New Orleans prepares for return of Mardi Gras after hurricane and Covid
America Letter: There will be stringent checks on vaccination certs this year, while some parades may be shorter
25 years after interviewing Donald Trump, Ruby Wax is still getting over it
‘Trump scared the s*** out of me,’ says Wax of her interview with the then future US president
Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’
The novelist on strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
Anne Enright: ‘As a writer, your problems are your solutions’
Her new work, Actress, is about a mother-daughter relationship in bohemian Dublin
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker review. It’s unworthy of the word ‘cinema’
This isn’t a proper film – just a nondescript, boring component in the Star Wars machine
Star Wars: Every movie ranked – including The Rise of Skywalker
As Episode IX arrives, how does it stack up against the other 10 films in the saga?
Which Skywalker? And nine other questions Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker must answer
Like: Who are Rey’s parents? Who are Finn’s? Is it okay to include a digitised Carrie Fisher?
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – ‘It’s a war to do a movie like this’
JJ Abrams, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Oscar Isaac on making Episode IX
Daisy Ridley: ‘The privilege I have? I don’t think so’
The Star Wars actor on Carrie Fisher, fame and dealing with privilege
Rufus Wainwright: ‘I’ve played Dublin all my life, really’
Rufus and sister Martha discuss grieving for their mother, performing Christmas songs with family
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – final trailer released
Hamill and Fisher feature in film with tag line ‘The saga will end. The story lives forever’
‘I wrote a part for my husband. By the time filming was over, so was our marriage’
British writer Emma Forrest on her marriage break up and making her directorial debut with her film Untogether, which stars her ex husband
Catastrophe just pulled off the greatest TV ending since The Sopranos
The conclusion to Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s sitcom is one of the great finales
Remake ‘The Last Jedi’? You’d really have to be a nutter
Do not judge 'Star Wars' fans by this stupid campaign. Not all of them have lost the plot
Star Wars: Episode IX cast revealed to include Carrie Fisher
Footage of Carrie Fisher shot for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ to be used
‘When you’re beautiful, other women absolutely despise you’
Why do the uncommonly beautiful people insist it’s so tough being that good looking?
Sharon Horgan: It gets boring saying: ‘I’m Irish, actually’
The writer and actor raised on a farm in Co Meath is now a vital chronicler of London life
Oscar Wilde Awards: Green carpet and ‘Kerrygold Ice Cream’
The sort-of-Irish Oscar Wilde bash is now a key pre-Academy Awards event
Star Wars: The Last Jedi review: boring, bloated and confusing
The latest instalment will fill a Star Wars-shaped hole but is punishingly long
Star Wars: The Last Jedi ... Film insiders tweet their verdicts
‘Best movie since Empire.’ At least, that’s what people who went to the premiere said
Donald Trump believes he’s Luke Skywalker: How Star Wars works for everyone
With the release of The Last Jedi imminent, a look back at how the ‘Star Wars’ juggernaut started in a ‘galaxy far, far away’
Mark Hamill: ‘If I had to climb a Skellig, I was staying at the top’
The Luke Skywalker actor on fame, Carrie Fisher and making Star Wars in Ireland
Profits jump at Kelly’s in Rosslare as confidence returns
Hotel resort has spent €3m on capital projects over last few years
Tom Hanks: The most famous man we know nothing about
The actor has written a book of short stories. Do they contain any clues to the real man?
Freedom: George Michael gets his final right to reply – and it’s a thing of beauty
There is no mention of the post-Wham! fallout but this documentary is as close to Michael as you could possibly get on screen
Star Wars trailer: Mind our good Skellig with that light sabre
Rey is waving her sword dangerously close to the Kerry rocks. She’ll frighten the cormorants
‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ gets a new director
JJ Abrams will helm the saga’s ninth instalment after the original director left the project
Star Wars: The Last Jedi new video – what we learned
The Last Jedi is all about family and other secrets hinted at in new video about upcoming sequel
Carrie Fisher had cocaine in her system before her death
Postmortem examination of the actor also finds traces of heroin and MDMA
Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer features Skellig Michael
The first trailer for The Last Jedi was revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2017
Carrie Fisher will not be digitally recreated say Star Wars bosses
Lucasfilm say they have no plans to digitally recreate Fisher in future episodes of film saga
Carrie Fisher’s ashes carried in ‘Prozac urn’ at funeral
Actress laid to rest alongside her mother Debbie Reynolds who died a day after her
Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds remembered at ceremony
Friends and family of the Hollywood stars gather for private memorial service
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