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

 

Politicians and business leaders gathering in the Swiss Alps this week face an increasingly divided world, with the poor falling further behind the super-rich and political fissures in the US, Europe, and the Middle East running deeper than at any time in decades.

‘Facebook escape artist’ Jason Freyne will be behind bars until 2016 after a judge yesterday imposed a four month jail term on him for his role in a 160kmph Garda motorway chase.

A Limerick man who spent six days on the run after escaping from custody has been jailed for four months after a suspended prison sentence imposed for throwing a wheelchair in a busy emergency department was activated.

There’s nothing like an insider’s guide to a city. Enter Mark Hayes, the Cork man who moved to LA and ended up hanging out with everyone from Robbie Williams to Robert Sheehan.

The Oscars are just around the corner – taking place this Sunday night – and the Actor's Guild has released a very important message for sore losers.

The Oscars are just around the corner - taking place this Sunday night - and the Actor’s Guild has released a very important message for sore losers.

Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan has revealed his wife always goes everywhere with him.

THOUGH a legend in folk music circles on both sides of the Atlantic, singer Maura O’Connell was “thrilled” to accept a minor role in the Martin Scorsese’s award-winning Gangs of New York in 2002.

Fashion and the economy have long been linked (although they’ll never admit to it). 

An undercover reporter has told a court he wanted to "expose criminality" about an alleged drug deal involving Tulisa Constostavlos and it was "outrageous" to suggest he spiked the singer’s drink during one of their meetings.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos helped to supply cocaine to an undercover reporter who promised he could help the singer crack the movie business, a court has heard.

Former X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos helped to supply cocaine to an undercover reporter who promised he could help the singer crack the movie business, a court has heard.

Brad Pitt has spoken out after being accosted by a man with a reputation for red carpet pranks.

Jordan Belfort, the Wolf of Wall Street, was in RDS this week, selling his secrets of how to achieve wealth. Not everyone was impressed, writes Michael Clifford.

Kate Winslet is still "haunted" by her nude scene in 'Titanic'.

Hollywood’s male stars haven’t been afraid to let Mother share the limelight. But is it a PR stunt or are they really Mammies’ boys, asks Claire Droney

An Irish student has released an hilarious parody of Martin Scorsese’s hit-film The Wolf of Wall Street.

Tonight marks the 67th annual British Academy Film Awards.

A film about the eventful life of Irish humanitarian Christina Noble will have its world premiere at a film festival in the US later this month.

From food to fashion, movies to music, our critics reveal their Hot 100 choices for the year ahead.

Actress Jennifer Lawrence continued to hit the headlines after she was named the most searched for star online.

Goodbye, Jack. It's been a blast.

Folk legend Finbar Furey has revealed he is in the running to star opposite Ben Affleck in a big budget Irish-American gangster movie.

If you want a blockbuster movie, it seems you have to make it about wizards, superheroes or some kind of wonderful weirdo.

Love/Hate star Jason Barry said he has been bowled over by the success of the RTÉ drama, as he has been away from the hype at his Hollywood home.

Leonardo Di Caprio has been named the highest paid actor in Hollywood for the first time.

THE appearance by Naomi Campbell and Mia Farrow at the Sierra Leone war crimes tribunal counts as one of the more bizarre events of recent times.

SWISS watchmaker Tag Heuer said yesterday it will not use Tiger Woods’ image in advertising campaigns in the US for the foreseeable future.

Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer said today that it will not use Tiger Woods’ image in advertising campaigns in the United States for the foreseeable future.

If, under President Obama, America enters a new phase of diplomacy in the Middle East it will be interesting to see what sort of films emerge from Hollywood … possibly more like this subtle and exciting spy thriller.

A NEW James Bond novel is to be published tomorrow, the 100th anniversary of the birth of his creator, Ian Fleming, but as befits the British fictional superspy, the plot is being kept top secret.

Leonardo DiCaprio has bought an environmentally-friendly apartment in New York City.

Leonardo Di Caprio, Martin Scorsese and The Sopranos writer Terence Winter are teaming up to adapt Jordan Belfort's much anticipated stock exchange autobiography The Wolf of Wall Street into a new movie.

IT’S nice to know that the likes of Leonardo di Caprio and Radiohead, as well as other world leaders in the creative arts, are so on-message when it comes to green issues.