An 18-year battle over $700 million (£439 million) of Winne the Pooh royalties has ended after a Los Angeles court ruled that the Walt Disney corporation does not owe the money ... more
Michael Jackson took centre stage for the last time at a funeral service at which friends and family were given the opportunity to grieve in private... more
The future remains grim for the UK commercial property sector despite the strong rally in shares of leading developers since hitting a low point back in March ... more
The latest recruit to the BBC Trust, the body that is immersed in the row about Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, is former star Lehman banker Anthony Fry... more
Analysis: The Abu Dhabi Royal Family has announced that it will spend at least $1 billion over the next five years co-funding Hollywood and other international movies
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In the final part of a major series, we look at Sean Connery's poverty-stricken childhood and the drive that took him from Scottish slums to A-list stardom. ... more
How is it, I wondered at Holland Park Opera a night or two ago, that even the most devoted enthusiast can, by the most insignificant irrelevances, be diverted in midperformance from the serious business of impenetrably complicated melodrama? ... more
In her book Pop Babylon, Imogen Edwards-Jones persuaded a music mogul to reveal the pop world's secrets. Here, anonymously, he offers his own cynical and cruel guide to creating a boy band.... more
Thousands of opera tickets will be available at £10 and 1,200 will be given away free to young people aged nine to 18 in an attempt to attract new audiences.
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Phoenix Nights star Peter Kay and guerrilla artist Banksy are bigger art heroes among young people than Leonardo da Vinci, if a new survey is to be believed. ... more
Tate Modern's exhibition of Salvador Dalí's flirtation with film is full of insights into the master of Surrealism and brings back a flood of memories for Brian Sewell.... more
Antony Gormley's fog in a box, a collaboration between Dali and Disney plus the last chance to see Monet's pastels are some of London's top exhibition draws.... more
A short film collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador Dali will be shown for the first time at the artist's Tate Modern show, which opens on Friday.... more
The V&A is celebrating the moving image with a series of workshops, screenings and performances focusing on animation, from hand-drawn frames to the latest computer technologies.... more
Mary Poppins has soared her way to a triumphant Broadway opening. Sir Cameron Mackintosh's £9 million musical brought the house down in front of a sell-out audience.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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