The Irish Times

‘I’m still proud of it’: Parminder Nagra on Bend It Like Beckham and pushing the envelope

The ER star, whose new role is in Sky’s Intergalactic, on changing attitudes to actors of colour

Mon Apr 19 2021 - 06:00

She saw a goy in a white coat and shouted, ‘Hero!’ And he was like, ‘Er, I work in Kiehl’s’

Honor restorts the economy while Sorcha’s Zoom call proves fatal to Ro’s alibi

Sat Jun 13 2020 - 06:00

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Damascus Cover: Jonathan Rhys Meyers can't save this spy thriller

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is sauve and calculating but it’s not enough amid clanging dialogue

Fri Aug 3 2018 - 05:00

‘Punish me, ravish me, cleanse me’ – Vikings returns

I know what happens next. They kidnap the Irish, send them to Iceland and create Bjork

Wed Jan 10 2018 - 22:45

Television: Wolf Hall is not your usual bodice ripper

The BBC’s Tudor drama is literate and atmospheric; an Irish documentary on being gay is quietly powerful when it stays on home ground; and the last word on RTÉ’s ‘Charlie’

Sat Jan 24 2015 - 01:00

Celebrities party to mark Barretstown’s 20th anniversary

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Gordon D’Arcy and Glen Hansard among 950 guests

Sun Sep 28 2014 - 20:05

Ireland’s men ranked among the ugliest in the world

Less than one in 10 who submitted profiles to website were accepted

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 09:16

Television: Pelts’n’ponytails – a historical epic that bucks the sex and nudity trend

It’s got the film-star looks, but ‘Vikings’, featuring Gabriel Byrne, Travis Fimmel and Katheryn Winnick, mainly hides them behind grime and gore

Sat Feb 1 2014 - 01:00

Jonathan Rhys Meyers: ‘Imagine what it takes to suck the entire blood system out of somebody’

The Cork actor prepared for the role of Dracula in full-blooded fashion: by staring at strangers in Budapest ‘until they wanted to call the police, thinking I was a lunatic’

Thu Oct 24 2013 - 01:00