Father Ted set for US makeover

Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted is to be remade for a US audience, five years after the series ended in the UK.

The original version of the show, one of Channel 4's biggest hits of the 1990s, has attracted a cult following in the US after being shown on BBC America.

British production company Hat Trick will create the remake, along with Seinfeld writer Spike Feresten.

Father Ted ran for three series and ended in 1998 shortly before the death of the lead actor Dermot Morgan.

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Henman match is big TV draw

British tennis player Tim Henman drew more than half of Monday's TV audience as 12.7 million watched his Wimbledon victory over Argentina's David Nalbandian.

The 2000 BST peak on BBC One represented a 54.5% share of all viewers.

The match drew an average of eight million viewers when screened live between 1730 BST and 2040 BST.

ITV said coverage of Henman's match on Saturday resulted in ITV's ratings falling to an all-time low of 18.1% share of the peak-time audience.

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Robbie 'blames drugs' for weight gain

Pop singer Robbie Williams has said he gained weight because of the anti-depressants he uses, according to reports.

He told Q magazine he has been using a drug similar to Prozac called Effexor for more than a year, adding that he thought they had "screwed up" his metabolism.

"I run and walk miles on the machine but the weight just won't come off," Williams, 29, said.

The singer's weight has fluctuated in recent years and he was filmed using diet drinks on behind-the-scenes footage for a DVD called The Robbie Williams Show.

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US comic Buddy Hackett dies

Veteran US star Buddy Hackett, who appeared in films including The Little Mermaid and The Love Bug has died aged 79.

The actor, whose career ran from the early days of TV, was found dead on Monday in his Malibu house in California, according to his son, Sandy.

The cause of death was not immediately known.

Hackett's career began as a stand-up comic and he worked his way through TV, Broadway and film.

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Stones album celebrated in Brussels

The recording of the Rolling Stones' legendary Exile on Main Street album has been chronicled in a photographic exhibition in Brussels.

The show at the Museum of Art and History at the Parc Cinquantenaire was organised to celebrate the band's 40th anniversary.

It features 40 pictures taken by French photographer Dominique Tarle, who spent six months in 1971 living in Keith Richards' villa on the French Riviera, where the band cut the album.

The pictures show the band, their female partners and entourage in relaxed intimacy during the making of the album, featuring tracks such as Rocks Off, Sweet Virginia and Exile on Main Street.

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Record label boss arrested

Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight has been arrested for allegedly punching a parking attendant outside an LA nightclub.

Mr Knight was arrested on Friday after the alleged incident on 21 June, said to have happened after he became "upset" to find his car was not ready for him.

If the allegation is found to be true, Mr Knight - who is currently on parole - could find himself back behind bars.

He was jailed for an assault conviction in 1996. The "gangsta" rap mogul has not commented on his recent arrest and alleged parole violation.

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Composer Sibelius remembered on film

The life and work of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius has been made into a movie, scheduled for release later this year.

The film - from director Timo Koivusalo - will be premièred on 4 September during the annual Sibelius week in the Finnish town of Lahti.

The film portrays Sibelius as a young student in Vienna and Berlin at the end of the 19th Century, his rise to fame, and features a number of his best-known symphonies.

Sibelius was famous for romantic, nationalist works and is considered one of the country's most important cultural ambassadors.