A landmark week for the ‘fastest field game in the world’ — and for one of the slowest, writes Larry Ryan

A man attending a boxing weigh-in at the Regency Hotel in Dublin was "relieved" when people he thought were gardaí arrived after a shooting before one of them took aim with a gun and shot a person, the Special Criminal Court has heard today.

A man arrested in Spain for the gangland murder that ignited the bloody Hutch- Kinahan feud is expected to appear in court there today.

She dressed our own First Lady, Bowie and has been on-set designer for everything from Vikings to The Tudors. Ahead of her appearance at the Fastnet Film Festival, Clodagh Finn watches Joan Bergin at work at Ashford Studios.

Daniel Craig has reportedly said he is “done” playing James Bond, just days after a bookmaker suspended betting on his replacement following a large bet on Tom Hiddleston.

Amir Khan has insisted he would not be interested in fighting Floyd Mayweather if the American makes his expected return from retirement, even if he defeats Saul Alvarez to win the WBC middleweight title.

The Las Vegas news cycle doesn’t roll around quite like the rest of the United States. Even a brief few minutes stuck sitting in an airport terminal stateside, with just a TV locked on a 24-hour news network for company, can shred the soul. CNN, FOX, MSNBC, choose your poison.

Ultimate fighting champion Ronda Rousey has landed the starring role in the remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze movie Road House.

Dean Jones, whose boyish good looks and all-American manner made him Disney's favourite actor for such lighthearted films as The Love Bug, has died aged 84.

Billy Walsh “has not tendered his resignation”, according to a statement issued by the Irish Amateur Boxing Association (IABA) last night.

A compilation of great moments from nearly a hundred MGM musicals. Numbers include a singing and dancing Clark Gable, and Eleanor Powell in her classic challenge dance with Fred Astaire.

In Lawrence of Arabia, Omar Sharif is first seen in the distance, a speck in the swirling desert sand. As he draws closer, he emerges first as a black figure on a galloping camel, slowly transforming into a handsome, dark-eyed figure with a gap-tooth smile. It wasn’t unlike the Egyptian-born actor’s debut in Hollywood.

It rained in Las Vegas on Monday evening. For about 15 minutes.

Stepping out of the sliding doors of McCarran International Airport into a July mid-afternoon on the fringe of the desert is not the most settling of experiences.

Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, a school dropout who built Las Vegas’ biggest hotels, tried to take over Chrysler, and bought and sold MGM at a profit three times, has died aged 98.

CORK theatre stalwart Michael Twomey was one half of the Chah and Miah duo on 1970s TV show Hall’s Pictorial Weekly. 

A selection of singalong movie classics will be performed at the Everyman, writes Jo Kerrigan.

JUST moments into Caitlin Moran’s guided tour of her home town, and the popular columnist and author is dangling a lacy black bra in the air.

The true story of an Irish cabin boy eaten by his shipmates is now a play, writes Colette Sheridan

As a 3D version is released to celebrate the 75th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, Ed Power looks at the ‘curses’ surrounding the iconic film

Mel Gibson isn't an anti-Semite, his long-time pal Terry Hayes insists.

With the death of Hollywood star Mickey Rooney this week, Ryle Dwyer examines the story of Boys Town, the Nebraska home that propelled Irish priest Edward Flanagan to international fame.

Mickey Rooney’s approach to life was simple: “Let’s put on a show!” He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage, and in his extravagant personal life.

The death of Mickey Rooney (Joe Yule), made Declan Burke consider the monikers that just had to be changed

Chiwetel Ejiofor is being lined up to for ‘Bond 24’.

Mickey Rooney, the pint-size, precocious actor and all-around talent whose career spanned more than 80 years, has died at the age of 93.

Jojo Moyes

Adele is keeping James Bond bosses in the dark over whether she'll record the next theme song.

From Justin Bieber to Lindsay Lohan, what is it about child stardom that seems to result in controversy?

I’ve run up a massive phone bill .. get me out of here!

The selection of Frenchman Cyril Roux as financial regulator and deputy Central Bank governor in succession to Matthew Elderfield has caught a few people on the hop, although the appointment has received a broad, if cautious, welcome.

Sylvester Stallone will reprise his famous Rocky Balboa role in 'Rocky' spin-off movie, 'Creed'.

Gene Kelly worked her so hard that her feet bled. It was an apt introduction to the sleazy, sadistic side of Hollywood, Debbie Reynolds tells Dalya Alberge.

The 1984 version of 'Red Dawn', directed by John Milius, was a jingoistic action adventure of its time, for its time.

The 24th Bond movie will be released within the next three years.

Chloe Moretz watches the Disney Channel to cope with the dark roles she plays.

Peter Jackson is adding a third film to what was planned to be the two-part series 'The Hobbit'.

Hugh Laurie is being lined up to star in 'RoboCop'.

Ann Rutherford, the demure brunette actress who played Scarlett O’Hara’s youngest sister in Gone With the Wind, has died. She was 94.