Mariah Carey will allegedly file for divorce from Nick Cannon "very soon."

Paul McCartney helped a man propose at his concert.

Justin Bieber was detained for several hours at LAX airport in Los Angeles yesterday.

Oasis are re-releasing their debut album 'Definitely Maybe' with previously unheard tracks to celebrate the LP's 20th anniversary.

Filming on One Direction's concert movie will begin this weekend.

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today said financial reforms and other measures in response to the global crisis are yielding results, helping the American economy to grow at a pace better than there was reason to expect.

Donald “Duck” Dunn, the bassist who helped create the gritty Memphis soul sound at Stax Records in the 1960s with the legendary group Booker T and the MGs and contributed to classics such as In the Midnight Hour, Hold On I’m Coming and Sitting On The Dock of The Bay, has died at 70.

Lady Gaga thinks she will "die of excitement" over her forthcoming tour.

The world’s oldest dog has died at 26 years and eight months.

AT 14.46 on March 11, Japan was hit by one of the most powerful earthquakes in recorded history. We are now making all-out efforts to restore livelihoods and recover from the series of tragedies that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Paris Hilton is heading to Asia after escaping jail.

THE Taoiseach has strongly condemned the Israeli attacks in Gaza — denouncing them as “disproportionate” and a hindrance to long-term peace in the region.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said today that the company was not pursuing other deals following its withdrawal of its $47.5bn (€30.6bn) takeover bid for Yahoo.

Pop star Bjork has been re-invited to perform at Serbia's Exit rock festival after organisers initially balked at her outspoken political beliefs.

Icelandic singer Bjork has waded into the row over her cancelled appearance at a Serbian music festival - insisting she is a singer and "not a politician".

Campaigning rocker Bob Geldof has branded Al Gore's forthcoming Live Earth concert as "just an enormous pop concert" - and lacking any concrete measures to fight global warming.

Actress Kirsten Dunst and English rocker Johnny Borrell have gone public with their new romance at the world premiere of Spider-Man 3 in Tokyo, Japan.

Michael Jackson has ended his self-imposed exile and set up a new home in America - 19 months after he left following his acquittal on child molestation charges.

Kyodo News agency in Tokyo, Japan, reports magnitude 4.9 quake in north-eastern North Korea at suspected test site, citing the Meteorological Agency.

Iraqi forces should be able to control the country’s internal security within two years, but will still need foreign help to patrol its borders, the Iraqi national security adviser said today.

Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood has promised the governor of Tokyo, Japan, he will respect the capital's war sites when he visits to shoot his controversial World War II film.

DARREN Clarke has admitted defeat in his bid to join Padraig Harrington as Ireland’s representatives in the World Cup in Seville on November 18-21.

Datalex has signed a multi-year deal with leading Japanese travel group JTB Corporation.

Clinical research company Olympus Diagnostica is to create 22 new jobs in a €5m expansion of its Research and Development facility in Co Clare.

PolarLake has announced the release of PolarLake Web Services Express, [WSE] a web services platform based on PolarLake, its enterprise strength XML development and deployment platform.

The regeneration of Afghanistan is to benefit with aid from the international community to the tune of US$500m from the EU and €12m from Ireland.

Irish company Eontec has announced the opening of a new office in Tokyo, Japan, that will serve as the foundation for the company's expansion across Asia Pacific.