12 June 2011 last updated at 05:02 ET Share this page Flint teaches tap and jazz at schools in London Tap dancer Matt Flint has been crowned the winner of this year's so You think You can Dance talent show on BBC one. The 29-year-old from Scarborough battled it out against fellow finalists Katie love and jazz dancers Luke Jackson and Kirsty Swain, before being voted the viewers' favourite. He won the £50,000 top prize [...]

10 June 2011 Last updated at 04:48 ET Share this page by Tim Masters Entertainment and Arts correspondent, BBC News Tamsin Greig's credits include Tamara Drewe and in TV comedy Episodes Tamsin Greig is to star in a new comedy at London's Royal Court Theatre about a former Greenham Common protester as part of its new season. April de Angelis' play, Jumpy, will open in September. The autumn-winter season begins in August with Alexi Kaye [...]

11 June 2011 Last updated at 09:18 ET Share this page Firth won an Oscar earlier this year for playing the Queen's father King George VI Colin Firth, already enjoying an Oscar-winning year, has been appointed a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours. The actor, who won an Oscar for playing King George VI in the King's Speech, was recognised for services to drama. It comes 16 years after he achieved heart-throb status as Jane [...]

11 June 2011 last updated at 22:23 ET Share this page The singer was given away by her actor father, Keith Pop star Lily Allen's wedding has taken place at a village church near her country home in Gloucestershire. The 26-year-old singer married Sam Cooper at St James the Great Church in Cranham, near Stroud, on Saturday. She was given away by her father, actor and musician, Keith Allen. her dress, designed by Delphine Manivet, [...]

7 June 2011 last updated at 04:15 ET Share this page By Tim Masters Entertainment and arts correspondent, BBC News in Anonymous, Roland Emmerich (above left) examines the theory that someone else wrote Shakespeare's plays German film director Roland Emmerich has admitted courting controversy with his film that questions the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. Anonymous portrays the Bard as an inarticulate buffoon, making nobleman Edward de Vere the true author. Speaking at a debate, Emmerich [...]

MTV says Skins didn’t connect with a US audience in the way it had hoped The American version of teen drama Skins has been cancelled by MTV, after a steep drop in viewers. Based on the hit British series, the show caused a media storm in the US with one parents' group labelling it dangerous. At least eight companies subsequently pulled their advertising revenue or placed the show on a "do not buy" list. The [...]

8 June 2011 last updated at 13:27 ET Share this page The Wombles had a hit with Wombling Merry Christmas in the 1970s The founder of Glastonbury Festival, Michael Eavis, has said booking the Wombles was "a bit of a mistake". He said: "I've got about 25 stages and managers and bookers for each of the stages. I can't control every single one of them but I do get cross about that kind of thing." [...]

9 June 2011 Last updated at 12:33 ET Share this page Stern worked on more than 23 sitcoms during his career US writer and producer Leonard Stern, who was behind hit shows including Get Smart and The Honeymooners, has died aged 87. The Emmy and Golden Globe award-winner died of heart failure at a Los Angeles hospital, his spokesman said. Stern found early success in the 1950s writing for sitcoms like The Phil Silvers show. [...]

8 June 2011 last updated at 11:05 ET Share this page Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – part 1 will be shown as part of the all-nighter London's BFI Imax is to hold all-night screenings of the Harry Potter series to mark the release of the final instalment. The seven already released films will be split over two nights for the 20-hour marathon all-nighters on 17/18 and 24/25 June. Fans are also invited to [...]

10 June 2011 last updated at 04:12 ET Share this page by Elizabeth Alker Music reporter, BBC 6 Music Are music's biggest stars suffering in the top 40 as record labels tweak release dates to fight piracy? Coldplay's new single every Teardrop is a Waterfall was released simultaneously on air and online Last week, Coldplay and Kaiser Chiefs surprised fans by releasing new records out of the blue. Their singles went on sale as soon [...]