The International Tennis Federation has rejected Maria Sharapova's claim that the hearing into her doping violation was "not neutral".

The days of Downton Abbey are coming to a close, and it looks like it wil be happening in suitably signature style with this trailer for the Christmas special finale.

More than 100 cinemas in the UK and Ireland will be screening the upcoming special episode of Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, on January 1st, 2016.

Russian president Vladimir Putin yesterday branded US support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal and ineffective, saying US-trained rebels were leaving to join Islamic State (IS) with weapons supplied by Washington.

Downton Abbey is coming to an end, but its executive producer is offering hope that a follow-up film is at least a possibility.

Ben Affleck has expressed regret for asking the makers of a discover-your-past television show to exclude the fact that he had a slave-owning ancestor.

Ben Affleck requested that the PBS documentary series Finding Your Roots not reveal he had a slave-owning ancestor, according to emails published online by whistleblower site WikiLeaks, and the information never appeared on the programme.

London-based Irish novelist Kate O’Riordan is one of the chief screenwriters on the hit ITV-PBS show Mr Selfridge, says Conor Power.

"I feel the complete fool I am and while I am sorry to have offended people"

Forget about The Tudors. A new series captures what it was really like in the era of Henry VIII, writes

Just how smart is man's best friend?

Your dog is smart, right? They always know what you need, and god help you if you say ’walk’ anywhere near them. Clever - right?

Fleetwood Mac's new album and upcoming tour will be their last.

"Comedy is there to make you aware of your humanity."

American television network PBS creates a series of animated films, called Blank on Blank, which are used to illustrate rarely-heard interviews with leading figures like Maya Angelou, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and John Lennon.

Host Seth Meyers noted that the Emmys had moved to Monday night to avoid a conflict with Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. But he said that MTV doesn’t really specialise in videos any more.

Actor Gabriel Byrne and his long-term partner finalised their secret Irish wedding over coffee and scones in one of Cork’s top restaurants.

Up to 150 jobs are to be created as Ireland’s first ever international satellite television channel, IrishTV, is launched.

To counteract a weaponised virus, researchers must first know how to create a weaponised virus, and devise a system that infects many hosts.

US TV bosses have disappointed Downton Abbey fans after announcing that the period drama will continue to be broadcast there months after it is aired in the UK.

'Downton Abbey' drew a record-breaking US audience for Sunday’s much-anticipated season premiere.

After weeks of Halloween shenanigans, the ghouls and goblins (both commercial and otherwise) have shuffled off for another year.

Venerable US television broadcaster Charlie Rose snagged an hour-long interview with retired Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson which aired late Tuesday evening on his long-running nightly PBS show.

Former Chelsea defender Ron ’Chopper’ Harris has questioned the timing of Alex Ferguson’s public revelation that he was approached to manage the Blues.

Alex Ferguson insists he has no interest in returning to manage Manchester United.

A woman described as “British” – believed to actually be from Northern Ireland – was among the militants who laid siege to a Kenyan mall, the country’s foreign minister has claimed.

Men At Lunch, the documentary inspired by the iconic photograph taken during the construction of New York’s Rockefeller Center, received its cinematic release in New York yesterday, 81 years to the day since 11 steelworkers nonchalantly posed on a beam dizzyingly high above Manhattan.

Barack Obama said tonight the US had concluded that the Syrian government carried out a large-scale chemical weapons attack against civilians.

The iconic litigator, Erin Brockovich, was recently arrested for drunkenly handling a boat. Eliza Shapiro reports on the unglamorous trouble behind her

The season-ending episode of Downton Abbey was a ratings success in the US, if not a fan favourite.

US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed over taxes, deficits and how to revive the US economy last night as they shared the stage for the first time in a high-stakes debate with the power to reshape the race for the White House.

They’ve hacked the CIA, the Sun newspaper, the Church of Scientology and a host of other large corporations, sparking a global police crackdown. But who and what are Anonymous? A radical new form of activism – or just bored teenagers? Carole Cadwalladr spoke with some of the ‘hacktivists’ and the experts who tracked them down

A Hollywood sneak peek of series three reveals fireworks between 'Downton Abbey' matriarchs Maggie Smith and newcomer Shirley MacLaine.

An Irish documentary has beaten huge competition to be nominated for two Emmy Awards.

Two British hackers linked to the notorious Lulz Security group pleaded guilty yesterday to a litany of computer crimes — the latest blow against online miscreants whose exploits against groups such as the CIA have embarrassed governments around the world.

A Galway student accused by the FBI of being a founding member of an international hacking splinter group has said he is “frightened” by the prospect of the unfolding investigation.

The FBI has accused two Irish students of being among the ringleaders in one of the world’s most disruptive internet hacking organisations.

Gardaí have arrested one of five men being sought in connection with the activities of computer-hacking collective LulzSec.

American broadcaster PBS is feeding the addiction of its 'Downton Abbey' fans with an online trivia graphic.

The comments made by Minister Pat Rabbitte concerning the broadcasting charge are insulting to the intelligence, to put it mildly.

AFTER a lifetime of guarding her privacy, Chelsea Clinton made her debut as a reporter on US national television with a feature about a non-profit organisation dedicated to poor children in Arkansas.

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