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A profile of Ben Collins, the man in the mask

Rapper TI and his wife Tameka Cottle are arrested in Hollywood for drug possession, police confirm.

Pop star Youssou N'dour officially launches his own television station in Senegal after a two-year struggle with the authorities.

Seven questions on Roland, Lizzie and morning sofas

Coronation Street is to broadcast a live episode as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, soap bosses confirm.

We get the dirt from the dancefloor from Alesha Dixon as she confirms she will still be a panellist in the new series of Strictly.

Two-thirds of people agree with the government stance on cutting arts funding and relying more on private cash, a survey suggests.

Channel 4 dramatises the rise of Labour party leadership candidates David and Ed Miliband, it is announced.

Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan re-launch their book club

Writer Sophie Kinsella has described how she missed the main character of her best-selling ''Shopaholic'' series and how she seemed ''real'' to her.

The BBC speaks to Anthony Bourdain who returns with his long awaited sequel Medium Raw, taking stock of the changes in his life and in the culinary world.

Catherine Zeta Jones reveals she is "furious" that doctors failed to detect husband Michael Douglas' throat cancer earlier.

Guns N' Roses have walked off stage at a gig in Dublin after being booed and having bottles thrown at them by the crowd.

Canada provides backdrop for Kerouac's On The Road

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's private art collection is to go on show for the first time, it is announced.

Olympic medallist James Cracknell is expected home later this week, after fracturing his skull in a bike accident in the US.

A metal detecting enthusiast finds what is believed to be the only intact Roman lantern made out of bronze ever discovered in Britain.

The 67th Venice Film Festival has opened with the premiere of three films, including the thriller Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman.

Police shoot dead a gunman who took three hostages at the Discovery Communications HQ near Washington and free his prisoners.

Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.