Mark Ruffalo

Actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio were once happy to hang with the Russian leader

After a year of scandals, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is under pressure

Emer McLysaght: Netflix knows all too well that I am a divil for a Christmas comfort film

Her new family comedy suggests otherwise but the actor insists she’s not always a fun mom

Chloé Zhao becomes only the second woman, after Barbra Streisand, to win best director

Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry, Leonardo DiCaprio and Demi Lovato among those taking part in the ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign

US actor who died of colon cancer starred in a number of TV dramas and films

Mark Ruffalo speaks during event organised by pro-coalition party members

Look, there’s Mark Ruffalo and Amy Adams. Even Chris O’Dowd. And a lot of celebrity warbling

Review: This is the kind of issue-driven cinema that used to win Oscars

The auteur on his love of whistleblower films and the legacy of New Queer Cinema

Jennifer O’Connell: Listening to an opposing view isn’t endorsing it. Civility isn’t weakness

Poverty levels result in US tribes being hit hard by electricity and delivery costs

Independent experts say gas will be a key part of the State’s energy supply for the next 30 years

The Irish Times what-to-see guide to the movies now in cinemas across Ireland

When is a reboot not a reboot? When it’s a new version of Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer

Avengers: Endgame set to become the fifth Marvel film in top 10 grossing of all time

The man behind Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, the Incredible Hulk and the Uncanny X-Men made it okay to express your feelings while wearing spandex and fighting evil lizards

Review: It’s not a good film, but it is clogged with star actors and good jokes

Onetime queen of indie flicks on her good Catholic upbringing, the #MeToo movement and her latest role in Irish director Alan Gilsenan’s adaptation of a Carol Shields novel

Irish Times working with citizen science researchers in coming months

Research more democratic through citizen science projects

Review: A smashing film of inter-galactic significance and of no importance at all

‘Who is so rude to come in after the show starts with the flashlights and everything?’ audience member asks

‘Sing Street’ and ’Once’ director had said ‘I’ll never make a film with supermodels again’

Stop the Drill protesters warn works could cause damage despite NI Water assurances

Mainstream entertainments such as Mad Max: Fury Road and The Revenant jostle with independents including Brooklyn and Room

Idris Elba, Viola Davis and Queen Latifah among big winners at this year’s ceremony

Actor invites booklovers to join her in reading Gloria Steinem’s ‘My Life on the Road’

Marty Baron drove the Boston Globe’s relentless reporting of the Catholic Church’s cover-up in the US. The paper’s hard slog is now the subject of a Hollywood hit

There are more mysteries and imponderables this year than over the past decade

Mark Zuckerberg is creating a robot butler and I’m giving up superheroes

Film bestows understated nobility on frustrating craft of investigative journalistm

It’s not female sexual desire that needs ‘fixing’ so much as society’s notion of what’s normal

‘Once’ director John Carney’s new film has been dubbed ’Twice’ as it is about a couple making music around a city, this time New York, but he says it is part of a portfolio

Astonishing performances from Steve Carell and Channing Tatum make this a true contender

Focusing on attendees at a self-help group as they fight courageously with an inability to keep mickies in pants, Donald Clarke won't be watching this one twice

There’s a big difference between being an actor and being a magician, says Jesse Eisenberg. “An actor goes on stage in character. He’s not pretending to do something else”