Forget family and friends: eight festive films with true meaning of Christmas
Partying with your friends is all well and good but some prefer the simple comforts of a giant sofa and the embrace of a warm screen
25 Christmas movies for the 25th (and other days)
As a festive favourite celebrates a quarter of a century enthralling Irish audiences, Vicki Notaro lists 25 of the most enduring Christmas movies
Saoirse Ronan: bold before her time
At the age of 9 she made her screen debut in RTÉ’s ‘The Clinic’. At 13 she was Oscar-nominated for ‘Atonement’. The Bronx-born, Carlow-raised star truly has been there/done that, which suits her role as an Irish immigrant in ‘Brooklyn’
From barking to Bill Cosby: Hannibal Buress’s never-ending tour on the comedy circuit
A routine about Bill Cosby catapulted him up the comedy rankings, but with a host of impressive TV and film credits, and a wealth of experience earned the hard way on the comedy circuit, Hannibal Buress has a rightful claim to the US comedy throne
A rabbi walks into the Vatican and asks the Pope....
US rabbi appointed comedic advisor to Pope Francis after winning online competition
How did Amy Poehler become Hollywood’s favourite person?
She’s got an acerbic wit, frequently speaks her mind, and has burned almost everyone at the Golden Globes: so how did Amy Poehler become Hollywood’s most-loved?
Ten things we learned at Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con has become a pop-culture monster, attended by more than 130,000 people. Here are 10 things Liam Burke learned at this year’s carnival of costume-clad fans, Hollywood A-listers, and transmedia titans
Return of the ‘Huff’ turns heads in Dún Laoghaire
Blue-hulled sloop back on Dublin Bay 65 years after innovative design made waves
Bill Murray gets lost in meditation at Toronto Film Festival
The US actor and comedian had plenty to say when asked what it was like to be Bill Murray
Laureus Sports Awards ceremony shows China’s difficulties
Country’s lack of current stars highlighted as it looks to Winter Olympics and soccer
Why Google is going dark on its vaunted Glass project
Sergey Brin’s wearable technology project looked like a glimpse of the future to some but a nightmare to others. So is it finished?
Clooney marries Alamuddin: In the end it took just 14 minutes
Couple emerge from Venice’s city hall today officially husband and wife
Clooney says ‘I do’ at star-studded secret ceremony
Actor and wife wave to crowds in first appearance as married couple
John Carney goes urban musical Once more
‘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
Actor, director Harold Ramis dies aged 69
Ramis was best known for films such as Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and Caddyshack
‘We may have to go to a dark place and bring some torches’
Scott Johnson believes Scotland have to be patient
Punxsutawney Phil predicts six more weeks of winter
Famed US groundhog emerges from his burrow to head off any hope of an early spring
JDIFF 2014: A fest for the senses
From the flicks to the deliberations, Donald Clarke’s 10 must-sees, must-hears for this year’s Dublin film festival
Alan Cumming: The hardest-working actor on the planet
Solo Macbeth on Broadway. Op-eds for the Wall Street Journal. Hit TV show. Book about circumcision. Equality activism. Photographic exhibition . . . Where does Alan Cumming find the time to make movies?
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