Oscars 2025 nominations today: What are the chances for Kneecap, Saoirse Ronan and Cillian Murphy?
Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy and Paul Mescal have struggled this awards season. Only a miracle will see an Irish actor get an Oscar nod
Ridley Scott
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Paul Mescal to star in Beatles film, Ridley Scott says
Rumours suggest actor will play Paul McCartney, with Barry Keoghan also linked to four-film biopic
The 10 worst films of 2024 – and Gladiator II is one of them
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Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s emotional love-ins take publicity to another level
The Wicked stars’ sentimental gush lachrymose interviews have surely helped drive the film to an enormous opening in US cinemas
Paul Mescal’s response to meeting King Charles was a masterclass in diplomacy
Gladiator II star said meeting the English king at the film’s British premiere was ‘not on the list of priorities’
Paul Mescal: ‘My favourite actors are Irish. There’s a wildness. We do our own thing’
Gladiator II proves another showcase for Mescal’s tough and tender masculinity, giving rein to his natural instinct as an actor
Gladiator II: What the critics say about Paul Mescal’s performance
The word on the Irish actor’s performance was consistently positive, not so much for the film itself
Gladiator II review: Don’t blame Paul Mescal, but there’s no good reason for this jumbled sequel to exist
Ridley Scott’s sequel to his own historical epic fails to rise above second-hand status, despite valiant efforts from a fine cast
‘This feels categorically mental’: Paul Mescal stunned by celebrations at Gladiator II premiere
Actor attends Irish premiere of Ridley Scott film at Light House Cinema in Dublin
Alien: Romulus – Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson could run with this one. Assuming they survive to the credits
The ninth film set in this universe returns to the haunted-house-in-space aesthetic that Ridley Scott first unveiled 45 years ago
Gladiator II trailer: Paul Mescal muscles his way in with biff, bang and ouch
Irish actor Paul Mescal is all muscle amid the sieges, riots and killer rhinos as he channels Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott’s epic sequel
Everything you ever wanted to know about Napoleon but were afraid to ask
The former French emperor continues to fascinate because he is such a contrary character being neither wholly good or bad
Napoleon is riddled with historical howlers say academics; so what?
In the News podcast: Ridley Scott brushes off critics of his blockbuster biopic
Frank McNally: The French are right. Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is a travesty
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