Muhammad Ali has made his final journey through his home town as thousands of mourners along the route pumped their fists and chanted “Ali! Ali!” for the former heavyweight champion of the world known simply as ‘The Greatest’.

Thousands of people of all races and creeds gathered for a Muslim funeral service in Muhammad Ali’s hometown in Kentucky to pay their respects to a man who fought in the ring and sought peace outside it.

Actor Will Smith and former world heavyweight boxing champion, Lennox Lewis, will be pallbearers at legendary boxer Muhammad Ali’s funeral.

Do you think she gave a hand with the raffle?

James Corden has said he is “blown away” after his US talk show debut elicited a warm response from viewers.

Kya deLongchamps discovers that the decade taste forgot was merely misunderstood, and more than deserves a second chance.

It’s Oscar season again in Hollywood and that means new movies, new outfits, new music and of course, it’s time for a brand new host for this years show.

AS GUEST chef, TD Alan Shatter worked 12 hours straight on the day The Restaurant was filmed. But this was small fry for the former Justice Minister.

Neil Patrick Harris wants to keep the 2015 Oscar Awards "classy."

Neil Patrick Harris is set to host the 2015 Oscars.

Joan Rivers was the raucous, acid-tongued comedian who crashed the male-dominated realm of late-night talk shows and turned Hollywood red carpets into danger zones for badly dressed celebrities.

Modern Family won a record-tying fifth best comedy series Emmy award last night, while a dominant Breaking Bad captured the top drama gong and a hat trick of acting honours.

Friends say Robin Williams began to lose the gifts that made him a star when he began drinking again in 2003.

Not only was Robin Williams a manically gifted comedian and comic actor, he was once listed among the top 25 actors in the world — an accolade he richly deserved, writes David Bauder

Under the guidance of chief creative officer John Lasseter, Pixar Animation Studios has reigned supreme for 18 years as masters of the computer-animated fable.

A prequel to Monsters, Inc. (2001), the animated tale Monsters University (G) takes us back in time to discover how Mike (voiced by Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) became the fearsome, child-scaring beasts we all know and love.

The sideline regulation controversy is not an obsession for this corner of the newspaper — not just yet anyway — but the matter continues to raise questions, despite Croke Park’s keenness to draw a line under the matter.

Tina Fey has no desire to host the Oscars.

Opening in Texas in 1858, Django Unchained (18s) begins with bounty hunter King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) liberating Django (Jamie Foxx) from slavery, so that Django can identify a trio of brothers Schultz is tracking down.

Since the release of ‘Toy Story 3’, the Oscar-winning computer animation wizards at Disney Pixar have embraced the technological and creative might of 3D with gusto.

From the second of the Hunger Games’ movies to a new Die Hard instalment, 2013 promises much in top films, writes John Daly

From movies to music, film to food, our critics reveal their Hot 100 choices for the year ahead. Mark your diaries...

Grandmother knows best in ‘Parental Guidance’, an intergenerational comedy of bad manners and frayed tempers, which welcomes Bette Midler back to the big screen after a four-year hiatus.

Kellie Brierley on what makes New Year’s Eve so special, and not just for movies

Irish chat show superstar Graham Norton has revealed how he considered plastic surgery to stay looking youthful for the small screen.

Before Nancy Meyers, before Sofia Coppola, before Julie Delpy and Kasi Lemmons and Nicole Holofcener, there was Nora Ephron.

Nora Ephron has died at the age of 71.

The Oscars were a safe, predictable affair, with the winners who’ve heard their names throughout awards season being called up on stage one last time.

Morgan Freeman opened the 84th Academy Awards tonight before host Billy Crystal appeared in a spoof showreel based on scenes from nominated films including 'The Descendants', 'The Help' and tonight’s hot favourite 'The Artist'.

Hollywood’s finest have started to arrive on the red carpet in advance of tonight's Oscars awards show.

Final preparations are underway at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood for tonight's glittering Oscars ceremony. Comedian Billy Crystal will reprise his role as host.

IT’S squeaky bum time in LA.

Michael Douglas will be a presenter at the Oscars on Sunday.

Tom Hiddleston plans to direct his own movies.

REMEMBER the end of When Harry Met Sally?

Billy Crystal has agreed to host the 2012 Academy Awards.

Billy Crystal says he is hosting the Academy Awards.

Eddie Murphy has bowed out of his role as host of the Oscars following his friend Brett Ratner’s decision to leave the show as producer because of an uproar over a gay slur.

Robin Williams' wedding to Susan Schneider was "very intimate".

THESE were supposed to be the younger, hipper Academy Awards, the ones that shook up the ceremony’s conventions with popular, great-looking masters of ceremonies in actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway, who were unlike the middle-aged comedians and TV talk-show hosts of years past.

Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt have signed up for cameo roles in the forthcoming 'Muppets' movie.

James Franco and Anne Hathaway will be running the show at the next Academy Awards.