How Blake Lively became a target over her legal battle with Justin Baldoni: ‘It’s a perfect storm of misogyny slop’
The Blake Lively v Justin Baldoni saga over claims of sexual harassment is morphing into something more ominous
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Podcasts of 2024: 10 of the best shows from the past year, from Keep It Tight to Who Trolled Amber?
The sinking of the Belgrano in the Falklands War, the true story of the Free Willy orca and a conspiracy theory surrounding Avril Lavigne also feature
Andrea Bocelli: ‘My son, Johnny Depp, Ed Sheeran and Russell Crowe made pasta together, and were up until 6am’
A year in which the Italian tenor celebrates his luminous 30-year career will be rounded off by a well-earned Christmas at home
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
Who Trolled Amber? review: Relentless dig beneath Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard libel case makes a staggering revelation
Podcast review: Why did public opinion seem to turn against Amber Heard? Alexi Mostrous unearths one ominous factor that may have been responsible
Colin Firth’s wet shirt from Pride and Prejudice sells for £20,000
TV memorabilia reigns as Tony’s booth from the enigmatic final scene of The Sopranos sells for $82,600
Shane MacGowan bows out as thousands line streets on a rainy day in Nenagh
Town turns out to welcome singer home for the last time as wife Victoria Mary Clarke delivers eulogy
Shane MacGowan: What Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Depp and others said about him over the years
‘I truly believe that in 100 years from now most of us will be forgotten but Shane’s music is going to be remembered and sung’
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: ‘For the Dublin production they said give us everything you have. And we did’
Broadway veterans Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman on the complex process of writing new songs for Bord Gáis Energy Theatre’s Christmas show
UK law firm Schillings takes on PR industry by setting up its own company
Reputation management to be added to group’s current expertise in defamation and libel
‘People treated me like a star but I was basically unemployed’: Irish actors seek better pay deal amid Hollywood strike
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
A grumpily stoic Johnny Depp, a ‘megapint’ of wine, and the hate campaign against Amber Heard
Television: Depp v Heard, on Channel 4, begins with a blow-by-blow reprisal of last year’s libel trial
TV guide: 12 of the best shows to watch this week, beginning tonight
From the world’s first social media trial in Depp V Heard to a retelling of the Troubles in Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland
The two faces dominating Cannes are Catherine Deneuve and Paul Mescal
Cannes diary 2023: Steve McQueen’s four-hour Occupied City will test the most robust of bladders, while Almodovar presents a short but diverting doodle
Johnny Depp welcomed to Cannes film festival with seven-minute standing ovation
Cannes diary 2023: Festival director Thierry Frémaux addresses objections to choice of Depp’s Jeanne du Barry as opening film
Johnny Depp’s speedy return to limelight at Cannes raises eyebrows
Historical drama with Depp in leading role to open the 2023 Cannes film festival
Amber Heard appeals ruling she defamed Johnny Depp
Jury previously awarded Pirates of the Caribbean star $10.35 million in damages
Johnny Depp ‘at peace’ as he is seen in English pub following defamation case win against Amber Heard
Actor says he is ‘truly humbled’ after victory in case taken against ex-wife over 2018 Washington Post article
What will Johnny Depp’s legal victory mean for his and Amber Heard’s careers?
Pair traded bitter and often alarming accusations of abuse and assault during six-week trial
Key moments in Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial
Actor awarded $15 million by court in Virginia
Johnny Depp awarded $15m in defamation action against Amber Heard
Jury finds in Heard’s favour on one count of her counter claim against former husband
Paid leave for victims of domestic violence supported by main public sector union
Fórsa conference hears New Zealand brought in family violence leave in 2019
‘I did start a physical fight’: Heard’s abuse accusations challenged with recording
Amber Heard in tense legal battle with Johnny Depp over competing defamation claims
Johnny Depp’s attorneys challenge Amber Heard on abuse claims
Heard says harm, including alleged broken nose, not severe enough to be visible or covered by makeup
Johnny Depp defamation trial resumes Monday with Amber Heard on stand
Jurors listen to testimony about severed finger, faeces in bed and alleged sexual assault with bottle
Depp’s staff helped him avoid consequences of drug and alcohol use – Heard
‘There was no one to back me up – just his employees versus my word,’ actor tells trial
Amber Heard tells trial Johnny Depp hit her after tattoo misunderstanding
Actor takes the witness stand for the first time in $50m defamation case
Johnny Depp’s attorneys rest in defamation case against Amber Heard
Bid by Amber Heard’s lawyers to have $50m action dismissed is rejected
Depp lost $22.5m Pirates of the Caribbean role after op-ed, trial hears
Actor set to play Jack Sparrow again before Amber Heard article, talent manager says
Depp-Heard trial: All day, people arrive at the court carrying signs. Nearly all are for Depp
Amid a complex defamation trial between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, fans pick sides
Heard dated Elon Musk while trying to reconcile with Depp, talent agent testifies
‘Don’t date famous men’, agent told Heard while testifying he never saw abuse
‘It’s going to be a bloodbath’ – Depp audio recording warns Heard of violence
Exchanges reveal actor describing himself as a ‘poor old junkie’ who depended on his wife
Texts about drowning Heard a joke based on Monty Python, says Depp
Actor tells court he is ashamed of messages but they were attempt at ‘abstract humour’
Depp reffered in texts to keeping ‘monster’ in check, court hears
Actor accused of abusing ex-wife Amber Heard is suing her for $50m for defamation
Depp tells court Heard ‘threw vodka bottle at me and took my finger off’
Domestic violence claims brought by ex-wife destroyed Depp’s career, he says in defamation case
Johnny Depp tells US court of never striking ex-wife Amber Heard
Leading man in ‘shock’ six years ago when Heard ‘made some quite heinous’ allegations
Chocolate season sweet for some as confectioners savour late Easter
Planet Business: Depp v Heard, the strike at Etsy and Shanghai shutdowns
Court told of ‘mutual abuse’ between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
Couple’s marriage counsellor said ex-wife would ‘initiate a fight’ with actor at times
Johnny Depp ‘hell-bent on revenge’ in Amber Heard defamation case, court told
Actor suing ex-wife over 2018 ‘Washington Post’ article discussing domestic abuse experiences
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore – an emotionally unengaging slog
The spell had been long broken before this barely tolerable third instalment
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
Photographers, doctors and the Irish Parachute Club appear on latest tax defaulters list
Revenue details €2.8m worth of cases in final three months of 2021
Horta-Osório’s departure is revenge of the rank and file
Credit Suisse chair resigns over Covid violations unlike certain people in Downing Street
Brianna Parkins: Djokovic violated Australia’s highest national value – a ‘fair go’
We hate special treatment for a public figure who bends rules the rest of us follow
Djokovic ignores fact that – unlike tennis – fighting a pandemic is a team effort
Tennis great’s sense of entitlement and anti-vaccine stance inevitably grate with Australian public
Shane MacGowan: I can’t concentrate on music when I can’t even walk across the room
The singer’s new limited edition book of artwork, lyrics and school essays will start at about €1,150
Johnny Depp libel trial: ‘Can you imagine lawyers going through all your texts for 10 years?’
Paul Bettany says having Amber Heard texts read aloud in court was ‘an unpleasant feeling’
Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91
Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics for West Side Story, and composed Sweeney Todd
Paul Rudd is the world’s sexiest not-very-Irish man
People Magazine named him ‘Sexiest Man Alive’. An Irish connection was swiftly unearthed
Michael Caine: ‘I’m more or less done with movies now’
‘I’ve done 150 movies. I can’t walk, let alone run. Also, my mind’s not as agile as it used to be’
Johnny Depp says he is victim of ‘cancel culture’ as he collects film award
Actor lost a libel case against the Sun that labelled him a ‘wife-beater’ last year
Colin Farrell – boozy, bearded and brawling – is in his element
Review: The Irish actor brings a Ronnie Drew voice and Dumbledore beard to The North Water
Johnny Depp to get lifetime achievement award from film festival, despite assault finding
San Sebastián festival praises Depp as ‘one of contemporary cinema’s most talented actors’
Luke O’Neill: ‘I would be in bits by now without music. It has held me together’
Soundtrack of My Life: The scientist on tracks that have helped him through the pandemic
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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