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Mark Savage
Entertainment reporter
Sadly, we've run out of time for today - but do come back tomorrow morning, when we'll have news from the London premiere of under-discussed, under-the-radar romantic comedy Fifty Shades of Grey.
Until then, have a great day. And thanks for checking in.
Image source, BBC WorldwideWill Smith is the "Star in the Reasonably Priced Car" in Top Gear on BBC Two this Sunday.
Smith's latest film is the crime caper Focus, in which he plays a smooth-talking con artist who teaches Margot Robbie's character, Jess, the tricks of his trade. The pair cook up a scam set in the world of motor racing.
Robbie, a former Neighbours star whose Hollywood breakthrough was in The Wolf of Wall Street, also had a spin around the Top Gear track.
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Image source, APKanye West has been speaking about his now-infamous stage invasion at Sunday's Grammy Awards.
"Everybody was looking at me, and then people started screaming, 'Kanye! Kanye! Go do it!'" he told Ryan Seacrest.
"OK, that didn't really happen," he added. "These were voices in my head."
"I didn't want to take away from Beck's moment or the time he had to talk... so I just walked back down. It was kind of a joke, like the Grammys themselves."
If you want to read more, Rolling Stone has compiled the best bits, external of West's wide-ranging interview.
A video of "bad-boy" ballet dancer Sergei Polunin dancing to Hozier's Take Me to Church has had more than 1.8 million hits since it was posted online on Monday.
The four-minute film was directed American photographer David La Chapelle.
Polunin was the youngest ever dancer to be made a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, but shocked the ballet world when suddenly quit in 2012.
Writer Alison Pearson is one of many who posted the link to the film on Twitter saying "Ladies, instead of watching Fifty Shades of Taupe, may I suggest this. Wow."
The Guardian
Music magazine NME has suffered another decline in circulation, with average weekly sales of just 15,384 in the second half of 2014.
That's a drop of 21% year on year - although the brand continues to be prominent online.
In its heyday, the music weekly sold more than 300,000 copies.
Rehearsals are intense for the Oscars. , external And by rehearsals, I mean me singing into a hairbrush in front of a mirror. #Oscars2015 @TheAcademy
Image source, APFormer Talking Heads frontman David Byrne has been chosen to curate this year's Meltdown Festival, an eclectic mix of music and arts at London's South Bank Centre.
The Scottish-born musician said: "This is going to be exciting! I plan to invite performers I've seen - and I do get out - and others I've missed or have dreamed of seeing.
"I really hope to find things that take this beyond sit-down concerts as well - but of course I'm speaking way too early as I'm still working on my wish list."
The festival, which runs from 17-28 August, has previously been curated by Yoko Ono, David Bowie and Jarvis Cocker.
Image source, Anish Kapoor / Kochi Biennale FoundationImagine walking into a gallery where the floor suddenly gives way to a swirling, churning whirlpool.
That's what you will see if you visit the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Kerala, India.
Anish Kapoor's installation, called Descension, required a week of digging by 50 labourers - and creates a deafening roar as the water churns.
The former Turner Prize winner has posted more photos, and video of the whirlpool in action, on his website, external.
Image source, Alessandro PinnaStage mews now, if you're feline in the mood.
Kerry Ellis, formerly seen in Wicked and Queen musical We Will Rock You, has now joined the cast of Cats, taking on the role of Grizabella following Nicole Scherzinger's departure from the Andrew Lloyd Webber favourite.
Currently booking to 25 April at the London Palladium, the TS Eliot-inspired production has been lapping up applause since 1981 and shows no signs of mange.
If you've got any catty remarks, keep them to yourself.
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The Chemical Brothers, Underworld and The Jacksons are among the first acts to be announced for this year's Bestival on the Isle of Wight.
Other artists confirmed for the September festival include George The Poet, Slaves, Tame Impala, Roisin Murphy, Duke Dumont and Jurassic 5.
Lily Allen will be doing a DJ set, as will Norman Jay and Mike Skinner of The Streets fame.
To all asking, external whether I've seen the @BBC adaptation of #TheCasualVacancy, the answer is yes and I'm thrilled with it!
Image source, Universal PicturesMusical comedy Pitch Perfect was a surprise success for Universal Pictures in 2012, making $113 million (£73.5 million) at the box office, against a budget of $17 million.
That all but guaranteed a sequel - and, sure enough, a trailer for the Anna Kendrick vehicle has just popped up on YouTube.
Coincidentally, in the week that Australia joins the Eurovision, there's a joke about Aussie actress Rebel Wilson representing the US in a singing contest.
Variety
What's the best advice you've ever received? Mine was "don't cry over spilt milk" (I'm particularly clumsy at breakfast time).
But you don't want to hear about me. What do famous people have to say? Luckily, Variety has been asking this year's Oscar nominees for their top tips for life.
BBC Radio 4 Today
Still not decided on whether to watch Fifty Shades of Grey this weekend?
Well, film critics Camilla Long and Tim Robey debated the merits of the adaptation on Radio 4's Today programme this morning.
Robey, who has seen the film was impressed, saying: "It's been made into a fairly slick Hollywood romance."
But Long was disappointed it left out the book's more fanciful elements.
Broadcast
Last month, Channel 4 confirmed that the controversial documentary series Immigration Street (a follow-up to Benefits Street) would be truncated after local residents disrupted filming.
Now, it transpires that the six-parts have been cut to just one, 60-minute episode.
The documentary, filmed on Southampton's Derby Road, will now air as a single, 60-minute film on 24 February at 22:00 as part of a season of films exploring immigration.
Image source, RijksmuseumKing Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (on left in above photo with Rijksmuseum director Wim Pijbes) has officially opened the Late Rembrandt exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Late Rembrandt is the Rijksmuseum's first ever presentation of a major exhibition dedicated to Rembrandt's late works.
It covers Rembrandt's output between 1651 and his death in 1669, and features more than 100 works - all of which the artist created in Amsterdam.
The exhibition was created in collaboration with London's National Gallery, where it ran from October 2014 to January 2015.
It was seen by more than 260,000 people, making it one of the most popular shows in the gallery's history.
Variety
Image source, Getty ImagesFormer James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan's home caught fire late Wednesday night in Malibu.
The fire reportedly started in the garage, according to Los Angeles radio station KABC, and was later extinguished by firefighters.
No injuries were reported.
Dame Edna Everage and Joanna Lumley's appearance on The Great Comic Relief Bake Off drew 6.4 million viewers to BBC One last night.
The celebrity contestants didn't exactly excel at baking - but Dame Edna's self-assured uselessness gave the show its best moments.
"Mary and Paul aren't the only people in the world," she noted after the first round. "If they don't like my biscuit, that doesn't mean it isn't the best."
Coronation Street was the night's most-watched programme, drawing 7.5 million viewers (excluding ITV+1)
Image source, Warner BrosThe first trailer for Guy Richie's spy caper The Man From U.N.C.L.E is now available for your viewing pleasure.
The movie stars Henry Cavill as CIA agent Napoleon Solo, who is forced to team up with his former KGB enemy - played by Armie Hammer.
Showcasing the glamorous locations and dodgy accents of the 60s TV show, the trailer also features a fight in a toilet cubicle, a speedboat chase and a nasty-looking incident in an electric chair.
It's the end of an era for James Last.
The 85-year-old German big band leader (real name Hans Last) has announced that his upcoming European dates will be his... well, last.
The musician's final UK concerts will be at London's Royal Albert Hall on 31 March and 1 April; while his final live date will be on 26 April 2015 in Cologne's Lanxess arena.
Last, who is thought to have sold in excess of 100 million records, said: "The concerts themselves will mark the end of this chapter in my life. The main thing is that my fans have the best concerts of their lives and we will make this our "happiest" concert yet!"
Image source, James LastAccording to Last's website, external: "His serious illness, which took a life-threatening turn last September, forced him to face the fact he, too, a man full of plans, needs to not just slow down but give up his life on tour altogether."
