Pamper your pops this Father’s Day. Katie Wright sniffs out the smart smellies guaranteed to raise a smile.

The first two Dead Island games have returned, from the grave if you will.

Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know before you start your day.

The Witch 5/5

Po and co are back to face their greatest challenge yet – Pandas!

Doctor Thorne, from Julian Fellowes, begins on UTV Ireland tomorrow at 9pm, starring Rebecca Front, Tom Hollander, Ian McShane and Stefanie Martini.

Po and co are back for more action packed hijinks in Kung Fu Panda 3 - and there's a whole lot more panda to go around this time

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

Jack Black is back as Po - a giant talking Panda with mad Kung Fu skills who finds his birth father again after many years

R.L. Stine is just a bit prolific, with the 71 year old American author publishing more than 400 books in his long career. Without a doubt he's best known for his Goosebumps series, which includes 62 original books and over 100 overall.

Here’s are some of the best things to do during the week ahead

Hands up: Jack Black stars alongside Tim Robbins in new comedy series The Brink on Sky Atlantic on Monday.

BROADCASTER Síle Seoige is philosophical about what life has thrown at her. 

The right legendary Peter Dinklage is best known as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones and he's totally still alive

Molly Sterling represents Ireland in the Eurovision semi-final on Thursday.

Jack Black is still making movies. Here's his latest.

Oscars!

Stephen Fry is Gay Byrne’s guest on The Meaning of Life on RTÉ One tomorrow.

Song Reader

A mix of the old and the new are among the books, plays, and films that young teens can study for the first Junior Cycle Student Award in 2017.

Mark Wahlberg will host proceedings at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, while Lea Michele will present.

Our top baby names prove yet again that, when it comes to christening our children, we’re an intrinsically unimaginative nation.

Harry Styles' bandmates have nicknamed him "Mrs. Mop".

Is the man or the iron the most important component of Iron Man asks Iron Man 3 (12A), and the makers — Shane Black directs, and co-writes with Drew Pearce — have tremendous fun answering that question.

Jack Black waited 15 years to ask his wife on a date.

Nicole Scherzinger thinks Jack Black would be a "great" 'X Factor' judge.

Steven Spielberg’s US Civil War epic Lincoln led the Golden Globes with seven nominations, among them best drama, best director for Spielberg, and acting honours for Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones.

Steven Spielberg’s civil war epic Lincoln leads the race for honours at the Golden Globes.

A recent study has named Eddie Murphy as the most over-paid actor in Hollywood.

Filming for 'Ghostbusters 3' has been postponed until late 2013.

MUSIC NEWS: Noel Gallagher managed to win his own gold medal for sibling wind-ups at last week’s Olympics closing ceremony.

Christina Applegate is to return for the 'Anchorman' sequel.

Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise are in talks to star in 'El Presidente'.

Jack Black would never expose his nipples "just for fun".

A SCIENTIFIC exploration to Antarctica uncovers rather more than it bargained for in The Thing (16s), when a structure is discovered buried deep in the ice.

BEYONCE and Jay-Z’s offspring doesn’t even have a name yet, but it was the indisputable breakout star of the MTV Video Music Awards, upstaging everyone, even Katy Perry’s win for video of the year.

HOLLYWOOD royalty met the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at a glittering Bafta dinner — and were left in their shade.

In all of the movies that have taken place inside a school, very few of them have really revolved around a terrible teacher.

THE perpetually hungry panda Po (voiced by Jack Black) returns in Kung Fu Panda 2 (PG), now a martial arts master and celebrated defender of the downtrodden and oppressed, along with the other members of the Furious Five, which includes Tigress (Angelina Jolie), Monkey (Jackie Chan) and Mantis (Seth Rogen).

There is a moment in 'Kung Fu Panda 2', Dreamworks' stellar follow-up to its 2008 talking-animal blockbuster, that is as clever and subversive as any I've seen in recent animated films.

Dustin Hoffman "didn't know" what he was doing on 'Kung Fu Panda 2' - and says no one else did either.

'School Of Rock' star Jack Black has teamed up with British director Michael Winterbottom for a new comedy about one man’s financial crisis.