Des O’Driscoll with the latest entertainment news and events

There are times when the cliché is correct.

Tickets to see Aimee Mann at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre in Dublin next January will go on sale this Thursday, it has been announced.

“MOVING” was how legendary singer Kris Kristofferson described it and the thousands who gathered at the Midlands Music Festival this weekend probably agreed with him.

Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn and his family have been honoured AFI Associates of the American Film Institute for their "creative contributions" to the entertainment industry.