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Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Julie Walters turns down movie roles in order to spend more time with her husband.

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

Derval McGovern’s house features in Home of the Year on RTÉ One on Thursday at 8.30pm.

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

Comedienne Tracey Ullman mistook Kanye West for a shop assistant and asked him about swimming trunks for her son. She revealed the embarrassing story on The Graham Norton Show.

As the much-loved show prepares to bow out at Christmas, Keeley Bolger looks back on the six series of the top-rating drama

What's on telly?

A period romantic drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson, Brooklyn will be coming to Irish cinemas in November 2015

Lords & Ladies takes the viewer on a historical journey to celebrate our past through the wonders of food and the glories of cooking.

Your guide to the day's best television programmes.

Read on for ur spolier-free guide to tonght's telly.

London-based Irish novelist Kate O’Riordan is one of the chief screenwriters on the hit ITV-PBS show Mr Selfridge, says Conor Power.

EVERYONE needs a shower buddy, right? Fresh from escaping the clutches of their despicable employers in Horrible Bosses (2011), Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Arbus) set up their own company in Horrible Bosses 2 (15A). 

This week, we look at family adventure Paddington and comedy sequel Horrible Bosses 2.

The Top Gear show that sparked a diplomatic incident in Argentina forms part of the BBC’s Christmas schedule despite continuing complaints from the South American country’s government.

Oscar-winning beauty Nicole Kidman was among the stars to brave the pouring rain at the premiere of Paddington the movie.

From Downton Abbey to Paddington Bear, Hugh Bonneville enjoys mixing it up, writes Susan Griffin.

Actress Julie Walters has told of her shock at hearing that her radical Irish great grandfather was briefly jailed on "trumped-up" murder charges because he fought against land eviction.

Julie Walters is set to land her dream 'Coronation Street' role.

Colin Firth has dropped out of 'Paddington'.

Actress Olivia Colman got her third TV Bafta in two years as hit crime drama 'Broadchurch' scored a hat-trick at the annual awards tonight.

This is already showing signs of being a good year for film production, with a number of high-profile projects scheduled to begin filming around the country.

BBC1 @ 10.20pm: Graham Norton continues his award-winning talk show, with guests Ricky Gervais, Ronnie Corbett and Juliette Binoche, plus music and chat from Irish pop star Imelda May.

A novel by award winning author Colm Toibin is to be made into a movie.

The parents of a Swansea City fan have spoken of their devastation after their son died watching his team on TV.

Quick reviews and trailers of the movies released in Irish cinemas this weekend for you - all in one place!

James Corden was greeted by a rousing chorus of applause when he made his entrance at the premiere of One Chance.

A clumsy yet kind-hearted boy on the cusp of adulthood discovers heroism comes from within, during Manuel Sicilia’s computer-animated adventure.

Daniel Day-Lewis made Oscar history today – becoming the first man to be named best actor three times.

Julie Walters would love to play Susan Boyle in a movie.

Gerry McLoughlin talks theatre, thrills and why women will get naked for a cause. Colette Sheridan reports

Having almost completely stalled their creative engines with 'Cars 2', Disney Pixar heads for the ancient Scottish highlands in this computer-animated fable of female empowerment.

Screen star Julie Walters has hit out at the makers of TV talent shows, accusing them of exploiting contestants.

Screen stars Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, Kelly Macdonald and Craig Ferguson took to the red carpet tonight for the European premiere of the new Disney/Pixar animation Brave.

MANNY, Ellie, Diego and Sid are hauled out of the deep freeze for another shaggy mammoth tale in Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (PG).

From film to fashion, movies to music, food to travel, our critics reveal their Hot 100 choices for the summer.

An idea about posing nude for charity led some ladies to create a calendar that outsold Pirelli’s that year, says Claire Droney

Christopher Eccleston and Julie Walters scooped the main acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys today, including two for the BBC crime series 'Accused'.