Eoin O’Callaghan on the curious friendship between a boxing legend and a Nobel Prize winning author.

Donald Trump’s life and career have been defined by his legal battles. But do the attorneys who guided him through the courtrooms of New York and New Jersey know how to navigate Washington? Jonathan Mahler reports

‘Angela’s Ashes’ took the literary world by storm and now Frank McCourt’s masterpiece is coming to the stage as a musical. Esther McCarthy goes behind the scenes at rehearsals.

It’s been four years since her debut album, but Lorde is now ready for the crown, writes Jonah Weiner.

Conor McGregor could hardly have done more to make New York sit up and take notice, writes Brendan O’Brien

Pride parades in New York, San Francisco and other US cities drew millions of revellers yesterday, two weeks after a mass shooting at a Florida nightclub galvanised the LGBT community, and rekindled outrage over American gun violence.

We've already had Captain America Civil War this year but Marvel isn't done with the box office yet.

No one quite does Christmas like New York, with a wonderful festive feel and some cracking bargains to boot, writes Vickie Maye. 

Not quite the “if you’re Irish come into the parlour” evocation” but there’s a huge sense of the green jersey at play in this Greenwich, New York townhouse. 

Nina Simone may be a dinner party staple, but there is also a deep and darker side to the singer, says Ed Power

She created Carrie Bradshaw; now she’s writing about the Sex and the City generation hitting their middle years. Will Pavia meets — and is terrified by — Candace Bushnell.

Rory Gallagher, Van Morrison and the Clancys were among the Irish musicians influenced by Lead Belly, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

Cathy Desmond took a bite of the Big Apple some thirty years ago — and now that she’s back for more, she finds a calmer, quieter place.

Joni Mitchell is in intensive care but in ‘good spirits’ in a Los Angeles-area hospital.

Check out our guide to the best TV to watch on this rain-soaked evening.

Leonard Cohen celebrates his milestone birthday by releasing a new album today, writes Ed Power

Gourmet tours are cropping up all over the globe, tying food and travel more closely together than ever. It’s time to tuck in, says Pól Ó Conghaile.

Sam Worthington allegedly tried to use his celebrity status to avoid being charged with assault.

REGULAR readers may have noticed that last week’s column, which fell on March 17, contained no mention of the day in question.

Most basketball fans with even the slightest bit of self-respect become worn out pretty quickly by whatever the New York Knicks are selling.

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Avatar star Sam Worthington has been arrested in New York City, accused of punching a photographer after the man kicked his girlfriend in the shin.

Her massive 1987 hit brought her almost instant fame, but Suzanne Vega couldn’t reconcile her success with the dark subject matter of ‘Luca’, says Ed Power.

Hollywood stars have paid tribute to Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his apartment with what officials said was a needle in his arm.

News of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death was first announced — erroneously — just a few days before he was found dead in his apartment.

August: Osage County ****

No decade of the 20th century is as talked about as the 1960s.

A Canadian bit-part actress bombarded Alec Baldwin with lovesick, demanding messages, packed her belongings and arrived uninvited at the actor’s homes in Manhattan and the Hamptons, a court has heard.

He's not bad, but he's no Luke Kelly.

IT was a bitter political defeat. Formerly a front-runner for one of the United States’ most prestigious offices, an emotional Christine Quinn accepted her failure to secure the Democratic nomination for the New York mayoral election, and with her vanquished hopes went the last vestige of the Irish grip on Gotham.

Baz Luhrmann’s 3D extravaganza The Great Gatsby, one of the year’s most eagerly anticipated films, will open the Cannes Film Festival tonight.

WITH Blackrock Castle Observatory focused on all things astronomical, it’s apt that trials on a growing system in the attached cafe should involve ... rocket.

The Brightside Tavern in Jersey City is beginning to fill up with supporters of Barack Obama and the city’s long-time mayor, Jerramiah Healy.

From celeb-filled fundraisers in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village to state dinners at the White House, rumours of political aspirations for the Vogue editrix are flying around town.

As he starts an Irish tour, Arlo Guthrie recalls how his father Woody gave him his first guitar when he was just five, writes Gerry Quinn

A US judge will rule in September on an attempt by a Canadian actress to have stalking charges lodged by Hollywood star Alec Baldwin thrown out of court.

The Juice — Vinous Veritas

Writer and journalist George Kimball hung on long enough for one last American Independence Day. He died a year ago on Friday.

Katie Holmes is concerned she is being watched by private investigators hired by Scientologists.

A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the US, ending a nearly month-long diplomatic tussle that had tested US-China relations.