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Emma Stone wins best actress Oscar as Irish-produced Poor Things picks up four Academy Awards
Oscars 2024: the complete list of winners
Here are all the winners of the 96th Academy Awards - and all the nominees
Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy looks unbeatable. Who else should win and who will win?
It’s shaping up to be Oppenheimer’s year at the Academy Awards. What about Barbie? And could Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things also do well?
Oscars 2024: Was Greta Gerwig snubbed for a best director nomination and nine other questions
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From 11 nominations for Irish-produced Poor Things to 13 for all-conquering Oppenheimer, here are all the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards
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Baftas 2024: Donald Clarke on the snubs and surprises on a good day for Irish nominations
Did Barry Keoghan edge out Andrew Scott? And might Paul Mescal’s chances at the Oscars be revived?
The Holdovers review: Paul Giamatti emerges as Cillian Murphy’s Oscars rival in a comedy set to become a Christmas classic
Arriving in Ireland three months after its US release, Alexander Payne’s film is still a seasonal delight
Paul Giamatti: ‘I like interesting supporting parts. I have no strict rule I need to play the lead’
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
Damian Lewis: ‘We had a sadness in our family’
The Billions star on his character’s big twist, and his career after Helen McCrory’s death
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The zippy saga about filthy-rich white guys is an antidote to self-serious antihero dramas
Who is the best cinema Santa Claus of them all?
There has been a stunning variety of screen Santas. But one outshines them all
Eight of the best TV shows to watch this week
‘Billions’ returns, Idris Elba’s new comedy series debuts and Irish couple’s wedding dilemmas
Chef’s Table review: sit down for one episode, binge on three
To eat at Jeong Kwan’s, one must have embarked fully on the road to spiritual enlightenment – which makes it an easier booking than Noma
Billions TV review: A cabal of frat boys re-enact Shakespearean battles
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It's December 2016 - the likes of Home Alone and It’s A Wonderful Life could do with a bit of updating
Beerista: There’s no need to spit
Many flavours and aromas will become apparent only after swallowing a sip of beer
All-Ireland final: A Mayo win means all we know is wrong
Mayo as overlords. Mayo played by George Clooney. Everything we know will be wrong
Santa Barbara: coastline town that springs some surprises
Elitist playground or boring retirement community for the wealthy? It’s neither – Santa Barbara defies expectations
Paul Giamatti: ‘I don’t look like Brad Pitt. I don’t look like a superhero’
The star of ‘Billions’, is used to mentions of his appearance. So he relates to women who come under Hollywood scrutiny for their looks
Oscars 2016: Host Chris Rock pokes fun at diversity controversy
Comedian’s opening monologue addresses boycott of awards by black actors
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Forget ‘The Revenant’ and fancy doughnuts, and focus on sorting out your festival schedule
Sky signs deal with CBS for Showtime rights
‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Billions’ among the new dramas that will air on Sky Atlantic channel
Film review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The latest adventures of the web-slinger is enjoyable enough, but the bombastic CGI is too much of the same-old-same-old
All eyes on film: the Big Movie Preview 2014
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady cast eyes towards the coming year’s cinematic treats
Film review: Saving Mr Banks
Disney’s Triumph of the Walt is supercalifragilistic propaganda wites Donald Clarke
Colin Farrell: “Lothario! There’s a nice word for a slut. Imagine what they’d say if I was a woman”
He’s older, wiser and still sober but Colin Farrell hasn’t lost any of his wicked streak – and he’s definitely in touch with his feminine side. The Saving Mr Banks star on film, family, fame and femininity
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