Rosie O'Donnell is in Oprah's bad books after hinting on Howard Stern's show that Oprah and her friend Gayle King are gay. During an exchange with Stern, O'Donnell said: ''I don't know. I think [Oprah's] never been married and she's exceptionally close to Gayle. I don't know that she and Gayle are necessarily doing each other, but I think they are the emotional equivalent of ...'' with Stern filling in, ''A gay couple.''

Robert Pattinson "looks exactly like he did in my head' as Edward Cullen the vampire, said author Stephanie Meyer in a rare interview on Oprah.

Protests by Irish women's groups have knocked out boxer Mike Tyson. The former heavyweight champion and convicted rapist was scheduled to appear along with Irish boxing legend Barry McGuigan Friday at "An Evening with Mike Tyson."

TV land's Ms Fabulous,  Tina Fey, says she wants "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson on her hit show "30

Susan Boyle is locked in an unlikely battle with former Take That star Robbie Williams for Number 1

They saved the best for last on the finale of “America’s Got Talent” – a performance by Susan Boyle. She may not dance like Shakira, and she may not be as gorgeous as Leona Lewis, both of whom also appeared on the show, but the amazing singer doesn’t need all the glitz and glam to deliver a knockout performance.

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.

Rumor has it that Bono might just be one of the surprise guests at Oprah’s Chicago shindig on Tuesday, given that the two humanitarians have worked together before.

There were new fears over the health of Senator Edward Kennedy today as he failed to attend the funeral of his much-loved 88-year-old sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver in Cape Cod.

The Twitter phenomenon is the latest social networking trend to hit the scene, and celebrities are cashing in on the craze. If you're signed up on the fast-growing Web site, add these interesting, amusing Irish-American celebrities to your must "follow" list:

ON August 7, 1974 a man stepped out on a thin high wire tied between Manhattan’s famous Twin Towers. Phillipe Petit, a skinny French tightrope walker, cast a rope between the two buildings of the World Trade Center with a bow and arrow in the night, and his illegal, crazy but ultimately successful walk between the two iconic buildings would eventually come to be called the art crime of the century. For Dublin-born writer Colum McCann, 44, Petit’s daring 1974 tightrope walk was a jumping off point, irony intended, a way to talk about New York, the Twin Towers and the people of the city and what they mean to him, without instantly conjuring up images of sirens and dust and devastation.

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have something in common besides being the two richest men in the world. They also want to give it all away sooner rather than later.

No-one has been able to figure out just what the world's richest people were talking about last week but here's my wish list for them. 1. Buy Ireland 2. Or do a lease-back 3. Or even rent it

A top-secret meeting of the world’s richest people to discuss the global financial crisis was held in New York on May 5, IrishCentral.com has learned exclusively. The mysterious, media-blackout meeting was called by Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire-Hathaway; Bill Gates, co founder of Microsoft; and David Rockefeller Jr., chairman of Rockefeller Financial Services.

WITH VIDEO: TV sensation Susan Boyle revealed to Oprah Winfrey that singing has helped her endure the loss of her Irish mother Bridget. "My mom died two years ago," she told Oprah yesterday from her home in Scotland and 'after that there was a wee period where I didn't sing.'

Will she? Won't she? Will Susan Boyle sing live on 'Oprah' Monday? That's the big question today as it was revealed that the singing sensation has been banned from singing on the top-rated TV show. 'American Idol's' Simon Cowell; the host of the 'Britain's Got Talent,' has apparently banned Boyle from singing for Oprah.

The Irish nun known as 'Mother Teresa of Philly' made No 49 on Time's 100 Most Influential People beating out Oprah, the Pope and Hillary Clinton. Bono didn't even make the cut!

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.

BONO'S newest gig guest editor of the new issue of Vanity Fair magazine has hit the newsstands in quite a stylish way.

The rock star/activist selected a bunch of his pals you know, George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, Madonna, Bill Gates, President Bush, Muhammad Ali, etc. to pose for 20 different covers to commemorate the special Africa issue, which aims to focus reader attention on the poverty and disease-stricken continent.

HAILED recently as one of America's top corporate women, the author, businesswoman and philanthropist Tina Santi Flaherty recently gave the Writing Center at Marymount Manhattan College $100,000 to launch an important new lecture series called "Irish Voices." It's exactly the kind of financial shot in the arm that can revitalize a college department and excite the interest of a whole new generation of American readers to consider Irish themes and culture.

Working closely with Marymount Writing Series Director Lewis Frumkes, Santi Flaherty has confirmed that the college has secured the participation of legendary Irish writers like Edna O'Brien, Mary and Carol Higgins Clark, Alice McDermott and Nuala O'Faolain, all of whom are scheduled to speak at the college this autumn.

SINEAD O'Connor has officially joined the U.S. mainstream, thanks to her well-received appearance on Oprah last week.

WE don't usually associate the words happy or peaceful with Sinead O'Connor, but the Irish songbird seems to be both of those nice things these days, as she recently completed her U.S. tour in support of her CD Theology - a journey that also included a high-profile appearance on Oprah, the afternoon talk show fronted by .

IT was an extraordinary evening at the residence of Irish Consul General Niall Burgess and his wife Marie last Thursday night when the first ever "50 Most Influential Women" came together as a group. It was the first time in Irish American history that the role of Irish American women from business, community, Wall Street and voluntary organizations had been acknowledged.

It was clearly a popular thing to do.

Obama for Ireland?

DEMOCRATIC presidential contender Senator Barack Obama is likely to visit Ireland on an upcoming European trip, according to sources in his campaign. The news comes as details of an outreach to Irish supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton has became known.

This week a senior Obama advisor met with a major Clinton Irish supporter from Washington, D.