What does K-pop’s Emperor sound like without his clothes, or impish physicality?

South Korean rapper Psy released his much-anticipated new single at midnight last night - and is hoping to repeat the success of its predecessor "Gangnam Style" which has made him the biggest star to emerge from the growing K-pop music scene.

A success story behind the song which lyrics where sung by Koreans and choreography danced by the world

The onstage drama can’t compete with the goings-on behind the scenes. A week before the London premiere of the Peter Schaufuss Ballet’s Midnight Express, its star Sergei Polunin left the production. Last year, Polunin’s shock resignation from The Royal Ballet was front page news; he’s getting a reputation for disappearing acts. Given the quality of Midnight Express, he’s well out of it.

It was impossible to escape his first single – but can the Korean rapper strike it big a second time?

A spokesperson said 'he is alive and well in Moscow'

Whilst most people struggle to learn one new language, a 16-year-old from New York has managed to master 23 different tongues.

There has not been much animal magic in this year's Britain's Got Talent after a string of pet performers failed to live up to the success of last year's winners - dog trick act Ashleigh and Pudsey.

The 26-year-old formerly danced for the Bolshoi Ballet

They say that all a movie needs is 'a girl and a gun'. So Harmony Korine must be having a laugh

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The daughter of a Malian diplomat, Rokia Traoré is perhaps the most naturally cross-cultural of her country's abundant musical offspring, effortlessly blending styles and sounds as easily as she switches between languages.

Ringmaster Robert Birk tells Tony Paterson how 60 new recruits kept his show on the road

Dancer, who was due to take the lead next week in 'Midnight Express', has not been seen since Tuesday