Justin Timberlake, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis lead this year's MTV Video Music Award nominations.

Boy band One Direction, including Niall Horan from Westmeath, were sitting on over £1m (€1.23m) in cash at the end of last year, new figures show.

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has leaped to the defence of controversial MTV Video Music Award host Russell Brand, accusing his American critics of having double standards.