacular" recovery from cancer and that he is feeling "fantastic".

The BBC's director general Mark Thompson has accused the Iranian authorities of intimidating those working for its Persian service.

Paintings by Winston Churchill have gone on display alongside works by the now-famous Moroccan artist, Hassan El Glaoui, who owes his career to Churchill.

US film and Broadway actor Ben Gazzara has died in New York at the age of 81.

One of the most famous paintings by Fife artist Jack Vettriano has gone on public display for the first time in two decades.