This Tom Hanks-produced children’s adventure shot in Belfast is a triumph for the film industry in Ireland … and a thrilling treat too.

Belfast will stage the European premiere of the star-studded Hollywood film 'City of Embers' at the Movie House on October 9.

Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with 'Tootsie' and period drama 'Out Of Africa', has died of cancer at 73, his agent said today.

Oscar-winner Tim Robbins is to return to Belfast to star in the Tom Hanks company film City of Embers to be shot in the North for a release next year.

Friends and former co-stars of James Dean shared bittersweet memories of the late screen legend on what would have been his 74th birthday, in a tribute that begins a year-long celebration leading to his 75th.