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The couple who have sex on their podcast, and narrate in unflinching detail
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The Starling: Please avoid this sentimental claptrap
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Nicole Kidman’s new series: As addictive as a Tayto party pack in a detox retreat
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Chris O’Dowd: ‘It feels like a very rich time in Ireland for culture’
Moone Boy creator talks about LA life, meeting Brad Pitt and writing through lockdown
Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan: Now women can be obnoxious eejits too – thank God
My Derry Girls and Bridgerton roles show women our complex, stupid selves on screen
Priyanka Chopra Jonas: ‘I’m grateful for my chances. But it took a lot of digging my heels in’
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Trump says, ‘I have the best words.’ Now this comedian’s going viral for lip-syncing them
Sarah Cooper’s impressions turn out to be the best way to satirise the US president
Brushing up on your high culture? Forgive my scepticism
The crisis has allowed people loudly signal rediscovered their commitment to highbrow classics
Netflix: The best 101 films to watch right now
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The best 50 films of 2019: Odd, rich, startlingly varied. And brilliant
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The Kitchen: Shallow comedy with nonsensical plot
Review: Film starring Melissa McCarthy in 1970s Manhattan splutters to weak ending
The 10 best films of 2019 so far
The Favourite was savage, Eighth Grade gave us hope, Apollo 11 was cool and magical
‘Mr Lacroix sent me to see an astrologist who said I should move to America. So I did’
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‘The Irish stick out like a sore thumb in LA, but that’s no bad thing’
Composer Ailbhe Fitzpatrick on ‘singing like a zombie, or meowing like a cat’ for TV ads
Oscars 2019: Olivia Colman and Green Book triumph in a night of shocks
Green Book is best film, Bohemian Rhapsody wins most. Glenn Close overlooked for 7th time
Oscars 2019: Donald Clarke’s guide – Who will win? And who should?
The Favourite may be overlooked for the big prizes with Roma likely to steal the show
Oscars 2019: Nominated films play fast and loose with history
Most factual liberties are dramatically justifiable. But some seriously mislead viewers
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Boozy, belligerent Melissa McCarthy shows she can act
Review: McCarthy and Richard E Grant excel in Marielle Heller’s decadent drama
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Singer responds after actor and superfan shared letter and posed outside her house
Richard E Grant: ‘Every day I thank God for Withnail and I’
Richard E Grant is playing another starry-eyed drunk and this time he's Oscar nominated
Oscars 2019: the complete list of nominations
Irish-produced film The Favourite and Netflix’s Roma lead the way with 10 nominations each
Oscars 2019: Here’s who I predict will be nominated today
Donald Clarke: If I get fewer than 80% of these correct I’ll be disappointed
Lady Gaga leaves Critics’ Choice awards to say goodbye to dying horse
Gaga won the best actress prize, a joint win with Glenn Close for her role in ‘The Wife’
Golden Globes 2019: full list of winners
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ beats runaway favourite ‘A Star Is Born’ to best drama film
Coming soon... 50 films to look out for in 2019
From Ad Adstra to Frozen 2 and Martin Scorsese's latest, there's plenty to look forward to in the new year
What’s that stench? It’s the 10 worst films of 2018
From Fifty Shades Freed to sleazy Muppets in The Happytime Murders, the cinematic lowlights of the year
Travellers and council clash over grazing land for horses
Stand-off shows ‘lack of understanding’ between Travellers and settled community
Everyone’s talking about ‘Saturday Night Live’, but who’s laughing?
Saoirse Ronan’s Aer Lingus sketch shows SNL’s humour is trapped in a liberal-elite bubble
The Happytime Murders: steer well clear of this Melissa McCarthy film
Review: These 90 minutes are among the longest you’ll endure in the cinema this year
The Happytime Murders: the Muppets get soaked in sleaze
Director Brian Henson on the puppet sex workers, drugs and ejaculation
Sean Spicer: ‘I became the story too often’
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