The Oscars aren’t fair. Just look at what’s happening to Cillian Murphy
The actor’s performance in Small Things Like These seems perfectly positioned for an Academy Award nomination. So what’s gone wrong?
The actor’s performance in Small Things Like These seems perfectly positioned for an Academy Award nomination. So what’s gone wrong?
Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott compete against each other villainously in the race for best actor in a TV movie or limited series
Musical thriller Emilia Pérez and historical epic The Brutalist led the pack of films nominated, with Emilia Pérez earning 10 nods and The Brutalist gaining seven
After Irish actors and films had a blockbuster 2023, hope this year mainly rests on Paul Mescal in Gladiator II and Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun and Blitz
It could be the most politically heated Oscars ceremony in decades. I wouldn’t count on it
Over in the puritanical United States, there has been much bloviating about how ‘unnecessary’ some scenes in Emerald Fennell's film are
The Holdovers star, whose performance has just won him a Golden Globe, always liked the idea of the ‘character actor’, even though he’s not exactly sure what it means
Donald Clarke: Didn’t realise the Bear and Bottoms star is from the Emerald Isle? Sure she’s from Inisherin
This deranged comedy with shades of Pygmalion is a feast of cinematic excess loaded with intellectual traction and psychological grit
Murphy’s former school teachers and Tánaiste Micheál Martin lead praise for Irish actors win for role in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer
It was business as usual on the red carpet with ball gowns, sequins and lots of red. Here are some of the best looks
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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: Humour has forever been a tool for gutting the hypocrisies and inconsistencies in bigoted thinking. Do we really need to explain this?
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, produced by Dublin’s Element Pictures, receives a whopping seven nominations
Donald Clarke: The success of Oppenheimer is little short of a miracle. So its almost certain double Golden Globes recognition must mean ... something?
Martin McDonagh’s film picks up nine nominations as The Quiet Girl shortlisted for best international film and Paul Mescal nominated for best actor
Martin McDonagh’s film has been widely acclaimed and looks set for Oscar success. There’s so much to admire about it, and yet...
From Seinfeld to Legally Blonde, the actor hustled hard in Hollywood. At 61, thanks now to her Golden Globe-winning turn in The White Lotus, she has become an icon
From gothic looks to sparks of colour
All the winners at the 80th annual awards for the best performances in film and TV
Martin McDonagh’s film and Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans the big winners as host takes potshots at troubled history of awards
Strong Irish contingent among the nominations for the 80th Golden Globes
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