BBC News - Entertainment & Arts

24 March 2011 Last updated at 09:57 ET

'Great legend' Taylor remembered

Madonna, Barbra Streisand and many others pay tribute to Dame Elizabeth Taylor following her death in Los Angeles at the age of 79.

British observational documentary maker Richard Leacock, who filmed John F Kennedy on his 1960 presidential campaign, dies at the age of 89.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang returns

A new series of books featuring the flying car Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is being written by children's author Frank Cottrell Boyce.
Old portrait 're-worked by rival'
Lifetime honour for author Barnes

Hobbit filming finally under way

Filming on the two Hobbit movies, starring Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, finally begins after months of delays.
No stopping Limitless at cinemas
Batman actor Gough dies aged 94

Sir Elton and Dame Helen for SNL

Sir Elton John and Dame Helen Mirren are lined up to host episodes of US comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live in April.
Fellowes to pen Titanic TV epic
BBC reworks Bronte with swearing

Tchaikovsky and tractors

How an English farm is making a noise in the world of opera
Life in the public eye

How Elizabeth Taylor redefined celebrity
'Very different Mildred'

Kate Winslet takes on a role made famous by Joan Crawford
Screen goddess

Elizabeth Taylor's dramas on and off screen
Back in love

DH Lawrence classics return to British TV screens
In pictures

UK photographer Terry O'Neill celebrates 50 years of capturing celebrity images
Meet the chip punks

The bands turning 1980s games consoles into musical instruments