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2022
# Court
Kevin Spacey takes to the witness box to deny sex abuse claims
The trial entered its third week today.
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Oct 17th 2022, 10:16 PM
# RIP
'Murder, She Wrote' star Angela Lansbury dies aged 96
Her family released a statement to US media Tuesday evening.
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Oct 11th 2022, 9:34 PM
# chemo
Actor and activist Jane Fonda confirms she has cancer
The 84-year-old Oscar winner vowed to fight the “very treatable” illness.
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Sep 3rd 2022, 8:25 AM
# RIP
The Omen and Titanic actor David Warner dies age 80
One of his best known roles was as a brutal bodyguard in Titanic and he also appeared in The Omen.
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Jul 25th 2022, 1:52 PM
# RIP
Oscar-winning actor William Hurt dies age 71
Hurt won two academy awards in his career.
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Mar 14th 2022, 7:15 AM
All time
# RIP
Quantum Leap actor Dean Stockwell dies aged 85
The actor had a long career, going back to his childhood in the studio system.
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Nov 9th 2021, 11:47 AM
# fred willard
'We'll miss him forever': Comic actor Fred Willard dies aged 86
Willard was a four-time Emmy nominee.
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May 16th 2020, 9:32 PM
# RIP
Jerry Stiller, star of Seinfeld and King of Queens, dies aged 92
He died of natural causes, his son Ben Stiller confirmed today.
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May 11th 2020, 9:42 AM
# calm with horses
Barry Keoghan on Irish gangster film Calm With Horses: 'We all know characters like them'
The film was shot in the West of Ireland.
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Mar 14th 2020, 11:00 AM
# Chicago
Chicago police chief and mayor hit out as actor Jussie Smollett cleared of all criminal charges
Smollett’s lawyers released a statement today confirming the charges had been dropped.
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Mar 26th 2019, 9:48 PM
# RIP
Pat Laffan - who played Pat Mustard and Georgie Burgess - has died
Tributes were paid to the actor today.
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Mar 14th 2019, 8:11 PM
# Chicago
Jussie Smollett paid $3,500 to stage attack because of 'dissatisfaction with his salary'
Police said today that the Empire actor also sent himself racist and homophobic hate mail.
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Feb 21st 2019, 3:26 PM
# wreck-it ralph
John C Reilly: 'Irish citizenship? I am dead serious - I would love that to happen'
The US comedian has played a range of different men throughout his career – but he’d really like to be an Irishman.
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Nov 24th 2018, 9:30 PM
# Eighth Amendment
'The deepest respect': Emma Watson pays tribute to Savita Halappanavar
She paid tribute to her in a letter published in Porter magazine.
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Sep 29th 2018, 6:02 PM

Voices
'I needed to end my fast-fashion fix and get a grip. Here's how I did it'
Actress Aoibhéann McCann writes about her passion to avoid ‘fast fashion’ at all costs – and how it’s affecting our environment catastrophically as one of the biggest global polluters.
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Aug 15th 2018, 7:00 AM
# off screen
Robert Redford is to retire from acting aged 81
His upcoming movie, The Old Man & The Gun, will be his last time in front of the camera as an actor.
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Aug 6th 2018, 7:47 PM
# the patriot
Steven Seagal's been appointed a special envoy for Russia
His task is to ” promote the further development of Russian-American relations in the humanitarian sphere”.
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Aug 5th 2018, 4:30 PM
# mash
MASH star Alan Alda has Parkinson's disease
Alda said the only symptom he has experienced so far is twitching in his thumb.
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Jul 31st 2018, 8:20 PM
# Garrett Phillips
Former Ros Na Rún actor sentenced to six years in jail for oral rape
He had pleaded not guilty to the offence and has no previous convictions.
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Jul 9th 2018, 11:45 AM
# the happy prince
Rupert Everett: 'The UK and Ireland are probably the two best places in the world to be gay'
The actor has directed and written a new film about Oscar Wilde.
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Jun 18th 2018, 7:30 PM
# nominated
Irish actor Denise Gough nominated for Tony Award for role in Angels in America
The star-studded 72nd annual Tony Awards will be held on 10 June.
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May 2nd 2018, 5:55 PM
# TJ MIller
Deadpool actor charged with making false bomb report on train
No explosives were found.
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Apr 10th 2018, 8:50 PM
# actor
Kevin Smith says he had a 'massive' heart attack after a show last night
Smith posted a photo of himself recovering in hospital on Twitter earlier today.
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Feb 26th 2018, 3:24 PM
# Lawsuit
Jim Carrey won't go to trial over death of ex-girlfriend Cathriona White
The 56-year-old comedic actor had been sued by his former girlfriend’s mother and estranged husband.
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Feb 1st 2018, 12:29 PM
# Monkey Business
Using monkeys and apes in film and TV is 'misleading' millions of viewers
A third of people surveyed think that chimpanzees are not endangered because they star in films and TV shows often.
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Jan 21st 2018, 12:00 PM
# the commuter
Liam Neeson on 'fantastic' Leo Varadkar, Brexit and doing fight scenes aged 65
The Ballymena-born actor talked to us as his new film The Commuter was released in Ireland.
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Jan 17th 2018, 7:00 PM
# Awards Season
These are the nominations for this year's IFTA awards
Nominees include Saoirse Ronan, Liam Cunningham, Martin McDonagh, and Frank Berry.
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Jan 11th 2018, 12:10 PM
# stardom
Dublin actor Barry Keoghan chosen as rising star in the US
Barry Keoghan has featured on The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen Talent 2017 list.
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Nov 9th 2017, 4:08 PM
# Hollywood
Actor John Heard, who played the father in Home Alone, has died aged 72
He had been recovering from back surgery.
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Jul 22nd 2017, 6:20 PM
# Paul Nicholls
Former Eastenders star Paul Nicholls rescued after falling off Thai waterfall
The actor, who played the Joe Wicks character on BBC’s Eastenders, was rescued after three days at the foot of the Khun Si waterfall.
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Jul 19th 2017, 1:05 PM
# john bernecker
Stuntman dies after fall on set of TV show The Walking Dead
Tributes were paid by the acting community after the death of John Bernecker.
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Jul 14th 2017, 9:19 PM
# The Muppets
'I am devastated': Kermit the Frog voice actor fired after 27 years
Steve Whitmire took over as the Muppets’ famous frog when Jim Henson passed away in 1990.
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Jul 14th 2017, 9:38 AM
# public drunkenness
Shia LaBeouf apologises for racist tirade against policeman
“I am deeply ashamed of my behaviour and make no excuses for it,” the 31-year-old wrote on Twitter.
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Jul 13th 2017, 10:39 AM
# daniel day-day
Daniel Day-Lewis is calling it quits on his acting career
The multi Oscar-winning actor is giving up his acting career at the age of 60.
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Jun 20th 2017, 10:09 PM
# high alert
Actor mistaken for terrorist after rehearsing lines on train in France
He was questioned by police after a guard overheard him say ‘weapon’ and ‘gun’.
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Jun 8th 2017, 9:07 AM
# RIP
James Bond actor Roger Moore dies aged 89
His family released a statement saying that he passed away following a battle with cancer.
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May 23rd 2017, 2:22 PM
# amy shiels
'I suddenly thought: 'Oh my god, I'm in Twin Peaks!'
We talked to the Irish actress Amy Shiels about the experience.
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May 20th 2017, 8:15 PM
# Get Out
Samuel L Jackson clarifies comments about British actors
He has criticised the system that allows black actors from overseas take prominent roles in American films.
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Mar 9th 2017, 4:18 PM
# RIP
Titanic, Twister and Aliens actor Bill Paxton has died at the age of 61
The actor also starred in Terminator, Weird Science and Apollo 13.
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Feb 26th 2017, 3:54 PM
# RIP
John Hurt, star of Alien and Harry Potter, dies at age 77
The British actor, who was twice nominated for an Oscar, had been battling cancer.
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Jan 28th 2017, 6:38 AM