BEGORRAH and bejaysus, we’ve had a rough auld time of it in Hollywood over the years.

The pair welcomed their baby daughter in November.

A look at some of the highlights from the 2019 Cork Midsummer Festival.

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The enormous success of Hamilton has underlined the enduring appeal of musical theatre. Marjorie Brennan selects the best shows of the year ahead.

PRETTY Woman, Erin Brockovich, Notting Hill; it’s easy to reel off a long list of Julia Roberts’ hit films. Try and name a TV show she has starred in though, and you’d struggle — until now, that is.

The musical tells the true story of 7,000 air passengers stranded in Newfoundland, Canada during the wake of 9/11.

New Netflix series Mindhunter may deal with serial killers, but the realistic show is careful to portray them as sick rather than suave, writes Ed Power

Alan Cumming talks Broadway, Brexit, and The Good Wife with Marjorie Brennan ahead of his appearance at Listowel Writer’s Week.

Now before you stereotype the world of musical theatre, this is one production that you will struggle to find jazz hands.

Thinking of the cinema this week. Declan Burke reviews  Fences, Hidden Figures and The Great Wall.

Happy Days star Henry Winkler has paid tribute to the show’s creator, Garry Marshall, who has died aged 81.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

What better way to honour May 4, a day when Star Wars fans come together and celebrate all things Jedi, than by mashing it up with Hamilton, one of the fastest growing Broadway musicals of all time!

Ben Barnes has assembled an impressive cast for the Irish premiere of a play by Eugene O’Neill, writes Padraic Killeen

As the much-loved show prepares to bow out at Christmas, Keeley Bolger looks back on the six series of the top-rating drama

Tributes to screen legend Maureen O’Hara, who died at the age of 95, were led by President Micheal D Higgins.

Reviving a show that originally flopped on Broadway is one of the best things Michael Ball has ever done, he tells Ed Power.

Dean Jones, whose boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney's favourite actor for such lighthearted films as The Love Bug, has died aged 84.

IT’S been a long time since video killed the radio star. 

The entertainment firm owned by one of Ireland’s most successful actresses, Saoirse Ronan, recorded profits of €111,677 in its first year in business.

It never ceases to amaze us how the notions people get.

It’s not often you get to see a free Broadway show.

She’s been in the news with her famous boyfriend, but Cork actress Sarah Greene deserves her profile very much for her own achievements, writes Ed Power

The younger stars of Game of Thrones are popping up everywhere on the big screen, writes Colette Keane

The traditional green slime flowed at the Kids’ Choice Awards, but it was Angelina Jolie’s message of empowerment for youngsters that stuck. 

Broadway musical Finding Neverland has found a new producer to join its ranks - Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston.

Fox Searchlight, the arthouse film division of Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, dominated the Academy Awards with eight awards, including the coveted best picture prize for its absurd comedy drama Birdman.

Birdman topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.

Jennifer Aniston has been blasted by the widow of her dead ex.

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Broadway musical Wicked is to be made into a movie with a planned release for sometime in 2016.

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sting’s Broadway musical is to close.

Famous for playing the role of the superhero Birdman (15A), aging actor Riggan Thomas (Michael Keaton) tries to reinvent himself as a serious artist by directing and starring in a Broadway production of an adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short stories.

HE MAY not be superhuman, but Michael Keaton is super-energetic. He talks nineteen to the dozen, making constant asides and asking rhetorical questions, so at times it’s almost as if he is debating with himself.

This week, a plucky security has the adventure of a lifetime in Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb; it’s a hard knock life in the modern update of the musical Annie, and Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reunite for the comedy sequel Dumb & Dumber To.

Birdman has topped the nominations for the Golden Globes, flying away with a leading seven nods, including best picture in the comedy or musical category.

Birdman squawked loudly at the Golden Globes, flying away with a leading seven nominations.

With a gay marriage referendum due in spring, are gay quarters a relic of the past? asks Kay Cairns

Staging the box-office busting musical Shrek is a huge logistical challenge, writes Jo Kerrigan

Shia LaBeouf blames his erratic behaviour on method acting.

Michael Jackson's iconic 'Thriller' video will be released in 3D next year.

Pop star Gary Barlow has finally broken his silence to “apologise” on Twitter following damaging tax-dodging allegations.

Loosely based on a torture incident in Guantanamo,Colette Sheridanfinds there’s more to Aaron Sorkin’s play than men who can’t handle the truth

Emma Stone is in talks to make her Broadway debut.

Seinfeld co-creator and Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David is due to get his get his big break on Broadway - at the age of 67!

Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf has been released after being taken out of a New York City theatre for allegedly being disorderly and yelling obscenities.

Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf has been released after being taken out of a New York City theatre for allegedly being disorderly and yelling obscenities.

Eli Wallach, the raspy-voiced character actor who starred in dozens of movies and Broadway plays over a remarkable and enduring career and earned film immortality as a conniving, quick-on-the-draw bandit in the classic western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, has died.