BBC News - Entertainment & Arts

25 September 2010 Last updated at 21:18 ET

Lehman Bros art makes $12m in US

Fine art from the US offices of collapsed bank Lehman Brothers sells in New York for more than $12m.

Actress Lindsay Lohan is freed from jail after a Los Angeles judge's ruling was overturned.

Abba anger at far-right song use

Abba stars Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus criticise far-right Danish People's Party for using Mamma Mia at their political events.
Comedian speaks to Congress panel

Satirist Stephen Colbert makes a controversial appearance before a US congressional committee discussing immigrant farm workers.
World Service boss announces cuts
US singer Eddie Fisher dies at 82
Crawford takes Wizard Of Oz role
BBC Magazines stake sale cleared
Verve drummer to join Charlatans
'Arts bodies can't be squeamish'

Strawberry Hill re-opens

Walpole's house stands out like Lady Gaga in a school choir
The new reality
Monet grabbing

Wilde letters are sold at auction

A small but revealing group of letters written by the playwright Oscar Wilde are sold at auction in Derby.
UK theatre helps boosts economy
Bruegel painting found in Spain

Nazi film is released in Germany

A controversial new movie telling the story behind an anti-Semitic film made by the Nazis is released in Germany.
Oldman to play Le Carre's Smiley
Blockbuster files for bankruptcy

Fan arrested outside Madonna home

A Madonna fan is arrested after scrawling messages of adoration outside the star's New York apartment building.
Nicki Minaj fans 'scammed' in US
Film composer Burgon dies aged 69

UK sitcom wins Rose d'Or TV award

Channel 4 show The Inbetweeners is named best sitcom at the prestigious Rose d'Or television festival in Lucerne, Switzerland.
New American Idol judges revealed
DJ Moyles plays down pay tirade

Murphy's law

Glee creator Ryan Murphy on directing Julia Roberts (and some troublesome ice cream) in Eat, Pray, Love
Calling all corsets

ITV plunges into costume drama with Downton Abbey
In pictures

Art owned by collapsed banking giant Lehman Brothers up for sale
Doddering on

Ken Dodd says he has no plans to hang up his tickling stick Newsnight
Comic in Congress

What was satirist Stephen Colbert doing in the US House?
Brassed off?

Britain's brass bands march to shake off their cloth cap image
Fading away

Some unconventional ways to end a song
To be, or not to be?

Four ways to make a classic line sound fresh