The Big Sick ****

Alec Baldwin is back in charge in his latest film, but this time there’s a twist: he’s a boss who also happens to be a baby, says Jeananne Craig.

Carol O’Callaghan meets Nina Kati, an interior designer who applies principles of the ancient Chinese practice of feng shui to Irish homes.

Dáithí Ó Sé hosts the Rose of Tralee on Monday and Tuesday at 8pm on RTE One.

The start of the Premier League season has Gary Lineker returning on Match of the Day on BBC One at 10.30pm tonight. 

While some might have expected the Shrek franchise to come to a close after Shrek Forever After, DreamWorks Animation has other plans. It looks like Shrek 5 will be released in 2019, alongside a Shadows from Edgar Wright and David Walliams.

Yes, you read that right - Justin Timberlake is back!

Guillermo del Toro is working on a Netflix show by the name of Trollhunters. This image gives us our first indication as to what it'll look like.

Roald Dahl's The BFG is coming back to the big screen, and the first teaser trailer is pretty magical.

Crowdfunding is a very strange game. It relies on goodwill and nostalgia to such a high degree that even the most potentially interesting projects can be scuppered by a weak start and then suffer through a very public fall far short of their goal.

USA: Phoenix firefighters have rescued a man who became stuck after trying to re-enter a house through the chimney.

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The first picture from Aardman Animations’ Early Man shows off the studio’s typical style and the subject matter that it will be turning its attention to for its upcoming film.

The strangest things bring happiness. And a lot of the time, they come out of nowhere. Take, for example, my immense love for animation.

The Gunman ***

DreamWorks Animation has said it is reducing the number of films it produces each year from three to two and cutting 500 jobs.

Irish animated film Song of the Sea will compete against some of the biggest players in the movie business after being nominated for an Oscar.

Benedict Cumberbatch has said he wants to continue acting well into his seventies.

Japan’s SoftBank Corp is in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation, the Hollywood studio behind the Shrek and Madagascar movie hits, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

Rihanna is reportedly making a cameo in the new Bond film.

Having a dad who's an animator looks like a LOT of fun.

Hercules ***

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared ****

50 Cent has joined the cast of 'Southpaw'.

Anna Kendrick has joined the cast of 'Trolls'.

A man rushed onto the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival and crawled beneath the dress of actress America Ferrera.

Dallas Buyers Club *****

The conceit of the film Delivery Man is outrageous but credible. Twenty years after donating sperm, David Wozniak discovers he’s the father of 533 children, 142 of whom have filed a lawsuit to learn his identity.

Benedict Cumberbatch believed 'The Fifth Estate' was never going to be a big hit.

Rihanna is being asked to tone down her image so she can be made into a cartoon character.

By Declan Burke, Pól Ó Conghaile, Richard Fitzpatrick, Ed Power, Marc O’Sullivan, Anne Marie O’Connor and Des O’Driscoll

Steven Spielberg is planning a remake of 'The Grapes of Wrath'.

Netflix is to air original television programming from Dreamworks Animation in a deal described as a major coup for both companies.

An entirely appropriate title for a film that steals from a number of superior movies, yet never appears sure of what it really wants to be.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has hit out at a Hollywood film about his organisation as a “massive propaganda attack” against the whistle-blowing website.

This week's pick of what's on the box.

Aaron Paul has signed up to star in a 'Need for Speed' movie.

Benedict Cumberbatch is being lined up to play WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a new movie.

Rihanna wants a role in the 'Scarface' remake.

Already down in the opinion polls, Barack Obama is also losing badly to Republican rival Mitt Romney in the fundraising stakes. Daniel Klaidman explores the US president’s cash crunch

President Barack Obama was testing his newest appeal to wealthy backers last night — his hours-old public — support for gay marriage when he travelled to the West Coast for three fundraisers, including a record-setting one at the Los Angeles home of movie star George Clooney.

Roald Dahl's children's book 'The BFG' is set to be turned into a live-action movie.

Rebellious apes have held off southern maids for a narrow win at the weekend US cinema box office.