CARLOW actress Saoirse Ronan’s dizzying rise in the film world continued yesterday when she was nominated for a BAFTA gong for her role in the acclaimed film Atonement.

Julie Christie and Daniel Day-Lewis scooped a best actor and actress awards today at the Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica, California.

THE road-trip drama Into the Wild received a leading four Screen Actors’ Guild Awards nominations yesterday, including honours for lead actor Emile Hirsch and supporting players Hal Holbrook and Catherine Keener.

Another peach of a performance from Clooney, as the ‘fixer’ in a large New York law firm, the sort of man who keeps the firm ticking over, the sort of man who pulls it off when things seem impossible.

Hollywood star George Clooney suffered a broken rib when a car collided with the motorcycle he was riding, the actor’s spokesman said.

US Senator Barack Obama has the aura of a rock star, according to George Clooney, who also had nice words for the other Democratic Party presidential candidates.

George Clooney got that shrinking feeling today when he posed with lofty co-star Tilda Swinton at the Venice Film Festival.

Actor George Clooney thrilled fans in Upstate New York by hanging out and drinking with the locals at his modestly-priced hotel.

Oscar-nominated actor/director George Clooney has boosted the spirits of New York City strikers by refusing to break picket lines to shoot forthcoming film Michael Clayton.

A Robin Williams impersonator has agreed to stop posing as the actor after the Oscar-winning star sued him.

Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams is suing his own impersonator.