It is always good fun when right-wing Tories get all het up about Nick Clegg, fulminating that David Cameron should jolly well do something about it. Norman Tebbit provides today’s entertainment along these lines under the headline: Nick Clegg needs cutting down to size. If only the Prime Minister was brave enough to do the

What’s the point of Ed Miliband? Does the Opposition leader have any purpose in life other than to provide ritual entertainment for the Tory wrecking crew at PMQs? Having spent the New Year listening to lethal attacks from his dearest supporters, Mr Miliband has now seen his leadership shrivel to a pair of policy statements which rival each other in desperation and barminess. The first, outl...

Britain's economic debate has been reduced to WWE-style wrestling, where two figures adopt semi-comic personas and have at each other for the entertainment of the crowd — while not doing any real fighting at all. So it is with Osborne and Balls. Rhetorically, they are poles apart; one championing cuts, the other spending. But you'll notice that neither quantifies the cuts. That...

Gather round folks: it's prime-time rectification time. Chinese officials share your pain and have ordered a curb on popular entertainment shows. Out go sexy dating shows and lurid programmes on crime. In come art appreciation, astronomy and weekly "morality building...

The ruling could have an effect beyond sport, potentially affecting the film, music and entertainment industries, lawyers warn

Traditionally, kids entertainment groups have made just 10% of their income from broadcast commissions, with the balance generated by DVD and merchandise sales. Many companies have been squeezed by the global decline in DVD sales, while increasingly broadcasters expect to pay nothing for children’s television shows commissioned from outside rights holders. While Entertainment One has

The Government has pledged to scrap "nonsense" licensing rules which mean that Punch and Judy shows, school plays and piano players in pubs require special entertainment permits.

Pubs, clubs and other small venues offering live music would no longer have to apply for an entertainment licence, under government proposals.

Caesars Entertainment steps campaign to legalise online poker and fix 'bizarre' rule that lets US-based gamblers play yet bars US companies

The Daily Show - Jon Thanks the TroopsGet More: ,, Comedian Jon Stewart just returned from a USO tour in Afghanistan, and he had a few things to say about it. Note the reaction of his audience. America may be less divided than we think. Stewart, by the way, deserves a lot of credit for going. There's a large segment of the entertainment industry that can't be bothered.