Séamas O’Reilly: Apple TV+ has Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks and God, but is anybody watching?
Foundation is genre storytelling at its richest, while Murderbot is smart-as-a-tack pulp sci-fi
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George Clooney is giving up romance at 63. Don’t people of his age deserve love?
The star says he’s too old to play any more romantic leads. But something odd has happened: that kind of big film has almost vanished
Oscars 2026: Will Hamnet with Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley get a best picture nomination?
It might be early, but we’re betting on these 10 movies getting the all-important Oscars nod next year
My three nights at Taylor Swift cost me €47 an hour. Cheaper than therapy
Stevie Nicks and Julia Roberts were there, and Swift played ‘my’ surprise song. Who knew one song had such healing powers?
Taylorwatch: Dublin pub says ‘great to welcome’ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce after three Aviva gigs
The weekend-long celebration of Swiftness has passed but the memories remain
I was first to read The Handmaid’s Tale, that’s my claim to fame: Valerie Martin on friendship with Margaret Atwood
American novelist’s latest book, Mrs Gulliver, reimagines Juliet as a cunning blind brothel worker
Sydney Sweeney’s rise: Hollywood finally has an old-school movie star on its hands, and it has no idea what to do
Donald Clarke: The embrace of Sydney Sweeney as a new Elizabeth Taylor is one thing. Whether the movie industry is set for a reboot is quite another
Could he BE any more like Chandler? Matthew Perry’s memoir is fizzing and frank
Friends star tells his story with flair, from teen neuroses and sudden stardom to dating (and dumping) Julia Roberts, plus years of substance abuse and rehab
Matthew Perry in his own words: Vicodin, impotence and sexy faxes with Julia Roberts
From beating up a young Justin Trudeau to 6,000 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, the Friends star’s memoir is a bombshell read. Here are the highlights
Oscars 2022 red carpet: Jessie Buckley and Caitríona Balfe among best dressed stars
From exuberant to understated, here are the fashion highlights from the Academy Awards
George Clooney: ‘I was offered $35m for one day’s work’
The Oscar winner on his new film, The Tender Bar, raising twins, politics, and falling for Amal
Follow Don Conroy to Ashford Castle, and other autumn escapes
Travel News: Warm waters and cool cocktails, a petting zoo and golden ducks
Nic Cage: The strange career of the former Nicolas Coppola
As his peers retire, he still works like a maniac – and may even have defined his own genre
The War of Independence on film: Irish Destiny to Michael Collins
How filmmakers have attempted to balance the demands of entertainment against the sensitivities of politics
Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning actor, dies aged 89
Cher among those to pay tribute after death of Moonstruck and Tales of the City star
Starstruck: A giddy confection that helps rehabilitate the romcom
TV review: Rose Matafeo’s new show is Notting Hill for Generation Instagram
Leave the World Behind: Gripped by everyday dread
Book Review: Timely novel about a sudden, cataclysmic event that shocks the world
Rare piece of heaven in inspiring Wicklow setting for €2.35m
Actor Julia Roberts briefly rented Glanmore Hall near Ashford while filming in Ireland
Hollywood’s a cruel place. But not as cruel as it used to be. Here’s why
Women over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sort
Saint Frances presents abortion as an ordinary part of human experience
Film review: Taboo-busting comedy with a generous spirit and a concealed polemic edge
Joel Schumacher, Veronica Guerin and Batman Forever director, dies aged 80
Filmmaker’s hits include The Lost Boys, Falling Down, St Elmo’s Fire and Flatliners
Fintan O’Toole: Bono at 60 – Why is Ireland so ambivalent about its most famous son?
He is a truly global celebrity but we might like him more if he did not try to be so good
The 10 worst films of the past 10 years
The worst film of the 2010s was so reactionary, materialistic and lazy it selected itself
Battle for TV streaming service subscribers set to intensify
With new offers from Apple and Disney, it’s worth shopping around for the best deal
‘No one will know’: Studio wanted Julia Roberts to play black abolitionist
Harriet Tubman screenwriter says an executive proposed actor to play former slave
From rural sowing and reaping to dreams of urban return
‘I can’t deny a secret yearning to escape the country and return to Stoneybatter’
Compensation culture claims Shelbourne’s famous front door
Five-star Dublin hotel to remove revolving door after string of personal-injury claims
Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees
Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations
Marianne Jean-Baptiste: ‘The arts are something you have to do’
In Fabric star has carved out a varied career in media but has not forgotten her roots
High-brow Yale tours and low-brow fun in beautiful Connecticut
Even my American friends were baffled. ‘What’s there?’ they all asked. A lot, it turns out
Lucas Hedges: ‘Saoirse Ronan was the most beautiful person I had ever seen on film’
Rising star on fast track to unavoidability could not turn down chance to work with Lady Bird actor
Ben Is Back: Julia Roberts is painfully on edge in study of addiction
Review: The two leads spare no effort in teasing emotions in sincere melodrama
Unhappy birthday for Madrid as season ends in one nightmare week
Big squad rebuilding job in store for whoever takes over managerial reins at Real
The Champions League is all Real Madrid have left
The good news is that it's the most important title of all
Isn’t It Romantic review: Rebel Wilson shines in a rom-com nightmare
Actor’s delivery boosts this meta-romantic comedy that rips apart every cliche of the genre
Bruno Ganz, actor who played Hitler in ‘Downfall’, dies aged 77
Actor, who was diagnosed with cancer, was a key figure in German cinema
The 20 best Netflix and Amazon Prime shows to watch over Christmas
Wild, Wild Country, The Deuce and Beat, plus the best from All4 and Sky Atlantic
Julia Roberts: ‘I have never called myself a film actor. I’m just an actor’
One of Hollywood’s highest-paid stars makes her debut TV role in Amazon Prime’s Homecoming
Soak it up: How to take advantage of the rising tide of bathtub elegance
A deep, hot bath is one of life’s luxuries and can even take the form of an uber-massage or hydrotherapy
No need to be left behind: Supports are shedding the stigma of being left-handed
Lefties face extra challenges in class but there are many ways to aid their development
Hollywood style at Meath beachfront home for €1.25m
10,000sq ft property stood half built for nearly a decade, but now it’s complete to the highest spec
Kerry jeweller sues rivals over alleged passing off of products
Brian de Staic claims shop opened by former employees is piggybacking on his success
Rupert Everett: ‘Lots of my friends got sick. I got famous’
The ‘Happy Prince’ star on being gay, playing Oscar Wilde, and surviving the film world
‘Abused women know that danger can be lurking everywhere’
Xavier Legrand’s scintillating ‘Custody’ dramatises the horror of domestic violence
Isabella Rossellini: My job was ‘be beautiful and shut up’
At 65, the model has returned to the cosmetics company that sacked her when she was 43
Pendulum swings back for Sheahan and his zany business summit
Caveat: Former rugby player embodies spirit of evangelical celebration of business values
Margaret Heffernan lauded as early backer of Ultimo lingerie business
Pendulum Summit hears Dunnes boss was among first to stock Michelle Mone’s line
Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend
Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson wow in Wonder and James Franco hits gold in The Disaster Artist
Wonder review: An old-fashioned family delight that will leave you in tears
Don’t fight the chemistry of Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts or the cuteness of Jacob Tremblay
Do you know about all the Irish connections in Peaky Blinders?
Latest season of the 1920s gangster drama sees the arrival of Irish director David Caffrey and other Love/Hate stars in Charlie Murphy and Aidan Gillen
Profits jump at Kelly’s in Rosslare as confidence returns
Hotel resort has spent €3m on capital projects over last few years
Stone, Aniston, Lawrence: the best paid actresses in Hollywood
Emma Stone was named Hollywood’s best paid actress in the past 12 months
‘Never assume a woman is pregnant. Even if her waters break’
Jennifer O’Connell: Small talk is fraught with peril. A few rules can help avoid catastrophe
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