From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their picks for the year ahead.

Sausage Party is a cartoon for grown ups about what happens when food finds out that it gets eaten in a nasty fashion.

Sausage Party is a new film from the minds behinid This is the End and The Interview. So you already know it's probably going to be funny. What might come as a surprise is that it's also a bit horrifying.

Sausage Party's red band trailer has been released, and the film is shaping up to be one of the weirdest things you'll see all year.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been going from strength to strength since it kicked off in 2008 with the original Iron Man.

The curtains fell on the Oscars, but Hollywood was not done celebrating its biggest night as the film industry took Academy Award winners and their statuettes out for an extended spin through glamorous after-parties.

A witness has told a Waterford murder trial that the accused stamped on his alleged victim’s head, saying: “This is out of American History X.”

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Cathy Belton is currently playing Patricia Hennessy in Red Rock on TV3, and also plays Roy’s mother in Roy, the story of a cartoon boy.

Birdman topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.

Birdman topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category.

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Famous for playing the role of the superhero Birdman (15A), aging actor Riggan Thomas (Michael Keaton) tries to reinvent himself as a serious artist by directing and starring in a Broadway production of an adaptation of Raymond Carver’s short stories.

A movie actor attempts to resuscitate his career in Birdman, Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are destined for Oscar nominations in heart-rending biopic The Theory of Everything, and a vengeful spirit returns to terrorise a class of evacuees in The Woman in Black: Angel of Death.

HE MAY not be superhuman, but Michael Keaton is super-energetic. He talks nineteen to the dozen, making constant asides and asking rhetorical questions, so at times it’s almost as if he is debating with himself.

Birdman has topped the nominations for the Golden Globes, flying away with a leading seven nods, including best picture in the comedy or musical category.

Birdman squawked loudly at the Golden Globes, flying away with a leading seven nominations.

Benedict Cumberbatch has been nominated for two Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards.

Robert De Niro has dedicated his Entertainment Icon award to Robin Williams.

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Conor Lovett is performing a work by a contemporary American playwright for his new show, writes Colette Sheridan.

George Clooney and his girlfriend Amal Alamuddin have fuelled rumours they're engaged.

Leonardo DiCaprio will star in 'The Revenant'.

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Tune in tonight to watch award-winning chef Neven Maguire create delicious dishes using ingredients from local producers.

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Tilda Swinton is sleeping in a glass box in the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.

Saoirse Ronan has revealed it was a dream come true to take the starring role in the hotly anticipated new movie from the creator of the billion-euro Twilight franchise, Stephenie Meyer.

The Bourne Legacy ***

Given that Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass decided to bid adieu to the massively successful Bourne franchise after ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’, the question on everyone’s lips was: ‘Could the espionage series continue?’.

Edward Norton is to return to 'The Simpsons'.

Edward Norton says the 'Bourne' films are more "authentic" than other blockbusters.

Jeremy Renner insists he's not "replacing" Matt Damon in 'The Bourne Identity'.

Johnny Depp will star in Wes Anderson's new film 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'.

Johnny Depp is to star in Wes Anderson's 'The Grand Budapest Hotel'.

Will Smith is back as Agent J in Men In Black 3

Standing out from the crowd takes courage and an unshakable self-belief to persist when others mock your efforts.

Film festival celebrates its 65th birthday with typical glamour and glitz, says Don O’Mahony

Sacha Baron Cohen atones for the sins of 'Bruno' with this gleefully bad-taste fish-out-of-water comedy, which kicks sand in the eye of political correctness.

Wes Anderson's Cannes opening premiere drew Hollywood A-listers including Eva Longoria, Jane Fonda and Tilda Swinton to the La Croisette red carpet.

Cannes got the hump with Sacha Baron Cohen yesterday as the funnyman staged his latest stunt to promote his new comedy film, The Dictator.