Darren Aronofsky winning the Golden Lion award for The Wrestler in 2008. Photograph: Joel Ryan/AP Black Swan, the new picture from writer-director Darren Aronofsky, will open this year’s Venice film festival. A backstage drama set around the New York ballet scene, the film stars Natalie... 

Madonna, ‘looking preposterously beautiful’, says Churchwell, in Dolce & Gabbana’s advertising campaign. It seems that older women are being celebrated by our society at last – or so we’re being told. A raft of recent stories have assured women that it is no longer... 

(L-r): Yasmin Paige, Rosie Day, Shannon Tarbet and Jordan Loughran in Spur of the Moment by Anya Reiss. Photograph: Tristram Kenton Anya Reiss is 18. She’s waiting for her A-level results. And her first play has just opened at the Royal Court. It’s vivid and spiky and brought into... 

© Adriana M. Barraza/WENN Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva’s dentist has finally broken his silence about his client’s alleged fight with ex-boyfriend Mel Gibson which left her with damaged teeth. Grigorieva has told Los Angeles authorities that the... 

Avenged Sevenfold’s music video promoting their single “Nightmare” has just arrived, featuring the band’s live performance footage. It also includes scenes where frontman M. Shadows is restless when he is witnessing bizarre things like people acting mentally insane during...