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Theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber will make his acting debut in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks early next year.

Russian authorities cancel a London exhibition of paintings over fears the art would not be returned.

A ballerina whose support of the far-right BNP sparked protests is to marry one of its councillors.

The husband of Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria is suing a celebrity gossip website over claims he had an affair.

The Competition Commission recommends that BSkyB should be forced to sell some of its stake in ITV.

Will Smith spends an hour greeting fans at the London premiere of his latest film, I Am Legend.

X Factor winner Leon Jackson storms towards this year’s Christmas number one title in the singles chart.

I’m A Celebrity star David Gest is admitted to a London hospital with chest pains and respiratory problems.

Ben Affleck is to replace Edward Norton in the film version of BBC TV drama State of Play.

Pop star Lily Allen confirms she is expecting a child with her boyfriend, Chemical Brothers star Ed Simons.

The Sopranos’ creator said he felt sick when he learned he was being sued by an ex-judge over the series.

Welsh rock band the Manic Street Preachers will be honoured at next February’s NME Awards.

Britney Spears’ actress sister, Jamie Lynn, tells a US magazine she is pregnant at the age of 16.

Doctor Who star David Tennant denies he is planning to quit the show at the end the next series in 2008.

Singer Amy Winehouse is arrested and bailed over an inquiry into perverting the course of justice.

BBC Radio 1 will allow the Pogues’ Fairytale of New York to be played uncut, after it was originally censored.

Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson reaches an agreement to produce two films based on The Hobbit.

Record producer Joel Dorn, who worked with Roberta Flack and Bette Midler, dies aged 65.

Fantasy epic The Golden Compass remains top of the UK box office chart in its second week on release.

Around 700 have now complained to Ofcom they could not vote for Rhydian Roberts in ITV’s X Factor.