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Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

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Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Actor and singer Debbie Reynolds died barely a day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher, with her final words being: “I want to be with Carrie,” writes Francesca Gosling.

Actor and singer Debbie Reynolds has died, barely a day after the death of her daughter Carrie Fisher.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Hollywood superstar Harrison Ford has led tributes to Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, who has died at the age of 60.

Some top classics on telly.

A lot of blood, sweat and tears goes into staging a musical like Singin’ In The Rain, as Jo Kerrigan found when she went backstage at Cork Opera House

There may not be any wookies there but Princess Leia will be reunited with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams at awards set up to recognise the contributions of the Irish in film and TV.

Birdman topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.

Birdman topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.

A production of Singin’ in the Rain drops 12 tonnes of water on the stage each night, writes Tina Darb O’Sullivan.

POOR Peaches Geldof.

Fifty years ago, on March 15, 1964, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were married — for the first time.

Gene Kelly worked her so hard that her feet bled. It was an apt introduction to the sleazy, sadistic side of Hollywood, Debbie Reynolds tells Dalya Alberge.

A 26-foot-tall sculpture of Marilyn Monroe in her famous pose from the film 'The Seven Year Itch' has been unveiled on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.

The Marilyn Monroe dress that flirted revealingly with a gust of New York subway air in The Seven Year Itch fetched $4.6m at a Los Angeles auction of film memorabilia.

Film star Debbie Reynolds is selling off her collection of memorabilia associated with some of Hollywood's biggest stars.

ELIZABETH TAYLOR, the epitome of glamour and wealth, was the ultimate film star.

ELIZABETH Taylor’s acting career began in 1942 in the comedy There’s One Born Every Minute when she was just 10.

POP singer Eddie Fisher, whose voice brought him a devoted following of teenage girls in the early 1950s before marriage scandals overshadowed his fame, has died at age 82.

Entertainer Eddie Fisher, whose singing career was overshadowed by scandals of his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor, has died. He was 82.

Cyd Charisse, the long-legged beauty who danced with the Ballet Russe as a teenager and starred in MGM musicals with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died today in Los Angeles aged 86.

Britain’s farmers were urged to remain watchful tonight as the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak appeared to be contained.

IT was a relief that initial test results for samples taken from another cattle herd in Surrey on Thursday night were negative for foot and mouth disease, Agriculture and Food Minister Mary Coughlan said yesterday.

Elizabeth Taylor arrived fashionably late to her 75th birthday party decked out in diamonds and fur.

Elizabeth Taylor has denied reports she's planning to tie the knot for the ninth time with a man 17 years her junior.

Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor is set to tie the knot for the ninth time with a man 17 years her junior, according to media reports.

Vincent Sherman, who directed – and romanced – Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth and Joan Crawford during his heyday as a leading Hollywood filmmaker in the US in the 1940s and ’50s, has died. He would have been 100 on July 16.

Temperamental supermodel Naomi Campbell was disciplined by Hollywood legend Douglas Fairbanks Jr after throwing a tantrum at a London celebrity party 10 years ago.

Actress Carrie Fisher has declared her mother Debbie Reynolds "heartbroken" over her on-going struggles in starting up a Hollywood memorabilia museum.

Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn and his family have been honoured AFI Associates of the American Film Institute for their "creative contributions" to the entertainment industry.

ENTERTAINER Donald O’Connor, who combined comedy and acrobatics in the show-stopping Make ’Em Laugh number in the classic movie Singin’ in the Rain, died on Saturday, his daughter said. He was 78.

Donald O’Connor, who combined comedy and acrobatics in the show-stopping Make ’Em Laugh number in the classic movie Singin’ In The Rain, has died at 78.

Kelly Fisher is just two matches away from an amazing Grand Slam - but she faces a tough test in the first against the young pretender of ladies snooker.

Rare memorabilia from Star Wars and other movies is being auctioned online by Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds.