Partying with your friends is all well and good but some prefer the simple comforts of a giant sofa and the embrace of a warm screen

As a festive favourite celebrates a quarter of a century enthralling Irish audiences, Vicki Notaro lists 25 of the most enduring Christmas movies

At the age of 9 she made her screen debut in RTÉ’s ‘The Clinic’. At 13 she was Oscar-nominated for ‘Atonement’. The Bronx-born, Carlow-raised star truly has been there/done that, which suits her role as an Irish immigrant in ‘Brooklyn’

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

US rabbi appointed comedic advisor to Pope Francis after winning online competition

She’s got an acerbic wit, frequently speaks her mind, and has burned almost everyone at the Golden Globes: so how did Amy Poehler become Hollywood’s most-loved?

San Diego Comic-Con has become a pop-culture monster, attended by more than 130,000 people. Here are 10 things Liam Burke learned at this year’s carnival of costume-clad fans, Hollywood A-listers, and transmedia titans

Blue-hulled sloop back on Dublin Bay 65 years after innovative design made waves

The US actor and comedian had plenty to say when asked what it was like to be Bill Murray

Country’s lack of current stars highlighted as it looks to Winter Olympics and soccer

Sergey Brin’s wearable technology project looked like a glimpse of the future to some but a nightmare to others. So is it finished?

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Couple emerge from Venice’s city hall today officially husband and wife

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Actor and wife wave to crowds in first appearance as married couple

‘Once’ director John Carney’s new film has been dubbed ’Twice’ as it is about a couple making music around a city, this time New York, but he says it is part of a portfolio