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Disney spared Pooh royalties

29.09.09
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

Final farewell paid to king of pop Michael Jackson

04.09.09
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

What a performance from Zhang Huan

03.09.09
The genius of Chinese artist Zhang Huan is better represented by a fascinating new book than by the two live pigs in his new show.... more

JP Morgan predicts problems ahead for UK commercial property sector

01.09.09
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

Have fun at university or be smart and get a job instead

21.08.09
Did you get into university yesterday? If so, congratulations. You are about to become a student. Relish the weight of history upon you... more

Ark no longer an empty vessel as the first tenant since 2000 moves in

30.07.09
One of London's most notorious white elephants will finally echo to the sound of life after lying deserted for almost a decade... more

The inventive art world of Jeff Koons

04.06.09
As the Serpentine Gallery launches a new Jeff Koons exhibition next month, poet Craig Raine assesses this artist's enduring attraction.... more

Obama runs into storm of protest over closure of Guantanamo

23.01.09
President Barack Obama’s honeymoon is drawing to a close, less than 48 hours after he took office... more

Hallelujah takes glory as year's biggest single

29.12.08
Duffy and X Factor winner Alexandra Burke were named as this year's music champions as the full-year charts were announced.... more

Ex-Lehman star well out of BBC row

31.10.08
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

Thank you, Mr Saatchi

10.10.08
We should be grateful for the opening show of the collector's new gallery — it illustrates the true mediocrity of contemporary Chinese art.... more

Disney may tackle Sky for rights to Premiership

11.09.08
Media giant Walt Disney is mulling over the idea of bidding against BSkyB for Premier League football broadcasting rights next year... more

Hollywood turns to Abu Dhabi for $1bn to fund new movies

04.09.08
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 ... more

Sean Connery: How he seduced a movie legend and faced the wrath of the Mafia

12.08.08
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

Handbags at dusk are no way to stage melodrama

08.08.08
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

Joy of melodrama in La Gioconda

23.07.08
La Gioconda is a work of extreme emotion and many exclamation marks which explodes into epic, grisly life and proves its worth.... more

The golden rules of Pop Babylon ... A cynical insider's guide to manufacturing a boy band

14.06.08
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

Tenors for a tenner as opera seeks new fans

07.04.08
Opera Holland Park is making thousands of tickets available at £10 to attract new audiences... more

Tenors for a tenner as opera seeks new fans

07.04.08
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. ... more

Bouncy inspirational ditties

13.03.08
Miley Cyrus performs as herself and Hannah Montana, her TV alter ego, in this 3D concert for Walt Disney.... more

DVDs of the week

13.11.07
Escapism of the highest order in the fifth Harry Potter film, Jimmy Carr chruns out some more gags and fun with Little Britain Abroad.... more

Disney Rhino gets a second chance

15.10.07
Dropped from The Jungle Book in 1967, Disney character Rocky the Rhino is set to get another chance to grab the limelight.... more

There's a rat in my soup

11.10.07
Ratatouille is so brilliantly imagined that you wonder how a computer can possibly have achieved it, says Derek Malcolm.... more

High life on the seventh floor

29.06.07
Palm, walnut and mulberry trees and flamingos: Walt Disney would enjoy Babylon, if only the food was up to scratch.... more

Leonardo who? We like Banksy

18.06.07
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

The Dali I knew

04.06.07
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

Critic's choice: top 5 exhibitions

31.05.07
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

Disney and Dali debut at Tate

30.05.07
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

Cartoon capers at the V&A

28.03.07
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

Broadway triumph for Poppins

17.11.06
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

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