Oprah Winfrey is donating 12 million dollars (USD) towards a new museum in Washington DC dedicated to African American history. After previously giving $1m to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, her total contribution is its biggest so far. The museum on Washington's National Mall, which is due to be completed in 2015, will house a 35-seat theatre named after Winfrey.

A group of artists performed in London on Wednesday (June 12) to support "agit8", a music-based campaign calling for action against extreme poverty. Launched by Bono's One Campaign, "agit8" lined up artists to record new versions of famous protest songs, aiming to put pressure on leaders from the world's richest nations attending the G8 summit in Northern Ireland. Some of the performers included Jamie Cullum, who sang a rendition of 1960s song "If I Ruled the World."

A rare 75-year-old comic book featuring the debut of Superman found in a Minnesota home's wall fetched $175,000 at aucti