XOXOXO (Hugs and Kisses): Although you might have only seen it at the end of texts or WhatsApps, it has a storied history, writes Colm O’Regan. 

Louise Duffy works out several times a week and snacks on fruit and nuts during the day.

Before starting a new tour, veteran US comedian Jerry Seinfeld tests out his material on the small club circuit, tweaking his content depending on the reaction of seasoned audiences.

Game of Thrones conquered the Emmy kingdom, winning top drama for the second consecutive year and becoming the most honoured prime-time TV series ever on a night of surprises and sharp political jabs.

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You see a lot of things in West Hollywood. Today, for example, I saw a hefty, blimp-shaped man wearing nothing but a long brown wig and pink thong bikini while cycling his bicycle. 

Sixty years ago today, if Swede Hans Jeppson wanted to toast the appearance of his name in the first Guinness Book of Records using the most expensive bottle of wine commercially available, he would have had to spend a staggering £8 on a 1949 Feinste Trockenbeeren Auslese, a white wine from the Rhine Valley.

This week online video platform Hulu decided to recreate Jerry Seinfeld’s famous New York apartment as a tribute to the popular show.

As he gets ready for the Cat Laughs festival, Al Lubel tells Richard Fitzpatrick why he’s better at stand-up than his old job defending criminals

David Letterman has been ushered into retirement by four US presidents declaring “our long national nightmare is over” and a succession of stars delivering a final top 10 list of things they always wanted to say to the late-night TV host.

The three-and-a-half-hour special featured a range of their classic sketches and a bunch of their former hosts.

The number of high-end sports cars roaring onto Irish roads has doubled over the past year.

From time to time, I become convinced that professional sport, as we know it, will cease to exist within my potential lifetime. Will decline, anyway.

YOU know you’ve made it when Jerry Seinfeld phones to take you for a jaunt on his show Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Todd Barry, who will perform in Dublin and Galway later this month, joined America’s comedy royalty, including Tina Fey, Mel Brooks and Larry David, for coffee and a chat with Seinfeld (who picks the ride) in a red 1966 MGB Roadster sports car.

There’s no getting away from football in Brazil this month — which is absolutely fabulous if you’re a fan.

Hugh Jackman thinks there should be a 'Wolverine' prequel.

An investor has forked out $147m (€106m) to become the owner of the most expensive property in the US.

It’s 10 years since Friends wrapped, an event watched by over 52 million viewers, making it the fifth biggest television finale in US history.

Mad Men fans are gearing up for the final series — but how will it end for Don Draper? John Daly looks back at other iconic TV show finales.

A break from the norm for a bit of light relief this week, if only to mark David Moyes’ sudden change in fortunes on Wednesday night.

When you really start to break it all down, it’s worth considering what a football club actually is beyond a name. What lasts from one generation to the next? What makes, say, the Tottenham Hotspur of 2013 the same entity as that of 1963.

Secretly, I always wanted to give stand-up a shot. I was, depending on the class, relatively funny in school.

A constant presence on the national airwaves since the 1970s, Pat Kenny has spent the last 41 years as the chameleon of Irish broadcasting.

For the self-help industry, the most wonderful time of the year arrives not at Christmas but in the weeks immediately afterward — that segment of the calendar known to publishers and motivational speakers worldwide as ‘New Year, New You’.

With one glance at the invitation to Stella McCartney’s summer fashion show, it was obvious it would be quirky, decorated as it was with clear plastic tubing shaped into the form of spectacles.

We have known for a long time now that football cannot die.

It was the sitcom that was ahead of its time. But was it cursed when it ended, asks Noelle McCarthy

IT’S FAIR to say that since his sitcom Seinfeld ended in 1998, Jerry Seinfeld has not really wanted to do that much.

Celine Dion has been forced to cancel even more of her Las Vegas shows because of a virus.

US comedian Jerry Seinfeld is to perform at The O2, Dublin on Sunday, May 13, 2012, it was announced today.

I HEARD the great American sports writer Jerry Izenberg blow the dust of some great tales this week on Newstalk’s Off the Ball programme.

Jerry Seinfeld doesn't mind suffering for his art.

HOLLYWOOD’S A-list celebrities bid a star-studded farewell to Oprah Winfrey in a double-taping of her talk show that included messages from her fans around the world.

Dermot O’Leary has been confirmed as the host of new comedy panel show ‘The Marriage Ref’.

Jerry Seinfeld is getting £1m (€1.17m) for a one-off stand-up show in London.

At the age of 68, Paul McCartney performed a two-hour, 27-song set in front of celebrities like Jerry Seinfeld, Alec Baldwin, Martha Stewart, Tony Bennett and Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood.

The best of times, the worst of times, as Rebels chase the big one

After the trigger word ‘Saipan’ was alluded to, Keane quickly and clinically rattled through the shortcomings of half of Capello’s squad.

US President Barack Obama and his family were bouncing in their seats at a White House tribute concert for former Beatle Paul McCartney.

Madonna is taking on a new role as a marriage referee, despite being twice-divorced herself.

Charlie Sheen wants to build a baseball court and stand at his new house.

'Seinfeld' star Julia Louis Dreyfus is ready to revive the hit 1990s sitcom for the big screen - after reuniting with her former castmates for guest spots on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'.

Rihanna is determined to give herself a fresh start following her alleged fight with boyfriend Chris Brown last month - the singer has been spotted househunting in Los Angeles.