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• Chubby Brown denies assault
  Comedian Chubby Brown denies assaulting a 21-year-old woman during an argument in a Teesside car park.
  
  
• Anna Nicole story made into opera
  The Royal Opera House is to stage the world premiere of an opera about the life of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, who died in 2007.
  
  
• Tempah 'to stay' number one
  The first official midweek singles chart shows that Tinie Tempah is due to hold on to the number one spot for a second week.
  
  
• Church signs deal to fund album
  Singer Charlotte Church agrees a £2m deal with a music investment company to finance the recording of her next reccord, it is confirmed.
  
  
• Lost Boys actor Haim dies aged 38
  Lost Boys actor Corey Haim dies at the age of 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms.
  
  
• Street actress reveals depression
  Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard reveals she has been receiving treatment for a "serious breakdown" and depression.
  
  
• Florence gets first headline slot
  Florence and the Machine is to headline her first festival, topping the bill at Latitude in Suffolk in July.
  
  
• EMI names ex-ITV boss as chairman
  Troubled record company EMI - whose artists include Coldplay - has named former ITV boss Charles Allen as its new chairman.
  
  
• Daly 'fighting' to save marriage
  Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly says her marriage to fellow presenter Vernon Kay is "worth fighting" for.
  
  
• Phantom returns
  The critics' verdicts on Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies