Not that The Menu ever needs an excuse to head west to the City of the Tribes but surely the return of the annual Galway Food Festival (March 29-April 2) is as good a reason as any.

The daughter of screen legend Marlene Dietrich has slammed Gwyneth Paltrow for accepting the role of her mother in a forthcoming movie - insisting the star is "too thin".

HE once dead-panned that Oscar night at his house was Passover - he always got left out - but Bob Hope leaves behind an indelible film legacy as a master wisecracker and pioneer of one of Hollywood’s most beloved genres: the buddy film.

BRITAIN postponed knighting Charlie Chaplin for nearly 20 years because of his romantic escapades and his politics, according to secret documents unsealed on Saturday.