Tomorrow’s Oscars won’t just inspire cinema audiences. They’ll inspire countless holidays and city breaks too.

Space drama Gravity is the film to beat at tonight's Baftas.

Gawker claim it was Quentin Tarantino himself who turned his leaked script for 'The Hateful Eight' into a news story.

Quentin Tarantino is suing Gawker for leaking his script for 'The Hateful Eight'.

Crime caper American Hustle and space spectacular Gravity topped the Oscar nominations list with 10 each, leading a crowded field of contenders for Hollywood’s most coveted honours — with 12 Years a Slave star Michael Fassbender, U2 and Philomena among the Irish hopefuls.

U2 are nominated for best song at the Oscars, while Philomena - the story of an Irish mother searching for a son she gave up for adoption - has been nominated for Best Picture, Actress in a Leading Role, Screenplay, and Original Score.

The force of Gravity may be about to exert itself on Hollywood’s awards season when Academy Award nominations are announced today.

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave continued its award season success by picking up 10 nominations at the Baftas.

Irish actor Michael Fassbender has been nominated for a BAFTA for his role in the movie '12 Years a Slave'.

The searing historical epic 12 Years a Slave and the con-artist caper American Hustle lead the 71st annual Golden Globes with seven nominations each.

'American Hustle' and '12 Years a Slave' lead the Golden Globes 2014 nominations with seven nods each.

They say the journey is more important than the destination, and that’s never truer than in an Alexander Payne movie.

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CORK Film Festival 2013 mixed old and new in this year’s programme, the first under new director James Mullighan. For fans of the big screen, it was a hectic nine days, and the event brought many surprises and rewards.

The opening scenes of Tony Palmer’s documentary, Bird on a Wire, about Leonard Cohen’s five-week European tour in 1972 — which began in Dublin — show security manhandling concertgoers in Tel Aviv. Cohen coos softly, in his Quebecker drawl, into a microphone: “I know you’re trying to do your job, but you don’t have to do it with your fists.”

THE 58th Cork Film Festival catalogue will be launched at the Electric bar this evening. The festival is six weeks away, but its new creative director, James Mullighan — a former director of the Edinburgh Film Festival — says the lead-in will allow for as many tickets as possible to be sold.

Val Kilmer is to play the lead role in Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Twixt Now and Sunrise’.

A horror film for the kiddies, who do like to be scared witless so long as what’s on offer releases the frighteners with a lighter touch.

'Desperate Housewives' star Teri Hatcher has been snubbed by the Emmy Awards - with three of her castmates competing for the Best Comedy Actress Award without her.

South African-born beauty Theron had never been considered a Hollywood A-List star … until she made this harrowing but truly memorable drama.