Entertainment
- Cannes kicks off with panda power
An invasion of panda bears helps launch the 61st Cannes Film Festival, which is getting under way in France. - TV 'orgy' poster is banned
A poster promoting the second series of E4's teen drama, Skins, has been banned by the advertising standards agency. - Actor James Garner has a stroke
Hollywood actor James Garner is recovering after having surgery following a minor stroke last Friday. - Extras needed for Clough picture
People in a Derbyshire town are given the chance to be in a film about football legend Brian Clough. - Freud work sets new world record
A Lucian Freud painting of a sleeping, naked woman sells for $33.6m (£17.2m) in New York, a new record. - Oliver to get TV festival cooking
Chef Jamie Oliver and Doctor Who guru Russell T Davies will be among the personalities at this year's Edinburgh TV Festival. - Dr Who fan in knitted puppet row
A Doctor Who fan is embroiled in a row with the BBC after publishing knitting patterns for the show's monsters online. - Musical tops Tony Award shortlist
America's top theatre award shortlist has been revealed with In The Heights leading the way with 13 nominations. - Pete Doherty back on stage
Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty performs live for the first time since being released from prison. - Eight-year sentence for US rapper
Hip-hop star Remy Ma is sentenced to eight years in prison for shooting a woman outside a New York nightclub. - US pop artist Rauschenberg dies
Artist Robert Rauschenberg, known for using odd and everyday articles in his work, dies at the age of 82. - Betty moves from LA to New York
US TV drama Ugly Betty is to move its production from Los Angeles to New York. - Four artists up for Turner Prize
The four artists nominated for 2008's Turner Prize are revealed, with sculpture and film dominating the line-up. - US critics give Broadway honours
Pulitzer Prize-winning play August: Osage County wins two US Outer Critics Circle Awards. - Life on Mars 'will be US series'
A full series of the US remake of time-travel drama Life on Mars is ordered by ABC, the Hollywood Reporter says. - Ross and Brand win radio awards
Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand are winners at the Sony Awards, with BBC Radio 4 named station of the year. - Iron Man holds on to UK top spot
Comic-book movie Iron Man is the number one film in the UK and Ireland for the second week running. - First R Kelly trial jurors picked
The first three jurors have been chosen for R&B star R Kelly's child pornography trial in the US city of Chicago. - Stars at Sex and the City launch
Hundreds of fans greet the stars of the Sex and the City movie at its world premiere in London's West End. - Judge ends McCartney's marriage
A High Court judge pronounces a decree nisi, ending the marriage of Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills. - Rushdie tipped for Booker treble
Novelist Salman Rushdie is favourite to win the Booker of Booker prizes to add to his two existing awards.
