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A GENERATION is waking up to its mortality, writes Victoria White. That’s what’s been happening for the last 10 days as Bowie’s Blackstar reaches No 1 in the US and the UK charts and his tracks are streamed 19m times in the space of a week.

Some of the stanger stories from around the world

Hanging out with Elvis and The Beatles were just part of the fun for Ireland’s biggest showband, writes Ed Power

We bring you a round up of all the latest news and reviews from the world of entertainment. 

Rebel without a cause James Dean has been transformed into a hipster with a tattoo in an art project bringing some of Hollywood’s biggest stars into the 21st century.

Elvis Presley’s first recording is among the memorabilia being auctioned on what would have been his 80th birthday.

A spoiler-free guide to tonight's telly. It's cold out there. Take it easy.

Cindy Crawford has withdrawn her children from school.

It really upsets me when I drive on the M8 motorway and see the sign ancestral home of Barack Obama and all the hype and publicity it gets — even our Taoiseach dropped in on July 4 to visit a new complex which opened up recently, and yet here we are a year later and no mention of Hacketstown, Co Carlow, birth place of William Presley great, great, great grandfather to the King of Rock ‘n Roll.

For 30 years, tourists have paid money to get a look at two planes once owned by Elvis Presley at Graceland in Memphis.

An Irish DJ has been invited to rock Glastonbury.

A Channel 4 show which attempts to sequence the DNA of historical figures from Adolf Hitler to Marilyn Monroe claims to have discovered what could have caused Elvis Presley’s early death.

Susan Boyle felt the spirit of Elvis Presley when she recorded a duet with him.

Michael Jackson regained the title of the top-earning dead celebrity in the past year, easily surpassing Elvis Presley and cartoonist Charles Schulz, Forbes magazine said.

Elvis Presley fans from around the world made their annual pilgrimage to Graceland yesterday to pay their respects to the rock and roll icon with a candlelight vigil on the 36th anniversary of his death.

Elvis Presley fans from around the world are making their annual pilgrimage to Graceland to pay their respects to the rock and roll icon with a candlelight vigil on the 36th anniversary of his death.

We hear much about the magic of sport, but after a week like this might it be worth reflecting on what has become of that other great sport of magic?

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeller who sold millions of records through TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy “Mars Attacks!”, has died in Florida aged 90.

The only known surviving promotional copy of Elvis Presley’s first hit has sold to a mystery internet bidder for an eye-catching €64,000 at a major Dublin auction.

The original recording of Elvis Presley’s first radio hit could leave collectors all shook up when it goes under the hammer in Dublin this month.

Rock star Reg Presley, lead singer of The Troggs, has died following a battle with lung cancer.

Michael Jackson could not cope with the life he and his exploitative promoters built for him. Esther N McCarthy looks at the harrowing evidence

Priscilla Presley is dating a British TV presenter 27 years her junior.

Priscilla Presley thinks 'The Simpsons' should be banned because "it's not good for kids".

Michael Jackson earned more than any other dead musician in the 2012.

ELVIS Presley’s daughter is releasing an album today. Storm and Grace is Lisa Marie’s third, but the first in which she has found her voice.

With a string of gold albums and the signature Moon River, Andy Williams — who has died at the age of 84 — was a voice of the 1960s in America, although not the ’60s people usually hear about now.

Elvis Presley’s ex-wife Priscilla and their daughter Lisa Marie stunned a crowd of thousands on Wednesday when they greeted fans who had flocked to Graceland for a candlelight vigil marking the 35th anniversary of the singer’s death.

Elvis Presley’s crypt has left the auction block.

The Beatles have held off artists such as Elvis Presley and Madonna to be declared the biggest selling singles act since charts began 60 years ago.

For the right price, you or a loved one can rest in peace in the tomb of The King.

Bobby Womack thinks Elvis Presley "stole" his entire career.

Lana Del Rey counts Britney Spears as one of her biggest influences.

MICHAEL JACKSON was named this year’s top-earning dead celebrity in a list compiled by financial website Forbes.com, earning the title for the second year in a row following his death in 2009.

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann got her Elvis Presley dates all shook up during a campaign stop in South Carolina.

The Beckhams have added to their roll-call of exotically named children with latest addition Harper Seven.

“LIFE ain’t easy for a boy named Sue” sang Johnny Cash. Well, imagine what it’s like for a boy named Timotei.

The Mississippi River crested in Memphis today at a height just inches short of the area’s all-time record but still soaking low-lying areas with enough water to require a massive cleanup.

Cindy Crawford is unhappy that today's models are so much skinnier than her contemporaries.

James F. Neal, the lawyer who regularly grabbed headlines - whether prosecuting Jimmy Hoffa or key Watergate figures, or defending Elvis Presley's doctor or the Exxon Corp after the Alaska oil spill - has died. He was 81.

Cindy Crawford takes pole-dancing classes to keep her marriage alive.

Robbie Williams is being treated for a physical illness, rather than suffering from depression as he had believed.