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Jackass star Steve-O has been arrested for climbing up a crane in Hollywood in a protest against SeaWorld.

The daredevil climbed a 100ft high crane on a construction site on Sunset Boulevard with an inflatable orca whale last night, which he streamed live on his Facebook page.

More than 80 firefighters, five ambulances and a helicopter were called to the scene after reports of a possible suicide attempt.

Steve-O later climbed down and was taken into custody.

Investigators are still determining what charges to apply, but he is expected to be booked on suspicion of trespassing, setting a firework without a permit and conspiracy to commit a crime.

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeathave been reportingthat almost half of all British nightclubs have closed in the past 10 years.

There have been some interesting theories about why this has happened.

DJ Dave Haslam, whose book Life After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs and Music Venues comes out this week, told BBC News:

Quote Message: In the old days there was a very strict demarcation between pubs and clubs. People were kicked out of the pub and had to go to a nightclub in order to go drinking and dancing.

In the old days there was a very strict demarcation between pubs and clubs. People were kicked out of the pub and had to go to a nightclub in order to go drinking and dancing.

Quote Message: The recession and student loans have also had an effect. Students are still reckless and irresponsible but even they know they can't go every night of every week now.

The recession and student loans have also had an effect. Students are still reckless and irresponsible but even they know they can't go every night of every week now.

Quote Message: But maybe the nightlife industry has to look at itself and say, maybe it's not providing exactly what people want.

But maybe the nightlife industry has to look at itself and say, maybe it's not providing exactly what people want.

Here are some more theories from Twitter:

Is comedy an artform? The organisers of the London Sketch Comedy Festival say it is. The government disagrees.

Festival producers Adam Dahrouge and Ofer Yatziv have written an open letter to Arts Council England, urging them to treat comedy like other artforms and allow comedians to apply for public funding.

They say the government told them that comedy "tends to be a commercially self-sustaining performance form" and so "doesn't fall under the definition of art forms that receive government funding".

The pair wrote: "We find this stance to be negligent and dismissive of the vast majority of live comedy and its artists, who are suffering because of it."

Read the letter and full story on comedy website Chortle.

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Mourners at the funeral of former Apprentice contestant Stuart Baggs have been asked not to wear black to his funeral next week - but to wear blue instead.

The service will take place on the Isle of Man on 21 August, following his death as a result of an asthma attack at the age of 27.

A statement on a Facebook page titled Wear Blue For Stu said: "We would kindly request everyone to wear blue - dark, light, bright, jewel, any shade will do.

"Official details will be in the paper shortly. As a family we would like to say thank you to everyone for your kind words and thoughts at this tremendously difficult time."

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A Berkshire-based fancy-dress retailer is appealing against a ruling that said it must surrender its starwars.co.uk web address to Disney.

For more than a decade, the fancy dress company has used the address to direct shoppers to the Star Wars section of its Jokers' Masquerade store.

But in July, Nominet, which oversees .uk domains, backed Disney's ownership claim.

No-one has successfully appealed against a Nominet ruling since 2013.

Read the full story.

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An unusual screening of cult musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show happened at the Lincoln Center in New York.

Two thousand moviegoers attended the outdoors event, where they listened to the film through wireless headsets. Think silent-disco-meets-Sweet-Transvestite.

Organisers said they wanted to put on the film while respecting the 10pm sound curfew, so decided to hand out the headsets.

It wasn't quite a silent performance though - how can anyone not sing along to the Time Warp, jump to the left and step to the right?

Read more and see the pictures.

It's amazing what you can do with a chainsaw.

Wood carving artists from around the world gathered in Wisconsin this weekend for the US Open Chainsaw Sculpture Championship.

First place went to Japan's Takao Hayashi for his carving of sleeping alpacas and cats.

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Here's a look at some of the other sculptures, including one life-size wizard and a bear having its dark fur burnt on with a serious blow torch.

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Pop maestro Prince has delivered a message to younger musicians - do not sign with a record label.

The star summoned 10 journalists to his Paisley Park studios in Minneapolis over the weekend, although they were not allowed to take notes or record the event.

According to one of those who was present, NPR's Eric Deggans, he told them: "Record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery. I would tell any young artist... don't sign."

Prince famously wrote the word "slave" on his cheek during a dispute with Warner Brothers in the 1990s.

On Saturday, he also explained why his new album HitNRun is being released through Jay-Z's streaming service Tidal.

You can read accounts of the discussion on sites including NPR and Buzzfeed.

People who knew Mancunian music impresario Tony Wilson have been fondly remembering him, eight years to the day after his death.

Wilson ran Factory Records, which signed bands like Joy Division and The Happy Mondays, as well as running the Hacienda club.

A week ago, actor William Shatner asked fans to send him photos of themselves doing the "live long and prosper" hand signal, which his Star Trek co-star Lenoard Nimoy made famous while playing Mr Spock.

Nimoy died in February at the age of 83.

Now, Shatner has revealed what he has used the selfies for.

Using 6,000 of the photos, he has created a mosaic image of Nimoy playing Mr Spock.

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Former children's laureate Julia Donaldson has accused the government of letting down a generation of children by allowing councils to close school libraries, lay off staff and replace trained librarians with part-time volunteers.

"We simply don't have libraries at all now in a lot of our primary schools and we are getting rid of librarians in secondary schools as well - yet we complain about our poor literacy levels," she told The Times in Edinburgh, where the author launched a Fringe Festival children's show.

"We are the nation of children's literature - we have E Nesbit, The Wind in the Willows, Roald Dahl - they even celebrated it at the Olympic Games - but it seems that successive governments simply don't value that tradition any more," she said.

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Pilot episodes of several upcoming US TV shows including the Minority Report TV adaptation have leaked online ahead of their intended broadcast dates.

The series, which is based on Tom Cruise's 2002 sci-fi hit movie, is not due to air until late September, but the first episode has appeared on torrent sites, according to TorrentFreak.

Set 15 years after the events in the film, the eagerly anticipated series is produced by original director Steven Spielberg and will be shown on Fox.

Also leaked was Lucifer - based on Neil Gaiman's character from his Sandman comic book series - starring Miranda actor Tom Ellis as the Lord of Hell who resigns his throne for Los Angeles. It is not due on screens until 2016.

The cast of Downton Abbey have been posting images online of their final days filming the ITV drama.

Elizabeth McGovern said her final scene ended in tears.

Michelle Dockery said goodbye to Lady Mary's bedroom.

And Joanne Froggatt posted a snap saying she only had two days of filming left.

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Pop group Clean Bandit have revealed passport problems forced them to cancel one concert last week and play another with half the band missing.

They scrapped a gig in Bolton on Saturday, and three male members of the band were unable to play in Portugal on Friday.

"They weren't sick," the band's Grace Chatto told Newsbeat. "They had issues with their passports, because we're going to Japan this week and some kind of crazy mistake happened with the visas for them."

Read the full story on the BBC Newsbeat website.

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Troubled AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has given an interview to New Zealand's TV3, saying he wants to "get my job back, get back on the road and make a lot of money".

Rudd is currently serving eight months home detention for drug possession and making threats to kill.

TV3's encounter was "a mumbling and expletive-laden television interview", according to the New Zealand Herald.

The drummer said he wants to rejoin his bandmates, who are currently on a world tour without him. "I just want a chance to get back in with the boys," he said.

The interview can be seen on the TV3 website.

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Fans of Pink Floyd guitarist and singer David Gilmour may like to know about an interview that was broadcast on BBC 6 Music earlier.

Gilmour spoke to 6 Music's Matt Everitt about his new solo album Rattle That Lock - and the fact the title track was inspired by, among other things, the jingle that is played before announcements at French train stations.

"It has a melody and it has a little rhythm to it... It always made me sing along to it." You can listen back on the BBC iPlayer.

Meanwhile, in rival Pink Floyd news, Gilmour's estranged former bandmate Roger Waters is writing an autobiography and will go on a world tour in 2016, according to NME.

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Annie Lennox's daughter has survived a kayaking accident in the US. However, her boyfriend is still missing.

Tali Lennox, 22, and photographer Ian Jones, 32, were kayaking on the Hudson River in New York, when their vessel capsized on Saturday morning.

The pair managed to cling onto the kayak and stay together for up to 20 minutes, but were then separated by the current.

Lennox was rescued by a passing boat and a search was launched for Jones. Police say the pair were not wearing life jackets.

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The makers of the new Ghostbusters film have called Bill Murray, one of the stars of the original 1984 movie, to appear in the hotly anticipated forthcoming version.

The Hollywood Reporter says Murray - who played Dr Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II - will have a role in director Paul Feig's reboot.

This time, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones will have the lead roles as the team of paranormal investigators.

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We've been given our first glimpse of the upcoming Dad's Army movie, starring Bill Nighy, Toby Jones and Michael Gambon, among others.

The film's not out until 5 February 2016 - but here's the first teaser poster.

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Meanwhile, Daniel Mays, who is playing Private Walker, was speaking about the film on BBC Breakfast this morning.

"They've assembled such a brilliant array of actors and I was there on set with some of my heroes," he said.

It turns out today is #MewseumMonday - the "purrfect day for sharing all things cats and culture". So museums and galleries have been tweeting pictures of artwork and exhibits to celebrate the day.

Jeremy Vine is trending on Twitter after being announced as the first contestant on this year's Strictly Come Dancing.

Reaction is generally positive - there's obviously a lot of love for Jeremy.

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Choreographer Matthew Bourne has just put out a statement following the death of dancer Jonathan Ollivier, who was starring in his show The Car Man. He wrote: 

Quote Message: Yesterday we lost our Swan and our Car Man - Jonathan Ollivier was one of the most charismatic and powerful dancers of his generation.

Yesterday we lost our Swan and our Car Man - Jonathan Ollivier was one of the most charismatic and powerful dancers of his generation.

Quote Message: An intensely masculine presence tempered with tenderness and vulnerability made him the perfect casting for a string of triumphant roles in the New Adventures repertory including The Swan, the enigmatic Speight in Play Without Words and his final role as Luca in The Car Man, which he was due to dance at last night's final performance at Sadler's Wells.

An intensely masculine presence tempered with tenderness and vulnerability made him the perfect casting for a string of triumphant roles in the New Adventures repertory including The Swan, the enigmatic Speight in Play Without Words and his final role as Luca in The Car Man, which he was due to dance at last night's final performance at Sadler's Wells.

Quote Message: A man of great warmth and charm, Jonny was a true gent, loved and respected by his colleagues and adored by audiences who were mesmerised by his memorable performances on stage as well as his friendly and genuine personality at the Stage Door. He was also an inspiration and role model to several generations of young dancers who strived to emulate his enviable technique and majestic stage presence.

A man of great warmth and charm, Jonny was a true gent, loved and respected by his colleagues and adored by audiences who were mesmerised by his memorable performances on stage as well as his friendly and genuine personality at the Stage Door. He was also an inspiration and role model to several generations of young dancers who strived to emulate his enviable technique and majestic stage presence.

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Today is the eighth anniversary of the death of Anthony H Wilson - Factory Records supremo, Hacienda nightclub boss and all-round musical visionary.

A tribute track titled St Anthony will be released later this week, with a video including the likes of Iggy Pop, Steve Coogan and New Order.

The tune started life as a poem by Mancunian poet Mike Garry, and has been set to music by composer Joe Duddell.

There will also be a special night at the Old Granada Studios - where Wilson once worked - on Friday featuring former Hacienda DJs Mike Pickering, Kath McDermott and Bobby Langley.

You can find out more about Tony Wilson by looking back at our coverage from 2007.

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The Fantastic Four's Johnny Storm failed to set the US box office alight this weekend.

The superhero reboot made $26.2m (£16.9m) in its opening weekend after scathing reviews from critics.

Made on a budget of $120m (£77.6m), a sequel has been scheduled for 2017, but seems somewhat unlikely now.

Aardman's Shaun the Sheep Movie also hit US cinemas, earning $5.6m (£3.6m) since opening on Wednesday.

Here's how the top five looked:

1. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $29.4m
2. Fantastic Four - $26.2m
3. The Gift - $12m
4. Vacation - $9.1m
5. Ant-Man - $7.8m

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Half of Britain's nightclubs have shut over the past decade - and BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat are asking why.

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers has told Newsbeat that in some towns "they are gone for good and we're never going to get them back".

The boss of Ministry of Sound has blamed later pub opening and a financial squeeze.

Read and watch the Newsbeat report.

There's huge shock in the dance world after the death of Jonathan Ollivier yesterday.

He died in a motorbike accident in London, hours before he was due to appear in the final show of Matthew Bourne's The Car Man tour.

Read more on this story.

Ollivier was a principal dancer at Northern Ballet for a time, and the company's artistic director David Nixon has written this touching tribute.

Tributes have been paid to writer David Nobbs - best known for creating the TV character Reginald Perrin - who has died aged 80.

He worked on a number of British comedies including The Frost Report, The Two Ronnies and That Was The Week That Was.

Read more on this story

In case you were out and about, here's a few stories which made headlines at the weekend:

• Benedict Cumberbatch has pleaded with fans not to film his performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Barbican in London. [Read more]
• A petition to boycott a new film that purports to tell the story of the early days of LGBT rights movement Stonewall has reached more than 20,000 signatures. [Read more]
• Susan Sheridan, an original cast member of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy radio series, has died aged 68. [Read more]
• Tom Jones fans were left disappointed when the power failed three times during his performance at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, forcing the show to be cut short. [Read more]

"I’ve just turned 50 this year and I’ve got to start dancing properly. I can’t go into dad dancing."

That is what Jeremy Vine says about why he is going on Strictly Come Dancing this autumn.

The broadcaster has just been speaking about the decision on Chris Evans' BBC Radio 2 show.

Jeremy said: "Classic journalist – I’ve got this notebook where I’ve written down a list of questions and the first question is, do I have to do the splits?"

"I can’t. I want to try to be doing the splits by September."

He had better get in training - this year's series begins at the start of September.

Jeremy has also written a blog post under the heading Why I Am Doing Strictly: I Want To Move Like Jagger. 

What do you make of the first Strictly announcement? Do you think Jeremy Vine has the potential to win or will he have two left feet?

Get in touch and let us know - tweet @BBCNewsEnts or email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.

Good morning and welcome to Monday's rolling coverage of all the news from the world of entertainment and arts.

First on the agenda - the first celebrity taking part in this year's Strictly Come Dancing has just been revealed.

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It is BBC Radio 2 lunchtime presenter and former Newsnight host Jeremy Vine. He's on his Radio 2 colleague Chris Evans' show - we'll let you know what he said shortly.

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