Talking Shop: Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood
By Jo Youle
BBC 6 Music News reporter
Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood has revealed that the band are back in the studio with long-time producer Nigel Godrich, working on the follow-up(…)

Famed Uruguayan author Mario Benedetti died at his home in Montevideo, Uruguay, on Sunday, his personal secretary, Ariel Silva, told CNN.
Author Mario Benedetti, 88, was battling intestinal problems and had been(…)

CANNES, FranceAs award-winning Iranian film-maker Bahman Ghobadi walked down the Cannes red carpet for the premiere of his new feature Thursday, the real star of the show was conspicuously absent.
Iranian filmmaker(…)

(Entertainment Weekly)Ron Howard’s “Angels & Demons” soared to a 48 million opening this weekend, narrowly edging out a stellar 43 million second-week performance by “Star Trek,” according to estimates by Hollywood.com Box(…)

LOS ANGELES, CaliforniaIt was the hottest ticket in town. Colin Farrell was there. So were Michelle Branch, Josh Groban and Chris Isaakthe latter accompanied by his manager’s dog, Rodney.
Yusuf, formerly(…)

Crunch time for striking US actors
By Peter Bowes
BBC News, Los Angeles
After two years of turmoil, Hollywood may be about to turn its back on a bleak period of industrial strife and inaction(…)

Angels blessed at US box office
Da Vinci Code sequel Angels and Demons has soared to the top of the US and Canada box office chart, taking 48m (31.4m) in its first weekend.Its takings(…)

Cannes Festival: The story so far
By Victoria Lindrea
Entertainment reporter, BBC News, in Cannes
As the Cannes Film Festival reaches its midway point, does 2009 look set to be a year to remember?
Monday is the(…)

Police defend concert crackdown
By Ian Youngs
Music reporter, BBC News
Police have defended their use of a controversial form that requires live music venues to hand over details of performers, promoters and fans.Form 696 has(…)

Radiohead piece together new LP
Radiohead have gone back into the studio to start work on the follow-up to their 2007 album In Rainbows.”We just went in last week,” bassist Colin Greenwood said. “It(…)

Four craft Baftas for Wallander
BBC drama Wallander won four awards at the Bafta craft awards – a celebration of the work that goes on behind the scenes in television.The three-part series, starring Kenneth(…)

Uruguay mourns writer Benedetti
Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti, whose novels were widely translated and poems set to music, has died at the age of 88 at his home in Montevideo.Benedetti’s work chronicled the life(…)

US drama awards for Billy musical
The Broadway production of hit musical Billy Elliot has received 10 prizes at the 2009 Drama Desk awards.The show was named best new musical at the event. Director(…)