One of the world’s smallest surviving babies was discharged from the Los Angeles hospital where she spent nearly five months in an incubator – but not before getting the Hollywood treatment.

AN anonymous donor has offered to foot the likely €300,000 bill for a little Cork girl to have lifesaving treatment in the US.

Lady Gaga’s boyfriend Luc Carl dumped his girlfriend to get back together with the pop star.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates today announced he will give $10bn (€7.16bn) over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world’s poorest countries.

MEXICAN telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helú has overtaken Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the world’s richest person, Mexican financial website Sentido Comun has reported.

U2 frontman Bono and Microsoft billionaires Bill and Melinda Gates have been named People of the Year by US magazine Time.

Beach Boy founder Brian Wilson has pledged to telephone everyone who pledges 100 dollars to the Hurricane Katrina relief efforts – and has been inundated with calls.

Director Woody Allen has dismissed the September 11 attacks as a negligible historical event not worthy of the silver screen.

Hollywood beauty Radha Mitchell found playing the same character in different incarnations in Woody Allen's latest film Melinda and Melinda so tough, she thought the legendary film-maker would sack her.

Allen, famous for blowing hot and cold and, equally, for too often losing the plot in recent years, takes a step in the right direction with this clever and complex story.

Tickets are in hot demand for a host of Irish films set to premiere at the Jameson Dublin International Film festival, it has emerged tonight.

A galaxy of star-studded films has been revealed for the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, which gets under way on February 11 with the world premiere of director Pearse Elliott's debut feature, The Mighty Celt.

THE 49th Cork Film Festival opened last night at the city’s Opera House with the screening of a new feature, Inside I’m Dancing, by Irish director Damien O’Donnell.

Melinda Messenger has become a mother for the third time after giving birth to her first daughter.

SHIVERING and sweating feverishly, Felicia Egbuchue took the malaria medicine her doctor prescribed.

TV star Melinda Messenger gets a hug from son Morgan after being named Celebrity Mum of the Year.

The winner of Celebrity Big Brother being announced today as the latest series of the reality TV show comes to an end.

Sue has become the third housemate to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother House.

Former Take That heart throb Mark Owen and comic Sue Perkins were today up for eviction from the Celebrity Big Brother house.

The Big Brother housemates have begun tackling the assault course in preparation for tonight's task.

A new mini-task has been handed to the Celebrity Big Brother housemates.

Melinda's been telling the other housemates how Goldie was getting on her nerves.

Sue Perkins's TV partner Mel Giedroyc says viewers can expect a lot more comedy from the Celebrity Big Brother contestant.

Goldie and Les Dennis became the first celebrity contestants nominated for eviction from the Big Brother house.

Goldie and Les Dennis were the first celebrity contestants nominated for eviction from the Big Brother house tonight.

The six Celebrity Big Brother housemates were literally forced to make their own beds on their first night in the house.

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have a third child, baby girl Phoebe Adelle Gates.

Melinda Messenger is expecting her second child in February.