Criminal Minds star fired

Thomas Gibson, who plays Special Agent Aaron Hotchner in Criminal Minds, has been fired from the show. He was suspended earlier last week for kicking a producer in what he described as the result of creative differences, said reports.

New Cohen album

Singer Leonard Cohen, whose meditative hymns have made him one of his generation's most influential artists, has recorded a new album for release after he turns 82 on Sept 21. It is titled You Want It Darker.