Barbie

Actor ‘gutted’ to miss out on role in hugely successful film

Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan and Paul Mescal recieve nods as Andrew Scott and Lily Gladstone miss out

Andrew Scott and Lily Gladstone, who were both hotly tipped for nominations, miss out in major upset

All the winners from the 81st annual ceremony in Beverly Hills, California

Cillian Murphy triumphed over Barry Keoghan, nominated for Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn

Stars of Barbie and Oppenheimer to compete for top prizes alongside Flowers of The Killer Moon, Maestro and Poor Things

Donald Clarke: Her Eras Tour became the highest-grossing concert film ever. She was Time magazine’s person of the year. But another woman had an even better year

The singer brings her Eras tour to Dublin, London, Liverpool, Tokyo and Melbourne in 2024

Thinking about 2023 through the lens of its towering individuals is a good practice in much-needed introspection. So, who might make the cut?

Companies often go public when a brand is hot, hence, the old joke that IPO stands for ‘it’s probably overpriced’

Plus: name the the second-highest grossing film of all time?

The celebration of straightforward and uncomplicated femininity is a reaction to the prevailing cultural norms of the 2010s

The German sandal maker is enjoying its popularity as it prepares for an IPO but faces pitfalls

Planet Business: Dynamic pricing hits the pint, Wall Street IPOs return and USA Today seeks ‘Taylor Swift reporter’

Price-conscious film fans made the most of National Cinema Day on Saturday with tickets available for just €4 across the country

The best movies, music, art and more coming your way between September 2nd and September 8th

Plus: Barbie just passed $1 billion. How many films have now made that much?

Greta Gerwig’s smash hit has amassed €8.85m, making it Ireland’s highest-grossing movie, as it continues to break records worldwide

‘Unbelievable’ demand as fans flock to low-quality projections of blockbuster movie after producer Warner Bros pulled out of country

Hotels another of few sectors to report increased spending but consumers opting more for cheaper fast food than restaurant and hotel meals

Miriam Lord: Tenth year of Ireland’s biggest fandom event fills the Convention Centre with fantastic outfits

Jump on the trend by adding colour to your autumn garden

Actor and trade unionist who played role in Pirates of the Caribbean says he earned less than €10,000 from acting last year and has no pension of his own

Greta Gerwig becomes first woman to direct a billion-dollar blockbuster solo as Barbie hits landmark

Sean Moncrieff: The main street of our capital city is still the figurative and geographical heart of our country and it should be treasured

Indoor activities more generally proved popular throughout the month, according to Bank of Ireland spending data

It has no point of view, no message and no understanding of who its audience is. If this is Hollywood’s best shot, the big screen is in trouble

‘Mushroom cloud’ memes surrounding the Barbie and Oppenheimer movies are seen as trivialising the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings

There are spoilers for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie here, so don't read until you've dressed in pink and gone to see it

Despite setting post-pandemic box-office records, the industry is still struggling with an existential crisis that compares to the arrival of television in the 1950s

Brianna Parkins: No demographic has their taste mocked as ‘unserious’ more than women, especially teenage girls

The Light House cinema in Dublin and Pálás in Galway annihilate records with busiest weekends ever

Barbie’s would-be boyfriend has a less fragile ego than the owner of the newly rebranded social media app

Historic moment in Irish sport at Women’s World Cup, while Barbenheimer makes for an exciting weekend in film

Planet Business: Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal extension, Danone and Carlsberg’s Russian operations and Barbie, 2023-style

The children are our future so we should break their spirits early with the crushing realities of adulthood

Does the Mattel-backed film succeed in its attempt to be meta and funny while still being politically astute?

Bild cartoon became such a hit with readers that the publishers decided to make a Lilli doll

The screenplay is positively philosophical at times, as a self-conscious plot spins ever deeper into creative absurdity

It was evident by the excitement and mix of the fans outside Rathmines’ Stella Cinema that Barbie’s legacy connects people of all ages