I'm not American so I don't get the myriad of "because...(chores, America, etc)" headlines or statements here. I guess (see, I can talk 'American'!;)) this is a thing. Anyone have a pithy or glib explanation - or explaner - please? Ta.

The Baldwin funeral tweeting is hilarious. Clearly, like most/all celebs they have assistants who do all this stuff for them. Alec's explosive, homophobic and threatening response may actually be illegal. I wonder if the bored, under/over paid, put-upon assistant was aware (or oblivious) to their schedule and what…

Agreed. Same for Ryan Gosling. Also never got what so special about Kate Moss. And the entire cast of Friends. Perplexing...

I'm not in the US and effectively it doesn't have a direct impact but the brave (literal) stand she took has captured the press over here enormously. She is wonderful. Ireland is currently debating an abortion bill in the Dail (Ireland's parliament) and it's a hugely decisive issue here but fingers crossed they'll…

Love Graham Norton, love this show. One of the few chat shows that's not completely rehearsed/scripted; very fun and funny to watch.

I love this especially the name, thank you Jean-Paul Sartre

It's from My Fair Lady, the famous Ascot scene. Costumes and design by Cecil Beaton

This is a great reaction piece to photos of Saatchi's near throttling of Lawson.

So disappointed. Was really hoping for South West.

Ascot fashion and OTT hats are a slightly ridiculous but brilliant and fabulous tradition.

I didn't mean to be crass but there's so many refs previous to Miley for this bizarre genre. Basically, like many of its predecessors, it's a crappy song and a very crappy vid.

So, Madonna didn't happen.

Ladies, sluts, bitches and others I give the you the 'esteemed' Taoiseach (pron tee-shock, Prime Minister) of the Republic of Ireland, Enda (yes, it's a boys name) Kenny. His full face, poster sized campaign images were so irritating to so many people complaints were made to Ireland's Advertising Authority.

"Weddings are to make money for your future.. Not to pay for peoples meals"

Proof that all wrinkle creams are a lie is that all wrinkles creams ARE a lie. None of them can conclusively prove anything other than stating that their testers said they saw an 'improvement in the appearance' of wrinkles. Nothing else.

"Rihanna bonked someone with a microphone" - bonked means something very different in my part of the world. AFAIK she hit him. Again, hit can also be ambiguous...

"...yes I said yes I will Yes." - Nice touch, Doug.

She's pretty scary as in pretty but definitely a bit scary! To whit - Wendi Deng protects Rupert Murdoch from a pie attack!

I saw this on The Journal earlier today - being in Dublin and all that. Superbly hilarious