Cannes 2026: Glamour, sheer excruciation and the vanishing Irish-shot film Bucking Fastard
The festival opened with a very French, very odd ceremony featuring Jane Fonda, Peter Jackson and bad impersonations of Robert De Niro and Julia Roberts
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Aidan Turner: ‘I’d be sitting in the trailer going, ‘God Almighty. Can you just give me a cop drama?’’
The Dublin actor says the main trick to being a professional is doing the work and learning the lines. ‘And then just staying as healthy and as fit as you can. There’s no excuse’
Betting giant Flutter overhauls management at US FanDuel unit
Flutter veteran Dan Taylor to oversee US business
Foam cup heir Kenneth Dart hits 25% stake in Flutter
Current value of the Cayman Islands-based septuagenarian’s stake is about €4.82 billion
Cannes 2026: John Travolta and Barbra Streisand set to walk red carpet as film festival announces official selection
Could Irish stars Anthony Boyle, Daryl McCormack and Lola Petticrew feature in Directors Fortnight?
Stephen Colbert will co-write a new Lord of the Rings film. What thumpingly grim news
Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past: please don’t do to The Lord of the Rings what Saruman did to the Shire
Foam cup heir Kenneth Dart’s Flutter stake breaches 20%
Reclusive billionaire estimated to have made a paper loss of at least $3.5bn on Flutter which missed surge in predictions market
Flutter investors hedge their bets as prediction-market challengers up the ante
Billionaire Kenneth Dart estimated to be about $3.5bn underwater on his investment in Irish online gambling group
Paddy Power owner shows its hand on responsible gambling
UK Gambling Commission fines company over more failures tied to problem gambling
Flutter raises profit forecast as gamblers’ winning streak ends
Paddy Power parent’s second-quarter earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $919 million was up 25%
What do Ireland’s best paid chief executives earn?
Top executives’ average pay package rose by 31 per cent to €4.36m last year
Flutter deal with Native Americans in California may get Murdoch off reservation
Rupert Murdoch’s Fox has an option to buy about 19% of FanDuel
Flutter takes full ownership of FanDuel with purchase of 5% stake for €1.5bn
Paddy Power Betfair parent will also make a payment of $205m for the renegotiation of its market access at more attractive terms
Flutter passes on Illinois tax to customers
Paddy Power owner will reverse decision if state lawmakers axe fee
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