It’s the first time I’ve seen indie art rock pop band Foals perform live and I can’t help but feel excited. 

Claiming her place in history, Hillary Clinton declared victory in her bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party.

Tim Roth was one of the old stalwarts Quentin Tarantino teamed up with for his upcoming western, The Hateful Eight, writes Helen Barlow

A US senator has said comparing corruption within Fifa to the mafia would be insulting to the mafia.

The world’s oldest man, a retired educator from Japan, has died at the age of 112.

Google says it is “appalled” and has apologised to a black couple after the firm’s new Photos app mistakenly labelled them as “gorillas”.

When Susannah Mushatt Jones and Emma Morano were born in 1899, there was not yet a world war or penicillin, and electricity was still a marvel.

Jeralean Talley, the world’s oldest-known person, has died in Michigan, 26 days after her 116th birthday, a family spokeswoman said.

Former Fifa executive committee member Chuck Blazer agreed to act undercover for US prosecutors and has been co-operating since at least 2011 in the government’s investigation of football corruption.

Lindsay Lohan will flee to Monaco if she doesn't complete her court ordered community service by the deadline.

Andy Lee’s big showdown with Peter ‘Kid Chocolate’ Quillin is now a non-title fight after the American failed to make the weight limit.

A UK-based Pakistani terrorism suspect was among several young recruits under orders by al Qaida to infiltrate Western society and pull off the biggest operation since the September 11 2001 attacks, a prosecutor has said in opening statements.

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A guitar that John Lennon played on the recording of The Beatles song Paperback Writer is expected to fetch up to $1m at auction.

New Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Cat Stevens is taking the Peace Train back on the road.

American short story writer Ben Marcus tells JP O’Malley that it’s important to learn from tradition but that it’s also important to redefine it.

Peter Gabriel has suggested at a possible Genesis reunion.

The US Senate confirmed Janet Yellen as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, elevating an advocate of fighting unemployment and a backer of the central bank’s efforts to spur the economy with low interest rates and massive bond purchases.

Miley Cyrus smoked a rolled cigarette at the MTV Europe Music Awards because she knew everyone would "go wild".

P-Stew - that's Sir Patrick Stewart to you lot - tied the knot over the weekend, and his wedding picture is officially Dr. Cute McCute, PhD.

Patrick Stewart has tied the knot with Sunny Ozell.

Lady Gaga had a hole in her hip the "size of a quarter" before she underwent to surgery.

Lana Del Rey has appeared to slam Lady Gaga in a leaked track posted online.

Justin Timberlake, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis lead this year's MTV Video Music Award nominations.

The professional boxing season has thrown up several dramatic fights and one master class from ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd Mayweather in recent weeks.

Doctors successfully delivered a baby boy from a young woman after she and her husband were killed in a horrific hit-and-run car crash.

Beyonce has unveiled plans for a world tour, including two dates in Ireland.

Halle was rushed to hospital after an accident last night.

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PLAYWRIGHT and novelist Belinda McKeon says she has learned most about health from her parents who brought her up on the family farm in Co Longford.

The shortlist for the €100,000 IMPAC award for literary fiction was revealed this morning, says Carl Dixon

A man accused of killing a woman by setting her on fire in a lift has told police he did it because she owed him $2,000 (€1,500) for some work he had done for her, police officials said.

After college the Dubliner moved to Spain, where he lived for six years, teaching English as a foreign language.

THE Government is planning to pilot a “one-stop shop” for victims of domestic and sexual violence in 2011.

Cambodia’s prime minister said today the horrific festival stampede which killed at least 349 people was the country’s biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge.

Jake Gyllenhaal reportedly spent £100,000 (€120,000) flying new love Taylor Swift to London.

Taylor Swift is reportedly dating Jake Gyllenhaal.

Aretha Franklin has been forced to cancel two shows after breaking her ribs in a fall.

THE ashes of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Frank McCourt will be scattered today at a very special location in his adolescent life in the Limerick countryside.

Madonna has been confirmed as the new face of Dolce and Gabbana.

Michelle Williams refuses to bring daughter Matilda up in Los Angeles - because of the legacy of her late father Heath Ledger.

The actor who played the gay firefighter lover of a closeted mobster on hit TV show 'The Sopranos' was found dead after apparently committing suicide.

Beyonce Knowles has been piling on the pounds to play jazz and blues great Etta James in the new movie 'Cadillac Records'.