Blackwater, The Red Wedding, Sean Bean loses his head - Game of Thrones has a history of doing some seriously heavy stuff in its ninth episode, so what do they have in store for the penultimate ep of season six?

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Civilization VI has been announced in a trailer narrated by Sean Bean that takes us on a trip back through time.

The blockbuster series Game of Thrones has overtaken the books, no one knows what’s going to happen next. Will Lawrence goes on set to talk to its stars. 

The blockbuster series Game of Thrones has overtaken the books, no one knows what’s going to happen next. Will Lawrence goes on set to talk to its stars.

YOU can’t beat good mechanics. (No, not the kind of mechanics who fix your car — that would be illegal.) The way a game reacts to your input, how it feels to play, this is the single most important part of any console experience.

Author Bernard Cornwell has revealed he is not a fan of Game of Thrones.

The second instalment of the 2015 Irish Film and Television Awards is fast approaching, and a list of final nominees including Chris O’Dowd, Deirdre O’Kane and Brendan O’Carroll, has just been announced.

The Martian is in cinemas across Ireland now, and it's a big screen spectacle that's quite literally out of this world.

We're all looking forward to The Martian, mostly because the promos to date have been brilliantly well-made - and we're trying to forget about every recent film director Ridley Scott has made at the same time.

Upcoming science fiction movie The Martian has a lot going for it, with a massive budget, director Ridley Scott, and a cast including Matt Damon, Jeff Daniels, Sean Bean and more.

The Martian is a movie about what happens when Matt Damon gets left behind on Mars. 

Matt Damon and the rest of the crew are undergoing some special evaluations, including seeing how they make out during extreme isolation

Ridley Scott directed and Matt Damon starring The Martian is coming much sooner than expected, now launching in October

In the weeks leading up to the same-sex marriage referendum a host of celebrities added their voices to the campaign for a yes vote.

The stars were out in force last night for this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards.

He bade his farewells, but Wilko Johnson is readjusting to life again after being declared free of pancreatic cancer, writes Ed Power

Check out our guide to the best of tonight's TV.

The pitch for Pixels is pretty dang weird - when aliens take early 80s video games as a declaration of war, some old guys who used to be arcade titans get called in to fight back.

Soap operas and game shows and thrillers, oh my!

The release of Jupiter Ascending has been pushed back to 2015.

Your daily, spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

Your daily, spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

Your daily, spoiler-free guide to what to look out for on the box.

Chris O'Dowd collected the Comedy award for ‘Moone Boy’ at the 2013 International Emmy Awards Gala last night.

Sean Bean has been banned from his local pub.

Danny Boyle’s impressive Olympic opening ceremony and the spoof sitcom inspired by the Games are both in the running for TV Bafta Awards.

Tough screen star Sean Bean’s portrayal of a cross-dressing teacher has landed him a best actor title at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards – one of two prizes for courtroom drama The Accused.

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A 'Game of Thrones' range of beer is being created.

Sean Bean struggled with having a full body wax to play a transvestite in 'Accused'.

Tom Hiddleston and Sean Bean are to appear together in a new episode of 'Family Guy'.

Liam Neeson is to star in the long-awaited A Walk Among the Tombstones, a mystery based on a popular crime novel.

Sean Bean has signed up to star in a Second World War action-horror film.

EVEN if you don’t read The Sunday Times, you may have heard about the fuss caused by a throwaway paragraph of critic AA Gill’s TV review.

Julia Roberts has a blast as the pantomime villainess in ‘Mirror Mirror’, a comedic reworking of the classic fairy tale ‘Snow White’ by the Brothers Grimm.

As the second series of Game of Thrones begins on Sky next week, Colette Keane explains why fans can’t get enough of it

Birdsong, BBC One, tomorrow

HBO has confirmed it will shoot the second series of the hit TV show 'Game of Thrones' in Belfast.

Sean Bean has been "stabbed" in the arm.

Sean Bean is getting divorced for the fourth time.