Millions of Americans are now hooked on drugs they or somebody close to them had prescribed for pain, writes Terry Prone

Before he starts work in Limerick on a new series from George RR Martin, director Doug Liman is bringing the tale of super smuggler Barry Seal to the big screen, writes Esther McCarthy.

Here are the top three films you don’t want to miss this week, writes Declan Burke.

The UK’s decision to leave the EU casts a long shadow over Thursday’s election, and has led to an erosion of traditional party loyalties, writes Kylie MacLellan.   

When a friends gets into trouble it’s time for Jack Reacher to get involved.

Tom Cruise returns as Jack Reacher in the sequel called Never Go Back - and he's set to kick some ass once again.

Two findings of poor professional performance have been made against a Consultant Gynaecologist, but he has been cleared of all other allegations at a Fitness to Practise inquiry.

Remember Jack Reacher - that random Tom Cruise starring action film which dropped in late 2012 and was pretty much instantly forgotten?

A ’certificates of Irishness’ scheme set up to entice the descendants of emigrants to connect with their heritage has been scrapped after just 3,000 applications out of a 70m strong diaspora applied in four years.

It will be a sad day indeed when Tom Cruise grows too old to sprint across our screens, but that day, if Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (12A) is any indication, will be a long time coming.

With the Impossible Mission Force under siege, Ethan Hunt goes on the run as a sinister new enemy rises…

Tom Cruise was on with Jimmy Fallon talking about Mission Impossible Rogue Nation.

Mission Impossible Rogue Nation is in cinemas this week and it's full of some of the most ridiculous stunts ever committed to film, including the very famous moment when Tom Cruise hitched a ride on the outside of an airplane at 5000 feet.

A fitness to practise inquiry into a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who performed hysterectomies on four elderly women has heard an expert witness defend his claims there may have been no clinical reason for the operations on two of the women.

Tom Cruise put his eye-watering stunts down to years of practice, as he attended the UK premiere of Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation.

It's all about Tom Cruise in cinemas this week as Mission Impossible storms into screens around the country - its going to be big!

A hysterectomy patient did sign a consent form before entering the operating theatre, a consultant anaesthetist told an inquiry yesterday, contrary to previous claims by the patient.

A consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist was “quite rude” to a patient when she questioned him after he performed a hysterectomy on her, an inquiry heard yesterday.

Tom Cruise has done some incredible stunts before but his work on Rogue Nation is absolutely insane - hanging off a real plane!

Tipperary rider Trevor Breen won the Hickstead Derby for the second year in a row yesterday, describing it as “surreal”, after posting the only clear round from 37 starters.

Mission Impossible Rogue Nation is coming, and it's looking pretty action-packed.

Sometime in the future, when professional sport has been closed down altogether, people will probably look back at the time America’s finest legal minds produced a rebuttal website on behalf of the New England Patriots that contained these sentences:

John Travolta has declared he will not be watching a new documentary about the Church of Scientology.

Sam Smith is set to become a Hollywood star.

Not even endorsements by Barack Obama and Tom Cruise could prevent the number of Certificates of Irishness being issued last year from plummeting.

Our spolier-free guide to the best of today's TV.

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise will spend Christmas Day together.

Nicole Kidman wants to have another baby.

The daughter of Tom Cruise has started working as a hairdresser in England.

A climbing system inspired by geckos has turned spider man fiction into fact by making it possible for a human to scale vertical glass.

Tom Cruise is reportedly dating Miranda Kerr.

AT the recent Florence wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, there wasn’t a cloud on the picture-perfect horizon. But that doesn’t mean that the couple didn’t contemplate the possibility of stormy weather. They did. Negotiations as to the terms of their prenup were so prolonged and hard-fought, that their wedding date had to be postponed until such time as agreement was reached.

Check out our spoiler-free guide to what’s good to watch on TV tonight.

Rebecca Ferguson has been cast as the female lead in 'Mission: Impossible 5'.

Tom Cruise could make a cameo in 'Star Wars: Episode VII'.

Tom Cruise’s Irish movie Far and Away has been branded one of his worst ever films by Rolling Stone magazine.

Maleficent ****

Tune in to BBC 1 at 10.30pm as Graham Norton is joined on the sofa by Hollywood stars Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron and Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane, plus Coldplay perform A Sky Full of Stars.

Tom Cruise has reportedly been dating Laura Prepon for months.

Tom Cruise admits it will be "fun" to do 'Top Gun 2'.