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The coach of adventurer Ranulph Fiennes has revealed the 71-year-old explorer is overtaking people a quarter of his age during the Marathon des Sables.

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.

Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes have joined the cast of 'Hail Caesar!'

Liam Neeson is often mistaken for Ralph Fiennes.

Tommy Barker uncovers Cois Cuain, a West Cork coastal spot where the actor, and his many talented siblings, learned to run wild.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes said today that he was “frustrated” at being forced to pull out of an expedition across Antarctica because of frostbite.

Liam Neeson has revealed people often mistake him for fellow actor Ralph Fiennes and he has even signed an autograph as the 'Harry Potter' star rather than admit his real identity.

THE story of how Edward VIII (James D’Arcy) abdicated the English throne for the love of the American divorcee Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) in 1936 might be a familiar one, but W.E. (16s) offers an unusual perspective, exploring the tale from Simpson’s point of view, and taking into account the fact that while Edward gave up his throne for Wallis, she sacrificed her entire life for him.

Ralph Fiennes’s new film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus is a labour of love for the British actor and director, says Declan Cashin

Kenneth Branagh said tonight it was “thrilling” to be honoured at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs).

Ralph Fiennes is to receive a British Film Institute Fellowship.

THE darkest and most adult of the Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (12A) brings to a close the epic saga of the teenage wizard’s battle against the forces of evil.

A Dublin man has been given a two-year suspended sentence for his role in an unprovoked attack on two men at a takeaway restaurant following a night out.

Ralph Fiennes has been offered the role of a "revolutionary" villain in the new James Bond film.

Three men have been jailed at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court for an unprovoked assault on a a couple celebrating their engagement.

Ricky Gervais, with his writing partner on 'The Office', tags this film as his first move away from comedy into drama, and it might well be that his reputation as an original and inventive writer of funny scripts hampers us from seeing him as anything else.

With such a distinguished cast, this re-make of the 1980s classic is raised above the usual level of your average sand-and-sandals epic … though do expect to meet plenty of the customary warring Gods and battles between good and evil.

Joseph Fiennes’ wife Maria Dolores Dieguez has given birth to a baby daughter.

Actor and UN ambassador Ralph Fiennes today paid a brief visit to Irish soldiers in Chad.

Ricky Gervais has managed to snag a Hollywood star for his big-screen directorial debut - award-winning actor Ralph Fiennes has signed on to star in 'Cemetery Junction'.

Liam Neeson is set to begin work on his first film since the death of his wife, Natasha Richardson.

Celebrities mourned the loss of Natasha Richardson as they joined her grieving husband Liam Neeson at a private wake for the actress.

A curious film of two distinct parts, neither of which makes for a complete finish in that the split when it comes doesn’t carry the viewer from one story to the next with conviction.

Ralph Fiennes tonight branded film-making a risky business, not a glamorous one.

Ralph Fiennes has sparked rumours that he has reunited with former lover Francesca Annis after the pair broke up over his alleged affair.

The history of South Africa, the notorious prison on Robben Island and the fate of Nelson Mandela is a story always worth telling … the pity with 'Goodbye Bafana' is that it doesn't tell it very well.

English actor Ralph Fiennes, recently involved in a mile-high incident with an Australian stewardess, is at the centre of another scandal.

The flight attendant who earlier this month confessed to having sex with actor Ralph Fiennes in an aircraft toilet is worried she may be pregnant.

British actor Ralph Fiennes said today he was moved by the strength of HIV positive people in Indian villages he visited over the past five days as an ambassador for UNICEF.

Hugh Grant has admitted that he has finally “settled down”.

British movie star Ralph Finnes has found new love with actress Ellen Barkin, according to US reports.

Merchant-Ivory’s final collaboration, The White Countess (SPHE, €21.99) is a beautifully-shot film that serves as a fitting, though overlong finale to the duo’s work.

Rachel Weisz picked up a deserved Oscar this week for her role in The Constant Gardener (Universal, €21.99), in which she plays Tessa, a human rights campaigner and wife of minor diplomat Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes).

Ralph Fiennes' week took a turn for the better yesterday when the newly-dumped star of The Constant Gardener picked up a Best British Actor nod at the London Film Critics' Circle awards, while co-star Rachel Weisz triumphed in the female category.

The actor Ralph Fiennes and his partner Francesca Annis are to separate after 11 years, lawyers for the actress said tonight.

Oscar nominations are announced today, with Rachel Weisz and Dame Judi Dench leading the Brits tipped for places on the shortlist.

An Oscar-nominated director and a novel by John le Carre, set in Kenya and involving an unlikely hero investigating the brutal murder of the wife of a minor British diplomat.

Ralph Fiennes regrets agreeing to star alongside Jennifer Lopez in critically-panned romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan - and admits he suspected it would be bad.

Ralph Fiennes would consider playing James Bond, if producers hired Quentin Tarantino to make a movie more faithful to 007 author Ian Fleming's novels.

British actor Joseph Fiennes has accused Kevin Spacey of encouraging dull, formal theatres - by criticising noisy audiences.

Irish actor Brendan Gleeson has been signed up to star in the next instalment of the Harry Potter series, Warner Bros have announced.