Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson shed their inhibitions in the eagerly-anticipated film version of Fifty Shades of Grey, Alfred Molina and John Lithgow play men struggling to keep their relationship together in Love Is Strange.

Sam Smith swept the board at this year’s Grammys, and thanked an ex-boyfriend for the heartbreak that inspired such success.

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The star-studded event was penciled in the couple's calender only days after the Irish footballer met US President Barack Obama.

He did us proud, yet again.

As the Irish singer gets ready for the Grammys, Eoin Edwards hears the story of the €1,500 promo film that helped bring him to an audience of millions.

He’s the Grammy-nominated Irish singer-songwriter who’s enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame in little over a year.

The Grammy Awards will feature a number of collaborative performances, including Jessie J with Tom Jones, Lady Gaga with Tony Bennett and Adam Levine with Gwen Stefani.

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Age ratings for raunchy pop videos shown online in the UK are to move a step closer this week as movie classification chiefs launch a pilot scheme.

Niall Horan is in the club, as is Barack Obama and Angelina Jolie.

MENTION reaching the age of 100 in Ireland and we think of the congratulatory letter and cheque which the president issues and the hope that the recipients can still enjoy their very special birthday.

Sir Bob Geldof is expected to pay tribute to his daughter Peaches as a host of stars from the music world attend her funeral today.

Thanks to Angelina Jolie's BAFTA tux, androgyny is back. Get ready for masculine tailoring, cropped hair and brogues.

The Eurythmics will reunite to honour the Beatles for a special TV performance.

Singer Jessie J has dismissed concerns about sexualised pop music videos - saying that they will not be here to stay.

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MOST regular domestic cooks would agree there are two types of meals. Unless cooking and food are up there on a par with, say, the continued good health of nearest and dearest or the meaning of life, the first is the vague stab at sustenance begrudgingly knocked out after yet another draining day at the coalface.

Taylor Swift avoided making eye contact with Harry Styles at the BRIT Awards.

Chart-topping star Emeli Sande is queen of the Brit Awards after collecting two of the biggest prizes as she declared: “This is a dream.”

Chart-topping star Emeli Sande was the queen of the Brit Awards tonight after collecting two of the biggest prizes as she declared: “This is a dream.”

Former Eurythmics star Annie Lennox has married for the third time.

HE closing ceremony of the London Olympics had surreal moments.

The songs on Paloma Faith's new album were inspired by individual films, the singer has revealed.

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A tearful Adele was named songwriter of the year at the Ivor Novello Awards today – and promptly gave the gong away.

GET ready to see leading lady Glenn Close as you’ve never seen her before — as a leading man.

I never get chatted up.

Fashion’s enduring love of celebrity has recently found expression in a new guise — the rise of celebrity children as models and brand ambassadors.

Pop star Annie Lennox will receive a lifetime achievement gong at the Inspiration Awards for Women today.

MARAUDING gangs and criminals are attacking Somali famine refugees more frequently as they flee across the border to Kenyan camps, but Kenyan police say they do not have enough manpower to stop them.

will.i.am had to be evacuated from his London hotel tonight overnight after a fire broke out.

Sir Paul McCartney has been honoured at a music awards event as the year's best live act.

Joss Stone took less than week to record her new album.

Annie Lennox has confirmed her touring days are over as she is quitting life on the road because it leaves her "mentally and physically" exhausted.

GRAEME McDOWELL, 31, from Portrush in Co Antrim, is awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List today after a sensational golfing year.

Annie Lennox thinks Aretha Franklin is the world’s greatest singer.

Emma Thompson, Florence Welch and Sam Taylor-Wood have been named Women of the Year.

Annie Lennox has left her record label Sony after 30 years to launch an attempt at getting a Christmas number one.

Madonna has been voted the ultimate style icon of the 80s.

He promised he would be back for good – and last night Robbie Williams got one step closer to a reunion with Take That.

Eric Clapton has been forced to cancel a show because of gallstones.

CELEBRITIES including singers Annie Lennox and Rachel Stevens yesterday backed a campaign to raise the profile of women working in the developing world.

U2 and Lady GaGa are continuing their reign over Europe - both artists remain atop the continent's albums and singles charts respectively.