CATE BLANCHETT was not impressed when an interviewer suggested she looked like the kind of Aussie girl who would like to crack open a beer with him.

Alex Gibney tells Don O’Mahony about his documentaries on an Irish massacre and the most interesting man in music

GIG WISE: With Electric Picnic out of the way, the next biggie on the Irish music horizon is the Guinness Amplify festival taking place through the five provinces on different weekends in September and October.

BLUR frontman Damon Albarn is set to open the world-famous Guinness Cork Jazz Festival this October.

Beyonce Knowles has named her new album '4'.