Millionaire goes mobile

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is to become a text message game.

Players will be sent 15 multiple-choice questions via text message and move through the game only when they reply with the right answer.

At the end of every month, the player with the most points will win a weekend in Monte Carlo, with the runners-up each receiving a bottle of champagne.

The Mobile Millionaire game is a joint venture between the TV show's producers Celador, Motorola, Vodafone and SMS company Codeonline and will be launched on 23 July.

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Amma gets airborne

Evicted Big Brother contestant Amma could get to see her former home one more time - but only from the air.

The former table dancer has been signed by London's Capital FM to file traffic and travel reports this weekend from "the Flying Eye".

Amma, who is covering for regular reporter Jackie King, said: "I hope I don't get sick, otherwise listeners will get a lot more than just updates."

A Capital spokeswoman said: "We're sure she'll do a good job up there."

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Cuban museum reopened

Cuba's National Museum of Fine Arts has reopened after five years.

The complex was closed in 1996 because of the dilapidated condition of the old buildings, with the renovation beginning in 1999.

The complex holds a wide range of Cuban art, from Spanish colonisation to modern times. There are also European American and Latin American works of art in the collection.

The three-building complex will be opened to the general public on 1 August.

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TV debut for hard rock awards

Channel 5 are to televise rock's most outrageous annual ceremony, the Kerrang! Awards.

It will be the first time in the awards' eight-year history that the gongs have been on TV.

The Kerrangs recognise talent in the field of rock and nu-metal but previous ceremonies have erupted in food fights and seen tables being set alight.

They take place in London on 28 August but viewers will have to wait until September to see them.

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Gerry Anderson collects MBE

Gerry Anderson, creator of several cult TV puppet shows including Thunderbirds and Stingray, has received an MBE at Buckingham Palace.

Stingray was first screened in 1957 and - like the other shows - is enjoying a worldwide revival.

"As well as in Britain, the shows are particularly popular in Japan and Australia," said Anderson.

Now 72, he is planning a computer-animated remake of Captain Scarlet.

He disclosed: "Lady Penelope in Thunderbirds was based on my ex-wife - others think she resembled a girl in a shampoo commercial.

"But Parker, her chauffeur who drives the pink Rolls-Royce, would have loved a job here at the Palace."

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Horror film composer dies

James Bernard, a British composer best known for his work with Hammer film studios, has died aged 75.

His family said he died last week, but the cause of death was not disclosed.

During a career spanning some four decades Bernard composed scores for The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dracula (1958) and The Devil Rides Out (1968).

He won an Oscar, but not for his music. Bernard shared the Academy Award in 1951 with Paul Dehn for best motion picture story for Seven Days to Noon.