Women over 60 are having a ‘moment’ and it’s not a senior one. More confidence, more energy and they couldn’t care less what you think. 

A teacher gets in over his head as his gambling debts mount.

FASHION is having a pro-ageing moment, following in the footsteps of its twin sister, the cosmetics industry, which upped the ante in promoting older women for their brands last year.

Soul’s James Brown is the latest singer to have his life story filmed, in a ‘rags to riches’ genre that began with the first ‘talkie’ in 1927.

Modern Family won a record-tying fifth best comedy series Emmy award last night, while a dominant Breaking Bad captured the top drama gong and a hat trick of acting honours.

Host Seth Meyers noted that the Emmys had moved to Monday night to avoid a conflict with Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards. But he said that MTV doesn’t really specialise in videos any more.

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New album and gigs lined up in Glastonbury, Dublin and Mitchelstown-

Demi Moore will replace Sarah Jessica Parker in 'Wild Oats'.

Chef/proprietor of Michelin-starred Chapter One, Dublin. His new cookbook, Chapter One: An Irish Food Story, was awarded Irish Dairy Board ‘Listowel Food Book of the Year’, 2013.

THE nights have been like those of a claustrophobic Deep South melodrama.

James Gandolfini died suddenly in Italy yesterday.

American Horror Story: Asylum' and 'The Big Bang Theory' have each been nominated for six Critics' Choice Television Awards.

THAT over-used cliché — ‘sex sells’ — looks to have passed its sell-by date, at least as far as the movies are concerned.

Sunday night is Oscar night and for some it’s all about the gowns.

Levi Strauss’s arrival in the US, 160 years ago this week, was to change fashion forever. And it all began with a tent, says John Daly

Homeland, which puts the battle against terrorism on American soil, was honoured as best drama series at the Emmys and earned trophies for stars Claire Danes and Damian Lewis.

The Deep South drama The Help won three prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, including best actress for Viola Davis, and supporting actress for Octavia Spencer.

The US Deep South drama 'The Help' won three prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, including best actress for Viola Davis and supporting actress for Octavia Spencer.

Irish actors Brendan Gleeson and Michael Fassbender have both received nominations for the 69th annual Golden Globe awards.

Ireland's Brendan Gleeson won a best-actor Emmy overnight for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the film 'Into The Storm'.

Drew Barrymore's new film will have its European premiere in Dublin.

An Irish-made romantic comedy set in Dublin’s theatrical world will be premiered in the capital this week.

‘30 Rock’ has been nominated for an astonishing 22 Emmy Awards.

Meryl Streep was rejected for a role in 1976 movie 'King Kong' by filmmaker Dino de Laurentis, who told her she was too ugly.

The 20th Galway Film Fleadh, which opens today, will honour Hollywood legends Peter O’Toole and Jessica Lange.

Jessica Lange picked up an Oscar nomination for her role as country music legend Patsy Cline in Sweet Dreams (Momentum, €21.99).

Billionaire businessman Donald Trump launched New York’s Tartan Week celebrations today.

Still in need of a laugh? Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (Momentum, €21.99) will certainly fit the bill.

The Cannes Film Festival is back in the hands of comfy old friends with a line-up that includes such familiar filmmakers as Woody Allen, David Cronenberg, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders, Lars von Trier and Atom Egoyan.

The final Star Wars film will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, it was announced today.

Christian Slater's anticipated Broadway appearance has been delayed by a week, to allow the actor more time in front of an audience.

The Slim-Fast diet drink company has dumped Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg from its advertising after she mocked US president George Bush at a political rally.

Star Wars star Hayden Christensen is trying something completely different from his role in the sci-fi epic – he will play a toy boy lover in a British period drama.

British actress Natasha Richardson will portray Tennessee Williams’s fragile, faded Southern beauty Blanche du Bois in a Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire, opening next spring.

Jackie Chan, the Hong Kong action film star known for his daredevil stunts, has been named a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations’ Children’s Fund and UN Aids agencies.

UN relief workers are finding thousands of women who have suffered “atrocious rapes” during five years of civil war in Congo, a spokeswoman said today.

Grammy Award-winning musician Shakira has been appointed a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency.

PERHAPS the most surprising moment during Sunday’s drab Oscar ceremony was not Michael Moore’s dramatic denunciation of President Bush and his ‘fictitious’ war on Iraq, but the audience’s reaction to it.

Hollywood stars have sent a letter to George W Bush urging him not to start a war with Iraq.

Actors Jessica Lange, Dennis Hopper and Bob Hoskins will be honoured next week at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain.

Comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner scooped a cool £250,000 for charity in a special celebrity edition of quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?