Children’s author Deirdre Sullivan appears at the Towers and Tales festival in Lismore on Saturday. She also works as an SEN teacher, and currently lives in Dublin, writes Des O’Driscoll

Lou Pearlman, a former music mogul who launched the careers of boy bands the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, has died at age 62 while serving a 25-year prison sentence for swindling investors and banks out of more than $300m (€265m), the Federal Bureau of Prisons said on its website.

Daniel Buccheri decided to take his brother, his brother’s new wife and all the guests at their wedding on an emotional rollercoaster during his best man speech.

Backstreet Boys, Coolio and Ace of Base are amongst the ’gems’ the 90s gave us, but a new REACT video shows they have failed to stand the test of time.

There have been rumours about another big screen outing for the Power Rangers for awhile now, it might even actually release in 2016 but until then, we have POWER/RANGERS.

It is truly terrifying to think that this year’s college entrants were born in the late 90s, making them younger than your first mobile phone. Ed Power looks back at a long lost world    

Nick Carter says his wife has helped him become a better person.

Does anyone have a normal wedding these days?

All Saints are reforming in 2014.

'Pharrell looks like a sewer rat', Pharrell says.

Melissa Joan Hart has revealed she used to take ecstasy, magic mushrooms and marijuana.

Justin Timberlake will reportedly reunite with *NSync at the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend.

Sting played the Marquee on Leeside last night, but on Sunday, he was an ‘Englishman in West Cork’ and then back up in Cork City for some ‘Murphy’s in a Bottle’.

Scientists discover marine mammal's love for 'Boogie Wonderland, by Earth, Wind and Fire.

Justin Timberlake’s comeback album has sold nearly one million units in its first week.

DONATELLA VERSACE designed the dress and Angelina did the pilates, but who was the unifying force that got that leg trending?

New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys have announced a European tour.

China’s Ministry of Culture has ordered music download sites to delete songs by Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, the Backstreet Boys and other pop stars within two weeks or face punishment.

Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys, and Katy Perry songs have all been banned in China.

The Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean is heading back to rehab.

Ricky Gervais's writing partner Stephen Marchant admits that every time they begin work on a new venture, he insists they will never collaborate again because it is just so taxing.

Backstreet Boys star Nick Carter is racing back to good health after decades of drinking and partying left with a weakened heart.

Paris Hilton has only slept with "a couple of people" - because she respects herself too much.

The man who created the Backstreet Boys and N Sync is scheduled to be sentenced in Florida on four federal charges.

The man who created the boy bands the Backstreet Boys and ’N Sync is losing homes in Florida and New Jersey in bankruptcy proceedings, as he faces separate US charges of defrauding a bank out of $20 (€14.5m).

Nick Carter will never rekindle his love affair with socialite Paris Hilton, because he is bored of the sight of her.

Nick Carter of the pop band Backstreet Boys has been appointed as a UN special ambassador of the Year of the Dolphin.

Pop hunk Kevin Richardson has officially left The Backstreet Boys - but the boy band are hoping he will return in the future.

An Ulster Scots prize-winning song has earned rave reviews from some of the most influential figures in country music.

Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, who turned mid-level music careers into Hollywood superstardom by celebrating their marriage in an MTV reality show and television specials, are calling it quits after months of persistent break-up rumours.

Brian McFadden has asked Backstreet Boys hunk Nick Carter to help write his next hit, in a desperate bid to boost his popularity.

BACKSTREET Boys singer Nick Carter was ordered into a three-month alcohol treatment programme in California after pleading guilty to drink driving.

Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter was ordered into a three-month alcohol treatment programme in California after pleading guilty to drunk driving.

The Backstreet Boys have struck upon a novel way to attract old fans to their upcoming US reunion tour - they're offering two-for-one tickets.

Reformed boyband Backstreet Boys plan to surprise fans with their new album, with some entirely new musical directions.

A US news show has helped clear pop star Nick Carter's name after he was wrongly accused of drinking and driving last week.

Former Fugees Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill reunited onstage last Friday at a concert in Malaysia to raise money for tsunami-devastated communities.

Nick Carter insists drugs prescribed by the doctor were to blame for his run-in with the law on Saturday night.

Paris Hilton has rocked ex-boyfriend Nick Carter's new year celebrations by insisting dating him was the biggest mistake she made in 2004.

The Backstreet Boys have taken another step to assure fans they are still together, by announcing the first single from their anticipated album.

Backstreet Boys hunk Nick Carter has chosen to speak out himself against reports he beat ex-girlfriend Paris Hilton, after becoming fed up with the constant gossiping.

Motley Crue wildman Nikki Sixx has finally understood how his outrageous onstage behaviour must have appalled parents - after he took his daughter to watch a Backstreet Boys concert.

Paris and her Backstreet Boys beau Nick Carter have split.