From movies to music, food to fashion, our critics reveal their cultural picks for the year ahead

"Snitches get stitches"

Five years ago Tom Holland told an interviewer he would be the next Spider-Man. He tells Gemma Dunn how he never expected to don the red costume so soon.

 

TV presenter Laura Whitmore showed some nice moves away from the dance floor last year to increase accumulated profits at her media firm to €600,000.

Tomorrow's a big day in America, in case you didn't know and everyone is being urged to get out and vote and make their voice heard.

Doctor Strange is coming soon and we're hoping for something special from Marvel and new director Scott Derrickson - mostly because it seems like a whole new world for this particular 'Verse.

"Lots and lots of famous people" have come together in a video to urge Americans to get out and vote on November 8, with a not so subtle hint that voting for Donald Trump is really bad idea.

ARLENE PHILLIPS could return to Strictly Come Dancing, according to reports.

Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are set to team up again for a comedy that will take on the famed story of Sherlock Holmes.

A private detective and an enforcer try to find a missing girl in Los Angeles in 1977.

Avengers co-stars Robert Downey Jr and Chris Evans became real life superheroes recently when they joined forces to make a dying fans dream come true.

Jodie Foster’s  first films as a director were personal. Money Monster, starring a dancing George Clooney, sees her tackling the financial sector, writes Helen Barlow

The Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals is on Tuesday and Thursday night on RTÉ2 at 8pm. The final is on Saturday. 

Shane Black wrote Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout and The Monster Squad.

There's a new Spider-Man movie on the way called Homecoming. It features Brit Tom Holland in the suit playing a more teenaged version of the character, who will be making his big screen debut in Captain America Civil War in just a few short days.

The Civil War is almost here, with Team Iron Man and Team Cap going head to head for the hearts and minds of the people of the world - both superpowered and otherwise.

Barry Murphy, Risteard Cooper and Garry Cooke put an Aprés Match spin on the general election of 1982 on  RTÉ One, on Wednesday at 10.35pm.

Shane Black is back, and he's making the kinds of movies we wish he was always behind with a mystery thriller comedy called The Nice Guys

The Call of Duty series is set to come to the big screen, with a number of interconnected movie titles to create a cinematic universe

Let us now praise Anthony Cunningham’s nous.

From Lock, Stock to his current offering, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, Guy Ritchie has

The Marvel universe on the big (and small) screen is starting to get absolutely huge, and now we've got breaking news from the centre of it

AS THE voice of Iron Man’s computer programme, Jarvis, actor Paul Bettany has spent a lot time hidden away in a sound booth, only meeting his Marvel Comics co-stars on the red carpet. For the new Avengers: Age Of Ultron movie, however, he finally made it onto set.

Avengers Age of Ultron is just arriving in cinemas but as everything is connected in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that means we're starting to hear about films coming down the line in a couple of years.

American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel had one of the most star-studded guest panels he could ask for last night when the cast of The Avengers turned up to the show.

Teen love story The Fault In Our Stars was the big winner at the MTV Movie Awards during a show filled with motivational messages.

Avengers Age of Ultron is in cinemas next month, which is a little bit crazy because I can't really account for where the last three years of my life went.

Plenty to watch on the tellybox tonight.

The people have spoken and superheroes continue to rule the movie pack, as Captain America, Iron Man and Batman were among the top winners at this year’s People’s Choice Awards.

2015 is here, which means that its time to start getting excited about the filmed entertainment coming to cinemas over the next 12 months

Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr has welcomed a second child with his wife Susan, a baby girl named Avri.

Welcome to your Thursday morning briefing. Let us ensure you’re up to speed on what’s happening and are prepared for the day ahead.

This week, Robert Downey Jr stars in courtroom drama The Judge, live-action fantasy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and high-school sweethearts get a second chance at love in The Best of Me.

MILA KUNIS and ASHTON KUTCHER are the proud parents of a baby girl, it has been reported.

Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch said he could still be playing the super sleuth as a pensioner.

Robert Downey Jr says there are no plans for a fourth 'Iron Man' movie.

So Seth Meyers is set to make his debut hosting the Emmy Awards this year.