Des O’Driscoll reveals what he expects will be the arts and entertainment  highlights of spring 2015.

ACTOR Aidan Gillen played John Boy in the RTÉ crime series, Love/Hate, and will be back on our screens as Charlie Haughey, in Charlie, later this year. Gillen has selected seven of his favourite films for showings at Triskel Christchurch from Jan 17-20.

AFTER spending two weeks on a sun-drenched island off Jamaica with 12 Ukrainian beauties, British multi-millionaire Paul Downes went off the rails.

The premiere of a Kevin Spacey-directed West End play starring Richard Dreyfuss has been delayed.

Richard Dreyfuss is suing his family, alleging that his father and uncle owe him nearly $4m (€2.7m) on an unpaid loan.

The first semi-biographical film about a sitting US President brings to the screen the story of George W Bush.

Richard Dreyfuss is preparing to return to the West End stage four years after he was sensationally fired from musical 'The Producers'.

Richard Dreyfuss is to appear on the London stage five years after he was fired from the musical 'The Producers'.

Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as the police chief in the blockbuster ‘Jaws’, has died, it was announced today.

DUBLIN actress Sarah Bolger has been signed up to star in a new Hollywood movie based on an extraordinary love story which began at a Nazi concentration camp.

British actor Stephen Fry has candidly revealed the full horror of his battle with mental illness in a tell-all documentary.

Actor Richard Dreyfuss only starred in new movie Poseidon because he was offered a pile of money.

The Poseidon Adventure is ranked as an all-time classic – but the director of the remake has called the 1972 original “terribly over-acted”.

Cue the ominous bass line and close the beaches.

Actor Nathan Lane has had to pull out of his remaining performances in the West End hit The Producers after suffering from two slipped discs, it was announced today.

American funnyman Nathan Lane is celebrating after his starring role in musical The Producers helped the show score award successes on both sides of the Atlantic.

Jaws actor Richard Dreyfuss is quitting the film business to focus on his theatre career.

ISRAELI and Palestinian activists yesterday launched an unofficial peace treaty aimed at ending one of the world’s most intractable conflicts, backed by a gathering of Nobel peace prize winners including former President Jimmy Carter.

Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators gathered in Geneva today to launch their unofficial initiative to end one of the world’s most intractable conflicts in the presence of Jimmy Carter and other winners of the Nobel peace prize.

Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated composer Michael Kamen has died at his London home at the age of 55, his publicist said today.

Arnold Schwarzenegger cannot count on the support of some Hollywood big-shots in his efforts to become governor of California in next week’s recall election.