Peter O’Toole was as eccentric as the characters he played on screen and on stage. He loved playing the drunken Irishman even though he wasn’t one, as JP O’Malley learns.

Paul Walker died during filming on Fast and Furious 7. It’s not the first time a star has passed away before a movie is finished shooting, writes Susan Griffin

The businessman who married movie star Oliver Reed’s widow believes the euro is teetering on the brink and is offering people who buy his produce the chance to get their change in silver.

<B>Des O’Sullivan </b>says Cork silver basting spoon dating to 1800 is among the lots at Hegarty’s January auction.    

Pádraig Pearse’s pioneering morse code announcement, Twink in lingerie on the Late Late and Miley getting it on with Fidelma in Glenroe feature in Dave Kenny’s magic moments of Irish broadcasting.

Max Clifford “launched himself” at a woman he sexually assaulted in a taxi, a court heard today.

What Fresh Lunacy is this? The authorised biography of Oliver Reed

Bob Crouch in the title role of Oliver Reed – Wild Thing, a one-man show currently on tour around Ireland.

The son of Oliver Reed has revealed that nothing will grow on his famous father’s grave in Cork because so many people pour a tipple on it to toast the larger-than-life acting legend.

Film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner has died aged 77, his wife Geraldine has said.

TRIBUTES have been paid to the “unique” talent of British film director Ken Russell, following his sudden death at the age of 84.

George Bernard Shaw loved Parknasilla. And Marie Toft isn’t one bit surprised.

ALEX HIGGINS is unlikely to be laid to rest next to his friend, the late actor Oliver Reed, in Mallow in north Cork.

Alex “Hurricane” Higgins lived up to his stormy nickname.

The future of a Cork town may depend on a link to the M20, writes Sean O’Riordan

YOU don’t lightly make the decision to move to Churchtown – people tend to stay.

Heath Ledger's last film will go ahead with Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law as the late actor's replacements, director Terry Gilliam confirmed today.

THE cameras are coming: there’s a showhouse showdown in the immediate offing at the Earls Court scheme of new homes, in north Cork’s Churchtown.

British director Michael Winner has branded the publication of postcards which show his late friend Oliver Reed in various states of drunkenness "pathetic".

Broadcaster Fergal Keane laid bare his battle with the bottle today at an international conference on addiction.

Irish hell-raiser Colin Farrell may not be quite the mad-cap party animal we all imagine.

According to a new survey, Colin Farrell is a lightweight compared to the party animals of yesteryear!

Actress Glenda Jackson has paid tribute to actor Alan Bates, who died after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.

Actor Alan Bates has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.

Godfather star Al Pacino has been named the greatest film star of them all - just ahead of his co-lead in the movie, Robert De Niro.

Richard Harris may still star in the third Harry Potter film after his death.

George Lucas has spoken out against the idea of dead film stars being brought back to life on the big screen.

The widow of actor Oliver Reed is set to marry her country squire fiance in the grounds of his ancestral home in Co Cork today.

The widow of actor Oliver Reed and Walter Ryan-Purcell, the manager of a recycling factory, are to marry in the summer, the bridegroom-to-be said today.

Hollywood glamour is coming to the UK as movie stars troop up the red carpet for Britain's answer to the Oscars - The British Academy Film Awards.