Des O’Driscoll rounds up some of the latest news from the entertainment world.

There will also be an exclusive eurovision 2020 performance from Lesley Roy.

From the big blockbusters and a new Bond movie to some strong Irish offerings, Esther McCarthy looks at the cinema highlights for the year ahead.

From starring in a Cork-set film, to securing a role in Ridley Scott’s major new HBO series, it has been quite a year for Niamh Algar, writes Esther McCarthy

The box office success of the multi-award winning ‘The Favourite' last year contributed to Element Pictures recording post tax profits of €473,053.

For those involved in the film industry, November is the great “in-between” month — the annual period between possibility and promise.

Mark O’Connor had a major hand in the rise of Irish star Barry Keoghan,and hopes to work similar magic with the cast of unknowns in his new crime series Darklands, writes Esther McCarthy.

So that’s nearly Wednesday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Irish actor Barry Keoghan is set to star in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's The Eternals.

A new psychological thriller series from the writer of 'Derry Girls' will be broadcast on Virgin Media as part of their new season.

Kerry star Jessie Buckley has been named one of Variety magazine’s ‘10 actors to Watch’ for 2019.

Des O'Driscoll shares the latest from the entertainment world.

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The Favourite is already being talked up for Oscars. Its director tells Esther McCarthy all about the Irish-produced period film.

Esther McCarthy selects her highlights of the year...

Black ’47, out now - Revenge thriller set during the Irish Famine. Hugo Weaving, Barry Keoghan and Stephen Rea star.

There’s no shortage of Barry Keoghan around at the moment, and it looks like the young Dubliner is about to take yet another step up the movie star ladder with American Animals.

Who came away with the title of for being one of the most stylish people in the country?

Not bad. Not bad at all.

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The Irish Film and Drama awards celebrated its 15th year last night and boy, did it pull out all the stops.

His four-year stint on Vikings has just come to an end, but with six movie releases this year alone, an IFTA nomination and his latest role as Amy Huberman’s love interest in Striking Out, Moe Dunford is about to become a household name, writes Esther McCarthy

Our regular contributors select their highlights of the year.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest entertainment news and his top tips for the week ahead

Catch up on this morning's headlines...

From inner city Dublin to the red carpet of Cannes, it’s been quite a climb for Barry Keoghan. Esther McCarthy talks to the actor who first broke through in Love/Hate

He’s just finished his third movie and after five months on the road, Colin Farrell is itching to get home and just “be dad”, he tells Esther McCarthy            

The rude health of the film industry in this country is underlined by the presence of 10 Irish offerings at the prestigious festival, writes Esther McCarthy

Many Cork and Irish lives were lost in the Battle of France, writes Damian Shiels

Former One Direction singer Harry Styles has dispensed with his boyband heartthrob status to play a regular soldier in Christopher Nolan’s WW2 drama, Dunkirk, says Shilpa Ganatra.

Helen Barlow reflects on a festival in which fabulous females, streaming TV shows and Irish actors took centre stage.

As the world’s most famous film festival kicks off, Helen Barlow selects some of the highlights

From Love/Hate to Once, Maureen Hughes is Ireland’s go-to casting agent. Esther McCarthy meets the woman who made Cillian Murphy a star.

A host of famous faces will descend on the capital this weekend ahead of the eagerly anticipated Irish Film and Television Awards.

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For the latest big release in an incredible year for Irish cinema, Rachel Griffiths plays a grieving mother embroiled in an unlikely love affair, writes Helen Barlow

Room, Sing Street, and My Name is Emily look set to be the big winners at the Irish Film and Television Awards (Iftas) as they have bagged eight nominations apiece.

The film, Stay, is about people who are “between the chairs,” says writer/director, Wiebke von Carolsfeld. Characters who are in search of a place called home or a place to stay.

And... breathe. The finale of Love/Hate was expected to become the most watched TV show of the year, and for all those tuning in, it didn’t disappoint.

Love/Hate creator Stuart Carolan says he sometimes feels like a “half-wit” for killing off a gang boss character played by Aiden Gillen in his hit TV series.