New York-based Irish writer Colum McCann has won the prestigious National Book Award, coming out ahead of four other authors with his novel "Let the Great World Spin." McCann's tale of 1970s New York set against the backdrop of the momentous wire walking between the World Trade Center towers by Frenchman Philippe Petit was described by the judges as an "indelibly hallucinatory portrait of a decaying city."

November 18, 2009 Irish-American actor John Cusack says he signed on to star in the new high-octane, global disaster flick "2012" because, along with the spectacular special effects, it featured a moving story line about family members trying to reconnect.

November 18, 2009 "Superior Donuts" Starring Michael McKean ? at the Music Box Theater ? Open-Ended Run

November 18, 2009 What could be better than two unaccompanied fiddlers? If you ask Gaoth Dobhair's Ciaran O Maonaigh, the 2003 TG4 young musician of the year, and Dunkineely's Aidan O'Donnell, they'd point to Damien McGeehan as a third.