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The premiere of Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast is in a matter of days.

Carolyn Moore went backstage at last weekend’s VIP Style Awards and followed up and coming TV talent Bláthnaid Treacy as she prepped for the red carpet – Irish style.

Carrie Underwood ruled the red carpet at the American Country Countdown Awards in LA.

Malala Yousafzai has told Emma Watson the actress’s speech to world leaders made her change her mind about not describing herself as a feminist.

The 25-year-old actress finished work on the live action adaptation of the beloved fairytale on August 21 2015 and revealed it was exactly the same day 15 years ago that she discovered she had gotten the role of Hermione Granger in the wizard film franchise.

The 36-year-old actor has landed the part of arrogant baddie Gaston, alongside Emma Watson's Belle, in the remake of the Disney movie classic, and was thrilled the filmmaker who first brought the story to life on the silver screen in 1991 was on board.

Emma Watson was reportedly the target of a kidnapping plot on the set of her new movie.

Ewan McGregor will be starring in Beauty and the Beast opposite Ian McKellen, Emma Watson and Emma Thompson.

The search for a missing Cork woman has focused on a park and countryside north of the Glasgow nightclub where she was last seen, Religious groups have called for a “conscience clause” in the marriage equality referendum and Tipperary hurler Noel McGrath will undergo surgery on Friday for testicular cancer. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

Emma Watson has said she was “raging” after a hoax website threatened to release nude photos of her online.

Hollywood blockbuster tackles a story that always intrigues, writes Dan Buckley.