The Irish Times

Will Smith owned the Williams sisters’ story on screen - then he stole their moment

What should've been a triumphant Oscars night for the sisters tempered by mixed emotions

Thu Mar 31 2022 - 06:00

Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock after on stage Oscars slap

The Academy denounced Smith’s actions and opened an inquiry into the incident

Tue Mar 29 2022 - 07:27

Will Smith breaks character – after 40 years playing the energetic, merry prankster

Oscars 2022 should have been the culmination of Smith’s extraordinary career. But he snapped

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 14:51

Oscars 2022: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock overshadows CODA’s best picture award

Kenneth Branagh takes best original screenplay for the autobiographical Belfast

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 05:58

Oscars 2022: Who should win, and who will win?

Ireland has its biggest haul of nominations since 2016, but has won few awards so far

Sat Mar 26 2022 - 05:00

Baftas 2022: Belfast edged out by The Power of the Dog

Kenneth Branagh’s film takes just one prize as Joanna Scanlan is ‘surprise’ best actress

Sun Mar 13 2022 - 21:00

Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast wins no Screen Actors Guild award in ceremony of upsets

Irish actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo among the award-winning cast for Coda

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 13:50

Screen Actors Guild awards 2022: Will Smith, Squid Game and Coda win big

'Now I feel I’m finally part of the family': Troy Kotsur, first deaf actor to win award

Mon Feb 28 2022 - 10:02

Will Smith: ‘I’ve only lost an Oscar to other black actors’

After his nomination for best actor in King Richard, the actor reflects on his career

Thu Feb 10 2022 - 10:44

Golden Globes 2022: Belfast wins best screenplay in discredited awards

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins best drama, in a low-scoring night for the Irish

Mon Jan 10 2022 - 05:55

King Richard: Will Smith is suave and arrogant as Venus and Serena Williams’s father

Film review: Will Smith works hard for the Oscar he will almost certainly win

Fri Nov 19 2021 - 05:00

King Richard: The surreal story of the Williams sisters’ rise to greatness

Will Smith stars as father of the tennis stars Venus and Serena in a film of their unlikely journey

Mon Nov 15 2021 - 06:00

Hollywood tale of Serena and Venus Williams sisters hits the big screen

Will Smith plays father Richard as he steers his daughters from Compton to Wimbledon

Mon Nov 08 2021 - 16:29

Serena Williams: An icon who broke barriers and shattered records

American star has had to battle every bit as hard off the court against prejudice and misogyny

Wed Jul 01 2020 - 15:05

Is James Cecil Parke Ireland’s greatest ever sportsman?

A career interrupted by World War One saw him captain Ireland and win at Wimbledon

Mon Apr 20 2020 - 06:00

The Beatles split: ‘I was shattered’ – Paul Weller, Booker T and more on the the band’s abrupt end

The Fab Four parted 50 years ago today. Fans and insiders relive the end of John, Paul, George and Ringo

Thu Apr 09 2020 - 13:52

‘Belfast is becoming the Hollywood of Europe’

Game of Thrones put Northern Ireland on the global TV map. Now a Belfast studio is making a Superman prequel series, and, for local producers, the sky’s the limit

Sat Aug 03 2019 - 05:40

Irish teenager is youngest recipient in Queen Elizabeth’s birthday honours

Undertones frontman Feargal Sharkey is made an OBE in this year’s list

Sat Jun 08 2019 - 17:36

What happens to Northern Ireland’s film industry now Game of Thrones is over?

HBO show’s success has invigorated the region and allowed its best talent to flourish

Sat Jun 01 2019 - 05:00

Will Solskjær be just another on growing list of failures?

United had a grim and turbulent procession of managers between Busby and Fergie

Mon Apr 22 2019 - 22:30

Team Sky’s legacy: titles and ambition tarnished by coldness and allegations

The team which will lose Sky as a sponsor next year made cycling more professional, yet forfeiting some of its humanity

Wed Dec 12 2018 - 18:40

Brexit deal vital to maintain British visitor numbers, says tourism chief

Belfast seminar hears no deal concerns of tourism, sports and arts sectors

Tue Nov 13 2018 - 16:15

Angelina Jolie, the Breadwinner and me. By Nora Twomey

The co-founder of Cartoon Saloon on teaming up with the A-list star for their Oscar-nominated animation, and using cartoons to help children make sense of the world

Sat May 19 2018 - 06:00

‘Being Serena’: the tennis star lets the world into her inner court

A new HBO series follows Serena Williams as she returns to the sport after maternity leave

Mon Apr 30 2018 - 06:00

How does Pep Guardiola feel about his ambassador role for Qatar 2022?

The only way to solve dispute between Man City boss and the FA is a conversation

Tue Feb 27 2018 - 07:18

When Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield: 20 years on

Second meeting between heavyweight greats came to a shocking end at the MGM Grand

Wed Jun 28 2017 - 16:42

Superman prequel series ‘Krypton’ will be filmed in Belfast

TV show will shoot this summer in coup for new £20m Belfast Harbour Studios

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 05:00

Time to call a halt to embarrassing ‘Ireland’s Call’

A sop to the Ulster players who won’t sing Amhrán na bhFiann, Ireland’s Call is wrong

Fri Jan 27 2017 - 14:37

British speeding fines to rise to 150% of drivers’ weekly income

‘Hitting these offenders harder in the pocket will make them think twice’

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 17:58

A cinema city on Dublin Bay: shot in dark or shooting for the stars?

‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Vikings’ are already made in Ireland. New film studios, including one planned for Poolbeg, hope to capitalise on that TV-drama boom

Sat Jan 21 2017 - 05:50