Idris Elba is to return to our screens as the enigmatic detective 'Luther' this summer, the BBC have confirmed.

Whetting fans' hungry appetites for the Golden Globe-winning cop drama, the broadcaster posted a picture of a concerned-looking Elba atop a London building.

Case notes fly around him in...

The James Bond franchise could be forced to move production from its UK Pinewood Studio base after 51 years, the head of Pinewood Shepperton has warned.

All of the 23 Bond films, apart from 'Moonraker' and 'Licence to Kill', have been based there since the authentically British series...

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Electronic duo Daft Punk, featuring Pharrell Williams and Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers, have held onto the number one spot in the singles chart with their impossibly catchy 'Get Lucky'.

Meanwhile, Chris Malinchak went straight in at number two with 'So Good To Me', with 'Let Her Go' by...

Amy Winehouse's life will be celebrated in a family exhibition opening this summer at London's Jewish Museum.

The 'Back To Black' singer's brother Alex and his wife, Riva, have given the Camden-based museum unprecedented access to Amy’s belongings in a bid to reclaim her identity as a North...

Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic American novel 'The Great Gatsby' has received mixed reactions from critics in the US.

The film, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan, will open Cannes Film Festival on 15 May, however, some reviewers have already had...

One of the hottest voices of the moment, Miguel, has helped Mariah Carey release a great new uplifting track.

'#Beautiful', out now, features the vocals of both the multi-platinum superstar Mariah and 'Adorn' singer Miguel. It serves as the lead track from her new...

The annual meeting of minds that is the How The Light Gets In festival returns to Hay-on-Wye this month, once again providing audiences with the chance to engage with life's big questions.

The founder of the festival, philosopher Hilary Lawson, is busy preparing for the 450...

What do you get when you fill a room with successful, confident, entrepreneurial women?

At the launch of Cash and Rocket's 2013 female-only rally on Monday, I found out - it's power.

The women -- a diverse mix of 70 designers, CEOs, models, actresses and fashion...

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Veteran electronic duo Daft Punk have scored their first-ever UK number one single with much-awaited funky comeback track Get Lucky.

After shooting to number three just 48 hours after the single went on sale last week, the Frenchmen's collaboration with Pharrell Williams and Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers got...

"If I get hit by a truck tomorrow I want to be remembered by this song," says Don Diablo, the Dutch DJ who's fast nipping at the heels of internationally-known chart toppers Calvin Harris and David Guetta.

It's a bold quote, but Diablo's latest...

Sadly the most surprising thing about JLS splitting up is not that one of The X Factor's most successful alumni are going their separate ways after five years, but that one member - JB Gill, who grew up in Croydon - has bought a deer farm in Scotland...

Amelia Lily started out as just another 'X Factor' hopeful, singing Janis Joplin's 'Take Another Little Piece of my Heart' at her audition to great applause.

But it soon became clear Amelia was made of tougher stuff than some of her predecessors when she was knocked out of...

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East London drum and bass four-piece Rudimental are celebrating their second number one in 12 months with 'Waiting All Night' featuring Ella Eyre.

They emerged triumphant in a head-to-head battle with the more famous Will.I.Am and Justin Bieber as their song '#ThatPower' went in at number two.

'Britain's Got Talent' 2012 finalists Loveable Rogues are very excited not just because their debut single 'What A Night', has just hit the shelves, but because their publicists' cute black Spaniel is dashing around between their legs and commanding lots of attention.

Once the London band have stopped...

The Ivor Novello Award nominations for 2013 are in, and the voice of 2012 - Emeli Sande - is leading the way with two nods for her songwriting.

The Scottish singer, who enjoyed a series of high-profile appearances during the Olympics ceremonies last year, could pick...

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Thankfully, a decent song remained number one in this week's official singles charts, despite an anti-Margaret Thatcher campaign threatening to push 'Ding-Dong The Witch Is Dead' to the top spot.

DJ Duke Dumont held on to his number one with 'Need U (100%)' featuring A*M*E, after he...

'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead' has failed to reach number one, after an online campaign by opponents of late former prime minister Margaret Thatcher propelled it into the charts.

The recording, taken from 1939 film 'The Wizard of Oz', entered the charts at number two.

It was...

'Britain's Got Talent' boss Simon Cowell has made a further dig at BBC show 'The Voice' by questioning if the singing contest is even on TV at the moment.

‘The Voice’, launched as an anti-dote to Cowell’s ITV show ‘The X Factor’,...

Arguably one of Britain’s most influential men, Simon Cowell, who has earned a fortune encouraging people to vote for the acts on his talent shows, has revealed he’s never once voted in a political election.

Speaking at the launch of the new series of his hit ITV show...

When I told friends I was going to try spinning for the first time a worried look crossed their face as they wished me "good luck".

I'd heard about the intensity but I'd also heard about the benefits, including improved leg strength and tone, better stamina and the chance...