The Irish Times

Can rotund characters be represented by less rounded actors?

Donald Clarke: If authors can keep an open mind about appearances, so can readers

Sat Apr 09 2022 - 00:00

Paul Rudd is the world’s sexiest not-very-Irish man

People Magazine named him ‘Sexiest Man Alive’. An Irish connection was swiftly unearthed

Thu Nov 11 2021 - 13:12

Michael Caine: ‘I’m more or less done with movies now’

‘I’ve done 150 movies. I can’t walk, let alone run. Also, my mind’s not as agile as it used to be’

Tue Oct 19 2021 - 06:00

It’s no time to die for Daniel Craig the actor. How to have a post-Bond career

There has long been a myth that the role of James Bond swallows careers whole

Thu Sept 30 2021 - 06:00

James Bond: Can 007 and No Time to Die save cinema?

Latest Bond film No Time to Die arrives in the hope rescuing the entire medium

Sat Sept 25 2021 - 05:00

First Tokyo Olympics changed Japan for ever

Hosting the Games 57 years ago helped transform Tokyo from ‘a polluted, fetid mess’

Tue Jul 20 2021 - 22:30

Even better than the real thing: Escapist holidays in Ireland

No holidays abroad this year? Recreate those exotic trips right here at home

Sat Apr 10 2021 - 06:00

How Disney plans to turn the universal appeal of dragons into movie success

Raya and the Last Dragon looks to buck the trend of mediocre serpent-centred features

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 05:00

Arts&Antiques: Hollywood vision of Ireland on offer in collectors’ sale

Other auction highlights include signed Harry Potter books and a diamond ring

Sat Feb 20 2021 - 06:00

‘Voice of golf’ Peter Alliss dies aged 89

European Tour leads tributes to eight-time Ryder Cup player and BBC commentator

Sun Dec 06 2020 - 11:52

Breakfast in Ballsbridge: When Audrey Hepburn met her dad in Dublin

He was a fascist who walked out on the family. No wonder the star had father issues

Thu Nov 26 2020 - 05:00

Aidan Coleman steps in for the ride on returning Epatante

Champion Hurdle winner is odds-on to make a successful return to action at Newcastle

Mon Nov 23 2020 - 17:00

Patrick Freyne: Wild Mountain Thyme and my all-time favourite Oirish films

Here’s seven of the best Oirish films including a soulful hunky IRA man, and a corned beef and cabbage plot

Thu Nov 12 2020 - 13:40

Sean Connery often said it was okay to hit a woman. The obits barely mentioned it

We are never too far from a story about a celebrity with a history of domestic violence

Sat Nov 07 2020 - 05:00

James Bond actor Sean Connery dies aged 90

Multiple award-winning Scottish actor had career which spanned decades

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 15:22

Sean Connery the man has died. Sean Connery the indestructible legend lives on

He was always a little out of his time, combining charm, menace and old-fashioned masculinity

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 15:17

Upcoming auction offers opportunity to plunder Vikings treasures

Thrones, cannons and fairies feature in Co Laois sale of props from acclaimed TV series

Sat Oct 31 2020 - 06:00

Margaret Nolan, Goldfinger title sequence star, dies at 76

She drew fame at age 20, painted in gold, in the Bond film’s opening credits, and appeared in A Hard Day’s Night with the Beatles

Tue Oct 13 2020 - 10:46

Dutch royals apologise for social distancing breach on Greek holiday

Photo shows King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima and restaurateur side-by-side

Tue Aug 25 2020 - 17:34

Sean Connery turns 90: An avatar of old-fashioned masculinity

The Scottish actor, voted ‘sexiest man alive’ for decades, started as a milkman and became ‘the greatest’ James Bond

Tue Aug 25 2020 - 15:35

James Bond fans name their favourite 007 (he’s not from Navan)

Daniel Craig, George Lazenby and Irish actor Pierce Brosnan sidelined in Radio Times poll

Mon Aug 10 2020 - 15:38

Mention of Honor Blackman’s name will bring smiles to faces of movie enthusiasts

‘I never considered myself a sex symbol’, James Bond, The Avengers actor once said

Mon Apr 06 2020 - 19:04

Deaths of Larry Gogan and Marian Finucane leave Montrose reeling

Radio review: In a sad week, RTÉ presenters pull together to remember broadcasting legends

Sat Jan 11 2020 - 06:00

Mary Hannigan’s (completely random) A to Z guide to the 2019 sporting year

From Brexit to Brolly, here is an alphabetical guide to the sports year that was

Sat Dec 28 2019 - 06:16

Glittering Irish day in muddled murky sporting year of 2019

Keith Duggan: Ireland continues to exceed expectation across a variety of sports

Fri Dec 27 2019 - 07:30

James Bond: No Time to Die – What we learned from first full trailer

We rummage through the first trailer for clues to the 25th Bond movie

Wed Dec 04 2019 - 17:05

The making of Darby O’Gill and the Little People

Walt Disney aimed the film at Americans with ‘shamrocks in their eyes’. He missed

Sat Jun 22 2019 - 05:00

James Bond: 007’s best and worst movies, ranked

With the new film’s title and cast due on Thursday, here’s the good – and bad – of Bond on screen

Thu Apr 25 2019 - 08:59

Daniel Craig is doing 12-hour workouts. Ian Fleming’s James Bond drank half a bottle a day

At 51, Craig needs to work hard to convince as the UK’s greatest killing machine

Tue Mar 26 2019 - 16:12

Maureen Dowd: Many turned a blind eye to Michael Jackson’s cruelty

Celebrity supersedes criminality. How can you see clearly when you’re looking into the sun?

Mon Feb 18 2019 - 13:43

Pierce Brosnan: ‘It was a great irony playing a British cultural icon as an Irishman’

Irish actor recalls his James Bond debut in GoldenEye: crazy stunts and thigh-crushings from Xenia Onatopp

Tue Feb 05 2019 - 08:57

The next James Bond might be black, but he won’t be Idris Elba

Elba is already too old, but a black, Asian or female actor could succeed Daniel Craig

Mon Aug 13 2018 - 15:58

Ewan McGregor: ‘I have been living a midlife crisis since my teens’

‘If you always wanted a convertible and you get one then why should we demean that?’

Sat Aug 11 2018 - 04:00

Actor who played first ever Bond girl dies aged 90

Eunice Gayson starred as Sylvia Trench alongside Sean Connery in ‘ Dr No’ and ‘From Russia With Love’

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 17:21