Amy Adams: ‘There is so much women normalise in relation to pain and sacrifice’
In Nightbitch, Marielle Heller’s new film, the star plays a woman crushed by childrearing. It’s not the only pressure women are under, she says
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Rob Marshall’s adequate maritime romance will drag caskets of sunken treasure to the surface
Melissa McCarthy on The Little Mermaid: ‘We all saw camp in the original and we all loved it’
The scene-stealing star plays Ursula in Disney’s new live-action version of the story that has become an unlikely LGBTQ touchstone
The couple who have sex on their podcast, and narrate in unflinching detail
Even by today’s standard, Lacey and Flynn Have Sex shocks audiences
The Starling: Please avoid this sentimental claptrap
Review: If you like grief porn and self-help gibberish, this one’s for you
Nicole Kidman’s new series: As addictive as a Tayto party pack in a detox retreat
TV: In Nine Perfect Strangers the actor gives her wellness guru the full Goop loop-the-loop
Chris O’Dowd: ‘It feels like a very rich time in Ireland for culture’
Moone Boy creator talks about LA life, meeting Brad Pitt and writing through lockdown
Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan: Now women can be obnoxious eejits too – thank God
My Derry Girls and Bridgerton roles show women our complex, stupid selves on screen
Priyanka Chopra Jonas: ‘I’m grateful for my chances. But it took a lot of digging my heels in’
The Bollywood star who cracked Hollywood on being able to set her own direction
Saoirse Ronan and Daniel Day-Lewis on ‘greatest 21st-century actors’ list
But hang on: what’s Keanu Reeves doing here? And really hang on: where’s Meryl Streep?
Trump says, ‘I have the best words.’ Now this comedian’s going viral for lip-syncing them
Sarah Cooper’s impressions turn out to be the best way to satirise the US president
Brushing up on your high culture? Forgive my scepticism
The crisis has allowed people loudly signal rediscovered their commitment to highbrow classics
Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now
Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for
The best 50 films of 2019: Odd, rich, startlingly varied. And brilliant
We start with Monos, Marriage Story and Midsommar. Find out what else makes the cut
The Kitchen: Shallow comedy with nonsensical plot
Review: Film starring Melissa McCarthy in 1970s Manhattan splutters to weak ending
The 10 best films of 2019 so far
The Favourite was savage, Eighth Grade gave us hope, Apollo 11 was cool and magical
‘Mr Lacroix sent me to see an astrologist who said I should move to America. So I did’
From photography to dress design, here’s some of the Irish making it in New York’s fast-paced fashion industry
‘The Irish stick out like a sore thumb in LA, but that’s no bad thing’
Composer Ailbhe Fitzpatrick on ‘singing like a zombie, or meowing like a cat’ for TV ads
Oscars 2019: Olivia Colman and Green Book triumph in a night of shocks
Green Book is best film, Bohemian Rhapsody wins most. Glenn Close overlooked for 7th time
Oscars 2019: Donald Clarke’s guide – Who will win? And who should?
The Favourite may be overlooked for the big prizes with Roma likely to steal the show
Oscars 2019: Nominated films play fast and loose with history
Most factual liberties are dramatically justifiable. But some seriously mislead viewers
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Boozy, belligerent Melissa McCarthy shows she can act
Review: McCarthy and Richard E Grant excel in Marielle Heller’s decadent drama
‘I’d like to offer you a holiday’: Richard E Grant’s childhood letter to Barbra Streisand
Singer responds after actor and superfan shared letter and posed outside her house
Richard E Grant: ‘Every day I thank God for Withnail and I’
Richard E Grant is playing another starry-eyed drunk and this time he's Oscar nominated
Oscars 2019: the complete list of nominations
Irish-produced film The Favourite and Netflix’s Roma lead the way with 10 nominations each
Oscars 2019: Here’s who I predict will be nominated today
Donald Clarke: If I get fewer than 80% of these correct I’ll be disappointed
Lady Gaga leaves Critics’ Choice awards to say goodbye to dying horse
Gaga won the best actress prize, a joint win with Glenn Close for her role in ‘The Wife’
Golden Globes 2019: full list of winners
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ beats runaway favourite ‘A Star Is Born’ to best drama film
Coming soon... 50 films to look out for in 2019
From Ad Adstra to Frozen 2 and Martin Scorsese's latest, there's plenty to look forward to in the new year
What’s that stench? It’s the 10 worst films of 2018
From Fifty Shades Freed to sleazy Muppets in The Happytime Murders, the cinematic lowlights of the year
Travellers and council clash over grazing land for horses
Stand-off shows ‘lack of understanding’ between Travellers and settled community
Everyone’s talking about ‘Saturday Night Live’, but who’s laughing?
Saoirse Ronan’s Aer Lingus sketch shows SNL’s humour is trapped in a liberal-elite bubble
The Happytime Murders: steer well clear of this Melissa McCarthy film
Review: These 90 minutes are among the longest you’ll endure in the cinema this year
The Happytime Murders: the Muppets get soaked in sleaze
Director Brian Henson on the puppet sex workers, drugs and ejaculation
Sean Spicer: ‘I became the story too often’
Trump’s former press secretary talks regret, Republicanism, green ties and ‘The Briefing’
Sean Spicer book: Trump’s Manafort claims contradicted
Former US press secretary describes Manafort as impactful in the Trump campaign
After Ocean’s 8, give Reservoir Dogs an all-female makeover
Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women
‘Sesame Street’ creators sue over raunchy puppet film
‘The Happytime Murders’ film shows Muppet-like puppets indulging in sex and drugs
Forty-two films to catch in the cinema this summer
Incredibles 2, Ocean’s 8, Jurassic World and Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again
Sharon Horgan: It gets boring saying: ‘I’m Irish, actually’
The writer and actor raised on a farm in Co Meath is now a vital chronicler of London life
Sean Spicer interview: ‘Russia inquiry does not threaten Trump’
Former White House press secretary also says US president will win a second term
Sean Spicer set to appear on the Late Late Show
Former Trump spokesman will speak about his tempestuous time in the White House
Profits jump at Kelly’s in Rosslare as confidence returns
Hotel resort has spent €3m on capital projects over last few years
Sean Spicer claims to be ‘one of most popular guys in Ireland’
Trump’s former press secretary says he is mulling paid appearances on Irish TV shows
‘Good news: Rihanna is fat. And Amal is dangerously thin’
Jennifer O’Connell: Let me save you the trouble of reading the internet
Stone, Aniston, Lawrence: the best paid actresses in Hollywood
Emma Stone was named Hollywood’s best paid actress in the past 12 months
Sean Spicer, we’ll always have ‘facts’
After President Trump’s press secretary quit, the ‘New York Times’ paid this tribute
Irish rights to ‘Saturday Night Live’ optioned by Kite
Makers of ‘Gogglebox’ pitching ‘monster’ US comedy and variety format to broadcasters
Melissa McCarthy steals show as Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live
Alec Baldwin returns with his now infamous Donald Trump impression
The trouble with ‘girls’ stuff’ on TV
‘Gilmore Girls’ exemplifies taste-makers’ neglect of shows aimed at young women
High-fat, low-carb is the key to ketogenic eating
Cancer survivors Patricia Daly and Domini Kemp have written a book on keto cookery
What’s hot and what’s not this week?
Taking a dip in favour of sea swimming, but bags of herbs are less of a winner
Top Emmys go to Breaking Bad and Modern Family
Comedian Billy Crystal delivers touching tribute to Robin Williams
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