It’s not about playing well; it’s about looking good. That’s the impression given off by the latest ad for Guitar Hero Live, featuring Lenny Kravitz and James Franco.

HOFFS (hot, fit and fifty) are putting middle aged men under pressure. While once it was acceptable to put on a little weight, now it’s all about looking good, says Dave Robbins.

Suzanne Harrington takes a fan’s approach to hunting out the the elephant in the room. Madonna, she says has highlighted the fact that women after 50 are regarded as cultural castrati and should leave the sexual arena quietly — and to the young and beautiful.

Katy is reportedly unhappy that Russell chose to "involve himself" on the biggest night of her career.

Stars converged on the Super Bowl both on and off the field, with celebrities including Britney Spears and Mark Wahlberg among the spectators and an elaborate half-time show by Katy Perry.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne are among the presenters at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

Elbow, The Script and Lenny Kravitz have joined the line-up for the 2014 iTunes Festival.

Katie Holmes is dating Jamie Foxx.

Michael Fassbender is dating British Olympian Louise Hazel.

Author Dan Brown has been confirmed for the Dublin Writers Festival from May 20-26.

GIG WISE: It’s the hottest ticket in town … Dingle town at least, and probably the entire country.

Randy Jackson will remain as a judge on ‘American Idol’.

Philip Seymour Hoffman has signed up to appear in 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'.

Death is a lottery – literally – in Gary Ross’s nail-biting survival thriller based on the first chapter of Suzanne Collins’s post-apocalyptic trilogy.

Fashion’s enduring love of celebrity has recently found expression in a new guise — the rise of celebrity children as models and brand ambassadors.

France has paid tribute to Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz with its highest award, the Legion of Honor.

LEGENDARY musician Jimi Hendrix has been named the greatest guitar player in history by Rolling Stone magazine.

Holly Willoughby is being lined as a presenter for the BBC’s new talent show 'The Voice', which is viewed as a rival to 'The X Factor'.

Penn Badgley is dating Zoe Kravitz.

Cee Lo Green has pulled out of BBC One show 'The Voice'.

Lady Gaga, Marilyn Manson and Bjork have picked up nominations at the second O Music Awards.

Lenny Kravitz has been confirmed to perform an intimate show in London's Soho area.

Lenny Kravitz lives in a "trailer" on the beach in the Bahamas.

ESCORTED TOUR OF CALIFORNIA IN AUGUST

Zoe Kravitz's agent had to talk her into auditioning for 'X-Men: First Class'.

Aretha Franklin missed the Grammy Awards, but the Queen of Soul was far from forgotten.

Carlos Santana didn’t mind that it rained on his wedding day.

SURREAL celebrity encounters are a professional hazard in the pop industry but, even by the usual standards, Elisabeth “Lissie” Maurus has some bizarre stories to share.

Michael Jackson stated he wanted his comeback single to be 'Hold My Hand'.

Liam Neeson is too old to play Abraham Lincoln.

Courtney Love bought her teenage daughter a house so she could live alone.

Lenny Kravitz has confirmed that a previously unreleased Michael Jackson track leaked on to the internet is genuine – but said he had no idea how the song got there.

A YOUNG Dublin woman who sang with Irish pop band Fifth Avenue has been killed in a car crash at the start of her holiday in India.

Another contestant will be voted off the X Factor tonight.

Jay-Z is making “the most experimental” album he has ever recorded.

Lenny Kravitz helped Madonna adopt Mercy.

Reese Witherspoon is tending to a flock of chickens on her California ranch and has been handing out freshly-laid eggs to her friends.

Lenny Kravitz is determined to carve out a career as a serious actor - he has signed up for a string of movie roles following his acting debut.

SINGER Mariah Carey added a dash of glamour to the Cannes Film Festival yesterday.

The Cannes Film Festival gets a dose of diva glamour today with the screening of Mariah Carey’s new film.

Mariah Carey’s new film 'Push' was a big winner at the Sundance film festival, taking home two major gongs.

Lenny Kravitz has denied reports he is set to join supergroup Velvet Relvover. The 'Let Love Rule' singer fuelled speculation he'll be Scott Weiland's replacement in the band after he joined Slash and his mates in the studio.

Top US baseball player Alex Rodriguez’s wife filed for divorce today just days after the New York Yankees star was romantically linked to Madonna.

Madonna has denied reports of an affair with top US baseball player Alex Rodriguez.