Cathy Belton is currently playing Patricia Hennessy in Red Rock on TV3, and also plays Roy’s mother in Roy, the story of a cartoon boy.

Mary McCarthy is from Whitehall, near Skibbereen, Co Cork. She is director of the National Sculpture Factory in Cork and also chair of Culture Ireland.

Frozen, Garth Brooks, how to shift?

Google has released its 14th annual review of the billions of searches made in Ireland this year and, as always, it’s a unique perspective on modern Irish life.

"Comedy is there to make you aware of your humanity."

American television network PBS creates a series of animated films, called Blank on Blank, which are used to illustrate rarely-heard interviews with leading figures like Maya Angelou, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and John Lennon.

Francis Lawrence thinks using CGI to increase the presence of Philip Seymour Hoffman in 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' would have been "catastrophic."

A Most Wanted Man *****

This week features the rousing true story of ‘Pride’, stop-motion animated fantasy ‘The Box Trolls’ and Phillip Seymour Hoffman delivers one of his final performances in the thriller ‘A Most Wanted Man’.

With the release this week of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s last film ‘A Most Wanted Man’, Declan Burke takes a look at the most influential spy films ever made

MUSIC NEWS: The inestimable Kate Bush has struck a blow for those of us Luddites who seethe with rage at the glowing blanket of smartphones held aloft at gigs.

Kate Winslet, Andy Serkis and Chris Pratt are just some of the stars who have taken part in a video chain letter where they grill each other with burning questions.

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God’s Pocket (15A) is a hardscrabble, blue-collar neighbourhood infested with grifters and thieves.

Christina Hendricks says new film God's Pocket feels like a celebration of co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman's life.

Christina Hendricks was dropped by her agency after accepting a role on Mad Men.

Every year, comic book fans, cosplayers, celebrities and every kind of nerd you can imagine head to San Diego for the biggest Comic Con in the world.

Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't want his children to be "trust fund kids".

The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman by an accidental drug overdose in February has not sidelined production of the latest installment of Hunger Games, its director said.

Now settled in Iceland, the American singer John Grant is enjoying the warm glow of success, writes Ed Power

Philomena Lee, Robbie and Claudine Keane, The Strypes and Snow Patrol were some of the guests at the US-Ireland Alliance’s ninth Oscar Wilde party which saw TV host Conan O’Brien and YouTube founder Chad Hurley honoured.

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died from a toxic mix of heroin and other drugs, US officials said.

Your daily guide to what to look out for on the box.

Slavery drama ‘12 Years A Slave’ resisted the force of ‘Gravity’ to pick up two of the big awards at this year’s Baftas.

Pilot Gaffes

Philip Seymour Hoffman's priest will remember him as a "lovely person."

A host of Hollywood stars turned out for the private funeral of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman today.

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet remain the most loyal friends.

George Clooney is struggling to come to terms with Philip Seymour Hoffman's death.

At least one of four people arrested during an investigation of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s suspected fatal heroin overdose had the actor’s mobile phone number.

Three men and one woman arrested in New York have been charged with drugs offences possibly connected to narcotics found at the home of film star Philip Seymour Hoffman following his death of an apparent heroin overdose, law enforcement officials said last night.

A post-mortem on Hollywood actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s body is inconclusive, and tests will be needed to determine what caused his death, the New York City’s medical examiner’s office says.

Four people have reportedly been arrested in connection with drugs found in the New York home of Philip Seymour Hoffman who died on Sunday.

The shocking death of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman from a suspected drugs overdose has highlighted a growing epidemic of heroin use across the US, officials have warned.

Cate Blanchett and Justin Theroux have visited Philip Seymour Hoffman's family.

Detectives found almost 50 envelopes, branded “Ace of Spades,” containing what is believed to be heroin, in the apartment of Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead on Sunday.

There will be a post mortem examination later on the body of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Hollywood stars have paid tribute to Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his apartment with what officials said was a needle in his arm.

Oscar-winning US actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has died from an "apparent drug overdose" in his New York City apartment, an NYPD spokesman said.

News of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death was first announced — erroneously — just a few days before he was found dead in his apartment.

Steve McQueen’s '12 Years A Slave' continued its triumphant march towards next month’s Oscars at the London Critics’ Circle Film Awards tonight.

THIS is a story of how you can recover after your worst nightmare. It’s the story of a mother whose three children died. Madonna Badger, 49, was an art director, for people like Calvin Klein, and owned a successful company in New York.

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