JERRY Leiber, who with longtime partner Mike Stoller wrote Hound Dog, Jailhouse Rock, Yakety Yak, Stand By Me and other hit songs that came to define early rock ‘n’ roll, has died. He was 78.

Sir Elton John paid tribute to Dame Elizabeth Taylor during a concert in Pittsburgh by dedicating a song to the film legend and Aids activist who died yesterday.

Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen roles were often upstaged by her stormy personal life, died today aged 79.

Actress Elizabeth Taylor has died at the age of 79.

Serena Williams this week underwent emergency treatment as a result of a blood clot in her lung, according to reports in America.

The former ‘O.C.’ actress Mischa Barton was taken to Los Angeles’ Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by police on Wednesday , after being placed under a 5150 hold - a piece of US legislation which means she poses a danger to herself or others.

Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly were given a police escort to a Los Angeles hospital on Friday.

Marcheline Bertrand, actress and mother of Angelina Jolie, has died of cancer, her daughter said today.

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy who nicknamed his brain tumour “Frank” and whose mother launched an online auction to help pay for his medical bills is now cancer-free, his mother said yesterday.

Johnny Ramone, guitarist for the legendary punk band The Ramones, is in hospital in Los Angeles with an infection related to prostate cancer, his publicist said today.

Actor Lincoln Kilpatrick, who appeared in more than 40 movies and got his first break when he was cast in the theatrical production of A Raisin in the Sun, has died.