TMZ — Columbus Short has some BIG things about to happen in his life ... he's gonna be a husband AND a new dad. Short tells TMZ in just 5 months, he and new fiance Aida Abramyan are expecting a boy. Columbus says he and Aida have been on and off for yearsâ... more info

Guardian Music — Yulianna Avdeeva(Mirare)Since she won what is perhaps the most prestigious of all piano competitions, the Warsaw Chopin, in 2010, audiences in the UK have had relatively few chances to hear Yulianna Avdeeva, either live or on disc. What opportunities... more info

Guardian Music — Florence Foster Jenkins features a tantalising glimpse of the Russian soprano performing the Bell Song from Delibes’s opera Lakmé. Watch the full aria hereRussian soprano Aida Garifullina makes a cameo appearance in Florence Foster Jenkins ... more info

The Telegraph — Director Daniel Slater's production of Verdi's opera is energetically and colourfully staged, says Rupert Christiansen more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: German actress Diane Kruger (1976) Actor Tristan Wilds (1989) Supermodel Aida Yespica (1982) Actress Laura Benanti (1979) Actress Lana Parrilla (1977) Model Kitana Baker (... more info

Sky News — Among those at the church were actor Steve Buscemi and actress Aida Turturro, who played Gandolfini's sister in The Sopranos. more info

Guardian Music — 'I caught opera like other people caught measles, and La Bohème changed my life'When John Copley was asked in 1974 to direct a new production of La Bohème for the Royal Opera House the brief was very clear. "It couldn't be a copy of the old [1896] ... more info

Guardian Music — Operatic face-off shows that in Milan at least, Verdi v Wagner is still more of a cultural draw than Strictly v The X FactorIt's the ultimate operatic face-off. In the blue corner is Giuseppe Verdi, the great Italian humanist and hero of the Risorgim... more info

Guardian Music — Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, co-written with John Mellencamp, recorded with Elvis Costello and Sheryl CrowElvis Costello and Sheryl Crow will both be singing on the soundtrack of a ghostly musical written by Stephen King and John Mellencamp.Gho... more info

Guardian Music — Early Guardian arts column discusses everything from the teaching of science to the Tapestry of Bayeux, the price of 'Aida' and Shylock's pound of fleshA new and rather startling scheme is announced from Paris in connection with the Matinées Littér... more info