From Northern Irish fashion designer J.W. Anderson making serious waves with his gender-bending designs as creative director for the luxury Spanish fashion label Loewe to 22-year-old Carlow actress Saoirse Ronan making the coveted cover of Time magazine, there’s no denying that the year just gone was another incredibly triumphant one for Ireland’s next generation of game-changers.

This best of this week’s new films in Irish cinemas.

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Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

The cast is back for Alice Through the Looking Glass, and it's looking even more mental this time around. George Clooney is up in a drama from director Jodie Foster and there's a comedy shot in Ireland called Love and Friendship.

Jodie Foster’s  first films as a director were personal. Money Monster, starring a dancing George Clooney, sees her tackling the financial sector, writes Helen Barlow

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

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

At 50, Russell Crowe has embraced the challenge of directing his first film, says Keeley Bolger

As a Spice Girl, Emma Bunton enjoyed global fame and success but now her happiness is closer to home. She tells Gabrielle Fagan about the loves of her life and why there’s no time to walk down the aisle

The death of former White House press secretary James Brady, who was shot in the head in the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, has been ruled a murder.

Thandie Newton's son was born on her bathroom floor.

Actress Jodie Foster has married her girlfriend Alexandra Hedison.

Thandie Newton has given birth to a baby boy.

Jamie Lee Curtis helped save a woman's life earlier this week.

MUCH sport is to be had watching a celebrity unravel — until it is obvious they are headed for a sticky end. While Justin Bieber is no Amy Winehouse, he is a young man in trouble.

Thandie Newton has admitted filming her TV show 'Rogue' whilst pregnant has been "mayhem".

Daniel Radcliffe has banned himself from drugs and alcohol.

Michelle Pfeiffer regrets turning down a roles in a number of hit films.

Accordingly to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the gap between rich and poor in industrialised nations is accelerating.

Opening in Los Angeles in 2154, Elysium (15A) offers an especially dystopian vision of Earth’s future.

Matt Damon claims his new sci-fi film isn't too far fetched.

Jay Z and Jennifer Lawrence have been named among the most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

Ellen DeGeneres has been placed at number two in Out magazine's 2013 Power List.

SETH MacFarlane’s set of reductive offensive stereotypes masquerading as risqué ribald humour at the Oscars has provoked huge controversy, but he could be forgiven for wondering what all the fuss is about considering the latent chauvinism of the industry he was there to celebrate.

HATS off to Jodie Foster.

Jodie Foster reportedly plans to tell her sons who their father is when they turn 21.

The ceremony saw Ben Affleck get some vindication and Jodie Foster make a revelation as Hollywood’s awards season kicked off.

Jodie Foster came out without really coming out, and suggested she was retiring from acting without exactly saying so, in a long, breathless and rambling speech at the Golden Globe Awards.

The 'RoboCop' remake has been pushed back until 2014.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will co-host the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.

Jodie Foster has advised Kristen Stewart that she will "survive" her cheating scandal.

Kristen Stewart is hiding out at her parents' home.

Julianne Moore is to join the cast of the 'Carrie' remake.

Christina Applegate still wears maternity jeans 14 months after her daughter was born.

Sofia Vergara is to host 'Saturday Night Live'.

The man who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan more than 30 years ago said he would like to be known as something other than a would-be assassin.

The man who tried to kill President Ronald Reagan more than 30 years ago said he would like to be known as something other than a would-be assassin.

WHEN Seal, the singer, and Mrs Seal, the model, ended their apparently rock-solid marriage a month ago, hands flew to mouths in dismay.

Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) left Mercury in rural Minnesota for the ‘mini-Apple’ of Minneapolis to experience big city life and fulfil her dream of becoming an author.

Director Roman Polanski strips away the veneer of civility that supposedly separates man from beasts and reduces two well-to-do couples to snarling adversaries in this film version of the award-winning stage comedy 'God Of Carnage'.