Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis has retired from acting, his representative has said.

Daniel Day-Lewis has been named in a list of the best ever Oscar-winning performances in a biopic by Rolling Stone.

Delighted campaigners behind plans for the country’s newest hospice have celebrated reaching their €3m fundraising target — with congratulations from a movie superstar.

Daniel Day-Lewis said he was "entirely amazed" to receive a knighthood in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.

The Queen has said that Britain and Ireland shall “no longer allow our past to ensnare our future” at a historic state banquet in honour of President Michael D Higgins.

Sean Connery has been voted the top British actor in America, but two Irish actors are featured in the list — and referred to as British.

'Thor' actor Tom Hiddleston wants to work with Daniel Day-Lewis.

EVERY now and then a movie comes out of nowhere, made on the cheap, and becomes a classic.

Daniel Day-Lewis said it is “daft” to refer to him as the best actor to have ever lived, despite his latest triumph making him the first man to win three best actor Oscars.

Daniel Day-Lewis wants to have a "lie down" for a couple of years after winning the Best Actor award at this year's Oscars.

Daniel Day-Lewis made Oscar history today – becoming the first man to be named best actor three times.

Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have strolled down the red carpet ahead of the Oscars.

Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are gathering ahead of the Oscars.

Hollywood bad boy Quentin Tarantino was celebrating today after his controversial screenplay for the western 'Django Unchained' was awarded a Bafta.

Daniel Day-Lewis’s domination of the awards season is expected to continue at the Baftas tonight, where he is hot favourite to win the Best Actor award.

Daniel Day-Lewis's domination of the awards season is expected to continue at the Baftas tomorrow, where he is hot favourite to win the Best Actor award.

The CIA thriller Argo continues to steamroll through awards season, winning the top honour for overall cast performance at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Opening early in 1865, as the American Civil War is entering its endgame, Lincoln (12A) offers a detailed account of how recently re-elected president Abraham Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis) rammed the 13th constitutional amendment — the emancipation of the slaves — through Congress.

The 'Lincoln' star, who has two children - Ronan, 14, and Cashel, 10 - with wife Rebecca Miller, has revealed his kids were clueless about their father's occupation as an Oscar-winning actor until recently.

Steven Spielberg artfully tears a page from history to immortalise the efforts of the 16th president of the United States to abolish slavery during a turbulent period of deep division within the House of Representatives.

…about Lincoln star Daniel Day-Lewis.

When Steven Spielberg spoke to Edward Hale, he was effusive about the acting talents of Day-Lewis

With the director Stephen Spielberg ending up in a bidding war with his wife for one of the items at the charity auction, it was no wonder the event raised more than €250,000 towards the building of a hospice in Wicklow — and they are still counting.

While Hollywood star Daniel Day-Lewis, 55, claimed he had no idea how much last night’s charity premiere and party for his Lincoln movie would raise for the Wicklow Hospice Foundation, insiders said they believe it will generate a six-figure sum.

Dublin became a part of Hollywood yesterday when movie stars, directors, celebrities and fully paid-up members of the glitterati attended the European premiere of the new Steven Spielberg movie Lincoln in the city’s Savoy Cinema.

Rolling out the red carpet for the European premiere of Lincoln in Dublin has given the Irish film industry a welcome fillip that will help to keep it in the picture.

Despite a reputation for being an intense and reclusive actor, Daniel Day-Lewis responded unexpectedly when he received a birthday card, Caroline O’Doherty reports

Daniel Day-Lewis’ dominance of awards season is set to continue after he received another best actor nomination for his performance in Lincoln.

Veteran director Jim Sheridan has tipped two-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis to make movie history and scoop an Oscar hat-trick.

Daniel Day-Lewis thinks Abraham Lincoln was "vulnerable".

The Iran hostage thriller 'Argo' was a surprise best-drama winner at the Golden Globes, beating out the Civil War epic 'Lincoln', which had emerged as an awards-season favourite.

Gloves, a knife and other items from the Lincoln film blockbuster are to be auctioned at the European premiere in Dublin.

Gloves, a knife and other items from the Lincoln film blockbuster are to be auctioned at the European premiere in Dublin next week.

His acclaimed performances in the likes of My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood have already led many to believe Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the finest actors ever to grace our screens.

The American Civil War saga Lincoln leads the Academy Awards with 12 nominations, including best picture, director for Steven Spielberg and acting honours for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones.

Daniel Day-Lewis has been nominated for Best Actor for his title role in US historical drama 'Lincoln' as the nominations for the Oscars were announced today.

Historical biopic Lincoln leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with 10 nominations including best picture and best actor — but nothing for director Steven Spielberg.

Steven Spielberg’s US Civil War epic Lincoln led the Golden Globes with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg, and acting honours for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones.

Steven Spielberg’s civil war epic Lincoln leads the race for honours at the Golden Globes.

With less than a week to go, we are still mired, rear wheels spinning, in nostalgia.

Jack Nicholson’s role in classic movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest has been named the greatest movie performance of all time.

Jack Nicholson’s role in classic movie 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest' has been named the greatest movie performance of all time.

CADS: they’ll break your heart, shatter your confidence and cost you a fortune in gin, comfort food and snivelling late- night phone calls to friends in the wake of the inevitable break up.

Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite has died, a spokesman announced today. He was 64.