Des O’Driscoll picks five of the best things going on around the country. 

Chanel started the trend in the 1930s, and this season, pockets were all over the catwalks again. But they signify so much more than just a mere fashion trend, says Annmarie O’Connor

Go bold this autumn with a Star Trek-style statement lip or a purple smokey eye.

Studio Ghibli, Bourne, and a Cilla Black tribute are among the gems on TV tonight

Dara O’Briain hangs out with Stephen Hawking on BBC One on Tuesday.

June Rodgers performs some of her hilarious characters in her new show, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

Annmarie O’Connor thinks mothers should adopt a ’less is more’ approach to their communion and confirmation outfits. So be careful with necklines, hemlines and anything strapless.

Older men may still long for that one last fling, but they are more interested in love, friendship, and intimacy, writes Margaret Jennings.

Jack Nicholson would love "one last romance".

Considered one of the most talented, sought-after and striking actresses of her time, Suzanne Harrington finds the Anjelica Huston in her autobiography without ego

Hollywood actress Anjelica Huston has revealed details about the day she caught director Roman Polanski with a 13-year-old girl at Jack Nicholson’s home.

Feast your eyes of this cornucopia of televisual wonder.

Backstage at London Fashion Week, artists and stylists got busy creating the looks we’ll be wearing this season.

Martin Claffey enjoys a walking break in the stunning surrounds of Connemara.

Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep are alleged to have had a fling back in the 1980s.

Jack Nicholson can't hit on women in public anymore.

THE fashion world welcomes fabulous eccentrics. Attention is vital for survival, so those who strike a dramatic, individual, colourful presence get media space and transform column inches into lucrative fashion roles.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ***

Were it not for the introduction of de rigueur 3D, this fourth computer-animated feature based on JM Barrie’s scantily-clad fairy would surely have fluttered straight to DVD.

Des O’Driscoll picks his highlights from the coming week’s TV schedule

As devourers of pop culture, we're quick to categorize our entertainment for our own safety. Comedy, drama, thriller, sci-fi, horror—everything we have the chance to consume has a label to ensure that we know exactly what we're getting. Occasionally, a movie defies classification.

IRELAND should discuss rejoining the Commonwealth, Gay Mitchell has said.

THE superhero grows a little less super with each successive offering from the Marvel Comics canon.

Jack Nicholson is reportedly trying to stop his ex-girlfriend Anjelica Huston from revealing his secrets in her upcoming memoir.

Jack Nicholson no longer thinks he is irresistible to women.

A rare collection belonging to one of the Hollywood's best directors has been handed over to NUI Galway.

Michael Jackson’s ’Captain EO’ is moonwalking back to Disneyland.

Lauren Bacall has been given an honorary Oscar.

Three of Ireland’s top film stars will be honoured in Hollywood just days ahead of the Academy Awards, it was announced today.

Jack Nicholson is looking for love at 70, admitting he has been single for too long.

JACK NICHOLSON, the legendary ladies’ man, says he’d like to fall in love again.

The Darjeeling Limited

Owen Wilson attended the Los Angeles premiere of his new movie 'The Darjeeling Ltd' on Thursday, his first public appearance since his suicide attempt in August.

Hollywood heavy weights Tom Cruise and Will Smith are hosting a private celebrity-packed party to welcome soccer superstar David Beckham and his Spice Girl wife Victoria to Los Angeles on Sunday.

What starts off as a fairly promising and amusing film turns into a wasted opportunity in Art School Confidential (SPHE, €24.99).

If you find yourself in London on Thursday, December 7, around 8.10pm at the NFT, catch Anjelica Huston's lecture coinciding with the retro season of the work of her father, the legendary John.

The former Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, will be among the performers at this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo.

Acclaimed director Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan and Belfast music producer David Holmes are to be presented with honorary awards at a event celebrating Irish film-writing in Los Angeles next month.

AN Irish university said yesterday it would be happy to accept Hollywood actor Martin Sheen as a student after he revealed plans to study in Ireland.

An Irish university said today it would be happy to accept Hollywood actor Martin Sheen as a student after he revealed plans to study in Ireland.

Nobody does grumpy and cynical quite like Murray, and he is at his grumpy and cynical best in this often excellent film.

SCOTTISH actor Robert Carlyle joined hundreds of film lovers at a red carpet premiere to open the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival last night.

Tickets are in hot demand for a host of Irish films set to premiere at the Jameson Dublin International Film festival, it has emerged tonight.

Veteran film star Kirk Douglas and wife Anne said “I do” for the second time in 50 years at a hilltop mansion, renewing the marriage vows the couple first took when they eloped to Las Vegas in 1954.