Category Archives: Entertainment
Ferry leads tributes to Hamilton
Bryan Ferry leads the tributes to his former art teacher and “great inspiration”, Richard Hamilton, who has died aged 89 after a short illness.
Banksy art retrieved in Germany
A Banksy artwork has been retrieved seven years after it was first created, a Berlin gallery announces.
Perry tops Hollywood rich list
Actor, scriptwriter, producer and director Tyler Perry is Hollywood’s highest-paid man earning $130m (£82.3m) in a year, according to Forbes.com.
Phantom and Cats set for schools
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s famous musicals Phantom of the Opera and Cats are made available for school and college productions in the UK and Ireland.
Hockney fights for inspiring view
Artist David Hockney warns road labourers in his home town of Bridlington in Yorkshire that they are digging up one of his main sources of inspiration.
Palace to star in new art project
A montage of children’s self-portraits will be beamed on to the front of Buckingham Palace as part of a new nationwide art project.
Senior BBC pay ‘to keep falling’
Future director generals at the BBC will not be paid as much as Mark Thompson, says BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten.
Critics praise new Ayckbourn play
Alan Ayckbourn’s 75th play Neighbourhood Watch is described as “highly ambitious, biliously funny and right on the button” as it opens in Scarborough.
Prodigy rapper stages exhibition
Rapper Maxim, a longstanding member of rave act The Prodigy, unveils his artistic side with an exhibition in London.
Jackson family request trust fund
Executors of late pop star Michael Jackson’s estate ask a judge to allow them to put aside $30m (£19m) million in a trust fund for his family.
