A young man who says Kevin Spacey groped him in a Nantucket bar in 2016 has dropped his lawsuit against the Oscar-winning actor, his lawyer has said.

Here is a look at the films and tv series that are coming to streaming services this month.

As the beloved 88-year-old actor/director releases another film, avowed fan John Daly selects 10 of his favourites

Spacey has said he will plead not guilty to groping a young man in a bar on a resort island in Massachusetts in 2016.

Andrea Williams is a Cork-based dancer and choreographer originally hailing from Cape Verde.

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Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman.

Rose McGowan, presented as everything from a difficult woman to an unhinged harpy, has burned through such shaming, shouting her anger from the rooftops, writes Suzanne Harrington

After winning a Golden Globe earlier this month, Saoirse Ronan has been beaten to the Screen Actors Guild best actress award by Frances McDormand.

As scandal began to swirl around Kevin Spacey, director Ridley Scott moved to replace him on an almost-finished film. It was one of the best decisions he ever made, writes Gemma Dunn.

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As Star Trek: Discovery returns to Netflix, one of the popular show’s stars tells Ed Power why

Conor McGregor became a father, Niall Horan saw his solo career take off, and Saoirse Ronan was an award-winning Ladybird. Those were some of the positives celebwise in 2017, writes Kelly O’Brien.

“Your heart goes out to the victims, of course, and I am glad that they spoke up,”

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Exactly what moral principle is upheld by keeping an accused man offscreen is not easy to deduce, writes Terry Prone

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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.

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Survivors of sexual violence are starting to feel more confident about coming forward, according to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest entertainment news and his top tips for the week ahead

Young girls in Ireland have always been and still are the object of male desire. They must be empowered to deal with unwanted attention, writes Victoria White

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Todd Yellin of Netflix explains to Ed Power how predicting what modern viewers will binge-watch on the streaming service can be counterintuitive.

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

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ACTRESS Charlotte McCurry, from Belfast, is playing Grace Farrell in Cork Opera House’s production of Annie. It will run from July 30 to August 20.

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The early critical reviews for Suicide Squad weren't the best but that hasn't stopped the film from breaking box office records in its opening weekend.

The big summer silly season of movies has pretty much come and gone but that doesn’t mean that it’s a quiet time in the cinemas as there’s plenty of family fare still on the way in August.

The Primetime Emmy Awards, that's TV's Oscars basically, will be taking place on the 18th of September 2016 and the nominations have just been announced.

Owing a significant debt to the Toy Story movies, The Secret Life of Pets (G) is an animated adventure in which a host of New York pets come together to form their own community as soon as their owners’ backs are turned.

In late 1970 the White House received a request from someone who wanted to meet the President of the United States. That wasn't unusual but what made the situation a little more unique is who the request came from - none other than Elvis Presley.

It's time to find out what happens 20 years later, as the aliens return to get a little revenge in Independence Day 2. And some other stuff is happening too.

 

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House of Cards is back - the full fourth season is ready to stream on Netflix now.

Kevin Spacey is an amazing actor, and he's had a huge career resurgence in recent years thanks to the wonderful House of Cards on Netflix. Now he's voicing a cat in a movie called Nine Lives.

House of Cards might be one of the best things on Netflix, and that's saying something in the wake of hits like Jessica Jones, Orange is the New Black and Daredevil.