Many of the great stars of the 1980s are disappearing. Last week alone, we bade goodbye to businessman Feargal Quinn and to actor Ken Kercheval, the man who played the long suffering rival of JR Ewing, Cliff Barnes, on the TV soap, Dallas.

I ordered some tractor diesel the other day, and when JR Ewing himself came out to deliver it, I had to laugh. 

George Kennedy, the tough-guy character actor who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a chain gang convict in the 1960s classic Cool Hand Luke, has died.

Dan McCarthy takes a trip down memory lane with a book that charts 101 items from our recent popular history from TV show Wanderly Wagon to the Aran jumper to the ‘I shot JR car sticker’    

In these confusing times, R&B crooner Ne-Yo most likely thinks of Manchester City whenever he delivers the line: "How can something that feels so right be so wrong?"

Tributes were flooding in from around the world today following the death of Dallas star Larry Hagman.

The success of hit series Desperate Housewives paved the way for the return of classic US soap opera Dallas, according to a star of both shows.

PJ Gallagher is out on tour while he awaits surgery on his injured leg, says Richard Fitzpatrick

AT HIS address on the opening night of RTÉ, 50 years ago today, President Éamon de Valera worried that TV might “lead through demoralisation to decadence and disillusion”.

JR EWING has returned to Dallas after 20 years.

Actor Larry Hagman said today he had been diagnosed with cancer.

WELL, tip my 10-gallon hat and fix me a bourbon — if it ain’t the wiliest ole’ coyote in the Lone Star State makin’ his way back to the small screen.

The 1980s US soap 'Dallas' is to be resurrected 20 years after the original ended and about 30 years after its heyday by US network TNT.

* January 6: Three members of UDR killed by an IRA landmine near Castlewellan, Co Down.

The big screen remake of Dallas is to be turned into a comedy.

ACTOR John Travolta is to play the lead female role in the new film version of Hairspray, according to reports.

Jennifer Lopez has dropped out of the Dallas movie.

Jennifer Lopez has abruptly quit the much-anticipated big screen remake of classic 1970s show Dallas.

Veteran Dallas star Larry Hagman is thrilled that John Travolta will play JR Ewing, the character he created, in the big screen version of the hit TV series.

John Travolta and Jennifer Lopez have reportedly been offered the two lead roles in a movie remake of the 1980s television series 'Dallas'.

BARBARA Bel Geddes, the winsome actress who rose to stage and movie stardom but reached her greatest fame as Miss Ellie Ewing in the long-running TV series Dallas, has died. She was 82.

Former Dallas star Barbara Bel Geddes has died of lung cancer. She was 82.

Donal Musgrave

Hear the words "home cinema" and you might be tempted to think of the kind of hedonistic den JR Ewing would enjoy, with plush row seating, a proscenium arch and a flickering projector.

Larry Hagman has a constant reminder of his boozy past - the picture of the man whose liver kept the former Dallas star alive.

EastEnders ended the week on a high note at the British Soap Awards, putting Dirty Den’s real-life antics behind them.

David Beckham was today named the greatest pop culture icon, beating Hollywood stars, Madonna and Elvis.

Hear the words "home cinema" and you might be tempted to think of the kind of hedonistic den JR Ewing would enjoy, with plush row seating, a proscenium arch and a flickering projector. That whole package is available at a price.

Kya deLongchamps

Villainous oilman JR Ewing is set to be resurrected in a feature film version of the soap opera Dallas.

Liverpool's European match on Thursday will kick off 15 minutes late to allow TV viewers to find out who shot EastEnders hardman Phil Mitchell.