Wexford hosts this afternoon’s action in Ireland, and Masonbrook Lady gets the nap to land the eleven-furlong handicap.

JACK O’Rourke is an overnight sensation 10 years in the making, writes Ed Power

At Gowran Park this afternoon Weather Watch can show the benefit of recent experience and a step up in trip by taking the two-and-a-half-mile maiden hurdle.

I doubt that Dermot Weld engaged in anything even remotely approaching a Clive Brittain-like jig, but he must have at least allowed himself a wry smile!

Ballybrit has always been a special place for Dermot Weld and the master of Rosewell House struck with a spectacular 636/1 four-timer at the Galway track last evening

The Mick Halford-trained Rayisa caught the eye in defeat in what looked a pretty hot maiden at the Curragh recently, and can be expected to improve enough to land the third race on this evening’s card at Galway.

CORK theatre stalwart Michael Twomey was one half of the Chah and Miah duo on 1970s TV show Hall’s Pictorial Weekly. 

Lionel Richie nearly gave up singing after leaving The Commodores in the 80s, but 30 years on he can’t wait to play Glastonbury. Andy Welch catches up with a legend

George Clooney feels "pretty damn great" after marrying Amal Alamuddin.

This week, Liam Neeson stars in action thriller A Walk Along The Tombstones, a utopian society unravels in sci-fi adventure The Giver, and the tale of an exclusive Oxford University clique in The Riot Club.

Jazz album: Bruce Barth

Latin crooner Julio Iglesias has backed Conchita Wurst saying the Eurovision winner was “a super singer”.

MUSIC NEWS:

By Declan Burke, Pól Ó Conghaile, Richard Fitzpatrick, Ed Power, Marc O’Sullivan, Anne Marie O’Connor and Des O’Driscoll

Following his European jaunts around England and Spain, writer-director Woody Allen says bonjour to Paris for his new romantic comedy, his 41st movie.

Co-writer with his wife, Julia, as Noel Holland.

This year’s Tony Awards honoured The Normal Heart for its passionate look at the Aids crisis and War Horse, a play which shows the horror of the battlefield. But the night’s biggest prize went to a musical which mocked both.

COKE, Charlie, Blow, the Devil’s Dandruff, Flake, Angie, Line, Base, C, Toot, Snow . . . few drugs go under so many names, or seem so suited to the stressful lifestyle of the 21st century — both a stimulant, and an appetite suppressant . . . and very quick to administer.

Former supermodel Jerry Hall is to take centre stage in Dublin’s Tivoli Theatre, it was announced today.

It’s only natural that Katie Holmes turned to Giorgio Armani to design her wedding dress.

COLE Porter wrote about precisely this kind of thing 70 years ago: red, hot and blue.

Jerry Hall has pulled out of the West End musical production of High Society citing glandular fever.

Disgraced pop mogul Jonathan King was released from prison today after serving less than half his seven-year sentence for abusing teenage boys.

THE road-trip flick, Sideways, led Golden Globe contenders yesterday with seven nominations, including for best musical or comedy film, best director and three acting nominations.

Irish actor Liam Neeson was nominated for best dramatic actor at the Golden Globe Award nominations today for his role in Kinsey, a film biography of sex researcher Alfred Kinsey.

A host of top music performers, including Mercury Prize winners Franz Ferdinand, will come together for a concert to help the people of Sudan tonight.

Pop hunk Robbie Williams has ruled out a potential acting career, despite enjoying his cameo role in Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely.

Hollywood star Kevin Kline was bowled over by British singer Robbie Williams' electricity during the filming of new movie De-Lovely.

The life and times of the great American songwriter-composer Cole Porter, portrayed by Kline, in one of his best ever performances.

SPIDER-MAN 2 pulled in a record $180 million in its first six days in US cinemas and obliterated other box-office highs over the Fourth of July weekend.

The Cannes Film Festival was kicking off today and promises an A-list line up of Hollywood stars.

The new film about the life of Cole Porter will not whitewash over the composer’s bisexuality, according to Kevin Kline, who stars in De-Lovely.

THE Bob Hope story is part of American legend: a London-born immigrant shoeshine boy whose wisecracks won him fame and wealth and a niche in the hearts of people all over the globe.

Representatives of the composer Cole Porter's estate have paid several visits to the British set of Just One Of Those Things, the film about the singer’s life, and are reportedly delighted with the way Porter’s songs are being presented by a cast of stars.

The Broadway production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate has been named Best Musical at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in London.