Former One Direction singer Harry Styles has dispensed with his boyband heartthrob status to play a regular soldier in Christopher Nolan’s WW2 drama, Dunkirk, says Shilpa Ganatra.

Louis Tomlinson has revealed his mother's dying wish was for him to reconcile with Zayn Malik.

Ed Sheeran has said that online abuse has driven him off Twitter.

He has previously been inked with Selena Gomez and more recently Victoria's Secret Model Barbara Palvin.

MUSIC NEWS: Radiohead may have got some stick recently for playing in Israel, but Thom Yorke and co are back on more solid ground with the announcement of a 20th anniversary release of their classic OK Computer album.

Fans have been flooding Twitter with condolences and support for Zayn using the hashtag #RIPArshiya.

And the rest is history.

Complete with pout and accent.

FILM TIPS: The Young Offenders is in cinemas today and you’d imagine the Cork comedy will do flying business in its home city over the weekend, as well as drawing plenty punters in foreign counties. 

We’re not worthy.

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Zayn Malik has said he would consider a One Direction reunion “if the time was right and that was the right thing to do”.

Liam Payne would welcome Zayn Malik back to One Direction with open arms.

From Charlie Sheen’s revelation that he is HIV positive, to Bruce Jenner’s remarkable transformation to Caitlyn, and births, deaths, and marriages, Kelly O’Brien has tried to keep track of all the celebrity news from 2015

One Direction fans are gearing up for an emotional weekend as the band prepare to play what could be their final gig tonight.

Niall Horan and the other four members of boy band One Direction last year more than doubled their company’s cashpile to £42m (€57m).

Simon Cowell thinks Zayn Malik needs to take time out from Twitter.

Zayn Malik is "a f***ing idiot" according to Jake Roche.

Simon Cowell, plus his new beard, said 1D have made the best album ever as a foursome at the premiere of the first X Factor show in London.

The break won’t be permanent ... probably. It’s been a bumpy year for everyone’s favorite luxuriously coiffed boy band.

One Direction are going to split in March of next year for at least a year.

It’s okay for a boy to obsess over the Premiership. But the same rules don’t apply to teen girls, says Young Adult Writer of the Year Louise O’Neill. 

Perrie Edwards said she is “heartbroken” after splitting from her former One Direction fiance Zayn Malik.

One Direction fans reacted with dismay to a report that band member Louis Tomlinson is to become a father.

GAME OF THRONES star EMILIA CLARKE has revealed why she has been hobbling about on crutches — she simply slipped. The actress — Daenerys Targaryen in the hit HBO show — has been pictured sporting some kind of leg injury.

The world famous physicist Stephen Hawking has revealed that he would consider assisted suicide if he were in great pain or had nothing left to contribute to the world and had become a burden to loved ones.

Loved by camera-ready celebrities, contouring is supposed to sculpt the face into a symmetrical ideal of beauty. So what does TV3’s Anna Daly think?

Hozier won two Billboard Music Awards at Sunday’s ceremony in Las Vegas, winning top rock artist and top rock song for ‘Take Me to Church’.

The future father-in-law of a Cork man whose stag has caused a storm of controversy has defended him as a “decent guy” who would not knowingly offend anyone, Roy Keane has revealed that he wouldn’t swap his time working with Alex Ferguson ’for anything’ and picture goes viral after two girls kiss in front of No protestors in Dublin. These are some of the latest and most read news on irishexaminer.com this lunchtime.

Irish stars U2, Enya and Niall Horan feature prominently in new lists of millionaire musicians.

Lulu feels sorry for Zayn Malik.

The pick of the programmes from tonight's TV.

One Direction have returned to the UK to work on their album.

USA: Officials said a 62-year-old man holding a fish he caught on a boat in a San Diego bay was pulled overboard by a sea lion.

Comedian Bill Maher has received a pretty strong backlash from One Direction fans after comparing Zayn Malik to one of the terrorists involved with the Boston marathon bombing.

Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards were "glued" to each other whilst on holiday.

Beatles drummer Ringo Starr says he still misses his “brothers” in the band and said it must be harder being in a boyband today than in the era-defining Liverpool group.

Here’s a quick look at the latest music, gig, film and entertainment news.