Actor Kevin Bacon has been named among the celebrities who fell victim to the $50 billion (€35.8bn) fraud scandal rocking America's Wall Street.

Robert Redford is laughing off English press reports he's set to leave America for Ireland after George W Bush's election win on Wednesday.

Tony Award winner Gregory Hines, the tap-dancing actor who starred on Broadway and in movies including White Nights and Running Scared, has died, his publicist said. He was 57.