David Baddiel: If casting minorities matters, why should Jews be any different?
Why shouldn’t ‘authentic casting’ apply to all minorities, including Jews?
Why shouldn’t ‘authentic casting’ apply to all minorities, including Jews?
A new documentary puts the dictator’s lasting and insidious influence under the microscope
The prolific power-pop songwriter died with Covid-19 a year ago this week
Sarah Silverman, Reginald D Hunter and more on a ‘profoundly stupid, completely brilliant’ comic
Look, there’s Mark Ruffalo and Amy Adams. Even Chris O’Dowd. And a lot of celebrity warbling
The actor was arrested this month, accused of paying $15,000 to fix her daughter’s school test
The actor-turned-jazz musician on working with Imelda May, Martin McDonagh and Bryan Cranston
Review: A persistent kowtowing to corporate interests flattens this family film
The actor and comedian tells unpleasant truths in profane language – and gets huge respect
Review: ‘Finding Joy’ adds a dollop of Sarah Silverman and Sharon Horgan to RTÉ comedy
Actor interviews celebrities and intellectuals on topics such as empathy and illness
‘13 Reasons Why’ returns; ‘Arrested Development’ gets a remix, and one Amazon show to catch
From Eighty Sixed to Corpus TV, the web is still the place to find unorthodox new talent
Actor Ellen Barkin hits out at the film director who said the anti-sexual violence #MeToo campaign is creating a ‘world of victims’
Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson wow in Wonder and James Franco hits gold in The Disaster Artist
‘Male Chauvinist Pig versus Hairy Legged Feminist! You’re still a feminist, right?’
A dying boy genius leaves instructions to catch a sexual predator – then it gets silly
‘We are being watched by millions of Americans and in 225 countries that now hate us’
Lissadell co-owner says 2010 concerts made up ‘one of most incredible weekends in my life’
Copyright infringement lawyers might have a field day at this diverting pop music spoof
Party disunity overshadows Democratic convention as Bernie fans boo their own man
On day of party tensions, US first lady makes deeply personal plea to unite behind Clinton
Comedian Marc Maron was an embittered recovering alcoholic before he found his way as a podcast interviewer of brutal honesty. Not even Obama refused the call
Singer Miley Cyrus tweets her support for the result as actor Russell Crowe calls Ireland ‘amazing’
New York Times says Ireland has given a ‘powerful boost to the quest for gay equality’
New generation of women in film and TV take things into their own hands
Opinion: repulsive William Masters was the opposite of Tony Blair and David Frost
Microsoft ’s new Xbox television studio has already committed to six original TV shows
Comedian Sarah Silverman wants Hillary Clinton to take a voice class
Only five of the 57 acts at next month’s Vodafone Comedy Festival, in Dublin, are women. Perhaps that’s because women are being funny in ways that don’t always rely on stand-up
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices