‘Do I really care?’ Woody Allen comes out fighting
The film-maker, accused of sexually assaulting his child in 1992, is done treading carefully
Mel Brooks: ‘I got friendship, love and free food. Free eats are very important’
The actor and his fellow giant of US comedy Carl Reiner on their 70-year friendship
Marriage Story: A bitter divorce war with a surprisingly soft heart
Review: Scarlett Johansson has never been better and Adam Driver is equally good in Noah Baumbach’s breakup tale
Empathy the ‘secret sauce’ of doctor-patient relationships
The actor Alan Alda is teaching healthcare professionals how to communicate better
SAG Awards 2019: Black Panther wins big. The Favourite flops
Screen Actors Guild Awards 2019: Rami Malek, Glenn Close win. ‘A Star is Born’ doesn’t
Talking science: Famelab and 180 seconds of fame
Three minutes to explain a science concept to a jury and an audience – no slides allowed
Weblog: Intelligent conversation with Alan Alda’s Clear+Vivid podcast
Actor interviews celebrities and intellectuals on topics such as empathy and illness
Could robots go beyond taking our jobs to running our world?
Fear of superintelligent AI has prompted new guidelines that propose close regulation
Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk endorse new AI code
Web Log: Principles state goal of AI research should be to create ‘beneficial intelligence’
Jonathan Safran Foer: ‘I can conceive of nothing that a writer shouldn’t be able to do’
The author discusses his new novel, Here I Am, which has been described as ‘political’
From barking to Bill Cosby: Hannibal Buress’s never-ending tour on the comedy circuit
A routine about Bill Cosby catapulted him up the comedy rankings, but with a host of impressive TV and film credits, and a wealth of experience earned the hard way on the comedy circuit, Hannibal Buress has a rightful claim to the US comedy throne
This time it’s personal: academics try improv
Inspired by actor Alan Alda’s success with US scientists, a UCD workshop helps researchers find new ways to talk about their work
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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