Two directors of the Cork-based Kentech group have secured a two-month stay on execution of judgments for $683,000 (€539,000) against them following disputes about implementation of a settlement agreement to buy another director’s shares for $11m.

US ACTOR-DIRECTOR Sean Penn, who this year is head of the Cannes festival jury, comes to the film extravaganza bringing his own romantic plot.

Jude Law travelled and filmed in treacherous areas of eastern Afghanistan to help promote the United Nation’s annual day of worldwide cease-fire and non-violence.

Motley Crue singer Vince Neil has been accused of assaulting an employee of a Dallas, Texas, nightclub after a disagreement over sound levels during a concert.