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Television: For Star Wars fans and Disney executives alike, this series is a new hope worth cheering on

From new Star Wars fix Ahsoka to the Rose of Tralee

Brian McGinn, co-creator of Chef’s Table on Netflix, on working on The Bear and the art of lighting a kitchen

Patrick Freyne: In the reality show Alone, one survivalist wants to ‘see what I’m made of’. Perhaps the bears can help

Iseq index recovers 0.6% after Wednesday’s 1.3% decline

Monthly subscription will rise from €8.99 to €10.99

Disney made the Comcast-owned broadcaster an offer it found it could refuse

Television: Third time out, this giddy whodunit has not lost its charm

Live music, vivid history chronicles from Northern Ireland and Australia, and the welcome return of a cross-generational sleuthing team

‘Vampire subscriptions’ to the likes of Netflix and Disney+ can suck the cash out of unwary consumers' accounts

Including Only Murders in the Building, Heartstopper, Star Wars: Ahsoka and more

In his public remarks, co-chief executive Ted Sarandos used a noticeably different tone than Disney boss Bob Iger

Television: Back for a second season, Disney+’s surprise hit sticks to the recipe that sustained the first series

From Chris Packham’s topical take on an ancient mass extinction event to the real-life succession of Rupert Murdoch

Move expected to halt majority of productions and have major effects on broader LA economy

Strike is expected to have an immediate impact on publicity efforts for the summer’s top films

It has been a fine year on the telly with some memorable dramas and comedies

Creative industries need people to mastermind projects and business types who keep the commercial side humming

New film Elemental struggled at US box office but its makers believe there’s something special about the animation studio

The Lincoln Lawyer, WHAM!, The Bear, Foundation, The Horrors of Dolores Roach, Good Omens, The Afterparty, Sweet Magnolias, The Summer I Turned Pretty, and Hack My Home

Film set painter says he was subsequently sacked after working on other set for one hour

Donald Clarke: Streaming services now hold the keys to alter final cuts of films perhaps permanently, a troubling development

Patrick Freyne: These newcomers are but hunk-shaped shadows on the wall of Plato’s cave. They’re like hunky ashes in my mouth

Joyless TV series proves we are a long way from the bright early days of MCU

Disney+ film revives questions of whether plant worker came up with spicy Cheetos Flamin’ Hot recipe in 1980s

Writers Guild of Ireland to stage event in Dublin backing ongoing industrial action by 11,500 US film and television writers

Agreement includes gains in wages and residuals as writers remain on strike

Television: As charming as ever but with the central conundrum of whether addiction can be funny unanswered

Including Black Mirror, The Full Monty, The Grand Tour: Eurocrash, Secret Invasion and more

Rather than give the inside scoop on their fab life, the family shoot the breeze on antiseptic couches

Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore ‘really perplexed’ to see reports gardaí being sent to theme park ‘to police these tourist hotspots’

From tween YouTube sensation, to pop star, to Beyoncé's tour mate … now the actor and musician is about to star in the live-action remake of the Disney classic

Rob Marshall’s adequate maritime romance will drag caskets of sunken treasure to the surface

The scene-stealing star plays Ursula in Disney’s new live-action version of the story that has become an unlikely LGBTQ touchstone

When studios and streamers skimp on the screenwriting process, everybody is short-changed

Including the Clean Sweep, Steeltown Murders, Without Sin, Hospital Live, Gaelic in the Joy and more

Television: The music documentary does exemplary work capturing one of the world’s most streamed artists at the crossroads

Including Selling Sunset, Arnold Schwarzenegger in Fubar, The Muppets Mayhem and The Kardashians

Wrexham has had its difficulties but it is dining out on success after ‘Ryan and Rob’ bought the local football club

Company claims ‘retaliation’ for its stance on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law violated its constitutional rights