Judges and contestants on the X Factor finale

Sci-fi epic Avatar will premiere in London later, with stars Sigourney Weaver and Sam Worthington on the red carpet.

Robbie Williams is making a return to The X Factor to team up with finalist Olly Murs, while George Michael will duet with Joe McElderry.

A Simpsons fan from Perthshire sells his rare original script of a 1990 episode of the cartoon.

Artist David Hockney is announced as one of the guest editors of BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

The BBC Trust should be scrapped and the organisation wholly regulated by Ofcom, former director general Greg Dyke tells the Royal Television Society.

A group of four music lovers come together in India to start awards for different genres of music.

Dizzee Rascal on making his 'modern age' album

Conductor Sir Simon Rattle is to return to the UK with the Berlin Philharmonic for a series of concerts in 2011.

US musicians Kelis and Nas reach a financial settlement in court, with Nas being ordered to increase payments to his estranged wife.

R&B singer Alicia Keys attracts a host of stars from the music world to the launch of her new album in London.

A self-portrait by Anthony van Dyck sells for £8.3m - more than double its estimated price - at an auction in London.

R Kelly, who was acquitted over child pornography charges last year, is to write a memoir to be published in 2011.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth movie in the boy wizard series, is the fastest-selling DVD of the year, it is announced.

The Doctor Who story you never got to see

World premiere of St Trinian's 2

Bruno creator Sacha Baron Cohen is sued by a Palestinian man who says he was wrongly branded a terrorist in the 2009 film.

Susan Boyle's album remains number one in the US charts and could be on course to become the best-seller of 2009.

Veteran French rock star Johnny Hallyday is admitted to hospital in the US with a post-operative infection, his spokesman says.

Making the transition from screen to stage