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US Federal Reserve begins two-day monetary policy meeting on Wednesday

Penta recently appointed former taoiseach Leo Varadkar to its advisory board

Television: Insight into Dublin club’s underage academies doubles as a picture of its imperial phase under erstwhile manager Damien Duff

Plus: What does Lady share with Tramp?

Filipino-American actor (15) plays a misfit kid whisked across the galaxy in Pixar’s latest bid for renewed box-office dominance

TV highlights for June 8th-13th, including From that Small Island – the Story of the Irish and Fubar

Irish actors Lola Petticrew and Nicola Coughlan miss out on awards, having both been nominated for the first time

Entertainment group reports better than expected results but warns operating environment remains uncertain

Television: Series starring Ellen Pompeo commits the egregious sin of attempting to send the viewer to sleep at every turn

Low-rent bid to monetise the newly public-domain Steamboat Willie embraces violent mayhem with gusto

Television: If only Irish drama displayed the same willingness to unpack our own scandals and dark secrets

Television: Disney was slightly off kilter with season 1 but is back on course with latest addition

Television: Irish actress plays mother of child who disappears during a sleepover in a friend’s house

We already have a TV licence fee, says Conor Pope, the Irish Times consumer affairs correspondent. But with a well-designed levy, the consumer wouldn’t pay, argues independent producer Larry Bass

They might be ‘daggers in the screen’ to some writers, but notes from producers are also a marker of success

Apple TV+’s stylish dystopian drama Severance is one of the best workplace TV shows. Here are eight more to watch

This tiny Latvian film hammered the giant studios in the race for animated feature at the Oscars

Most distracting flaws are rooted in problematic re-creation of animated material in ‘live action’ cinema

Flow, which the self-taught director made for $3.5m, beat Pixar and DreamWorks to take the Academy Award for best animated feature

Television: Charlie Cox of Kin fame and Vincent D’Onofrio are almost like a comic book Pacino-De Niro pairing, such is their chemistry

Court filings cast new light on Irish crime boss’s dealings with big promoters and relationship with champion fighter Tyson Fury

Entertainment group bounces back with film business offsetting hurricane-hit theme parks

Including The Kardashians, Apple Cider Vinegar, Reacher, Zero Day, A Thousand Blows and more

Plus: Imma cafe operator departs over contract changes; former Ponzi schemer takes up golf; and Patagonia wants to shut the world out

TV Highlights Jan 18-24

Progressive principles held an iron grip on big-budget US entertainment in Donald Trump’s first term as US president. Did that serve those principles well?

Accusations against Gaiman include claims of sexual assault, sexual misconduct and coercion

Jon Hill reveals investigators were contacted by people affected by Say Nothing, the Disney+ series that includes scenes portraying final hours of Jean McConville and Joe Lynskey

What to watch when it’s too cold and icy to go out? Try It Follows, The Thing, The Fly, Roman Holiday, Up, Uncle Buck and more

Including American Primeval, The Rig, Severance, Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action and Goosebumps: The Vanishing

Including The Traitors, The White Lotus, Zero Day, Your Friends & Neighbors, The Walsh Sisters and The Bear

It was a challenging year for some listed companies and a record year for CEO departures

The animation is horrible. The voice work is annoying. The plot can be hard to follow

Patrick Freyne on the 2 Johnnies, Rivals, Say Nothing, Baby Reindeer and television trends of the past 12 months

Never mind Disney’s classic cartoons. Its dull origin story of Simba’s father is closer to those pseudo-storytelling live-action TV shows from the 1960s

The film-maker’s big moment was almost eclipsed when La La Land, not Moonlight, was announced as best picture. Now his Lion King prequel is about to occupy Christmas

With its mix of larger-than-life faux rage in the ring and genuine connection with fans, it’s not hard to understand the huge popularity of WWE – and it means big business, too, for Netflix

Theatre: This thrilling Cameron Mackintosh-Disney show capitalises on PL Travers’s original story, which has so much more to offer than the films

The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable

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