Alcohol and the State, Radio 4. Photograph: © Fine Art Photographic Library/CORBIS As so often happens on Radio 4, I was expecting one thing from Alcohol and the State (weekdays, 3.45pm) and got something totally different, and much better. This is not more people from Nice arguing with people... 

Robert Pattinson at the LA premiere of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Photograph: Nina Prommer/EPA Twilight star Robert Pattinson has been named one of the most powerful celebrities in the world, securing a place on the Forbes list for the first time, as Oprah Winfrey reclaimed the number one... 

Dickon Stainer, managing director of Decca, signing the recording contract with the nuns. Photograph: Chris O’Donovan/PA A group of Benedictine nuns who live in complete seclusion in the South of France are set to become divas of pop after signing a deal with Universal Music, the leading... 

U2′s Bono … He likes the way you work it, baby. Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage If their Spider-Man opera wasn’t already WTF enough, U2 are now apparently collaborating with a member of Blackstreet. Dave Hollister, one quarter of the 90s R&B group, is allegedly helping... 

Top of the plops … Kings of Leon Kings of Leon were forced to cancel a show last week after being showered with pigeon droppings. The flock of avian music critics brought the St Louis concert to a cooing halt after just three songs. “You may enjoy being shit on,” explained...