US film critic Roger Ebert has died at the age of 70, according to reports.

Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz was “killed by the US government”, his father told mourners.

JT Nero tells Gerry Quinn how his Birds Of Chicago project has caused quite a stir in the American roots music scene

At the bar, everybody knew her name.

Katie Taylor’s performance resonated around the world, with many prestigious international titles rushing to acclaim her.

Jessica Biel claims she has done "almost nothing" about planning her upcoming wedding to Justin Timberlake.

Former media mogul Conrad Black arrived at his sprawling Canadian estate today just hours after being released from a US prison.

Former media mogul Conrad Black was released from a federal prison in Miami today after serving about three years for defrauding investors.

A postcard sent from Chicago in 1958 has finally reached its intended recipient, with a little help from Facebook.

Conrad Black, the once-powerful media mogul whose newspaper empire spanned several continents, was sent back to prison for another 13 months after a federal judge ruled that he had not served enough time for defrauding investors.

A federal judge in Chicago has resentenced former media mogul Conrad Black to three and a half years in prison.

The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from former media mogul Conrad Black challenging his two remaining convictions on fraud and obstruction of justice.

The resentencing of former media mogul Conrad Black on two remaining fraud convictions remains on track for next month.

FORMER White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel hoped to win more than half the vote yesterday in the Chicago mayoral race to avoid a run-off election.

Former media tycoon Conrad Black today had two fraud convictions dismissed by a court, but it upheld the guilty verdicts on one fraud and one obstruction of justice charges.

Britney Spears is reportedly planning to countersue her former bodyguard.

Milla Jovovich no longer worries about herself since becoming a mother.

Former media tycoon Conrad Black will have to wait until next month to find out if he can return to Canada.

FORMER media tycoon Conrad Black was released from a US jail today after a judge granted him $2 million bail.

Madonna has reportedly split from boyfriend Jesus Luz.

Robert Pattinson realised how obsessive his fans were when they came to watch his dying scene in ‘New Moon’.

Jennifer Love Hewitt has sparked rumours she is to marry boyfriend Jamie Kennedy - after the couple were reportedly spotted shopping for engagement rings.

IT was a tale of two BOs — Barack Obama, President of America, and Bo, the newest addition to his family, a loveable curly-haired pooch.

Raising fresh questions about his appointment to Congress, Senator Roland Burris admitted in a document that former Governor Rod Blagojevich’s brother asked him for campaign fundraising help before the governor named Burris as Illinois’ junior senator.

'Slumdog Millionaire' continued its rags-to-riches march through Hollywood's awards season as its filmmaker Danny Boyle won the top honour from the Directors Guild of America.

Media baron Conrad Black is asking the US Supreme Court to overturn his convictions for fraud and obstruction of justice.

Michael Jackson is reportedly furious at his brother Jermaine for telling the world he is joining his siblings for a Jackson 5 reunion tour.

Celine Dion has been forced to cancel a gig in Chicago, Illinois on Tuesday due to a sinus infection.

The older sister of Jennifer Hudson made a plea at a Chicago church for the return of her missing seven-year-old son, a day after the siblings’ mother and brother were found shot dead at the family home.

US authorities investigating the shooting deaths of Jennifer Hudson’s mother and brother are still searching for the missing seven-year-old nephew of the Oscar-winning actress.

BARACK OBAMA and Dick Cheney are not the only political odd couple who share a family tree.

Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are not the only political odd couple who share a family tree.

The Rev Jesse Jackson has apologised for “regretfully crude” comments he made about White House contender Barack Obama’s speeches in black churches during what he thought was a private conversation.

American R&B star R Kelly was acquitted of all charges in his child pornography trial today.

Jailed former newspaper tycoon Conrad Black was convicted of fraud on the flimsiest of evidence, his lawyers told an appeal court.

Robert Downey Jr. has been tipped to play legendary porn mogul Hugh Hefner in a big-screen biopic - after reportedly impressing the Playboy entrepreneur with his lead role in 'Iron Man'.

“JUSTICE is served,” jurors in Conrad Black’s fraud case said yesterday.

“Justice is served,” jurors in Conrad Black’s fraud case said today.

Former media mogul Conrad Black is expected to be sentenced in the US on Monday after he was convicted of swindling shareholders out of millions of dollars.

R&B heart-throb Usher wed his pregnant fiancée Tameka Foster in his native Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday, according to US reports.

HOLLINGER, the holding company that was at the centre of Conrad Black’s collapsed newspaper empire, has filed for bankruptcy protection while asserting control over its main remaining asset, a stake in Sun-Times Media Group.

The US government’s star witness at former media mogul Conrad Black’s fraud trial testified that he consulted Black on every business deal he made on behalf of the Hollinger newspaper empire.

Former British media mogul Conrad Black’s defence lawyer grilled the US government’s first witness about hefty pay cheques he received from the Hollinger International newspaper empire.

A businessman who steered Conrad Black’s Hollinger newspaper empire through a storm of lawsuits and investigations told a court that the former media mogul “was very knowledgeable” about the finances of the company he is accused of swindling out of £44m (€65m).