Oscar winning actress Charlize Theron will be spending lots of time in Ireland next year, as she’s down to play the lead female role in the film version of the Sebastian Barry novel “The Secret Scripture.”

United States Supreme Court Justice John Roberts and Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley were among the distinguished guests at the Irish Voice’s Irish Legal 100 reception held last Wednesday evening, November 11, at the Washington, D.C. residence of the Irish Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Collins.

Her third studio album may be on hold at the moment, but sometime-singer Lindsay Lohan is already dying to join forces with pop star Lady Gaga.

Irish star Pierce Brosnan joined Hollywood A-listers Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie at a private session with Lady Gaga in LA.

The Los Angeles suburb of Westwood has just entered the "Twilight" zone. More towns and cities will be arriving soon. Hundreds of young women are already lining up to see the premiere of "New Moon," the latest Robert Pattinson movie on Monday.

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was reportedly furious when she was given a bill for her drinks at The Crown Bar in Los Angeles and stunned onlookers with a tantrum when the staff insisted she settled her tab for her evening.

Robert Pattinson says he was mortified by the rumors that were floating around about him and Megan Fox going on a “cheesy” date.

Dina Lohan alleges her daughter Lindsay was romantically involved with Heath Ledger when he died of an accidental drug overdose in January 2008 and has never fully recovered from his death.

Irish American actress Dakota Fanning says she took a role in 'New Moon' because she was desperate to be part of it after reading the Twilight books.

A banned sex tape featuring Irish actor Colin Farrell has been sent to his girlfriend’s family. The video – which the actor won a court injunction against, stopping it being sold, distributed or displayed in 2005 – shows Colin getting passionate with Playboy model Nicole Narain.

Niall O'Dowd: Somewhere in Australia there's an Irish lad called Rowan McCormick who broke Maureen Dowd's heart. When she went back in the early 1970s to visit her homestead in County Clare, hard by the majestic Cliffs of Moher, she met him and fell madly in love.

Mel Gibson, whose girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva gave birth on Friday, October 30, has announced the couple’s name for the infant.

Kristen Stewart has dumped her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson - because he wanted to marry her. Sources close to the couple say that Stewart, 19, felt smothered by the 'clingy' 23-year-old

Colin Farrell has become a dad for the second time, according to reports. The 33-year-old Irish actor’s girlfriend, his “Ondine” co-star Alicja Bachleda, 26, is said to have given birth to a baby boy.

Unlike some shy starlets, Irish-American actress Olivia Wilde has revealed she embraces her sex symbol status.

Irish model Luiza Hogan will appear on season two of E! Entertainment’s "Playboy Shootout," which is set to air next year.

Glamorous Irish-American actress and model Megan Fox, 23, has been confirmed to replace Victoria Beckham as the female face of Armani next year.

An inquest is taking place in Belfast into the 1997 death of an American citizen living in Ireland to determine if he died from complications related to a beating he received from an RUC riot squad six months before his death.

In celebration of Halloween and its Celtic origins, we’ve compiled a list of 10 great horror flicks that have Irish roots themselves.

Niall O'Dowd: The awful "Britain's Got Talent" judge Amanda Holden has admitted she drops Susan Boyle's name to make reservations in top restaurants in America.

Donegal Town woke to excitement yesterday morning as the word spread that one of the world’s most famous actresses, “Sex in the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker, was in town.

An Irish film-maker has called on U.S. authorities to ban Irish comic Tommy Tiernan. Louis Lentin, the former head of drama at the national broadcaster, RTÉ, said Tiernan should be denied a visa for his shows in the U.S. in October.

On the film festival circuit in September is Conor McPherson’s new movie “The Eclipse,” starring Aidan Quinn. The Quinn family, as a whole, is raising its Hollywood profile behind the camera as well.

Look out for Irish and Irish-American actors on the DVD front, as well as on the silver screen, this fall.

Although the surname Joyce may automatically be associated with author James Joyce, the name has an ancient past, with both Irish and Norman antecedents. Derived from the Brehon personal name Iodoc, which is a diminutive of iudh meaning lord, the name was adopted by the Normans in the form Josse.

The countdown has begun for the 61st Emmys which take place in Los Angeles Sunday night and the Irish are well up there this year. Story / 'In Treatment star Gabriel Byrne finally embraces therapy / Click here

Today’s reigning tabloid queens, 23-year-olds Lindsay Lohan and Megan Fox, have more in common than being sometime-actresses and all-the-time trouble-makers. The two starlets are in direct competition to be crowned the next Marilyn. IrishCentral had a look at the stars’ stats and decided: who’s more of a Marilyn wannabe?

Julia Stiles, best known for films such as “Save the Last Dance” and “10 Things I Hate About You,” will be making her Broadway debut this fall. The Irish-American actress stars in David Mamet’s play “Oleanna” opposite Bill Pullman.

The fan frenzy Susan Boyle was greeted with when she recently landed at the Los Angeles LAX Airport was like Beatlemania, according to the singing star.

Susan Boyle has finally landed on American shores. The artist sometimes known as SuBo made an incredibly impressive entrance at LAX airport with fans screaming and television cameras everywhere.

Based on family names and individual stories, there are many hundreds of American dead with Irish heritage, including Americans who through parents or grandparents had become Irish citizens. 

This is a tribute to several of these brave Irish men and women.

It is quite an image... Maureen Dowd, scourge of every president since Poppy Bush and, arguably, the most powerful journalist in America thanks to her must-read column in The New York Times, talking of the road not taken, living a quiet life as a barkeep's wife back in Clare. Maybe that image isn’t so fanciful, though.

A prisoner on Death Row in California has written to the Irish Government in a bid to save his life. While in prison, Scott Collins has cultivated an abiding interest in his Irish heritage and says that he adores “Irish history and politics, Irish culture and language, all things Celtic.” He has appealed to the Government because the Republic is opposed to the penalty.

She may have a bold, in-your-face sense of humor, but Irish-American comedian Kathy Griffin wasn’t always so confident. When Griffin began her career in L.A., she was extremely insecure about her body, and went to great extremes to obtain the thin, perfectly sculpted Hollywood look.

Not only was Michael Fassebender’s portrayal of Bobby Sands mesmerizing in last year’s Camera D’or winning film “Hunger,” his physical transformation for the role was equally impressive. However, as he recently revealed, the weight wasn’t the only thing he lost.

Lindsay Lohan is known for being a big fan of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe, but some new body ink on the Irish-American actress suggests she’s becoming obsessed.

Louth native Evanna Lynch, who plays Luna Lovegood in the “Harry Potter” series, has been nominated for her first ever award. Lynch has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” at Spike TV’s SCREAM Awards.

Colin Farrell’s name has been all over the tabloids since his girlfriend, Polish actress Alicja Bachleda, stepped out sporting what seems to be a baby bump. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and look at the 33-year-old Irish actor’s past love life, a track record that just may be more extensive than his acting career.

Misha Barton says it was a bungled wisdom tooth procedure that caused her to be admitted into a psychiatric hospital last month.

Irish-American actress, and Maxim’s sexiest woman of the year, Olivia Wilde stars in the upcoming critically acclaimed indie film “Fix.”

Lindsay Lohan was back in the news over the weekend after her home in Los Angeles was burgled for the second time this summer.

Watch out Samantha Ronson – it seems that Lindsay Lohan has her eye on a new gal. Lohan has continued to reach out to Spears, looking to hang out and spend some more time with the fellow blonde starlet.

Irish women recently named Colin Farrell as their top choice for father of their children, and now, thanks to an L.A. sperm bank, they just might get that. California Cryobank is offering up “celebrity sperm” – sort of.

U2 broke another record on Friday night when they played in front of 88,000 people at Wembey stadium, breaking the record attendance at the venue, previously held by U.S. rockers The Foo Fighters, by 5,000.

Irish-American actrees Mischa Barton is hoping to put her personal problems behind her as she gets in shape to make her T.V. comback this fall. Barton, best known for playing privileged wild-child

U2 may have pumped $70 million into the Irish economy with their three Dublin shows in July, but the Irish have returned the favor by helping the band to rake in over $100 million in just its first 13 shows.

The 2009 Los Angeles Irish Film Festival has announced they will open with “The Eclipse,” the Conor McPherson movie starring Irish actor Ciaran Hinds and Irish-American acting favorite Aidan Quinn.

U2 have boosted the Irish economy by a whopping $70m with their three shows in Dublin this weekend. Experts say the band's three sell-out shows at Croke Park pumped $50m into Ireland's faltering economy. Restuarants, bars and hotels reported bumper earningas as fans flocked to the Irish capital to see the boys from Northside.

Susan Boyle will break her silence with an interview on the "Today" with Meredith Viera. Boyle has not spoken out since the conclusion of the "Britain's Got Talent" competition on May 30th.

In “Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story,” author C. David Heymann reveals what he argues has been an open secret among Kennedy insiders for years: the much hinted at, but never fully disclosed, romantic relationship between Jackie Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. The New York Times bestselling author talks about the two legendary figures and the tragedy that he says brought them together.