A strengthening Hurricane Matthew is steaming towards Florida with winds of 140mph as hundreds of thousands of people board up their homes and flee inland to escape the most powerful storm to threaten the Atlantic coast in more than a decade.

Fiann Ó Nualláin looks at ‘Dare to Be Wild’ and other environment-related films and documentaries. 

The Walking Dead has been a massive success on the small screen for AMC, and now it's going in a new directing.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

Straight Outta Compton was a surprise success when it hit cinemas earlier this year, bringing in more than $200 million worldwide on a $28 million budget and providing Universal Studios with another triumph.

A long time ago in 2002, a TV show called Firefly aired on Fox. Then was messed around a lot. Then was cancelled by Fox.

We've been eagerly awaiting any new information about Guillermo del Toro's follow up to his monster melee but there are problems afoot

Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie is heading to be the most successful Irish film for over 20 years, with worldwide box office receipts estimated to top $35m (€30.8m).

The park is open and the dinosaurs are real, welcome to Jurassic World.

NINTENDO fans are being taken for a ride. 

Russell Crowe met Pope Francis during the General Audience at the Vatican today.

Almost 300 jobs are threatened after one of the North's main construction firms went into administration.

Paul Walker's family and friends held a private memorial at the site of his car crash on Monday night.

Paul Walker's co-stars are "too distraught" to return to work on the 'Fast & Furious 7' this week in the wake of his death.

Darren Shan is a hugely successful writer living in rural Limerick. He spoke to John Rainsford about his new book Zom-B Angels, the fourth in the series

As Bloom prepares to open next weekend, Kya deLongchamps talks to exhibitor Fiann Nualláin about his unique approach

Melissa McCarthy has revealed she “wouldn’t want to” appear in a 'Bridesmaids' sequel without Kristen Wiig.

US entertainment giant Comcast is in the final stages of a deal to bring Harry Potter’s magic to life in Hollywood.

Casey Anthony, the Florida mother cleared of killing her two-year-old daughter, has been jailed for four years for lying to investigators.

Dustin Hoffman was paid $7.5m (€5.7m) for just five days work.

Viggo Mortensen is set to star in 'The Dark Tower'.

CELEBRATING its diamond jubilee, Edinburgh’s renowned Royal Military Tattoo takes place between August 6 and 28. Against the backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, the world’s most spectacular tattoo will host a celebration of talent from four continents.

The next ‘Bourne’ movie will be a sequel, it has emerged.

A Palestinian shopkeeper and father portrayed as a terrorist in the film 'Bruno' is suing Sacha Baron Cohen, US talk show host David Letterman and others for defamation.

PADANG’S inhabitants are well aware of the dangers of living on top of one of the world’s most active fault lines, but the huge earthquake that struck their port city still took most by surprise as it wreaked devastation and death.

THE wife of Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire gave birth to the couple’s second child, a boy.

The wife of 'Spider-Man' star Tobey Maguire has given birth to the couple’s second child, a boy.

A military contractor suspected of hacking into the teenage girls’ computers and threatening to post their personal information online unless they sent him revealing photos was arrested by US authorities.

ETIHAD Airways is spreading its net to the south and west of the country following a code-share agreement with Aer Arann to link with the airline’s flights from Dublin to Abu Dhabi and beyond.

ETIHAD Airways is spreading its net to the south and west of the country following a code-share agreement with Aer Arann to link with the airline’s flights from Dublin to Abu Dhabi and beyond.

Actresses Annette Bening and Naomi Watts are to play mother and daughter in Rodrigo Garcia's new drama - replacing Robin Wright Penn and Brittany Robertson in the movie.

Hollywood director Steven Spielberg returned to his post at Universal Studios after signing a deal with the company to distribute his films, two years after parting ways with the filmmakers.

A fire that ripped through the heart of Universal Studios in Hollywood on Sunday was an accident, fire chiefs have ruled.

The Transformers had another chunk of metal to add to their collection today when the blockbuster about robots in disguise took home the golden popcorn trophy for best film at the MTV Movie Awards.

Spider-Man film star Tobey Maguire and fiancée Jennifer Meyer were married during a ceremony in Hawaii, his US publicist has confirmed.

Homer, Bart and the rest of the TV Simpson family are to be turned into US theme park rides.

Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire and his longtime love Jennifer Meyer are expecting their first baby, according to media reports in the US.

US consumers snapped up 6.5 million copies of King Kong in its first six days in stores, making it the best-selling Universal Studios release ever.

Whoopi Goldberg is giving Hollywood's Universal Studios theme park a boost by starring in a new welcome video for tourists.

HIS 14 books have sold more than 10 million copies across the world and Hollywood now beckons.

Spider-man star Tobey Maguire is reportedly planning to propose to his girlfriend of two years, Jennifer Meyer.

Director Oliver Stone has begun shooting one of the first Hollywood films about the September 11 2001 attacks in New York – without recreating the large-scale devastation all too familiar to people who lived through the outrage.

Russell Crowe is already in line to win another Oscar, with movie critics yesterday hailing his emotionally-charged performance in 'Cinderella Man'.