The House of Commons will open its doors to a commercial film crew for the first time next month, welcoming Meryl Streep for a movie about the suffragettes, officials said on Tuesday. The Oscar-winning actress is appearing with Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter in the British film Suffragette, a fictional tale of one woman's fight for the right to vote. Parliamentary authorities decided last year to try to raise money by renting out parts of the Palace of Westminster when the House is not sitting, although filming will not be allowed in the debating chamber. – AFP
NY Times prints Northup correction … 161 years later
The New York Times has printed a correction for misspelling the name of the black man whose memoirs of being kidnapped and sold into slavery were turned into the Oscar-winning movie 12 Years a Slave – 161 years after the mistake was made. In an article published on January 20, 1853, the paper misspelt Solomon Northup's surname as Northrop and also Northrup. The Times corrected Northup's name on Tuesday, after the errors were pointed out by someone looking at its archives. – AP
Conan O’Brien to host MTV Movie Awards
Conan O'Brien announced on his TBS talk show Conan that he's hosting this year's MTV Movie Awards. The annual movie celebration that honours winners with golden popcorn trophies is scheduled for April 13 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. "After eight years of intense negotiations, I am honoured to announce I am hosting MTV's second most prestigious awards show," the comedian joked. It marks the first time O'Brien has hosted the ceremony. Past hosts of the MTV Movie Awards have included Jimmy Fallon, Aziz Ansari, Russell Brand, Rebel Wilson and Sarah Silverman. – AP
Randi Zuckerberg goes on Broadway
Randi Zuckerberg, a sister of Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, will play the role of the community leader Regina in Rock of Ages, the splashy homage to 1980s rock 'n' roll at the Helen Hayes Theatre in Manhattan. Zuckerberg, the author of Dot Complicated, will appear from March 14 until April 14. Rock of Ages tells the story of a small-town girl and an aspiring rocker. Zuckerberg, who sang in an a cappella group at Harvard, left Facebook in 2011. – AP
Travolta ‘beating himself up’ over Oscar name mangle
John Travolta has apologised for mispronouncing the singer Idina Menzel's name at the Oscars ceremony on Sunday. The actor triggered a storm of online mockery – including an app to "Travoltify" your own name – after mangling the star's name as he introduced her performance of the Oscar-winning song Let It Go from the Disney hit Frozen. Travolta called Menzel "the wickedly talented, one and only … Adele Dazeem". "I've been beating myself up all day," Travolta said in a statement released by his publicist. "Then I thought … what would Idina Menzel say? She'd say: 'Let it go, let it go!'" Frozen won Best Animated Feature, while Let It Go won Best Original Song. – AFP
Judge orders Bieber video released but with portions blacked out
Remaining police video clips of Justin Bieber after his January arrest will be made public but with sensitive portions blacked out to protect the singer's privacy, a Miami judge ruled on Tuesday, adding that broadcasting the clip would be an invasion of privacy outweighing the public's right to know. Bieber has pleaded not guilty to charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and driving with an expired licence. He and the R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff were arrested on January 23 for allegedly drag racing on Miami's streets. – AP