He’s one of the greatest actors of his generation but, as Michael Gambon prepares to exit stage left, he tells Deirdre Reynolds he wouldn’t like to be starting out now

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson stars in San Andreas (12A), playing LAFD chopper rescue pilot Ray, whose considerable skills are tested to their limits when California experiences a massive earthquake.

Al Pacino discusses his new film with Shilpa Ganatra , and also offers a solution for those who can’t afford the prices for his live appearance in Ireland

Here’s a quick look at the latest music, gig, film and entertainment news.

HOLLYWOOD star Al Pacino knows more than most about the Scent of a Woman but he appears to prefer the smell of money nowadays.

Al Pacino has suggested he could appear in an upcoming Marvel film.

Al Pacino considered changing his name to "Sonny Scott" when he started acting.

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WE ARE driving to Páirc Uí Rinn to see a lad we know play in a Cork under-21’s football final.

Despite the successes achieved last year, Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine was yesterday in no mood for talking up his squad’s chances in this year’s Furusiyya FEI Nations Cup Series.

After seven years making sometimes difficult decisions, Robert Splaine is realistic to know his reappointment as Ireland show jumping manager may not be greeted with unanimous acclaim.

It has come as a surprise, even to Showjumping Ireland, that membership and registration figures for January are up, albeit marginally, on the same time last year.

Last Saturday up in Croke Park a small group of men were entrusted to make a massively important decision about the future of the game of hurling.

Al Pacino is set to reunite with Brian De Palma on 'Happy Valley'.

Actor Al Pacino said he decided not to meet record producer and convicted killer Phil Spector before portraying him in an movie – only to find he already had.

Police whistleblower Frank Serpico has said Al Pacino played him better than he did himself.

Al Pacino is set to play late American football coach Joe Paterno in an upcoming biopic.

Rihanna wants a role in the 'Scarface' remake.

“I’m over the moon. It’s fantastic,” said Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine after his team captured the Aga Khan Trophy with aplomb at the Discover Ireland Dublin Horse Show yesterday.

Ireland show jumping team manager Robert Splaine believes Cian O’Connor’s bronze medal-winning performance in London will be a springboard for greater Olympic success.

Katie Taylor had her Bray bash, John Joe Nevin was feted in Mullingar, while Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan got the red carpet treatment in Belfast.

With a couple of last-place finishes this season and lying bottom of the FEI Top League, Ireland’s show jumpers pulled off a surprise yesterday with victory in the nations cup in Hickstead, England.

It wouldn’t come as a big surprise to find that Ireland show jumping manager Robert Splaine is putting the controversy over Denis Lynch behind him, and he would be forgiven for, briefly, taking his focus off the Olympics today, as he aims to engineer a get-out-of-jail performance in Hickstead.

Ireland’s show jumpers are in danger of relegation from the FEI Top League after finishing last in yesterday’s Swedish Nations Cup in Falsterbo.

Paul Beecher yesterday claimed the famous Hickstead Derby for only the 13th time for Ireland in its 52-year history.

Ireland achieved a season’s best result in FEI Top League yesterday, when fourth in the Dutch Nations Cup in Rotterdam.

Eventing rider Sam Watson pulled off a stunning recovery to finish eighth in the three-star at Saumur, France, yesterday.

Adam Sandler and friends have scored a new high — or low — among voters of the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that presents prizes for the year’s worst movies.

The Jameson Dublin International Film Festivalcombined big-name actors with some superb viewing, says Orlagh Ní Arrachtáin

When Adam Sandler’s bad, he’s really bad, according to voters for the Razzies — an Academy Awards spoof that singles out the worst movies of the year.

Al Pacino says he feels like he's going home when he comes to Ireland.

Al Pacino is set to make his animated film debut in 'Despicable Me 2'.

In the opening scenes of the new ''comedy'' Jack and Jill, commercial director Jack Sadelstein (Adam Sandler) and his business partners take a break from the set of their Regis Philbin-starring Pepto Bismol commercial to discuss the prospect of landing Al Pacino for a new Dunkin' Donuts spot.

Al Pacino is to attend the 10th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival next year.

Al Pacino has said that the enduring success of 'Scarface' is "kind of like a fairy tale".

Assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has died at a Detroit-area hospital at the age of 83, his lawyer and friend said.

ACTOR Al Pacino is going back into the world of organised crime to join John Travolta in a new film, Gotti: Three Generations.

Al Pacino has joined the cast of 'Gotti: Three Generations' and will star alongside John Travolta, Kelly Preston and troubled actress Lindsey Lohan.

Actor Al Pacino is going back into the world of organised crime to join John Travolta in a new film, 'Gotti: Three Generations'.

British actors Mark Rylance and Vanessa Redgrave have been nominated for prestigious Tony awards.

Al Pacino is set to star as legendary record producer Phil Spector in a TV film to be written and directed by David Mamet, TV channel HBO said.

Actor-and-rapper 50 Cent is reportedly set to have a cameo in 'EastEnders'.