In fashion circles and beyond — in the worlds of business, politics and entertainment — she's just Anna, a worthy peer to Oprah and Martha.

Read the tributes from Hollywood legends to Academy Award winning actress Elizabeth Taylor, who died overnight, aged 79.

Twitter newbie George Michael has let rip with a rant on the social networking site, slamming the "hacks and haters" who he claims have tried to "kill" his latest single.

The British star is taking flying lessons and hopes to have a helipad installed at her home so she can fly off at a moment's notice.

Charlie Sheen's brother fears he may have to be "taken out" in a mafia style.

Jeffrey, Lord Archer, to the photographer: "Isn't she awful?" Me, to the photographer: "Isn't he awful?"

The 55-year-old actor, accompanied by lawyer Blair Berk, visited the police station at El Segundo on Wednesday, where he was booked on a misdemeanour battery charge against his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.

Surveillance footage from Michael Jackson's house on the day he died has been erased.

The 21-year-old socialite was shopping in Camden Stables, in north London, when she allegedly took a £70 (NZ$160) dress off a hanger in the Vintage King boutique and ran out of the store.

Charlie Sheen is moving out of Sober Valley Lodge and into a house on the same street as Paris Hilton.

Over several caprioska cocktails last Tuesday night, dumped TVNZ star Paul Henry confessed he's entertaining offers from rivals Television New Zealand and MediaWorks about a possible return to broadcasting in this country.

A sex tape allegedly featuring R&B singer Usher and his now ex-wife, Tameka Foster, is being shopped around various media outlets in Hollywood.

Charlie Sheen has been urged by Alec Baldwin to "beg" for his job back.

Simon Cowell hits back at Sir Elton John for criticising TV talent shows.

The drummer for Dunedin’s cult indie band the Clean, Hamish Kilgour, tells Rebecca Barry about life in the Big Apple and how he remains Kiwi.

From his days in the Mickey Mouse Club to playing a father in a failing marriage, Ryan Gosling's career is maturing nicely, writes Helen Barlow.

The Taxi Driver director was asked to pay the past-due notice last month, although insiders have claimed it is only as a result of "mismanagement" from now-jailed accountant Kenneth Starr.

George Michael has trashed tabloid reports that he has split from partner of 15 years, Kenny Goss.

Kenny Goss has called time on their 15-year relationship.

The 45-year-old actor unveiled the etching on his wrist during his début hour-long radio show Sheen's Korner, in which he also denied claims he suffers from bi-polar disorder, proclaiming himself instead to be "bi-winning".

The REM frontman has enjoyed relationships with both men and women in the past but says it wasn't until meeting his current boyfriend that he realised he preferred men.

Keisha Castle-Hughes was taken away from a nightclub in handcuffs after a bar fight sparked by a "crude" comment about Whale Rider.

He's just returned from a six-week sojourn in the US where he's been carefully orchestrating his big break into Hollywood, but it was a certain star-studded pre-Oscars' party that was uppermost in Paul Henry's mind.

Charlie Sheen is the subject of late-night comedy skits, internet parody videos and endless watercooler conversations.

The Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels director and his model girlfriend Jacqui Ainsley are expecting their first child together in September and are thrilled at their impending arrival.