Tom Cruise

Nicole Kidman on sex, death and her risky new film, Babygirl

The nature of being an actor is the need to be able to stay free and open and vulnerable, says the 57-year-old

Mon Dec 16 2024 - 05:55

Paul Costelloe and Niamh Gillespie deliver casual, easy elegance in menswear with their new collections

With plum and dark sage tones as a reference, these new menswear collections offer practical and stylish options for layering this winter

Mon Nov 04 2024 - 05:00

Look inside: Shrewsbury Road Edwardian used for Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman film for €12.5m

Updated property with 0.4 acres and renovated coach house in one of Dublin’s most sought-after areas

Thu Sept 12 2024 - 06:00

Tom Cruise abseils off stadium roof as Paris says au revoir to 2024 Olympics

Fans reflect positively on Summer Games in French capital with globe’s sights now turning to Los Angeles for 2028′s iteration

Sun Aug 11 2024 - 21:59

Taylorwatch: Dublin pub says ‘great to welcome’ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce after three Aviva gigs

The weekend-long celebration of Swiftness has passed but the memories remain

Mon Jul 01 2024 - 12:30

Scene stealer: Chiabella James on Barry Keoghan, Saltburn and the art of Hollywood stills photography

Her work on Star Wars, Mission: Impossible and Dune, among others, has earned her a stellar reputation. But it almost didn’t turn out that way

Sat Feb 17 2024 - 05:15

Reacher season two review: cracking plot and a payload of thrills, spills and bruised limbs

Television: Forget Tom Cruise, this Reacher is big, great fun and as subtle as a punch to the jaw

Fri Dec 15 2023 - 15:04

Terry Hayes: ‘In Hollywood meetings, the dumbest idea tends to get the most currency because everybody can understand it’

The outspoken writer on his new spy novel, Cillian Murphy’s X factor and his thoughts on a sequel to I Am Pilgrim

Wed Nov 22 2023 - 05:00

Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar drive revenue surge at Odeon cinemas

Irish Odeon cinemas saw sales climb by nearly 80% as the economy emerged from Covid

Wed Sept 06 2023 - 16:37

What lessons will Hollywood learn from Oppenheimer and Barbie? Probably the wrong ones

Despite setting post-pandemic box-office records, the industry is still struggling with an existential crisis that compares to the arrival of television in the 1950s

Sat Jul 29 2023 - 06:00

Maureen Dowd: Could AI create a fake Tom Cruise and would audiences pay to see it? Nothing’s impossible

Striking Hollywood writers fear being rendered irrelevant, and actors want to prevent their digital likenesses from coming under new ownership

Sun Jul 16 2023 - 18:09

Simon Pegg: ‘We’re at a tipping point, and people are getting upset because so and so isn’t playing Spider-Man’

The nerdy obsessive behind Shaun of the Dead and Spaced has come such a long way that Tom Cruise even has a nickname for him

Sun Jul 09 2023 - 06:30

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One: Tom Cruise at 60 appears implausibly comfortable

Tom Cruise and the series itself are in rude health as this indecently exciting instalment shows

Thu Jul 06 2023 - 08:55

Summer movies 2023: Indiana Jones, Mission: Impossible, Barbie, Oppenheimer and more

The films to watch out for this season – including two that make up the most anticipated movie weekend in years

Sat Jun 10 2023 - 08:42

‘I said to Tom Cruise, I want to do a picture of you no one’s ever shot before – a one-off’

David James, one of the few people Steven Spielberg turns to for input on camera angles, has captured some of Hollywood’s most celebrated still images

Fri Feb 24 2023 - 10:02

A star among stars: Tom Cruise turns lunch for Oscar nominees into meet-and-greet

Sixty-year-old actor nominated this year as a producer of popular best picture contender Top Gun: Maverick

Tue Feb 14 2023 - 16:34

From double-speed podcasts to glossy magazine buying: six media tips to improve your life

New year, new media habits: these simple changes can reinvigorate tired routines

Wed Jan 04 2023 - 05:55

In a sunset industry, Cineworld’s woes are a plot twist many saw coming

Cinema chain’s financial difficulties make for a ‘tiresome disaster movie’. The problem is it might not have the genre to itself

Tue Aug 30 2022 - 05:33

Matthew Modine: ‘I’m the guy who turned down Top Gun’

Hollywood actor returned to Stranger Things for series four, but not even he knows his character’s fate: ‘I would love to have the opportunity to come back’

Wed Jul 06 2022 - 14:41

Downton Abbey sequel a litmus test for Irish cinemas after Covid

Owners of cinema groups keen to see audiences return to watch on the big screen

Tue May 03 2022 - 03:55

Cannes 2022: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick to be shown at film festival

Up to 35,000 accredited to attend the festival this year, the biggest showing since 2019

Thu Apr 14 2022 - 14:18

Will Smith breaks character – after 40 years playing the energetic, merry prankster

Oscars 2022 should have been the culmination of Smith’s extraordinary career. But he snapped

Mon Mar 28 2022 - 14:51

Oscars 2022: 11 great Irish moments at the Academy Awards

Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker and many others have taken home an Oscar to Ireland

Thu Mar 24 2022 - 16:54

Kanye West barred from performing at the Grammys after ‘troubling behaviour’

The musician, nominated for five awards, told he cannot perform at the ceremony on April 3rd

Wed Mar 23 2022 - 16:49

The Adam Project: Effective retro entertainment that comes back from the future

Film review: Ryan Reynolds time-travel adventure gives all the good lines to the boys

Fri Mar 11 2022 - 05:00

‘Kill them Reacher!’ I shout. He makes them crunch and squelch, and I laugh myself sick

Patrick Freyne: Diminutive Scientologist Tom Cruise no longer plays Jack Reacher

Fri Feb 04 2022 - 05:00

‘Everyone has a black belt in bitching about New York but it’s an amazing city’

Wild Geese: Philip Duff is a drinks educator and consultant from Skerries

Fri Jan 28 2022 - 05:52

Golden Globes 2022: Belfast wins best screenplay in discredited awards

Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog wins best drama, in a low-scoring night for the Irish

Mon Jan 10 2022 - 05:55

Golden Globes 2022: What’s happening with the ceremony you can’t watch?

After a year of scandals, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is under pressure

Sun Jan 09 2022 - 06:00

Johnny Watterson: Lateral flow of time will expose Djokovic’s anti-vaxxer crusade

Federal government realised star’s sense of entitlement grated with Aussie public

Fri Jan 07 2022 - 06:00

Anne Rice: Game-changing author of supernatural fiction who inspired a hit film

Interview With the Vampire writer turned established tropes on their head

Sat Dec 18 2021 - 06:02

Gothic novelist Anne Rice dies at 80

Author widely known for her bestselling novel Interview With The Vampire

Sun Dec 12 2021 - 11:07

We need to calm down about Irish people and their accents

Emer McLysaght: We have an odd national obsession with how our celebrities speak

Sat Oct 30 2021 - 01:00

The best hobbies, clubs and outdoor activities for adults

From seeing stars to exploring caves, whatever you fancy this summer, there’s a club for that

Sat Jul 03 2021 - 06:00