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Paul Ronan will play new character, Anto Collins, the father of Hayley and Harmony.

It is not necessary to be a sceptic to dismiss the Oscars as a low-cal smoothie, mixing a marketing love-in and a hiring fair. After all, every industry has self-aggrandising jamborees.

Gary Oldman told his 98-year-old mother to “put the kettle on, I’m bringing Oscar home” as his portrayal of Winston Churchill earned him his first Oscar.

She also discussed the awkwardness of bringing a date to the Oscars, especially when you have don't take home the award.

After winning a Golden Globe earlier this month, Saoirse Ronan has been beaten to the Screen Actors Guild best actress award by Frances McDormand.

The beginning of the year has become a treasure trove of cinematic treats for Irish movie fans. Keeping films fresh in the minds of awards-season voters often means they’re released just before Christmas in the US, so they reach our shores between the Golden Globes and the Oscars. Esther McCarthy selects the movies you really don’t want to miss

It was a case of third time’s a charm for Saoirse Ronan as she won Best Actress at Sunday night’s Golden Globes.

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

Saoirse Ronan and Midleton’s Nora Twomey are among the Irish hopefuls for the Golden Globes on Sunday, writes Esther McCarthy.

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London-Irish director Martin McDonagh and leading actress Frances McDormand have been tipped for Oscar success with their new film, writes Helen Barlow.

Irish artists have been nominated in 5 categories at the 2018 Golden Globes.

The Coen Brothers are back in full on comedy mode for their new movie Hail, Caesar and this new trailer shows off one hilarious scenes.

If you, or your little ones, found Inside Out to be a bit intense, then Pixar's next might be a better bet for an animated treat.

Millions of years ago, an asteroid crashed into earth, killing every dinosaur on the planet. But what if the asteroid missed? That is the premise of Pixar’s upcoming animated film, The Good Dinosaur.

Millions of years ago, an asteroid crashed into earth, killing every dinosaur on the planet. But what if the asteroid missed? That is the premise of Pixar’s upcoming animated film, The Good Dinosaur.

Millions of years ago, an asteroid crashed into earth, killing every dinosaur on the planet. But what if the asteroid missed? That is the premise of Pixar’s upcoming animated film, The Good Dinosaur.

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.

SUNDAY: One Ocean: No Limits (RTÉ One, 8pm)

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

Set amidst the rolling hills of Midwest America, Gus van Sant’s Promised Land (15A) stars Matt Damon as Steve Butler, a salesman who works for a corporation intent on buying up failing farmland in order to drill for gas.

Director Gus Van Sant and actor Matt Damon share a rich creative history.

From fashion designers to actors and businesswomen to models, the next generation of young Irish people has thrown up some significant talent across a range of professions. These young people are among a pool of highly-accomplished achievers whose remarkable successes to date are bucking recessionary trends and putting their country back on the map.

After a lacklustre second instalment, which saw Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the hypochondriac giraffe and Gloria the hippopotamus crash-land in Africa, ‘Madagascar 3’ rediscovers some of its animal magic.

Bono and Ali Hewson’s youngest daughter Eve was shocked when her parents gave her an unusual 21st birthday present at her coming of age party in a glitzy Las Vegas club.

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

American director Wes Anderson kicks off the Cannes Film Festival tonight with a screening of his new film, Moonrise Kingdom.

We’ve had some very persuasive movies in the past on how tough it is to be a teenager — Heathers (1988), say, or Kids (1995) or the ultra-violent Battle Royale (2000) — but The Hunger Games (12A) is unambiguous: it’s a jungle out there, so get ready to kill or be killed.

Actor Sean Penn has attacked stardom as “an obscene disease of celebrity” and revealed he had often thought about ducking out of the limelight.

'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' has made $1bn worldwide.

AN UNUSUALLY thoughtful film amid the brainless bluster of the summer’s blockbuster fare, The Conspirator (12A) stars Robin Wright as Mary Surratt, the woman who was accused of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War.

If ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ is indeed Michael Bay's final entry in the Hasbro toy-inspired franchise, as he has repeatedly intimated, then it is a fitting swan song for a director whose lust - and gift - for spectacle remains unmatched.

This year’s Tony Awards honoured The Normal Heart for its passionate look at the Aids crisis and War Horse, a play which shows the horror of the battlefield. But the night’s biggest prize went to a musical which mocked both.

Saturday

British actors Mark Rylance and Vanessa Redgrave have been nominated for prestigious Tony awards.

The ‘8 Mile’ actor Eminem is in discussions alongside Frances McDormand for a role in the psycho-sexual drama '360', directed by Fernando Meirelles, Production Weekly reports.

John Malkovich has joined the cast of 'Transformers 3', it has emerged.