A lawyer for Kevin Costner told a court his fame was the only reason fellow Hollywood actor Stephen Baldwin and another person were suing him over their investments in an oil clean-up device tried out after BP’s spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

IRELAND is in the “Stone Age” when it comes to broadband communications, the opposition claimed after new research found the country is “not ready” for the next generation of internet technology.

Animation pioneer William Hanna, who with partner Joseph Barbera created such beloved cartoon characters as Fred Flintstone, Yogi Bear and Tom and Jerry, died yesterday.