SOUL singer Solomon Burke, who wrote Everybody Needs Somebody To Love and recorded the hit Cry To Me used in the movie Dirty Dancing, has died at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport.

Opera Mundi heads the weights for the John Smith’s Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter on Saturday.

Nick Moran and David Soul star in ‘Puritan’ (Metrodome, €24.99), a chilling film noir.

Soul veteran Lionel Richie sympathises with the plight of his reality TV star daughter Nicole, because her every move is monitored by fans using modern technology.

SUMMER SOUL, who made no show at Ballinrobe a week ago, is napped to land the At The Races Hurdle at Punchestown this evening.

Music legend Aretha Franklin wants Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson to play her in an upcoming film based on her life.

SINGER James Brown has agreed to forgo a jury trial and not contest a domestic violence charge because he “wanted to keep his family matters private”.

Entertainer James Brown has agreed to forgo a jury trial and not contest a domestic violence charge because he “wanted to keep his family matters private”.

James Brown, known as the Godfather of Soul, pleaded guilty today to a domestic violence charge stemming from an argument with his wife and was let off with a £620 fine.

The stars of cult TV classic Starsky and Hutch took a trip down memory lane as the Hollywood movie remake received its UK premiere.

The UK premiere of the new Starsky and Hutch movie will whisk fans back to the 1970s tonight.