Leonard Nimoy, the actor known and loved by generations of Star Trek fans as the pointy-eared, purely logical science officer Mr Spock, has died.

I’ve always been industrious, even as a child. I was a bit of a young entrepreneur. I had an ability with money. 

IT is funny now to think that when I was growing up in the unenlightened 1970s, that every Halloween, we actually lived the gender-neutral costume utopia that many feminists would give their signed copy of The Female Eunuch for now.

It’s been a hectic year for Blue Raincoat theatre company.

TV host Carol Vorderman has piloted a plane solo for the first time today.

US fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch is to open its flagship store in Dublin on Nov 1.

DUBLIN-BORN designer Zoë Jordan’s new collection is inspired by Amelia Earhart, who said: “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers”.

THE three bone fragments turned up on a deserted South Pacific island that lay along the course Amelia Earhart was following when she vanished.

Hilary Swank surprised her boyfriend by giving him a lift during one of her flight lessons.

Hilary Swank wants to star in a musical.

Hollywood just can’t let sleeping dogs lie, the suits simply must squeeze every last drop from an idea. Thus we have the second of what threatens to be an endless series of films in which museum exhibits come to life.

WEIGHTY issues like the presidential inauguration and the economic stimulus package are pending, but the first order of business for president-elect Barack Obama’s family is to get settled in Washington quickly to prepare for the start of school for his two daughters.

Oscar winner Hilary Swank is set to become the latest celebrity high-flier as part of her research into early aviator Amelia Earhart.

A US airport has been named after entertainer Bob Hope.