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American novelist’s latest book, Mrs Gulliver, reimagines Juliet as a cunning blind brothel worker
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Donald Clarke: The embrace of Sydney Sweeney as a new Elizabeth Taylor is one thing. Whether the movie industry is set for a reboot is quite another
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Friends star tells his story with flair, from teen neuroses and sudden stardom to dating (and dumping) Julia Roberts, plus years of substance abuse and rehab
Matthew Perry in his own words: Vicodin, impotence and sexy faxes with Julia Roberts
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Nic Cage: The strange career of the former Nicolas Coppola
As his peers retire, he still works like a maniac – and may even have defined his own genre
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Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning actor, dies aged 89
Cher among those to pay tribute after death of Moonstruck and Tales of the City star
Starstruck: A giddy confection that helps rehabilitate the romcom
TV review: Rose Matafeo’s new show is Notting Hill for Generation Instagram
Leave the World Behind: Gripped by everyday dread
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Rare piece of heaven in inspiring Wicklow setting for €2.35m
Actor Julia Roberts briefly rented Glanmore Hall near Ashford while filming in Ireland
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Women over 40 are no longer relegated to tweed twinsets. It’s progress, of a sort
Saint Frances presents abortion as an ordinary part of human experience
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Joel Schumacher, Veronica Guerin and Batman Forever director, dies aged 80
Filmmaker’s hits include The Lost Boys, Falling Down, St Elmo’s Fire and Flatliners
Fintan O’Toole: Bono at 60 – Why is Ireland so ambivalent about its most famous son?
He is a truly global celebrity but we might like him more if he did not try to be so good
The 10 worst films of the past 10 years
The worst film of the 2010s was so reactionary, materialistic and lazy it selected itself
Battle for TV streaming service subscribers set to intensify
With new offers from Apple and Disney, it’s worth shopping around for the best deal
‘No one will know’: Studio wanted Julia Roberts to play black abolitionist
Harriet Tubman screenwriter says an executive proposed actor to play former slave
From rural sowing and reaping to dreams of urban return
‘I can’t deny a secret yearning to escape the country and return to Stoneybatter’
Compensation culture claims Shelbourne’s famous front door
Five-star Dublin hotel to remove revolving door after string of personal-injury claims
Emmy nominations 2019: Fiona Shaw and Chris O’Dowd among nominees
Irish actors up for three awards, as Game of Thrones breaks records with 32 nominations
Marianne Jean-Baptiste: ‘The arts are something you have to do’
In Fabric star has carved out a varied career in media but has not forgotten her roots
High-brow Yale tours and low-brow fun in beautiful Connecticut
Even my American friends were baffled. ‘What’s there?’ they all asked. A lot, it turns out
Lucas Hedges: ‘Saoirse Ronan was the most beautiful person I had ever seen on film’
Rising star on fast track to unavoidability could not turn down chance to work with Lady Bird actor
Ben Is Back: Julia Roberts is painfully on edge in study of addiction
Review: The two leads spare no effort in teasing emotions in sincere melodrama
Unhappy birthday for Madrid as season ends in one nightmare week
Big squad rebuilding job in store for whoever takes over managerial reins at Real
The Champions League is all Real Madrid have left
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Isn’t It Romantic review: Rebel Wilson shines in a rom-com nightmare
Actor’s delivery boosts this meta-romantic comedy that rips apart every cliche of the genre
Bruno Ganz, actor who played Hitler in ‘Downfall’, dies aged 77
Actor, who was diagnosed with cancer, was a key figure in German cinema
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