In brief: Doherty wanted by police

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Pete Doherty, the lead singer of the Babyshambles, after he failed to attend a court hearing on criminal damage charges for the second time. Doherty, 29, had been expected to enter a plea after he allegedly attacked a female press photographer last summer… Josh Brolin, who plays George Bush in Oliver Stone’s biopic W, is hoping that video footage of his arrested after a brawl in a Louisiana bar will help clear his name; it is believed the film, which was captured on a cell-phone, supports the actor’s claim that police used “aggressive force” and racial slurs during the arrest… Sir Paul McCartney is to play his first gig in Israel, 43 years after the Beatles were banned from performing there: McCartney and his fellow Beatles were turned away in 1965 because an Israeli cabinet minister thought that the band might corrupt the minds of the nation’s youth… Meanwhile, the early life of John Lennon is to be made into a film; the writer, Matt Greenhalgh, who was responsible for the Bafta-winning biopic of Joy Divison’s lead singer, Ian Curtis, will focus on the time he spent living with his Aunt Mimi in a suburban semi in Liverpool… Dame Judi Dench heads a list of British nominations for this year’s Emmy awards. She is up for best actress for her performance as Miss Matty Jenkyns in the BBC1 series Cranford, an adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford Chronicles; her co-star, Dame Eileen Atkins, is nominated for best supporting actress for her role as Matty’s moralistic sister, Deborah...