June release for Spider-Man film

Spider-Man 2 will swing into US cinemas on 30 June, Sony Studios have said.

It will be released two days earlier than planned to take advantage of the 4 July holiday weekend, one of US cinema's busiest times of the year.

The first Spider-Man film took more than $808m (£498m) globally and became the biggest US box office hit of 2002.

Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst reprise their lead roles for both the sequel and Spider-Man 3, which is due to be released on 4 May 2007.

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Terry and Gaby's chat show ends

Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin's channel Five chat show, Terry and Gaby, has ended after just nine months on air.

The daily morning show was launched to compete with the likes of ITV's This Morning - but ratings rarely passed 200,000 viewers.

Wogan will continue to host his BBC Radio 2 radio show, which consistently rates as the nation's favourite radio programme.

The chat show was produced by former DJ Chris Evans' production company.

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Elvis Costello to write two books

Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello is writing two books, drawing upon his lyrics and career.

The 49-year-old said the first book was inspired by "styles, themes and characters" in his lyrics and was due to be published in autumn 2005.

It will be followed by How to Play the Guitar, Sing Loudly and Impress Girls... or Boys, described as a "work of comic philosophy".

Costello's UK hits include Oliver's Army and Watching The Detectives.

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Limp Bizkit in tour bomb threat

Rock band Limp Bizkit had to cancel a show in Poland after "a serious bomb threat", it is reported.

News of the cancellation of the Katowice show was revealed on the band's website by frontman Fred Durst.

He said five minutes before show time local police "told us someone called the police and said to evacuate the building in one hour".

"At that point I made the decision to evacuate the building and announce the problem to the audience," Durst said.

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Mission for Green Mile director

The director of the Tom Hanks hit The Green Mile, Frank Darabont, is to write the action movie Mission Impossible 3.

The film, which will star Tom Cruise again as the secret agent Ethan Hunt, is set to be released next year. The first two films were written by Robert Towne.

Mr Darabont wrote and directed The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption.

Mr Towne is working on a personal project called Ask the Dust, which is expected to star Mexican actress Salma Hayek and Irish star Colin Farrell.