It’s difficult but not impossible to see this year’s race to the White House becoming a more puerile spectacle than the one that was on show this past week.

Achieving justice in response to sexual violence is complex, and we should treat the Weinstein conviction with some caution, write Bianca Fileborn and Rachel Loney-Howes

Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty of a criminal sex act for assaulting production assistant Mimi Haleyi at his apartment in 2006 and third-degree rape of a woman in 2013.

Ronan Farrow is pivotal to the pursuit of film producer Harvey Weinstein on sex allegations, writes Terry Prone.

Stormont, despite positive post-election noises, remains mothballed. Tribalism is re-energised.

The poorer people who go to fast fashion emporia may not be able to get together €3,000, writes Terry Prone.

He then attended one of Sarah’s performances of Caitlin in Jez Butterworth's Ferryman during its run on Broadway.

It’s 25 years since Quentin Tarantino gave us ‘Pulp Fiction’. Chris Wasser looks back at the movie no one wanted to fund, that would go on to change cinema forever.

Decades ago, traditional governments in the West were the mainstream. Today, they are alone in the woods, wondering where everyone went, say Ismaël Emelien and David Amiel

Danny O’Reilly plays in Cork this weekend with The Coronas. He tells Richard Fitzpatrick about some of his major musical touchstones and other influences

Renowned film producer David Puttnam has described the public criticism of Liam Neeson after a controversial interview earlier this year as “embarrassingly” quick.

When a Pulitzer prizewinning biographer produces evidence that one of the most admired men in history colluded in and even applauded a rape, it’s to be expected that the story will land on the front page of a major mainstream newspaper and create an international firestorm.

Actors used to turn to alcohol to numb nerves before filming explicit shots. Now Tinseltown has ‘intimacy co-ordinators’, writes Ed Power

Actor-turned-activist Rose McGowan talks to Prudence Wade about supporting female filmmakers and how she’s been represented in the media

Missing out on an Academy Award does not mean you can’t rule best-dressed lists forever more. Rachel Marie Walsh spotlights the Oscar losers who were best in show.

There may now be more funerals than birthdays but at 85, Michael Caine is enjoying every moment, as Hannah Stephenson discovers Welcoming me into his penthouse flat overlooking London’s Chelsea Harbour, Michael Caine is clearly relishing life in his 80s.

It’s almost a year since the New York Times and The New Yorker published stories claiming the movie producer Harvey Weinstein had sexually harassed, assaulted, and raped dozens of women.

There’s probably a long German word for that feeling of creeping existential disappointment you experience when a public figure you have long admired reveals themselves to be a twat.

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Latest: Harvey Weinstein has been charged with rape, criminal sex act, sex abuse and sexual misconduct for incidents involving two separate women, police in New York have said.

The body which runs the Oscars has voted to expel Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski from its membership.

Bill Cosby has been convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman.

WE SAID we would do better. Time and time again, we have said we will do better, writes Joyce Fegan

At first, she thought it was her boyfriend messing or a friend about to pinch her bum but as it progressed she quickly realised that it was a complete stranger.

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.

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“I asked him to let me go and he did, I remember putting my clothes back on and I left.

Rose McGowan, presented as everything from a difficult woman to an unhinged harpy, has burned through such shaming, shouting her anger from the rooftops, writes Suzanne Harrington

Here are all the latest headlines this lunchtime.

If anybody’s putting together one of those lists of frequently asked questions arising from the ongoing global controversy initiated by Harvey Weinstein, top of the list is: “But has it gone too far?,” writes Terry Prone. 

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

In an age of Trump and trolls, being polite to each other is a radical act, says Suzanne Harrington. But there is hope in this brave, new world: we just need to be a little nicer to each other — and follow the ‘new modern manners’.

It was inspiring to see the stars wear black on the red carpet to support the victims of sexual violence, but what happens to the ordinary people who stand up and say, ‘Me Too’?

It would probably be an exercise in Prosecco-fuelled optimism, even in Dry January, to hope that celebrities might lead a revolution.

Could we really be bothered with trousers that pool around our feet in luxurious folds? No, we couldn’t. Carolyn Moore on the trends that drove us crazy in 2017.

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Conor McGregor became a father, Niall Horan saw his solo career take off, and Saoirse Ronan was an award-winning Ladybird. Those were some of the positives celebwise in 2017, writes Kelly O’Brien.

In sports, as in politics, we seem to have reached a tipping point. Now we are righteously angry, writes Eimear Ryan

A legendary performance on US television helped Samuel T Herring and Future Islands gain their reputation as one of the planet’s most uplifting bands, writes Ed Power.

From Birdman to her latest role in The Death Of Stalin, Andrea Riseborough is fast becoming one to watch, says Esther McCarthy.                       

Actress Lena Dunham claims that she warned Hillary Clinton’s communications director about Harvey Weinstein’s behaviour, according to a New York Times report.