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Show must go on in ‘great but very troubled’ Hollywood. But how?
After the wildfires, and amid calls for the ‘glitz’ of the Oscars to be cancelled, the LA entertainment industry is plotting its way forward
Oscar nominations postponed for second time because of Los Angeles wildfires
The film industry’s highest honours will now be announced on Thursday, January 23rd
Anora director Sean Baker: ‘What Mikey Madison did was so impressive. She shadowed lapdancers. She spent time in the club’
The US director used to be one of indie cinema’s best-kept secrets. Now his funny, sexy, action-packed new film is frontrunner for the best-picture Oscar
Kneecap: Could Ireland be on track for its second international feature Oscar nomination?
In 2023, An Cailín Ciúin secured Ireland’s first ever nomination in this category. Could Kneecap make it twice in three years?
Maggie Smith, with a voice as unmistakable as Churchill’s, was a star for six decades
Dame Maggie Smith, who has died in London at the age of 89, was a singular talent on stage and screen
Sugarcane: Gripping story of abuse in Catholic schools in Canada is an early Oscar favourite
Documentary details horrific cruelty towards and abuse of First Nations children in residential schools and discovery of unmarked graves
Robot Dreams: How Pablo Berger created the most soulful tin man since The Wizard of Oz
Director’s animated depiction of friendship between a robot and dog in 1980s New York is far more affecting than its expensive Oscar rivals
Post box painted gold in honour of Oscar winner Cillian Murphy who ‘delivered for Cork’
Post box in Dublin also given gold treatment by An Post to mark success of Element pictures
Irish Times view on Irish Oscar successes: flowering of a confident cinema culture
The latest strong Irish showing amid the dazzle and glitz of this year’s Academy Awards was no flash in the pan
Oscars 2024 as it happened: Cillian Murphy winning best actor crowns ‘huge year’ for Ireland on screen
Oppenheimer wins seven awards including best director and best film, while Irish-produced Poor Things takes home four statuettes including best actress for Emma Stone
Oscars 2024: the complete list of winners
Here are all the winners of the 96th Academy Awards - and all the nominees
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March 10th-16th: From Is University Really Worth It? and The End of the World with Beanz to Italian-Spanish romance Un Amore
Ranked: the 25 greatest films to lose out on best picture Oscar
The films that were nominated for best picture but never won, losing out more often than not to a lesser work
Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy leads sky-high Irish hopes as nominees fly out
Irish-made Poor Things is also up for several awards
Why is mouthy Hollywood so quiet on Israel and Gaza?
It could be the most politically heated Oscars ceremony in decades. I wouldn’t count on it
Oscars 2024: Was Greta Gerwig snubbed for a best director nomination and nine other questions
Were Barry Keoghan and Andrew Scott ever in the race?
Oscars 2024: Cillian Murphy’s best actor nomination leads a strong showing for Irish film
Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things scores a huge 11 nominations, a record for an Irish-produced film
Oscars nominations 2024: the complete list
From 11 nominations for Irish-produced Poor Things to 13 for all-conquering Oppenheimer, here are all the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards
Oscars 2024: Will Barry Keoghan make the cut? Donald Clarke predicts this year’s nominees
Bafta nomination system has rendered connections between the US and British academies less robust than was the case
Oscar pioneer James Martin: ‘When I was growing up I was bullied. Big time’
The Belfast actor on coping with fame, meeting Joe Biden and the advice he gives young people with acting aspirations
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood: Sweating out the pain in a safe, feminine space
Shot over five years, Anna Hint’s film is an intangible marvel, punctuated by rituals
Jada Pinkett Smith says she and Will Smith have lived separately since 2016
Couple are no longer romantically together but have no plans to legally divorce, she says
Hollywood actors strike: what we need to know and what will happen?
Actors and screenwriters have demanded increased residual payments from streaming services
Paul Mescal and Kerry Condon invited to join Academy
Invitation also extended to Tom Berkely and Ross White, directors of An Irish Goodbye
Jamie Lee Curtis says Oscar will be ‘they/them’ in support of trans daughter
Everything Everywhere All At Once star admits concern that making Oscars categories gender neutral may diminish opportunity for more women
An Irish Goodbye: Oscar winners aim to ‘bask in success’ with Irish cinema tour
Pair behind the film said the award was like a ‘calling card’ for celebrities to greet them
Oscars 2023: Ireland wins two Academy Awards – and delivers one of the great Oscar moments
Everything Everywhere All at Once has an extraordinary night at the 95th Academy Awards, winning seven Oscars
Oscars 2023 as it happened: Everything Everywhere All at Once cleans up
All the drama from the 95th Academy Awards as The Banshees of Inisherin and An Cailín Ciúin brought the ‘green wave’ of Irish film to Hollywood’s champagne carpet
Beef or salmon of a different kind as Hollywood dresses up for Oscar night
Planet Business: Toblerone leaves the Matterhorn behind, Elon Musk makes rare apology and why the only way is up, still, for interest rates
Paul Mescal: ‘Movie stardom is different to fame ... It takes so much work to achieve’
Mescal reflects on stardom, depression and the strange tension of the Oscar envelope-opening moment
The most Irish Oscars ever: Who should win, and who will win?
Predictions for every Oscar from our film critic, but prepare for Irish disappointment as Everything Everywhere All At Once looks set to top the awards on Sunday
Soundman who went back to college in Cork age 67 among Oscar contenders
Veteran soundman and Irish citizen Doug Murray nominated for his work on The Batman
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