Entertainment

Richard Attenborough named best big screen Santa

Lord Richard Attenborough has sleighed Billy Bob Thornton to be named the Best Santa Claus on the big screen in a poll by LOVEFiLM users.

A New Year’s bash at Brasa

West London’s new high-end grill restaurant Brasa will be welcoming in 2011 by throwing London's hottest New Years Eve party and offering a treat of a feast, accompanied by music from one of London’s most legendary DJ’s and record producers, Andy Dean.

Legendary composer makes beautiful music for LG smartphones

LG Electronics (LG) today announced the release of an exclusive collection of music and ringtones written by movie soundtrack maestro Ennio Morricone.

Broadband users face Christmas excess download penalties

The surge in online TV services such as BBC iPlayer over recent years means that the inconvenience of missing your favourite TV show no longer exists for those with an internet connection.

Lord Sugar urges apprentices to ‘think’

With the dust yet to settle on the announcement of Stella English as this year’s winner of Lord Sugar’s Apprentice, the UK’s largest network of regional job boards revealed that, through 12 weeks of boardroom rants, ‘think’ was Lord Sugar’s favourite word.

New Apple TV sales to top one million this week

Apple have announced that it expects sales of its new Apple TV to top one million units later this week. The new Apple TV offers the simplest way to watch your favorite HD movies and TV shows, stream content from Netflix, YouTube, Flickr and MobileMe, all on your HD TV for the breakthrough price of just $99.

Porsches the new Picassos for super rich

It's not just the likes of Jay-Z, Wayne Rooney and David Beckham who are building up their car collections, according to the UK's largest insurer.

blink-182 for Balado Park

Hot on the heels of announcing Foo Fighters as the first headliner for T in the Park 2011, festival organisers DF Concerts and founding partner Tennent’s Lager are pleased to confirm that uber cool California boys blink-182 will also join live music fans in Balado across the weekend of 8, 9, 10 July 2011.

SunSplash Antalya: Europe’s hottest music festival

The ultimate luxury holiday for dedicated music lovers is back for a third instalment and BBC Radio One’s newest presenter, Benji B, is taking to the turntables for the first time.

Rick’s ‘round-the-world’ New Year extravaganza

To welcome in 2011, Rick’s Bar and Restaurant in Edinburgh promises a party like no other. One New Year’s celebration is just not enough, so instead Rick’s will be following the world clock as it welcomes in the New Year across the globe. Kicking off in Dubai at 8pm the party will continue through until 3am – altogether celebrating seven New Year’s parties, all in one night!

Virgin Media PushLife music app

Virgin Media has launched a new dedicated music app available for the first time in the UK. The PushLife app will work alongside the Virgin Media Music store which launched earlier this year as part of the company’s wider mobile entertainment strategy.