Category: Art & culture

Gary Barlow has confirmed he will leave X Factor at the end of the current series. He had previously denied rumours he had made a decision to quit the ITV show.

A valuable bronze sculpture by Henry Moore has been stolen from a park in south west Scotland.

By Sabrina Sweeney Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre has called Julian Fellowes’ comments about needing a “Shakespearian scholarship” to understand the Bard’s work “misguided”.

Tourists going to concerts and festivals are boosting the UK economy by as much as £2.2 billion a year.

By Sabrina Sweeney

BBC drama The Accused is leading the field at this year’s International Emmys with two nominations.

Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris is to stand trial in April accused of indecent assault and making indecent images of children.

Space disaster odyssey “Gravity” soared to the top of the North American box office in its debut weekend with $55.

By Emma Jones

A drama starring Diane Lane as Hillary Clinton has become the second TV project about the politician to be cancelled this week.

The Warcraft movie now has a release date — December 18th, 2015. The feature film based on Blizzard’s hugely popular World of Warcraft series of video games will be directed by Duncan Jones, the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed sci-fi…

“Breaking Bad” was never really about meth. It’s just comforting to think that it was. It debuted Jan. 20, 2008, at the very start of the Great Recession. We met Walter White, a classically underemployed, undervalued American, at a time…

A controversial new book claims movie studios gave into the wishes of Hitler’s Germany. How true are its claims? And why is the subject still so raw? Tom Brook investigates. Harvard scholar Ben Urwand is a mild-mannered man in his…

A stroboscopic art installation in Pittsburgh in the US has been temporarily closed after three visitors reported seizure-like symptoms.

Atlantis, the BBC’s lavish new fantasy adventure drew an average audience of 5.8 million on Saturday night.

Besides killing more than 100,000 people, Syria’s civil war is exacting another irreparable toll as historic sites and artworks are looted or destroyed in the fighting.

Paris – The first day of Paris ready-to-wear collections, which showcases the design world’s up-and-coming talents, is a day largely ignored by the top magazine editors.

Eurovision organisers have announced changes to the song contest’s jury rules, amid allegations of bribery.

Sunday night’s Emmy Awards achieved the ceremony’s highest audience since 2005, attracting 17.6 million viewers.

Cinema audiences will now have to wait until 2014 to see Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman as Princess Grace of Monaco.

Sir Trevor Nunn is to direct the stage version of Fatal Attraction while Laurence Fox is set to star in Strangers on a Train.

The Big Bang Theory leads Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley Cuoco are seeking sizable pay increases, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The moves come after co-stars Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch recently inked new deals with studio Warner Bros.…

A New York art dealer has pleaded guilty to being involved in a 15 year multi-million dollar art fraud.

Saudi Arabia, where cinemas are banned, is to compete for an Oscar for the first time next year with feminist film “Wadjda” directed by Haifaa al-Mansour, a Saudi official announced Sunday. The movie tells of a young girl’s quest to…

Rest in peace, Hank and Gomie

Simon Mayo says he is “baffled” by Naomi Watts’ decision to finish an interview about her new movie Diana ahead of time.