CSI star Gary Dourdan is arrested for allegedly possessing cocaine, heroin and other drugs, police say.

Coldplay fans snap up free single
Coldplay fans give the thumbs up to their new single Violet Hill after it was given away as a free download.

Blaine sets breathtaking record
Magician David Blaine breaks a world record by holding his breath for more than 17 minutes on a live TV show.

Studios reject actors’ demands
Hollywood studios say they will not accept pay rises sought by actors’ unions in ongoing contract talks.

Fiction fools biographer of Louis
A new biography of French King Louis XIV’s lover is withdrawn after a source for the book is revealed as fictional.

Movies: Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
As you may have noticed from the ads, this is from ?the guys? who brought us Knocked Up and The Forty Year Old Virgin.

Judge throws out Lopez case
A court case claiming singer Jennifer Lopez stole a writer’s TV series idea is dismissed by a US judge.

Sir Ian McKellen back as Gandalf
Actor Sir Ian McKellen is to reprise the role of Gandalf in the film version of JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

Shelleyvision: I’m left colden by Amanda Holden
Here are the questions keeping the greatest minds in the country awake at night.

Soap Box: A clean getaway
There is one serious flaw in Sean?s rather bizarre and not altogether convincing plan to murder Gus and make it look like suicide. How exactly did the road sweeper tie himself to a chair with rope and his dog Wellard?s lead?