Get On Up (12A), Tate Taylor’s biopic of ‘the Godfather of Soul’, James Brown, is no ordinary rags-to-riches tale. 

Nicole Kidman’s Grace Kelly biopic has been met with a volley of damning reviews after it opened the Cannes Film Festival.

Thanks to Angelina Jolie's BAFTA tux, androgyny is back. Get ready for masculine tailoring, cropped hair and brogues.

Here’s our quick rundown of what’s new in Irish cinemas today.

A romcom based on one of Cecilia Ahern’s best-selling novels is set to begin shooting this summer with Phil Collins’s daughter in the lead role.

Like a fine wine, Clint Eastwood gets better with age.

Hilary Swank is suing a California home entertainment company for using pictures of her from a film without her permission.

It’s known as one of the most glamorous red carpets of the year, with movie stars, models, and even the occasional athlete putting on their most fashion-forward outfits for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala.

GET ready to see leading lady Glenn Close as you’ve never seen her before — as a leading man.

IT’S a reflection, presumably, of our uncertainty about the world’s immediate future in these times of economic recessions and global warming, but Another Earth (12A) is the second film this year, after Lars Von Trier’s Melancholia, to feature a new planet appearing in the solar system.

Robert De Niro fell asleep on Hilary Swank while they filmed 'New Year's Eve'.

Morgan Freeman will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for contribution to entertainment at next year's Golden Globes.

Hollywood celebrity Hilary Swank has said she “deeply regrets” visiting a concert held on the Kremlin-backed Chechen leader’s birthday.

Hammer Films, that most British of outfits that brought us some wonderful – and wonderfully awful – horror films in the 1960s-70s, continues its revival with this second outing, though with the action moved from the foggy mists of Victorian England to contemporary New York.

At the heart of this true-life drama lies a formidable performance by one of Hollywood’s most under appreciated actors … and with it Sam Rockwell deserves serious Oscar consideration come voting time. He is quite brilliant.

A FILM about love, sacrifice and commitment that’s every bit as sombre as the title suggests, Blue Valentine (US/16/116 mins) stars Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams as Dean and Cindy, a blue-collar married couple struggling to keep their marriage together even as they drift apart.

Hilary Swank still can’t believe she is a famous actress, and says her mother was the one who got her career started.

Hilary Swank identified with her ‘Conviction’ character’s determination.

Hilary Swank loves playing "underdogs".

'Black Swan' and 'The King's Speech' lead the nomination for this year's 17th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

Hilary Swank "fell off her chair" when Clint Eastwood offered her a role in 'Million Dollar Baby'.

Juliette Lewis has been involved in a hit-and-run accident.

Films starring Keira Knightley, George Clooney, Carey Mulligan, Colin Firth and Hilary Swank will be featured at this year’s London Film Festival, it was announced today.

Hilary Swank sees her divorce as “a success”.

Hilary Swank surprised her boyfriend by giving him a lift during one of her flight lessons.

SANDRA BULLOCK appears to have become the latest victim of the curse of the Academy Awards amid claims her husband Jesse James was linked with a tattooed model.

Hilary Swank believes in miracles.

The ‘Million Dollar Baby’ star Hilary Swank always makes time for her work-outs because she considers it as essential as eating or breathing.

Hilary Swank wants to star in a musical.

Naomi Watts is the world’s most profitable actress.

Hilary Swank wasn’t attracted to her boyfriend when she first met him.

AN ASIAN immigrant arrives in Britain in the 1970s without any English, works his way through cobbler school, toils every hour in a shabby workshop and ends up making shoes for film stars, socialites and the world’s best-loved princess.

Ewan McGregor faced the ultimate test in his bid to quit smoking for good when he was asked to pick up the habit again for a film role.

Double Oscar winner Hilary Swank is asking women to cut off their hair to help provide wigs for women with cancer.

Actress Hilary Swank is recovering after a hospital procedure to remove a small, benign growth, her manager said.

Just as Bertie Ahern bows out as Taoiseach, daughter Cecelia’s ‘PS I Love You’ (Momentum, €24.99) arrives on DVD.

These are hectic times for Cork actor Cillian Murphy. The lad can’t stop working.

Hollywood stars dazzled in red at the 80th Academy Awards.

Oscar winner Hilary Swank has been honoured for her cancer charity work.

Hilary Swank was honoured for her cancer charity work in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

ROUNDING off a weekend of star-studded award ceremonies and film premieres in Dublin, the fifth Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) didn’t fail to bring out a mix of Hollywood stars and home-grown talent.

In the first winner announcement from The Irish Film and Television Awards, double Oscar winner Hilary Swank has won this year’s Pantene Best International Actress Award for her performance in 'PS I Love You'.

The 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards have announced the four nominees for the 'Pantene Best International Actress Award' , one of only three Categories that will be voted for by Irish audiences to celebrate the best international female performances throughout the year.