When it came to casting for the role of a free-spirited older woman, it isn’t surprising Celia Imrie got the call, writes Esther McCarthy.

Gareth Reid has won a career-enhancing commission to paint chat show host Graham Norton, with the end product to hang in the National Gallery of Ireland.

Violence against women in public places has become a ‘global epidemic’, according to the ActionAid charity.

Check out our guide to the best of tonight's TV.

EVERYONE needs a shower buddy, right? Fresh from escaping the clutches of their despicable employers in Horrible Bosses (2011), Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Arbus) set up their own company in Horrible Bosses 2 (15A). 

This week, we look at family adventure Paddington and comedy sequel Horrible Bosses 2.

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Angelina Jolie said she has always been drawn towards villains rather than princesses, ahead of her latest role as Sleeping Beauty sorceress Maleficent.

When Peaches Geldof tweeted that the ClevaFeed was son Astala’s “new fave thing“, it soon became one of Irish company Clevamama’s top sellers.

Dame Helen Mirren has won her first ever Olivier Award.

Danny Boyle’s impressive Olympic opening ceremony and the spoof sitcom inspired by the Games are both in the running for TV Bafta Awards.

Dame Helen Mirren and Billie Piper will go head-to-head at this year’s Olivier Awards – while James McAvoy is in the running for Macbeth.

SATURDAY

Des O’Driscoll rounds up the highlights of this coming week on TV

This week’s new releases

Bristol-based Aardman Animations, the Oscar-winning creators of 'Wallace and Gromit' and 'Chicken Run', discover their sea legs in this salty escapade based on the book by Gideon Defoe.

The best ghost stories often have a gimmick or sting in the tail that sends a chill down the spine, epitomised by M Night Shyamalan’s audacious debut feature 'The Sixth Sense'.

As all intelligent children know, Santa Claus and his team of toy elves work tirelessly throughout the year from their secret base at the North Pole.

JOHNNY DEPP played an extravagant version of the controversial author Hunter S Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).

The Kenyan military has joined the hunt for a British woman kidnapped after her husband was shot dead as they holidayed at an exclusive beach resort.

Imelda Staunton is glad she gained success at an older age because it means she could build her life in England.

Julie Walters, John Hurt and Helena Bonham Carter will battle it out at the TV Baftas today after being nominated for their portrayals of real-life people.

'Britain’s Got Talent' has received its first ever nomination for a Bafta television award.

Imelda Staunton believes she didn’t win an Oscar in 2005 because of the subject matter of ‘Vera Drake’.

Once again Lee captures a defining moment in American, and subsequently world, history with

Comedy actor Mathew Horne apparently collapsed on stage during a performance of 'Entertaining Mr Sloane' today.

Things are not quite what they seem for a fading Hollywood star (ironic typecasting for Reynolds) whose agent gets him a job playing King Lear in London.

Having seen two deaths under his train, London underground driver Paul Callow (Mackenzie Crook) learns that if a driver witnesses three accidental deaths within the space of a month, he is pensioned off with 10 years’ salary.

HARRY POTTER and the Order of the Phoenix worked like magic in its US box office debut, taking $44.8 million (€32.49m) for the biggest Wednesday ever, according to studio estimates.

There is no stopping Harry and the gang for here we return to Hogwarts for quite possibly the best in the series of films.

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix took in more than £22m (€32m) in its first day, the best single-day gross ever for a movie on a Wednesday.

Daniel Radcliffe admitted he relishes his heartthrob status as dozens of young girls braved the rain outside the European premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

JAPAN rolled out the red carpet yesterday for the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth movie from JK Rowling’s mega-hit fantasy series.

Gerald Durrell’s naturalist writings endeared him to a large audience and now you can enjoy My Family & Other Animals (Classic TV, €22.99), based on his humorous autobiography.

Director: Richard LaGravenese

The biopic of Jane Eyre writer Charlotte Bronte has attracted a star line-up.

Louth schoolgirl Evanna Lynch has beaten more than 15,000 hopefuls to scoop the role of Luna Lovegood in the next Harry Potter blockbuster.

What is it with the English and their nannies? Here we have Ms McPhee turning up in the unruly lives of Mr Brown and his brood to nanny them into order, with lots of TLC and magic.

Sienna Miller is in the running for her first acting prize with a nomination for best newcomer at the Empire Awards.

Veteran British actress Imelda Staunton is savouring every moment in the run-up to the Oscars, and describes her coveted nomination as “gold-dust”.

Low-budget British film Vera Drake held its own against the Hollywood blockbusters in a triumphant night at the Baftas.

Martin Scorcese’s The Aviator and Vera Drake were the big winners at tonight’s Bafta Awards.

The Howard Hughes epic The Aviator led Academy Awards contenders with 11 nominations today, best picture among them, plus acting honours for Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Alan Alda and a directing slot for Martin Scorsese.

Alfred Hitchcock has topped a poll of directors never to have won an Oscar.

Kate Winslet has a double shot at Bafta glory after landing two best actress nominations.

The nominations for this year’s Bafta film awards are being announced tomorrow.

The road-trip comedy Sideways led contenders today for the US Screen Actors Guild Awards with four nominations.

Clint Eastwood is celebrating after his film Million Dollar Baby and star Hilary Swank picked up two accolades at the National Society of Film Critics Awards on Saturday.