BBC News - Entertainment & Arts

The latest stories from the Entertainment & Arts section of the BBC News web site.
  1. VIDEO: Banksy 'marks Queen's Jubilee'
    Andrew Marr and experts ask if the graffiti artist Banksy's latest offering ahead of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee means he is as radical as ever.
  2. AUDIO: How Peter Ackroyd hid his sexuality
    Writer and historian Peter Ackroyd has explained why he decided to conceal his homosexuality from his family.
  3. Lemon 'wants Carry On success'
    TV celebrity Keith Lemon says he wants his new movie to replicate the success of the Carry On movies.
  4. Lloyd Webber on Jesus and Profumo
    Andrew Lloyd Webber on his search for Jesus and why his next musical will be set in the '60s
  5. VIDEO: Will Smith 'slap' and more news
    Will Smith slaps a reporter who tried to kiss him on the red carpet and more protests over Lady Gaga shows plus the rest of the day's entertainment headlines
  6. Cannes 2012: Reporter's Diary
    BBC reporter Kev Geoghegan with the latest from Cannes
  7. Am I Sacha Baron Cohen's next target?
    Meeting the man behind Borat - is it just a set-up?
  8. Ceefax founding editor dies at 85
    Colin McIntyre, founding editor of the BBC's Ceefax service, the world's first teletext service, has died at the age of 85, his family confirms.
  9. VIDEO: Five Minutes With: Dita Von Teese
    Burlesque star Dita Von Teese talks to Matthew Stadlen about why she does what she does, the art of striptease, her personal style and fitness regimes and why she is not anti-feminist.
  10. Moffat to receive special Bafta
    Doctor Who producer and Sherlock co-creator Steven Moffat is to receive a special prize at this year's Bafta TV awards, organisers announce.
  11. AUDIO: Jessie J: The Voice 'a learning curve'
    Jessie J spoke to BBC Radio 5 live about her new single, her new look and starring on The Voice.
  12. Rolf Harris unveils retrospective
    The Australian entertainer looks back over his career
  13. VIDEO: The art inspiring Florence Welch
    Andrew Graham-Dixon takes in some renaissance art with Florence Welch of Florence and The Machine at London's National Gallery.
  14. Baritone Fischer-Dieskau dies
    The respected German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, famed for his performances of Schubert's song cycle Winter Journey, dies at the age of 86.
  15. Will Young joins new Cabaret cast
    Will Young is cast as the Emcee in a revival of Cabaret in the West End.

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