Irish women are following the example of Hollywood stars such as Sandra Bullock and Charlize Theron in choosing single motherhood, as a leading fertility clinic recorded a sharp rise in single, female patients.

OWEN WILSON looks very skinny, almost frail when he walks through the corridor of Renaissance hotel in Hollywood, surrounded by his retinue of publicists and handlers.

U2 have joined a host of celebrities to help raise money for the thousands of families left homeless by Hurricane Katrina.

Ben Stiller is starring in a new comedy Along Came Polly with Jennifer Aniston, which has just opened in the States. And he’s about to start filming a sequel to Meet the Parents, called Meet the Fockers.

The biggest stars of pop and fashion descended on London tonight as the beautiful and the musical joined forces to raise thousands of pounds for charity.