There may not be any wookies there but Princess Leia will be reunited with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams at awards set up to recognise the contributions of the Irish in film and TV.

POLICE CHASE NAKED SUSPECT, CAPTURE HIM IN PANTS

Anxious to keep their jobs, men aged 35 to 50 are using Botox to banish their wrinkles, brow lines and so-called crows’ feet. Others are resorting to surgery to look toned, youthful and less stressed, says Áilín Quinlan.

Burt Reynolds has been admitted to intensive care for treatment for severe flu and dehydration.

John Boorman sent four men on an ill-fated hunting trip in his classic film Deliverance, which still shocks 40 years on, says Carl Dixon

Demi Moore’s film 'Striptease' – awarded the title of worst movie of the year when released – was today named film fans’ favourite guilty pleasure.

Burt Reynolds has had heart surgery.

A man massacred his family after a Thanksgiving dinner, gunning down his pregnant sister, six-year-old cousin and two other relatives before speeding off and sparking a state-wide manhunt.

Hollywood star Burt Reynolds has been released from a drug rehabilitation centre where he was being treated for an addiction to painkillers.

Actor Burt Reynolds has checked himself into a rehab facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, to be treated for an addiction to painkillers.

Things are not quite what they seem for a fading Hollywood star (ironic typecasting for Reynolds) whose agent gets him a job playing King Lear in London.

Our intrepid correspondent gets to grips with the legendary Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

A tiresome, done-it-before tale with few genuine laughs and another performance from Sandler, surely one of the most charmless actors in Hollywood.

DUKES of Hazzard star Jessica Simpson left her hot pants at home for the film’s British premiere.

The l970s TV series on which this awful big-screen adaptation is based was never all that good, or funny, to begin with.

Burt Reynolds has settled a multi-million-dollar legal battle with his former girlfriend.

Burt Reynolds slapped a television producer in the face while a camera was rolling at a movie premiere, but the actor’s spokesman said he was just being playful after the man acknowledged he hadn’t seen Reynolds’ latest film.

Burt Reynolds slapped a television producer in the face while a camera was rolling at a movie premiere, but the actor’s spokesman said he was just being playful after the man acknowledged he hadn’t seen Reynolds’ latest film.

Comedian Chris Rock was stunned when he worked with Burt Reynolds on the set of their new movie The Longest Yard - because the veteran actor kept pinching his buttocks.

Veteran actor Burt Reynolds is suing his former girlfriend, alleging she threatened to falsely accuse him of abuse if he didn't pay her millions of dollars.

Hollywood star Burt Reynolds is suing a former girlfriend, alleging that she threatened to falsely accuse him of abuse if he did not pay millions of dollars in return.

Celebrities in Britain are taking part in a charity campaign being launched today which celebrates the return of the ‘tache.

Pups is an honest, in-your-face story of how two Los Angeles 13-year-olds get a tragic first-hand taste of America’s gun culture.

Godfather star Al Pacino has been named the greatest film star of them all - just ahead of his co-lead in the movie, Robert De Niro.

James Bond’s spectacular bungee jump from a dam in GoldenEye has been voted the best movie stunt of all time.

Television tough guy Robert Urich, best known for his starring role in sleuth series Spencer: For Hire, has died of cancer. He was 55.

Burt Reynolds is to guest star in an episode of The X Files.

The executive producer of The X-Files says it is pretty likely that David Duchovny will return for the show's final episode.

Madonna teamed up with Vinnie Jones at the premiere of his latest movie, Mean Machine.

Leonard Nimoy is rumoured to be directing the next Star Trek movie.