Adele has picked up two prizes at the Ivor Novello songwriting awards - but missed out on two more top trophies.
The star was named songwriter of the year and her song ‘Rolling in the Deep’ was the most performed work of 2011.
However, Ed Sheeran's ‘The A-Team’ beat ‘Rolling In The...

Chart-topping disco queen Donna Summer has died.
Born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on December 31, 1948, Summer died today, Thursday, May 17 following a long battle with cancer.
Summer was an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She had a...

Award-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson has confirmed she is writing a new, modern version of the musical ‘Annie’.
Will Smith is producing the movie as a vehicle to star his 11-year-old daughter Willow Smith, while Jay-Z is in charge of the music and will write new tracks for...

Three of the four members of Australian children's entertainers The Wiggles are to leave the group, paving the way for the quartet's first female performer.
Jeff Fatt, Murray Cook and Greg Page said they would hand over their purple, red and yellow pullovers to a "new generation" at the end...

Pop stars Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have signed up as judges for the US version of the X Factor.
The singers will join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid on the judging panel when the show returns in the autumn.
Fox confirmed earlier this year that chart-toppers Paula Abdul and Nicole...

Julianne Moore is to star in a remake of the 1976 horror film ‘Carrie’, movie industry website Deadline has reported.
Moore will play the role of Margaret White, the mother of the teenage girl with supernatural powers.
Carrie will be played by 15-year-old Chloe Grace Moretz, who...

Actress Mila Kunis intervened to help a man who had a seizure at her house, according to reports.
The TMZ site says the 'Black Swan' star gave emergency treatment after the 50-year-old man - who works at her house - started coughing up blood and vomiting.
Mila Kunis reportedly ran...

Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh and leading tenor Alfie Boe are joining forces to sing on ‘One Vision’, the official single for Team GB.
Accompanied by the Youth Music Voices choir, Walsh and Boe will debut their version of the classic Queen track on Friday, May 11 at London's Royal Albert...

Maurice Sendak, the US author of the best-selling children's book Where the Wild Things Are, has died aged 83.
His long-time editor, Michael di Capua, told The New York Times the author died in Danbury, Connecticut, after complications from a recent stroke.
He wrote some 17 books and...

Essex opera duo Jonathan and Charlotte and Latin dancers Kai and Natalia are the latest acts to secure a place in this year's Britain's Got Talent final.
One of the bookies favourites Jonathan Antoine and Charlotte Jaconelli won the most public votes after their stirring rendition of opera...