Donal O’Keeffe visits the major Turkish city that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait and is fascinated by its magical blend of museums, markets, history and restaurants.

Whether it’s a passion for knitting or shamanism that reels them in, how public figures spend their free-time is revelatory of their inner psyches, writes Rita de Brún.

Charlie's Angels have reunited in California as Lucy Liu received her Hollywood Walk of Fame Star.

Spare a thought for single belles this Christmas as they navigate intrusive questions about their love life. Suzanne Harrington offers some helpful suggestions for family and friends

Feminism, and the expectations on women, are at the heart of Cathy Kelly’s new novel, the author tells Ciara McDonnell.

TV and radio presenter Muireann O’Connell joins a long line of women who’ve thrived in their 30s. However, as a younger woman, she wasn’t convinced by what the hype, writes Irene Feighan. 

A couple of months after Martin O’Neill took a sabbatical from football management to help look after his then ill wife Geraldine, this writer interviewed someone who had played minor inter-county Gaelic football with one of O’Neill’s great foot soldiers at Parkhead, Neil Lennon.

Two of the joys of golf are its longevity and its reach. Anyone can play the game and at just about any age. There are no barriers and with little need for physical prowess, it is attractive to all sections of society.

SATURDAY

Patrick Bergin plays the part of Jim Tierney on TV3’s Red Rock.

Actress Cameron Diaz’s off-duty style is on our radar. Confident in its simplicity, we’re keen to discover how she pulls it off.

You could spend a fortune on anti-ageing creams, but really the trick might be as simple as giving up sugar, writes Beauty Editor Rachel Marie Walsh.

If you find yourself hunting out kale in the supermarket it probably means you’ve reached a

Her body doesn’t look like it did 20 years ago and things don’t ‘snap back into place’ any more. But that’s OK — Cameron Diaz tells Hannah Stephenson why ageing is something to celebrate, not dread.

How did a scientist who was working on an Aids vaccine go on to create the Clarisonic? Vickie Maye talks to the facial cleanser inventor, Dr Robb Akridge.

Here's the best shows for you to watch on TV tonight.

Some top classics on telly.

As a loyal Kildare servant, Damien Hendy has become accustomed to criticism.

The younger stars of Game of Thrones are popping up everywhere on the big screen, writes Colette Keane

Cameron Diaz received the dubious honour of being dubbed the year’s worst actress at the 35th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards (aka the Razzies).

Check out our guide to the best shows on TV tonight.

Little orphan Annie gets a new lease on life when she meets a businessman running for political office.

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden are reportedly engaged.

This week, a plucky security has the adventure of a lifetime in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb; it’s a hard knock life in the modern update of the musical Annie, and Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reunite for the comedy sequel Dumb & Dumber To.

THOUGH a legend in folk music circles on both sides of the Atlantic, singer Maura O’Connell was “thrilled” to accept a minor role in the Martin Scorsese’s award-winning Gangs of New York in 2002.

Rita Ora’s Fausto Puglisi look for the KIIS Jingle Ball is copied from the catwalk but the brand wisely let the sweater fall below the hip, concealing the apex of the skirt’s slits and creating a grunge-meets-gladiator effect.

Even this news would have failed to raise a smile.

Comments from insensitive partners and pressure from media images of perfection can make women, who are already conscious of their changing bodies, uncomfortable with nudity and their exuality, says Áilín Quinlan.

Before I Go to Sleep ****

Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz – who stars in a new film about a home sex video which goes public – has called the leak of nude and explicit images of dozens of female celebrities “a major violation”.

So it’s finally out in the open – Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Martin have consciously coupled and deservedly earn the title of the world’s most bizarre couple of the year.

A NEW American movie entitled Sex Tape is released here on September 3.

IT’S the first warm day of spring and I’m having lunch outside with a handful of close friends.

Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden have "already discussed marriage".

Gillian Anderson just gets better and better. 

Cameron Diaz insists being naked in 'Sex Tape' isn't an "objectification".

Just hours after Sandra Bullock was presented with the ‘Decade of Hotness’ award at the Guy’s Choice Awards on Saturday night, an unidentified man broke into her home while she was inside.

Courteney Cox went behind the camera for her first directorial effort Just Before I Go, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Jimmy Fallon has lots of celebrity friends, as he demonstrated on his first episode of the Tonight Show - but hanging out with Cameron Diaz to prank tourists is pretty special.

Cameron Diaz has had a romantic relationship with a woman.

Tune into TV3 at 8pm tonight for the 13th national celebration of Irish style at the Marker Hotel in Dublin where the country's most fashionable celebrities, including the Xposé girls, are in attendance.

Emma Watson just gets better and better. She stepped out at the premiere of Boulevard in a pink Narciso Rodriguez dress.

Tracks ****

Drew Barrymore has given birth to her second child today.

Are couples who chose not to have kids happier than couples who are parents? Sharon Ni Chonchuir finds out.

BBC1 @ 10.20pm: Graham Norton continues his award-winning talk show, with guests Ricky Gervais, Ronnie Corbett and Juliette Binoche, plus music and chat from Irish pop star Imelda May.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire has been named best film at the MTV Movie Awards, besting even top Oscar winner 12 Years A Slave.

Tune into BBC1 at 10.35pm tonight as Graham Norton is joined by Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe, screen siren Cameron Diaz, and comic actor and director Richard Ayoade. Plus music from the queen of pop, Kylie Minogue.