Given that her grandad helped design Mickey Mouse, Leslie Iwerks was the perfect candidate to make a film about the creatives at Disney, writes Esther McCarthy

The service includes Star Wars, the Simpsons and Marvel, as well as decades of Disney's own classic material.

Here are some of the things that are happening online to keep you entertained.

Artists around the country are offering their drawings in black and white so that kids off school can colour them in.

Children on school shut-downs around the world are drawing inspiration and comfort from an Irish illustrator's online art project.

Aric Dromi is a futurist, but prefers the term “professional troublemaker”. Keynote speaker at this year’s AIB Future Sparks student festival, he spoke with Donal O’Keeffe.

Captain America actress Mollie Fitzgerald has been arrested by Kansas police on Tuesday and charged with the second-degree murder of her mother, according to reports.

The weird and wonderful world of showbiz did not disappoint when it came to some of the global celebrity stories that made the headlines in 2019.

It was the decade that altered the very definition of TV — Noun: Netflix. Verb: To stream.

Where once TV was all about quality, now, thanks to the Netflix model, the focus is on quantity. After the glory days of The Sopranos, is there anything worth watching anymore, asks Ed Power

Mark O’Connor had a major hand in the rise of Irish star Barry Keoghan,and hopes to work similar magic with the cast of unknowns in his new crime series Darklands, writes Esther McCarthy.

Fiona Boniwell is an illustrator from London, but is now living in Kinsale where she will be one of the participants in the Co Cork town’s Words By Water literary festival over the weekend. Fiona originally studied fine art, but got into comic illustration when she first collaborated with writer Brendan O’Connell on the graphic novel Death’s New Lease on Life. The duo are currently working on the follow-up, Cerberus’ New Trick.

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

Irish actor Barry Keoghan is set to star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's The Eternals.

As legendary comics writer Alan Moore slips into retirement, some of his Irish contemporaries tell Donal O’Keeffe about the genius who had such a huge influence on popular culture

The Cope Foundation offers an employment support service which aims to connect young people who have intellectual disabilities with employers. Donal O’Keeffe meets three people who are benefitting from the scheme.

Heroes from Ireland’s mythical past as well as from a galaxy far, far away are to feature in a first-of-its-kind exhibition of comic book art in Cork.

Marvel illustrator Will Sliney is one of many well-known people who has lent his talents to anew fundraising initiative for CUH children’s unit. Marjorie Brennan meets the real-life heroes of the unit

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a Disney prince or princess? Or perhaps you've dreamt of becoming a Marvel superhero?

Des O'Driscoll has you covered for things to stream this June.

Netflix is adding a lot of adrenaline-fuelled shows to its summer roster, with a heap of action-packed thrillers arriving in June.

Cathal Travers is originally from Tallaght in Dublin. He owns the Comic Vault at Lower Oliver Plunkett St in Cork, which sells comics, graphic novels and collectibles. It also sells comics online, writes Marjorie Brennan

The latest ‘Avengers’ film is packed to the brim with characters from the Marvel universe, showcasing the incredible depth of material that stems from both the comics and the cinematic releases.

The “spoiler” has never had so much power.

The Cannes Film Festival (May 14 to 25) unveiled its roster earlier in the week

The spontaneous applause was echoing around the vaulted Cathedral and mourners were on their feet before the full sentence had even been uttered.

Getting cast as the God Of Thunder turned Chris Hemsworth into a global megastar.

Shares in Walt Disney surged to an all-time high on enthusiasm for its coming streaming service, Disney Plus.

He's known the world over for his role in Netflix hit Stranger Things, and now David Harbour has landed the lead role in superhero epic Hellboy.

Jordan Peele follows up ‘Get Out’ with the horror ‘Us’, about a family terrified by their doppelgangers, writes Georgia Humphreys.

Do not adjust your Discman — from Friends to the new Captain Marvel movie, the ’90s are back, writes Ed Power.

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their cultural picks for the year ahead

Esther McCarthy selects her highlights of the year...

Eoghan O’Sullivan shares the latest from the entertainment world

A horror sci-fi sensation, the car show which blew Top Gear out of the water, and The Crown are among Ireland’s top 10 digital downloads of the year.

"Snitches get stitches"

To many, Will Sliney must have the dream job – illustrating Marvel superheroes from his home in East Cork. Next weekend he brings his Comic Expo back to his native city in a bid to inspire future comic artists. Marjorie Brennan reports

The Graham Norton Show is back on our screens tonight for the first installment of the new series.

Electric Picnic 2018 is on course to be an instant sell out as Kendrick Lamar, Massive Attack and NERD were unveiled as headliners of the Stradbally, Co Laois music festival.

Hands up Riverdale fans!

My issue with the Star Wars phenomenon isn’t centred on what it, and other movies of its time, did to the interesting grown-up films of the seventies (i.e., got rid of them as a mainstream alternative to such modern nonsense as those Marvel films), writes Michael Moynihan.