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‘Informer’ added to US film registry, 83 years on

An 83-year-old Oscar-winning movie about a former IRA man desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life has been inducted into the National Film Registry in the United States.

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When life really gets animated for Cork animator Nora Twomey

With a cancer diagnosis coinciding with her Oscar nominated film, Cork animator Nora Twomey really has been on life’s rollercoaster. But she’s thrilled ‘The Breadwinner’ is finally opening in Ireland, writes Esther McCarthy.

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London-Irish director tipped for Oscar success

London-Irish director Martin McDonagh and leading actress Frances McDormand have been tipped for Oscar success with their new film, writes Helen Barlow.

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Ruth Negga’s star keeps on rising

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HSE recruits Oscar-nominated writer Kathleen O’Rourke to pen sex-ed book for kids

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Oscar nominees can bag a five-star holiday to Israel

Oscar’s first-half hat-trick guarantees Chelsea progress

Eden Hazard ended his 31-game goal drought while Oscar scored a first-half hat-trick for Chelsea.

Sun, 31 Jan, 2016

Guus Hiddink: Anger stirs up Oscar

Chelsea interim boss Guus Hiddink suggested Oscar benefits from being antagonised after the Brazil playmaker’s training ground confrontation with Diego Costa was laughed off.

Sun, 10 Jan, 2016

Song of the Sea: Seven steps to the big screen

A new exhibition shows the huge amount of work needed to get Song of the Sea from basic idea to Oscar-nominated film. Richard Fitzpatrick looks at the major stages in the eight-year process

Thu, 30 Jul, 2015

Bloodied Pistorius photos shown to court

Police photographs of a bare-chested Oscar Pistorius standing in his garage on blood-stained prosthetic legs and wearing shorts covered in blood, taken shortly after the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend, were shown to the court at his trial.

Sat, 15 Mar, 2014

Fassbender’s rocky road from Fossa to Hollywood

The long and sometimes rocky road to Hollywood began in simple schoolboy settings for actor Michael Fassbender, 36, nominated for an Oscar tomorrow night for his role in 12 Years a Slave.

Sat, 01 Mar, 2014

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