Lawyers: Depp’s ex speaks to police over alleged abuse.

Actor Charlie Sheen is the subject of a criminal investigation by detectives from an elite anti-stalking unit, Los Angeles police said.

Elton John has denied claims he repeatedly groped a decorated police officer who served in his security detail.

Suzanne Harrington writes about her overprotective dog

All public schools in the Los Angeles area have been ordered closed after an emailed threat targeted students.

A toddler was found alone and scavenging for food and water in his home after both his mum and baby brother tragically died.

The trend of porting movies to the small screen shows no sign of slowing down. The latest film franchise in line to be turned into a TV series is Lethal Weapon.

US comedian Marc Maron tells Richard Fitzpatrick about the time Barack Obama came for a chat in his garage.

’Straight Outta Compton’, detailing the rise of the world’s most notorious rap group, N.W.A, is taking the box office by storm. Founding member Ice Cube and his son O’Shea Jackson jr, who stars in the film gives Susan Griffin the low down.

Homelessness is such a big problem that many of us don’t know what to do about it when faced with the scale of it.

Eccentric linked to three killings made admission in HBO show.

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HE MAY have been 72 by the time it hit the record stores, but Gerry Quinn says musician Andy Irvine is justifiably proud of the CD and DVD of his 70th birthday concerts in Dublin’s Vicar St.

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US law enforcement agencies are a long way from being able to effectively track threats of the kind a gunman posted on Instagram before his execution-style murder of two New York City policemen last weekend.

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Voted by E Entertainment Television as ‘the most shocking moment in Hollywood history’, John Daly looks back at the OJ Simpson trial, the first televised celebrity murder case.

Detectives are investigating a complaint of criminal battery against Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles police are searching for a pair of burglars who broke into Miley Cyrus’ San Fernando Valley home and got away with jewellery and a luxury car.

Rihanna has donated $25,000 to the Los Angeles Police Foundation.

Justin Bieber is reportedly being investigated by police for an attempted robbery.

Jay Z is at the centre of an extortion plot over old recordings.

Ke$ha's music producer has received death threats from some of her fans.

MUSIC is Donal Lunny’s world — his day, his night.

THE Performance Corporation is renowned for staging its theatre productions in adventurous places — in medieval dungeons, amongst sand dunes, even on a small rowboat. For its latest, most adventurous trick, it’s staging a three-day festival in Ireland’s only palace — Castletown House on the outskirts of Celbridge, Co Kildare.

Regarding the recent verdict in the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case in the USA: Were the Florida prosecutors trained by the California prosecutors and the LAPD?

Chris Brown has received death threats.

Russell Brand claims he would probably carry out similar pranks if he was a teenager but admits it is not a good idea to waste the time of law enforcement.

Detectives across the US are scouring cold case files for possible ties to a man arrested on suspicion of killing three women — fearing he may have killed scores of people.

Authorities and celebrities were grappling today with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top US government figures and stars such as Jay-Z and Mel Gibson.

Sheriff’s deputies who believed they had cornered a fugitive ex-cop in the mountains above Los Angeles did not purposely torch a cabin where a nine-day manhunt ended, but the deputies may have ignited the blaze by firing tear gas, officials said.

Charred human remains have been found in a burned-out cabin where a fugitive former police officer was believed to be, US police have confirmed.

The extraordinary manhunt for the former Los Angeles policeman suspected of three murders converged on a mountain cabin where it is believed he barricaded himself inside, engaged in a shoot-out that killed a deputy and never emerged as the home went up in flames.

A man police believe to be the fugitive ex-Los Angeles officer wanted for three killings was barricaded inside a burning cabin today after a shootout in a California mountain town that left one deputy dead and another wounded.

A fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer wanted for three killings is barricaded in a cabin in the Southern California mountains, authorities said today.

A $1m (€747,000) reward has prompted numerous tips to authorities seeking a fired Los Angeles police officer suspected of killing three people.

Adele was among the early winners at the Grammys this morning, picking up best pop solo performance for 'Set Fire to The Rain'.

Thousands of police officers throughout Southern California and neighbouring states were last night hunting for a disgruntled former Los Angeles officer, wanted for a deadly shooting rampage that he warned in an online posting would target those on the force who wronged him.

Bruce Springsteen, with the full E Street Line Band line up, will bring his Wrecking Ball Weekender World Tour to a dramatic conclusion at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny, next summer.

Bruce Springsteen is to round off his latest European tour in Kilkenny, it has been confirmed.

Opening early in 1865, as the American Civil War is entering its endgame, Lincoln (12A) offers a detailed account of how recently re-elected president Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) rammed the 13th constitutional amendment — the emancipation of the slaves — through Congress.

Police were sent to Tom Cruise’s house following a report about what was thought to be an armed intruder on the property.