A major push from the Irish American community for comprehensive immigration reform was announced at the New York Athletic club on Thursday night when $200,000 was raised for the fight for reform.

The final instalment of the vampire film franchise starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart has received a whopping seven nominations at the ceremony - which takes place in August - while the likes of Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber are also in contention for iconic surfboard awards.

Friday last saw the launch of the first annual ‘Ablevision Ireland International Film Festival’ and ‘The Rory Staunton Memorial Award’ in Drogheda. Over 20 films were entered into a competition on the theme of disability and integration. 6 of these were short listed and these came from the UK, Boston and Ireland. The winning entry was from S.O.S Kilkenny for the film ‘Earn It.’

One Direction, “Harry Potter” and “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” are among those nominated for the Social Star Awards, set to take place on May 23 at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

Irish production company Sónta Films have signed a deal with First Run Distribution to screen their award winning film ‘Men At Lunch’ in the U.S.

The GAA/GPA All-Stars sponsored by Opel are delighted to announce Stephen O’Neill (Tyrone) and Lester Ryan (Kilkenny) as the Players of the League in football and hurling respectively, marking their outstanding performances throughout the spring campaigns. Both selections, chosen by the inter-county playing body, reflect the consistently high standards set by both counties.

Former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords received the 2013 Profile in Courage award at the John F. Kennedy Library on May 5, 2013. She was recognized for the courage she has shown through her public advocacy for policy reforms aimed at reducing gun violence.

Neil Lennon’s emotions have been stretched to the limit over the past week as his Celtic players were snubbed at the player’s union awards, lost to Motherwell when he was spoken to after the game by the referee and new doubts arose about his Parkhead future.

It's the year of the gender bending Tony nominee. Yesterday the 2013 Tony Awards nominations were announced and the Cyndi Lauper-scored drag queen caper Kinky Boots led the pack with 13 nominations.

Irish-Canadian author Anakana Schofield is the proud recipient of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award for “Malarky”.

The 'Argo' actor and filmmaker has been elected to receive a Doctor of Fine Arts (DFA) degree from the Ivy League university for his achievements in cinema.

The Gallagher Clan has launched a detailed itinerary of the second Gallagher Global Gathering, which is being held in Co. Donegal from 6th – 14th September 2013. They also launched the search for nominations for the Gallagher Global Award, which will be presented at that event to the Gallagher who gives most reason for Gallaghers to be even prouder to be named Gallagher.

At the  24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, the 'Silver Linings Playbook' star was joined by the famed film producer as they introduced the former US president Bill Clinton for his Advocate For Change Award.

The 'Campaign' actor was introduced by 'Game Of Thrones' star Peter Dinklage at the event at Sony Studios in Culver City, who joked that while Will may be funny, he is far from perfect.

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence were double winners at the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.