Mr Dickinson’s Good Boy provoked anger in Turkey An artist cleared of mocking Turkey’s prime minister by portraying him as a dog has fled the country after hearing his acquittal has been overturned. Michael Dickinson, originally from County Durham, was tried in Istanbul in September over his controversial collage of Tayyip Erdogan. The judge ruled [...]

Dilip Kumar has starred in more than 60 films Veteran Indian actor Dilip Kumar is receiving treatment for malaria at a private hospital in Mumbai. The Lilavati Hospital said the actor had been admitted with a fever but was already showing signs of improvement. The 86-year-old has been dubbed The Tragedy King for his roles [...]

Keaton won the best actress Oscar in 1978 for Annie Hall Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton is “in good health and spirits” after she fell and bumped her head on a film set, the makers of her latest movie say. Paramount Pictures said on Monday the actress, 63, was taken to hospital for tests but had [...]

Michael Jackson’s father has said the family will wait for the results of a second post-mortem before finalising plans for the pop stars’s funeral. Joe Jackson told reporters in Los Angeles the ceremony would have “some private” elements but “not closed down all the way to the public”. The music legend will not be buried [...]

The Pirate Bay looks set to have new owners in August File-sharing site The Pirate Bay has been sold to a Swedish gaming company. Global Gaming Factory (GGF) has paid 60m kronor (£4.7m) to take over the site from its founders. Once it has taken control, GGF said it would start paying copyright fees for [...]