Cork ladies’ footballer Bríd Stack answers our health and life questions this week.

The first trailer for the new Warner Bros. comedy film The House has been released on YouTube.

Through her acting and production work, Susan Sarandon is happy to help challenge the Hollywood patriarchy, writes Helen Barlow

Michael and Danny Healy-Rae’s resounding electoral success (30,000-plus votes) proves that all politics is local and dismissing them is to denigrate the people of Kerry, despite that county’s great diversity, writes Clodagh Finn

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12A) opens 30 years on from the events of Return of the Jedi (1983), with the rebels, led by General Leia (Carrie Fisher), hard-pressed by the evil First Order, led by Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson). 

Two sisters have one last party in their old family home.

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Star Wars The Force Awakens is going to be more than just a little bit big, so it's pretty insane to have a movie opening against it

From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics pick the best on offer this autumn.

We’re getting more Inside Out sooner than we were expecting with Riley’s First Date set to debut on the home video release of the movie

With female comedians taking centre stage, it’s like women have finally crossed a frontier that eluded them for generations, says Ed Power.

Disney Pixar’s latest animation Inside Out opened to the number one spot at the Irish box office this weekend, taking almost €1m in its opening weekend.

Inside Out *****

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are funny folks separately but put them together and you've got comedy gold - as we've seen during their time as hosts of the Golden Globe Awards. And now the duo is back again in a new movie called Sisters.

The new movie from the guys at Pixar is called Inside Out and it's all about the emotions in our mind - so we talked emotions with the filmmakers

Take a trip inside the human mind to see how our emotions take charge.

An Irish woman is understood to be among the 28 victims killed in an attack at a Tunisian resort, Sepp Blatter has fuelled speculation about his future by insisting he has not resigned as FIFA president, and the US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the country.  Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com catch-up.

One man has been beheaded and at least two have been injured in an attack on a factory in the south-east of France, Renault has recalled thousands of vehicles because of a problem with the braking system, there will be two more boxing finals with Irish involvement at the European Games in Baku. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

 

A fashion designer whose gowns have been worn by Oprah Winfrey is to be honoured at University College Cork later this week, along with an accomplished furniture maker and a cultural historian.

Let’s just say this news has not gone down too well with the people of the interwebs:

The Golden Globes inched closer to legitimacy in its 72nd show, giving awards not just to A-List celebrities, but to the edgier productions that unequivocally deserved recognition, including Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Birdman.

Leave it to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to turn some of Hollywood’s sorest subjects into punch lines.

We've put together our personal top 5 best dressed of the night, so without futher ado:

Norah Casey begins her new show Norah’s Traveller Academy on RTÉ2 on Thursday.

Magic moment: It’s an eerie feeling standing alone at midnight on a Saturday, surrounded by some 20,000 people.

Birdman has topped the nominations for the Golden Globes, flying away with a leading seven nods, including best picture in the comedy or musical category.

Birdman squawked loudly at the Golden Globes, flying away with a leading seven nominations.

Benedict Cumberbatch has been nominated for two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards.

Just when we thought we couldn't love her anymore.

So Seth Meyers is set to make his debut hosting the Emmy Awards this year.

Will Arnett has filed for divorce from his estranged wife Amy Poehler.

Welcome to your Thursday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

Amy Poehler is in talks to star alongside Tina Fey in 'The Nest'.

'American Hustle' and 'The Wolf of Wall Street' lead the 2014 MTV Movie Awards nominations.

'American Hustle' and 'The Wolf of Wall Street' lead the 2014 MTV Movie Awards nominations.

George Clooney is planning to pull another "downright dirty" prank on Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.