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LGBT community criticises host’s friendship with gay-rights-opposing US president

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Michelle Obama and David Attenborough come top of new poll

Taylor Swift has dialled up the sweetness – and the politics

New single You Need to Calm Down. "Good you’ve made up with Katy Perry.. But don’t lose the grit"

Taylor Swift donates €100,000 to fight anti-LGBT+ laws

Pop star supports group fighting a ‘slate of hate’ bills in Tennessee

Jussie Smollett staged attack because he was unhappy with salary, police say

‘Empire’ star arrested to face accusations he filed false police report of racist attack

‘Magic Mirror’ that is transforming celebrities’ workouts

Brynn Putnam’s creation allows users to get instant video guidance on their routine

The ‘angels’ helping migrants at US-Mexico border

San Diego-based group claims US officials are ‘dumping’ asylum seekers on the streets

The Irish-American skateboarder looking to take Ted Cruz’s seat

Robert ‘Beto’ O’Rourke isn’t a typical senator but is he hoping to shake up the state of Texas

Muslim female doctor humiliated in racial attack on Dublin Bus

‘Why should I face this professional and social discrimination time and time again?’

Armchair Expert podcast blends star power with introspection

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Is ‘Toy Story’ better than ‘Up’? All 19 Pixar films ranked

Which are the best (and worst) Pixar movies, and where does current release Coco sit?

‘Amazing’: 12-year-old Irish busker wows The Ellen Show

Allie Sherlock caught the eye of US chat show host after posting video of her performing on Grafton Street

California mudslides: 17 dead and search continues for missing

Mudslides in southern California destroyed homes and businesses and swept away cars

Saoirse Ronan teaches America how to pronounce her name on Saturday Night Live

The 23-year-old actor and U2 made the latest episode a very Irish affair

Outdo Ellen DeGeneres with Pi Solo’s 187-degree selfies

Calling itself ‘the best selfie camera in the world’, this is one to bring along to the Oscars

How Barack Obama became top of the Twitter charts

Obama tweets less than Trump, but seven of the 10 all-time most popular tweets are his

Office-bound puma, Obama’s record tweet and the Uber ‘God View’

Planet Business: Also this week, more in ‘people horrified by Trump and Brexit’

David Sedaris: ‘Something horrible has happened to you? That’s not enough’

Interviewing David Sedaris isn’t just seeing how the sausage gets made: you’re left with the curious sensation that you are the sausage

Teenager’s request for free nuggets becomes one of the biggest tweets

16-year-old’s tweet is closing in on Ellen Degeneres’s Oscars selfie – but still well short of the 18m retweets needed for free food

Google removed 1.7bn ‘bad ads’ from network in 2016

Tech giant took action last year against 340 deceptive websites amid rise of ‘fake news’

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