Despite seeing ‘Red Dirt’ rejected by 14 publishers, EM Reapy stuck with the writing and it’s finally paid off, as her debut novel garners the plaudits. She talks to Sue Leonard.

Killer said he had explosive vests and car rigged with bombs

Omar Mateen was a bodybuilder and a security guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque and wanted to become a police officer.

Gunman Omar Mateen, who killed at least 50 people in a gay nightclub in Florida, was mentally unstable and had a history of using steroids, his ex-wife said.

Anti-racism charity Show Racism the Red Card has praised Leicester’s actions over their shamed players and called for the trio to be educated.

Tiger Woods vowed to "keep fighting" and ruled out using injury as an excuse after the worst round of his professional career left him staring at a last-place finish at the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn are reportedly engaged.

Premier League team news for 3pm kick-offs.

10 teams are starting their Premier League campaigns this afternoon.

Charlize Theron has fuelled rumours she and Sean Penn are set to wed.

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn are reportedly planning to get married "very soon".

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Charlize Theron and Sean Penn are reportedly planning to adopt.

House of Cards has revived Robin Wright’s acting career, says Ed Power

Sean Penn couldn't keep his hands off Charlize Theron in Los Angeles this weekend.

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One student has been injured in a shooting at a rural high school in California today and another has been taken into custody, US officials said.

Sean Penn thinks this ex-wives never loved him.

Anne Hathaway's performance in 'Les Miserables' is "breathtaking", says (ever-so-slightly-biased) director Tom Hopper.

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Robin Wright thinks it is a "gift" to work on a movie franchise.

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HUNDREDS of people took part in a protest march to assert what they say is a traditional right of way on Fenit Island, a scenic and historic island off the coast of Kerry, yesterday.

Dennis Hopper’s widow has prevented the sale of part of his art collection.

Sean Penn lost “half of everything” in his divorce.

MORE than a fifth of the world’s plant species faces the threat of extinction, a trend with potentially catastrophic effects for life on Earth, according to research.

Sean Penn’s divorce from Robin Wright has been finalised.

Dennis Hopper’s seven-year-old daughter missed his funeral last week.

Sean Penn admits his ex-wife Robin Wright Penn is a “ghost” to him.

DENNIS Hopper, who brought the counter culture to Hollywood with Easy Rider and led a career marked by successes, failures and comebacks, has died at the age of 74.

Dennis Hopper's friends, loved-ones and co-stars have been paying tribute to the late actor.

Dennis Hopper, the Hollywood actor and director whose memorable career included the 1969 hit 'Easy Rider', has died aged 74.

Dennis Hopper’s estranged wife and daughter can live on his property while the couple resolve their bitter divorce case and the actor fights prostate cancer, a US judge ruled.

A Los Angeles judge ruled today that 'Easy Rider' star Dennis Hopper’s estranged wife and daughter would be allowed to live on the actor’s property while the couple engage in a bitter divorce battle.

Actor Dennis Hopper has attended the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Dennis Hopper is terminally ill and unable to undergo chemotherapy as he battles prostate cancer, his lawyer wrote in a court filing.

Dennis Hopper is too ill to fight his divorce.