Some of the world’s biggest names in Hollywood are currently filming on these shores as a wave of movie and TV productions get underway.

In light of the violent gun attack in the Greektown neighbourhood of their city the Toronto Film Festival’s CEO Piers Handling and artistic director Cameron Bailey announced this year’s first films today with little fanfare.

Judi Dench has enjoyed an extensive career on stage and screen, but now she’s set to indulge one of her other deep passions — her love for trees.

Irish artists have been nominated in 5 categories at the 2018 Golden Globes.

Des O’Driscoll shares the latest entertainment news and his top tips for the week ahead

Eddie Izzard’s latest incarnation in what has been an eclectic career sees him take on the role of Queen Victoria’s son, writes Esther McCarthy

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Older women are increasingly happy to go grey but their hair will need a sharp style and the right products to look its best, says Margaret Jennings.

The hugely popular film of The Lady in the Van, in which Alex Jennings played the writer Alan Bennett and Maggie Smith the eponymous lady, introduced Alan Bennett to a far wider audience. 

The world of showbusiness collides in London this week with the world of gardening in the form of the colourful explosion that is the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

An enduring gusty attitude drives actress Judi Dench, who continues to look for new challenges in her 80s, says Margaret Jennings.

Singer RITA ORA was briefly treated in hospital on the same day a man was found guilty of burgling her London home.

Members of Britain’s royal family and celebrities were the first to get a glimpse of this year’s Chelsea Flower Show, which features everything from a train carriage as part of a 550sq m planted-up station to a garden of bizarre gadgetry by Diarmuid Gavin which comes to life every 15 minutes.

Gone are the days of feeling past it when you hit 45 — just look at the long list of celebs revelling in their new-found youth, says Dave Kenny.

Judi Dench, Dominic West and Ed Sheeran are among the stars to auction off personal drawings to raise money for breast cancer.

Tim Burton is back to his own unique ways in the first trailer for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, adapted from the book

Grey hair is hot as hell and we should embrace it says Suzanne Harrington

After a hugely successful hiatus in the US, the comedian is back on this side of the Atlantic with a new show, writes Gemma Dunn

She’s feisty, but she’s her own woman, writes Susan Griffin of the actress and model about to

There's a new James Bond movie on the way quite soon and the new cast members include some great female characters

FANS of James Bond will be familiar with actress Judi Dench, who played the M16 chief until 2012. 

Rita O’Driscoll is from Skibbereen, and works in her hometown as development manager of Uilinn, West Cork Arts Centre. She worked with AIB in Cork before joining her husband in a family business for 20 years and also studied interior design, followed by a BA in visual arts on Sherkin Island.

Margaret Jennings talks to a former fashion editor who believes in dressing to match your unique style and not your age.

As John Madden gets ready for his trip to Schull, he tells Colette Sheridan he’s unlikely to direct a third Marigold Hotel film

CATHY Belton is having a ball playing Patricia Hennessy in new TV3 soap Red Rock.

Judi Dench and Maggie Smith have more pulling power than Christian Grey’s saucy bedroom antics after The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel knocked Fifty Shades Of Grey off the top spot at the UK box office.

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The Indian retreat for the aged is looking to expand.

Here's our guide to the best of tonight's TV.

KATY PERRY is getting her own mobile game with Glu Mobile. 

It’s awards season, but  the drama queens and preening wannabes in the make-believe world of the Dáil deserve no accolades, and, inevitably, the biggest losers will be the voters, writes Shaun Connolly

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Tánaiste Joan Burton was named 'Woman of the Year 2014' at a ceremony in Dublin last night, with Philomena Lee and Panti also honoured.

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