Helen Barlow reflects on the two weeks she spent at the world’s most famous film festival

From Love/Hate to Once, Maureen Hughes is Ireland’s go-to casting agent. Esther McCarthy meets the woman who made Cillian Murphy a star.

Our Kind of Traitor 4/5

A mobile game is getting the big screen treatment this week, which is a pretty strange state of affairs, and there's drama and horror too

You thought the relationship was going well, until your partner disappeared. Welcome to the cruel world of modern dating, says Deirdre Reynolds.

Mexico began the process of extraditing drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States, after the famed fugitive was recaptured following a dramatic, months-long hunt featuring movie stars, sewer escapes, and bloody shootouts.

The recapture of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman took a surprise, Hollywood twist when a Mexican official said security forces located the whereabouts of the world’s most-wanted trafficker thanks to a secret interview with US actor Sean Penn.

Kurt Russel's face looks like aged denim apparently.

One of favourite talk show segments is back with another instalment - Celebrities Read Mean Tweet #9.

Here's the best of tonight's telly.

Sean Penn has filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit against Empire co-creator Lee Daniels over comments Daniels made comparing him to the show’s star Terrence Howard, who’s been repeatedly accused of domestic violence.

Cork actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers is to play political activist Pádraig Pearse in a film about the Easter Rising 1916.

Robin Wright and Ben Foster have reportedly called off their engagement for a second time.

Charlize Theron has reportedly adopted a second child.

The American Ireland Fund has donated US $100,000 to help those affected by the Berkeley balcony collapse; The Department of Finance is having discussions on what to do in the event of a Greek exit from the eurozone; and a white man suspected of killing nine people inside an historic black church has been captured in North Carolina. Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

Lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rested their case to save him from the death penalty, calling a famous death penalty opponent as their final witness to testify that Tsarnaev told her, “no one deserves to suffer like they did.”

The Gunman ***

A former assassin tries to escape his past.

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn are reportedly engaged.

Sony “made a mistake” in shelving a satirical film about a plot to assassinate North Korea’s leader, US president Barack Obama said, and he pledged the US would respond “in a place and manner and time that we choose” to the hacking attack on Sony that led to the withdrawal.

The best of tonight's gogglebox offerings

Bill Murray says wanting an Oscar feels "like a virus."

Eve Hewson has followed Oscar winners Jennifer Lawrence and Lupita Nyong’o into the exclusive Hollywood club of actors tipped for stardom by the acting bible Variety.

So Seth Meyers is set to make his debut hosting the Emmy Awards this year.

Madonna's boyfriend Timor Steffens likes older women because they remind him of his mother.

Robin Wright wishes she could watch her children grow up all over again.

Charlize Theron has fuelled rumours she and Sean Penn are set to wed.

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn are reportedly planning to get married "very soon".

Actress Eve Hewson has revealed how she told her famous father, Bono, to stick with his day job as a rockstar when he suggested following in her acting footsteps.

One minute they're fighting in lifts, the next they're robbing banks…

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn are reportedly planning to adopt.

Tourists and ‘techies’ last year contributed to one of the country’s best known pubs, O’Donoghue’s on Dublin’s Merrion Row, having a stellar year to record post-tax profits of over €310,000.

Your daily, spoiler-free guide on what to look out for on the box.

Actor Sean Penn has led tributes to a Pakistani women's group which has been recognised at a ceremony in Dublin today.

Miley Cyrus danced with Madonna at her post-Oscars party.

House of Cards has revived Robin Wright’s acting career, says Ed Power

Sean Penn couldn't keep his hands off Charlize Theron in Los Angeles this weekend.

While many stars were awash in the gifts and parties of Golden Globes weekend, a few used their privilege to help the people of Haiti — and they were rewarded with an intimate performance by U2.

Charlize Theron and Sean Penn were all over each other at his star-studded Help Haiti Home Gala on Saturday night.

Sean Penn and Charlize Theron have sparked romance rumours after being spotted at her home following their vacation.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ****

Madonna has split from her 25-year-old boyfriend, Brahim Zaibat.