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Met Gala 2025 in pictures: Barry Keoghan and Andrew Scott fly Irish flag while Diana Ross leads with opulence
Stars shine in tailored looks at Met Ball celebration of Black style
Andrew Scott: ‘It’s a potentially scary thing to think that you might live up to your potential’
Scott is starring solo in New York in a production of Chekhov’s melancholy comedy Uncle Vanya, with the action relocated to rural Ireland
SAG awards 2025: Colin Farrell wins for The Penguin as Demi Moore, Timothée Chalamet and Conclave take big prizes
Colin Farrell pays moving tribute to sons James and Henry ‘who have made my life so much more special than I ever truly thought possible’
Screen Actors Guild awards 2025: Full list of winners
Demi Moore, Timothée Chalamet, Zoe Saldaña and Kieran Culkin take the main acting prizes at the Screen Actors Guild awards
Sam Fender: People Watching review – Emotional resistance is futile
Devastating observations about the trials of everyday life are part of what the English singer-songwriter is all about
Playwright Simon Stephens: ‘Our sense of self is defined by the stories we tell ourselves. My family told themselves we were Irish’
The Tony and Olivier winner feels a huge affinity with Rex Ryan’s ‘fearless’ Dublin company Glass Mask, which is premiering his play Men’s Business
Cameron Diaz: ‘I left movies because I wanted to live my life differently. We started our family, and that was all I wanted to do’
The 1990s megastar is back on screen alongside Jamie Foxx in Netflix thriller Back in Action
Screen Actors Guild awards: Full list of nominations
Irish actors Nicola Coughlan, Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott received TV acting nominations
Screen Actors Guild awards: Nicola Coughlan, Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott nominated
Blockbuster musical Wicked leads film with five nominations as Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown picks up four acting nods
Golden Globes 2025 red carpet: Demi Moore and Cate Blanchett in full-metal gúnas, Andrew Scott in full Technicolor
Illustrious ceremony honouring best in film and television attracts stars including Nicole Kidman and Demi Moore
Golden Globes 2025: Colin Farrell wins award for The Penguin as Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist triumph
Adrien Brody and Brazilian actor Fernanda Torres win main acting awards at a lively Golden Globes ceremony in Los Angeles that delivered a few surprises
Golden Globes 2025: full list of winners
The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez and Shōgun triumph at the Golden Globes as Colin Farrell wins third award
From Paul Mescal to Bad Sisters to Claire Keegan, the green wave keeps rolling
Unfortunately, the lived experience of creatives working in Ireland is often a struggle
Golden Globes 2025: Good day for Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott. Bad day for Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan
Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott compete against each other villainously in the race for best actor in a TV movie or limited series
Golden Globes 2025: full list of nominations
Musical thriller Emilia Pérez and historical epic The Brutalist led the pack of films nominated, with Emilia Pérez earning 10 nods and The Brutalist gaining seven
Golden Globe nominations 2025: Colin Farrell and Andrew Scott get nods but Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan miss out
After Irish actors and films had a blockbuster 2023, hope this year mainly rests on Paul Mescal in Gladiator II and Saoirse Ronan in The Outrun and Blitz
The 50 best films of 2024: No 20 to No 11
We continue our countdown of our favourite movies released in Ireland this year
Nobody Wants This review: Breezy romcom lands like When Harry Met Sally for self-involved millennials
Television: Romcom starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody is full of zinging gags but lacks a heart
Emmys red carpet: Nicola Coughlan, Andrew Scott among TV stars in the spotlight
on the red carpet at the 76th Emmy Awards went from sleek and simple to bright and metallic, with mixed results
Emmys 2024: Andrew Scott gets acting nod as Shōgun and The Bear lead nominations
Andrew Scott has been nominated for role in miniseries of Ripley
Sean Penn and the gay roles debate: We are still negotiating a huge shift in identity politics
Acknowledging once-ignored sensitivities is progress but nuance is preferable to black-and-white binaries
Ifta awards: Cillian Murphy and That They May Face the Rising Sun take home top prizes
Lies We Tell claims most awards of the night, including best actress for Agnes O’Casey, as Paul Mescal wins best supporting actor for All of Us Strangers
Ripley review: Andrew Scott shines as the inscrutable anti-hero in this gripping psychological drama
Television: Netflix’s eight-part adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1955 novel is an excellent platform for the Irish actor
Patrick Freyne’s favourite TV shows of 2024: An Irish national treasure, bickering hitfolk and the best actor of her generation
Andrew Scott in Ripley and Donald Glover and Maya Erskine in Mr & Mrs Smith are among the highlights thus far
Ifta nominations 2024: Lisa Mulcahy’s Lies We Tell tops table with 13 nods
Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Barry Ward and Andrew Scott nominated in best actor category
If we want to grow the next generation of Cillian Murphys, we need to treat film like the tech industry
Politicians will stampede to be photographed with the actor if he wins the Oscar. But where are they when the industry is looking for support?
Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal as stars of four Beatles biopics? I’ve heard better ideas
Donald Clarke: The musical biopic is among the most benighted of cinematic genres, but there is perhaps more chance of innovation with Sam Mendes’s planned set
Baftas red-carpet fashion: Irish men have seriously raised their game
Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott Murphy and Barry Keoghan all did strong work in flying the fashion flag for Ireland
What do the Baftas tell us about Ireland’s Oscar hopes?
The Age of Cillian has firmly arrived, but past history tells us anything can happen between now and next month
Baftas 2024: the complete list of winners
Oppenheimer takes top Baftas as Irish-produced film Poor Things and Zone of Interest also triumph
Everyone loves Ireland! Why is Irish culture so hot right now?
From cinema and theatre to television, folk music and literature, Ireland is enjoying unprecedented creative boom
The Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott show: ‘I think people are excited by the sex scenes’
The best Irish double act since Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell on All of Us Strangers, dissolving sexual boundaries and their approaches to fame
I’m worried people think Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal have made a gentle, sexy romcom. Prepare to be devastated
Emer McLysaght: I’m comfortable saying All of Us Strangers is one of best films I’ve seen in years
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