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Taylor Swift scoops eight awards

Another day, another domination for Taylor Swift: She was the red hot winner at the Billboard Music Awards.

Timberlake abandons pop for new movie role

Actor and pop singer Justin Timberlake has revealed he had no problem changing his music style for his role in his new film.

Actor Furlong arrested in Hollywood

Actor Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend.

Maybe now Mick has a face to match his shirt

The first rule of book club is you don't talk about book club. Actually, it isn't. The only rule in most book clubs is that, if you haven't read the ruddy thing, then you're better off keeping your mouth shut. If only Mick Wallace had heeded this wise advice.

Smugness overload after Chelsea's Bafta

It was a week of drama and prestige as the summer awards season kicked off; the stars of the most creative work ever committed to celluloid scrubbed up and assembled to be garlanded with praise.

Obama threat to go rogue and speak out

President Obama apparently has his own Hollywood-inspired aspirations. According to a nugget buried in a New York Times story on Thursday, Obama has been telling aides that he is tempted to pull a "Bulworth" – that is to make like Warren Beatty's liberal senator character in the 1998 movie of the same name by going rogue and saying exactly what is on his mind regardless of the political fallout.

La creme de la creme for star Rachel's big day

IT'S going to be the Irish wedding of the year. And it's in France.

Lisa's not moved back in, reveals Gerald

It won't, sadly, be their own wedding but the nuptials of Kiera Dignam, (daughter of their VBF, Aslan singer Christy) to her beloved beau Darren.

La dolce vita for Ali and Bono

BONO still hasn't found the entree he's looking for. Sorry I couldn't resist that one when I heard that U2's ubermeister, along with his beautiful wife Ali, were in the Unicorn restaurant last weekend for lunch.

Don flies high with marriage proposal

DON O'Neill isn't just an ordinary designer, as fans such as Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie and Taylor Swift, as well as the fashion editors of Vogue and The New York Times, will confirm. Nor is he an ordinary romantic, in any sense of the word.