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VIDEO: Actor Will Smith back in Black
Wed, 16 May 2012 20:39:23 GMT
Fifteen years after the release of the first Men in Black, Hollywood actor Will Smith is back with the third film in the franchise.
AUDIO: Children's shows leave BBC One
Wed, 16 May 2012 21:51:46 GMT
Children's programmes will no longer be shown on BBC One and Two following the digital switchover, the BBC Trust has confirmed.
AUDIO: Wes Anderson on his young romance
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:24:04 GMT
Wes Anderson has opened this year's Cannes Film Festival with his new movie Moonrise Kingdom - a tale of childhood romance set against the backdrop of a scouting camp.
AUDIO: Cowell: 'Why isn't The Voice on radio?'
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:27:22 GMT
The X Factor's Simon Cowell says he is "puzzled" about why BBC One's The Voice is not on the radio instead of TV.
VIDEO: Moyles joins musical and more news
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:41:27 GMT
Radio 1's Chris Moyles will star in Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Jesus Christ Superstar and Lord Sugar fires another Apprentice hopeful plus the rest of the day's entertainment headlines.
VIDEO: Moonrise Kingdom opens Cannes
Thu, 17 May 2012 06:56:43 GMT
Bruce Willis and Bill Murray were amongst the stars on the red carpet for the opening of the Cannes Film Festival.
VIDEO: Gaga refused permit for Jakarta gig
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:57:29 GMT
Indonesian police have refused to issue a permit for a Lady Gaga concert scheduled to take place in Jakarta next month.
VIDEO: 'I was on the Sex Pistols' jubilee boat trip'
Wed, 16 May 2012 10:45:39 GMT
Music journalist and Editor of Uncut, Allan Jones, shares his memories of the Sex Pistols Silver Jubilee boat trip.
AUDIO: Does booze ruin book clubs?
Wed, 16 May 2012 13:48:07 GMT
Ana Sampson, co-author of The Book Club Bible, tells The World At One's Martha Kearney about the do's and dont's of literary circles.
VIDEO: Will Smith's Team GB Olympic workout
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:34 GMT
Actor Will Smith tried his hand at Olympic sports when he met members from Team GB at the Ethos Centre at Imperial College in London.
VIDEO: 'We need more women directors'
Wed, 16 May 2012 22:18:25 GMT
Members of the jury for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or have spoken out over claims of sexism.
VIDEO: Mexico mourns Carlos Fuentes
Wed, 16 May 2012 18:36:06 GMT
Mexicans pay tribute to one of Latin America's greatest authors, Carlos Fuentes, who died on 15 May in Mexico City.
VIDEO: Professor Green and presenter battle
Wed, 16 May 2012 14:53:50 GMT
BBC Breakfast Presenter Bill Turnbull appears in rapper Professor Green's new music video, Remedy.
AUDIO: Tim Minchin to star as Judas
Tue, 15 May 2012 17:00:51 GMT
Comedian Tim Minchin told BBC Radio 5 live's Richard Bacon about playing Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar revival.
VIDEO: Guy Ritchie on loving the capital
Tue, 15 May 2012 19:33:40 GMT
Director Guy Ritchie says leaving London for Los Angeles made him realise how much he loves his home city.
VIDEO: Indian prisoners do Shakespeare
Wed, 16 May 2012 00:14:22 GMT
Felicity Kendal visits Indian prisoners who perform Shakespeare, and discovers the impact the playwright has had on Indian culture.
VIDEO: Creative brains imagine a smarter tomorrow
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:11:09 GMT
The creative brains studying at the Interactive Telecommunications Program in New York are showcasing their ideas for a smarter tomorrow.
VIDEO: Beryl and Betty win top radio prize
Tue, 15 May 2012 13:32:07 GMT
BBC Radio Humberside presenters Beryl and Betty have become the oldest ever winners of a Sony Radio Academy Award, for best entertainment programme.
AUDIO: Katona: 'vendetta against me'
Tue, 15 May 2012 14:52:02 GMT
Kerry Katona has told BBC Radio 5 live's Victoria Derbyshire that she felt bullied by certain tabloid newspapers.
VIDEO: Gary Numan rejects '80s nostalgia
Tue, 15 May 2012 11:49:39 GMT
Gary Numan says it is "self-defeating" to continue to play his old songs but he admits he will be performing some old tracks on his latest tour.
VIDEO: Burton: Every film is a struggle
Tue, 15 May 2012 06:57:55 GMT
Tim Burton talks about his style of directing and about working with partner Helena Bonham Carter.
VIDEO: Young cellist winner 'suspends time'
Tue, 15 May 2012 10:24:30 GMT
Fifteen-year-old cellist Laura van der Heijden has won the BBC's Young Musician prize for 2012.
VIDEO: Spears 'excited' to join X Factor
Tue, 15 May 2012 09:33:37 GMT
After weeks of speculation Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have been confirmed as the new judges for the US version of the X Factor.
AUDIO: 'It was hard in Manchester'
Mon, 14 May 2012 15:20:55 GMT
US actress Chloe Sevigny told BBC Radio 5 live why she did not like filming her latest Sky series in Manchester.
AUDIO: Jessye Norman's American songbook
Tue, 15 May 2012 09:31:20 GMT
Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones has been to meet opera singer Jessye Norman, who, for the first time in almost a decade, will be performing in Britain.
VIDEO: Bonham Carter says no to reality TV
Tue, 15 May 2012 06:57:45 GMT
Helena Bonham Carter talks about turning down the offer of a reality TV show with partner Tim Burton.
AUDIO: Harris recalls Animal Hospital
Mon, 14 May 2012 15:41:10 GMT
Rolf Harris told Radio 5 live that working on Animal Hospital was a career highlight for him.

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 Word of the day 

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:

maffick • \MAF-ik\  • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior

Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.

"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011

Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.

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