Academy Awards

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 red carpet: Jessie Buckley and Caitríona Balfe among best dressed stars

From exuberant to understated, here are the fashion highlights from the Academy Awards

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: Irish contingent among pre-ceremony Covid outbreaks

Belfast’s Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds have been isolating in New York after testing positive

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

‘I was just a very confused actor. But I was really keen to learn’

Mark Rylance on his unlikely road to Hollywood stardom, and why Brits love an underdog

‘My cheeks hurt because I can’t stop smiling’: Ruth Negga wins Independent Spirit Award

The Limerick star received the best supporting actress award for Passing

Francis Ford Coppola: ‘I didn’t really know how to make The Godfather’

50 years on from its release, the director is working on restoring his crime epic

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

Oscars 2022: Kenneth Branagh, Jessie Buckley and Ciarán Hinds among nominees

Belfast up for best picture and Van Morrison nominated for best original song

Mrs Brown and Madea: A meeting of culturally reviled phenomena

Donald Clarke: Maybe this is the future. Locate discrete fanbases and double your appeal

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

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

How to go from Rathmines to working with Hollywood’s A-list

Oscar-winning Irish director Benjamin Cleary on his thought-provoking metaphysical sci-fi debut

Irish-founded The Naked Collective closes €6.2m funding round

Healthy drinks firm will use funding to support expansion plans overseas

TG4 spent €25.8m on creative economy in 2020, annual report shows

Pandemic led to 5% rise in costs at the public service media company

Patrick Guilbaud: ‘We try to be at the top all the time’

After 40 years in Dublin’s restaurant business the French restauranteur still aims for the elusive third Michelin star

Confusion at Cannes as Spike Lee reveals Palme d’Or winner too soon

French director Julia Ducournau’s serial killer odyssey Titane wins top honour

Iftas 2021: Posthumous award for ‘searing’ Nika McGuigan is the moment of the night

The hit TV adaptation Normal People converts nine of its 15 nominations into Iftas

Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning actor, dies aged 89

Cher among those to pay tribute after death of Moonstruck and Tales of the City star

Nothing like a bizarre Oscars to trigger desire for magic of cinema

Single remark from Frances McDormand is enough reminder of what we’ve missed

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