A high-kicking Kung Fu Panda and a diary-toting Wimpy Kid joined the giant balloon lineup as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade unfolded today, drawing tens of thousands of spectators to the annual extravaganza on a chilly, overcast morning.

A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park's 'Strawberry Fields' and sang lyrics from Imagine to honour Beatles legend John Lennon on his 70th birthday.

EMMY-WINNING actor Alec Baldwin, a star of NBC’s 30 Rock, was examined yesterday at a hospital after his daughter called 911, a law enforcement official said.

U2 rocker Bono has finally sold his New York apartment for $4.9m (€3.1m), three years after first putting it on the market.

A GIANT balloon at a Thanksgiving parade in New York snagged a street light in Times Square and caused part of it to fall into the crowd, injuring a woman and a child.

A giant balloon at a Thanksgiving parade in New York snagged a street light in Times Square and caused part of it to fall into the crowd, injuring a woman and a child, according to police and eyewitness accounts.

The man who killed Ex-Beatle John Lennon almost 25 years ago considered himself a “white knight” on an unstoppable crusade, it emerged today.

John Lennon’s former personal assistant exploited the ex-Beatle and his wife Yoko Ono by stealing priceless family photos and mementos, then selling them to collectors, a lawyer claimed today.

Yoko Ono and John Lennon’s former personal assistant have no plans to give peace a chance.