Des O'Sullivan takes a look at Bill Wyman's Rolling Stones memorabilia

Irish composer and conductor Eimear Noone will become the first woman to conduct at the Oscars in February.

Sex in the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have been spotted out and about in Dublin City amongst the Christmas shoppers.

A new psychological thriller series from the writer of 'Derry Girls' will be broadcast on Virgin Media as part of their new season.

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The Dublin actress has relocated to London with her family, including daughter Evie, who has Stargardt Disease. After eight years in Hollywood, it was time, she tells Esther McCarthy.

On this day fifty years ago, West Cork-based Jim Fielder was on his way to play at the music festival that defined an era. He tells Ellie O’Byrne

From a €48k doll's house to chandeliers and Hollywood legends, we have all the latest from the world of art and antiques.

Eero Saarinen’s landmark JFK terminal has been transformed into the new retro-styled TWA Hotel, writes Kya deLongchamps

The best non-fiction books for the summer transport you from the White House to Hollywood and from pristine greens at Augusta to sweaty gyms in Belfast. Richard Fitzpatrick dips between the covers

Matt Bomer was happy to team up with an Irish director for his tale of friendship in Los Angeles, writes Esther McCarthy.

Marriage proposals from men seeking good wives; butter, milk and potatoes as part payment of wages - such are the anecdotes that populate the pages of a new social history documenting the colourful history of the country's first nurses' trade union.

Creativity and innovation, along with an eye for design and detail, plus getting the attention of the most discerning clients, has helped make an Irish success story abroad, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Toto will play their classic mega-hit, and plenty more hits from their impressive repertoire, at the Marquee in Cork, writes Ed Power.

Derek Burke is from Lisgoold, near Midleton, Co Cork.

All eyes are on LA this weekend for the Oscars. From Beverly Hills to Santa Monica, the City of Angels has much to offer. You won’t miss a beat with this insider’s guide from

Kieren Noonan was spotted by a casting agent as he was having breakfast with a friend in a Sydney cafe.

American celebrity gossip website TMZ reported on Tuesday the US singer, 25, was taken ill following a suspected overdose at her home in the Hollywood hills.

To prepare for his job of keeping Lionel Messi quiet in Iceland’s opening game of the World Cup, defender Birkir Saevarsson worked as a salt-packer at a warehouse in an industrial zone of Reykjavik, the Icelandic capital. 

Dublin-based video game content provider Keywords Studios has bought Hollywood, California-based production services company Blindlight for a maximum consideration of up to $10m (€8.5m).

In the film, Marren, stared as the lead lollypop guild member, wearing a green checked shirt and matching trousers.

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Los Angeles isn’t just about movie stars and the Oscars, writes Sara Benson.

A former equestrian centre manager who was "renowned in the world of horses" before pleading guilty to the possession of over €6m worth of cannabis resin, has had his sentence cut to five years on appeal.

Ireland’s youngest busker, Allie Sherlock has swapped the streets of Cork/Dublin for one of the biggest stages in the world, The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Saoirse Ronan and Midleton’s Nora Twomey are among the Irish hopefuls for the Golden Globes on Sunday, writes Esther McCarthy.

The Irish Film Board could reopen its office in Hollywood, with its CEO saying the plan is under active consideration.

Ask Audrey has been sorting out the people of Cork for years.

There is something of George Orwell’s Animal Farm about the arts — “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”.

We should probably thank Harvey Weinstein. That ripping sound you’re hearing might just be a tiny tear in the patriarchy. Tear as in laceration, although there are probably quite a few men crying fat salty ones for themselves in private, except the type of man who preys on people less powerful than himself for sexual gratification is probably born without tear ducts.

Some might say that October 31 has lost its soul, poisoned by commercialism and plastic tat. I couldn’t disagree more, writes Clodagh Finn.

When we stay silent, we condone behaviour that none of us believe is right and it reinforces the culture that keeps women from speaking out, writes Lena Dunham

Eight patients at a sweltering Florida nursing home have died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning.

Latest: Eight patients at a sweltering Florida nursing home have died after Hurricane Irma knocked out the air conditioning.

Ireland’s Dominique McElligott has followed up House of Cards with a starring role alongside Kelsey Grammer, writes Esther McCarthy.

Gay performers have long been prominent in the pop industry. However, it’s only in recent years that coming out has become the norm, writes Caomhan Keane.

Pauline McLynn might never escape the associations with Craggy Island, but her role with Corcadorca on Spike will be one of the highlights of Cork Midsummer Festival, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Actress Melissa McCarthy looks blooming lovely at the Hollywood premiere of Chips. Let’s see how she does it.

The Supreme Court has struck out an appeal over a €46,000 valuation placed on a man’s Tory Island holiday home which "disappeared" while he was abroad over a number of years.

After being to Hollywood and back, Patrick Bergin is happy to be playing a detective in his hometown for the current series of Red Rock, writes Esther McCarthy.

Your home viewing entertainment wrap for the week ahead, with Des O’Driscoll.

IN a world often too glum, in a world where scepticism is increasingly a plausible reaction to nearly any suggestion, we use escapism as a refuge. We use it as a safety valve so we might not, as Col Brandon threatened in Sense and Sensibility, run mad. 

Ciara McDonnell has the lowdown on this season’s top movies – and the destinations they showcase.

A man has been shot dead by police on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard after a stabbing spree left three people injured.