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.

Michael Jackson has been named the highest-earning dead celebrity of the past year.

THE River Café on the edge of the Thames in Hammersmith was started as a staff canteen for architect Richard Rodgers and his team in 1985. His wife Ruthie and her friend Rose Gray loved to cook and had fun reproducing the Italian food they enjoyed on holiday in Tuscany and Florence.

Michael Jackson has earned $90m (€61m) since he died.

THE American Richard Rodgers — of Rodgers and Hammerstein fame — wrote over 900 songs for 40 Broadway musicals but he could never have imagined any of his compositions being chorused at a wintry GAA pitch in Carrick-in-Shannon.

Irish actor Jim Norton has won a Tony Award in the United States for his performance in Conor McPherson's 'The Seafarer'.

Scarlett Johansson is reportedly in the running to star on Broadway in a “sexy” revival of musical South Pacific.

Homeowners in Northern Ireland will not see the benefits of the substantial drop in the price of gas reflected in their electricity bills, it was confirmed today.

US president George Bush toasted Oscar-winning actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Grammy-honoured singer Paul Simon and actor James Earl Jones, today for their achievements in the performing arts.