Battle star: MIA, as depicted by unique wedding snapper Ravi Thiagaraja Photograph: Ravi Thiagaraja “Mathangi ‘Maya’ Arulpragasam (born 18 July 1975), better known by her stage name MIA, is a Sri Lankan/British songwriter, record producer, singer, rapper, fashion designer,... 

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... 

Naomi Campbell: the supermodel has been summoned to The Hague. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for de Grisogono Encouraging news from The Hague, where the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor looks finally to have secured a much-needed celebrity angle. Naomi... 

Cheryl Cole at the 63rd Cannes international film festival. Photograph: Matt Sayles/AP Cheryl Cole is in hospital after being infected with malaria during a holiday in Tanzania three weeks ago, her spokesman confirmed today. The singer was initially diagnosed with exhaustion after collapsing... 

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...