Oscar nominations brought forward
The nominees for 2013's Academy Awards will be revealed five days earlier than previous years, ahead of the Golden Globes on 13 January.
King's Shining sequel due in 2013
Doctor Sleep, Stephen King's sequel to his horror novel The Shining, is to be released on 24 September 2013, 36 years after the original was published.
Hamlisch remembered at memorial
Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin and Liza Minnelli perform songs written by Marvin Hamlisch at a memorial service for the late composer in New York.
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