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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: ‘One of the references I have when I talk about Nickel Boys is the Magadelene laundry mothers in Ireland’
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor missed out on an Oscar for her role in King Richard. It will be no surprise if she’s nominated again for RaMell Ross’s acclaimed new film
Quincy Jones, producer and giant of US entertainment, dies aged 91
Quincy Jones worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Will Smith and others
The Movie Quiz: Those Bad Boys are back again. But back where?
Plus: Those Bad Boys are back again. But back where?
Bad Boys: Ride or Die – Will Smith, in his first big film since the Oscars slap, can still twinkle. Martin Lawrence puffs and wheezes
Adil & Bilall’s follow-up to Bad Boys for Life is a muddle of set pieces, some impressive but most unintelligible
Jada Pinkett Smith says she and Will Smith have lived separately since 2016
Couple are no longer romantically together but have no plans to legally divorce, she says
The most Irish Oscars ever: Who should win, and who will win?
Predictions for every Oscar from our film critic, but prepare for Irish disappointment as Everything Everywhere All At Once looks set to top the awards on Sunday
‘At the end of the day, I just lost it’: How Will Smith has tried to move on after the infamous Oscars slap
It was the slap that launched a thousand tweets, memes and overreaching op-eds
2022 Timeline: An Oscars slap, Russia’s attack, wildfires in Europe – a year to remember for all the wrong reasons
The shortest lived premiership in UK history, Aisling Murphy, Climate Change and death of Queen Elizabeth
Jennifer O’Connell: James Corden’s omelette eruption explanation has a touch of the Will Smiths
‘Sticking up for his wife’ isn’t an excuse for the TV host’s bad behaviour. It’s a symptom of an archaic view of masculinity
‘I flattered him, knowing he’d try to kiss me’: Alan Partridge interviews Steve Coogan
‘It’s the oldest journalistic trick in the book. Coogan has fallen for it hook, line and sinker’
Liza Minnelli was ‘forced’ to appear in wheelchair at Oscars, claims friend
Longtime collaborator Michael Feinstein alleges the wheelchair was against her wishes
Gilbert Gottfried, Aladdin and SNL star, dies aged 67
The US stand-up comedian passed away after a long illness, his family announced
Twitter enters hand-over-mouth era as Musk becomes its biggest fish
‘Distractions’ loom as billionaire opts to stay off board and asks if app is ‘dying’
Will Smith banned from Oscars for 10 years after slapping Chris Rock
Academy condemns actor’s ‘unacceptable and harmful behaviour’
Grammy awards 2022: Olivia Rodrigo and Silk Sonic triumph
Ukraine’s president Zelenskiy makes cameo at scandal free ceremony after Oscars chaos
Could the Will Smith slap be the end of hot-take culture?
The dizzying collective response is a reminder that procrastination is underrated
Will Smith resigns from Academy following Oscars slap
Group that runs ceremony says it will ‘move forward’ with disciplinary proceedings against him
Will Smith refused to leave Oscars after slap, Academy says
Rock also addressed the incident at a sold-out show where he received a standing ovation
Polestar’s horoscope is looking good
How Irish buyers will take to Sino-Swedish brand remains to be seen, but its first all-electric model is a belter
Will Smith owned the Williams sisters’ story on screen - then he stole their moment
What should've been a triumphant Oscars night for the sisters tempered by mixed emotions
Jada Pinkett Smith calls for ‘healing’ in first comment since Oscars slap
‘This is a season for healing. And I’m here for it,’ actor and wife of Will Smith says
Alopecia: The condition that Jada Pinkett Smith lives with, and Chris Rock made fun of
Chris Rock’s joke brought the condition into the spotlight, which affects one in 50 people
Will Smith apologises to Chris Rock after on stage Oscars slap
The Academy denounced Smith’s actions and opened an inquiry into the incident
Will Smith breaks character – after 40 years playing the energetic, merry prankster
Oscars 2022 should have been the culmination of Smith’s extraordinary career. But he snapped
‘That’s How We Do It’: Jaden Smith, Mia Farrow, 50 Cent and more react to Will Smith slap
Oscars 2022: Reactions to the slapping of Chris Rock ranged from delight to concern
Oscars 2022: Will Smith slapping Chris Rock overshadows CODA’s best picture award
Kenneth Branagh takes best original screenplay for the autobiographical Belfast
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
Baftas 2022: Belfast edged out by The Power of the Dog
Kenneth Branagh’s film takes just one prize as Joanna Scanlan is ‘surprise’ best actress
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast wins no Screen Actors Guild award in ceremony of upsets
Irish actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo among the award-winning cast for Coda
Screen Actors Guild awards 2022: Will Smith, Squid Game and Coda win big
'Now I feel I’m finally part of the family': Troy Kotsur, first deaf actor to win award
Pedigree chums? Dogs in the office prove divisive
Many large employers have blanket no-dog policies despite wider shifts in attitudes
Patrick Freyne: The Masked Singer is a bit like an Eyes Wide Shut party
A traffic cone singing ‘If you like piña coladas’? This must be the DTs again
Will Smith: ‘I’ve only lost an Oscar to other black actors’
After his nomination for best actor in King Richard, the actor reflects on his career
Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations: The list in full
Some of Hollywood’s biggest names are among the nominees for the 28th SAG awards
Golden Globes 2022: Belfast wins best screenplay in discredited awards
Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins best drama, in a low-scoring night for the Irish
Golden Globes 2022: What’s happening with the ceremony you can’t watch?
After a year of scandals, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is under pressure
Sidney Poitier, who has died aged 94, was one of cinema’s most beautiful giants
Donald Clarke: The mellifluous Poitier didn’t just break down barriers, he was also of the great movie stars
Donald Clarke: China’s financial success at the cinema is not a pandemic story
People’s Republic released two highest-grossing films of 2021 after decade of growth
Noomi Rapace: ‘I’ve always revolted against cuteness and the need to be likable’
Actor on the ‘trauma’ of making Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and her unsettling new film Lamb
Film-makers remain innovative but something has gone wrong in the engine room
Donald Clarke: Audiences have got out of the habit of seeing grown-up films in auditoriums
King Richard: Will Smith is suave and arrogant as Venus and Serena Williams’s father
Film review: Will Smith works hard for the Oscar he will almost certainly win
King Richard: The surreal story of the Williams sisters’ rise to greatness
Will Smith stars as father of the tennis stars Venus and Serena in a film of their unlikely journey
Hollywood tale of Serena and Venus Williams sisters hits the big screen
Will Smith plays father Richard as he steers his daughters from Compton to Wimbledon
Scarlett Johansson’s suing Disney. Welcome to the great 21st-century streaming wars
The Black Widow star and her lawyers are riding a wave that has been swelling for some time
Stripe returns to back fast-growing US mobile bank Step
Start-up has surpassed 1.5m teenage users less than six months after launching
MLB playoff roundup: Dodgers and Braves take 2-0 leads
Oakland kept its season alive by rallying from a 7-4 deficit to beat Houston
Sean Moncrieff: Privacy these days? Mind your own business
It’s baffling how people are willing to mortgage off a piece of their life to ‘raise awareness’
Why is the US trying to ban TikTok?
App faces takeover or split in bid to allay concerns over links to Chinese Communist Party
Covid-19 has proved worse than the film-makers imagined
It’s hard, in 100 minutes, to convey the slow terror of a virus that kills in low percentages
TikTok boom: The app exploding in popularity among Irish teenagers
The video-uploading mobile app has become one of the most downloaded in the world
Bad Boys for Life review: The funny bits are funny. The serious bits are even funnier
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in a noisy, inconsequential violent romp
Have yourself a merry #instachristmas: 11 top seasonal celebrity snaps
Christmas selfies from Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, the Kardashians and more
Spies in Disguise: Will Smith is the voice in this ho-hum Bond parody
Review: It’s funny enough, but when our hero is turned into a pigeon, it really takes off
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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