In this extract from the Atlas of the Irish Revolution, Michael Foy writes that Michael Collins’s intelligence operations had a reputation for omniscience and, though this was not the case, the myth became a political weapon.

'American Pie' star Eugene Levy has been named the most embarrassing on-screen dad in a poll of film fans.

Hapless male nurse Gaylord “Greg” Focker (Ben Stiller) is blissfully in love with his wife Pam (Teri Polo) and their twins, Samantha (Daisy Tahan) and Henry (Colin Baiocchi).

Dustin Hoffman was paid $7.5m (€5.7m) for just five days work.