Oprah Winfrey has been named the highest earning woman in Hollywood for the second year in a row.

TV’s Judge Judy Sheindlin was rushed to hospital in Los Angeles for an undisclosed ailment while recording her show.

The man claiming that one of J K Rowling's Harry Potter books was lifted from another work has been ordered to pay more than £1.5m (€1.7m) into court as security for the costs of the author and her publisher - or the case will be struck out.

HUGH LAURIE is the highest paid actor in a US television drama, according to a new survey.