Life in Hollywood: Golden-age photographs of Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Grace Kelly and more
A two-volume collection drawn from the Life magazine archive features outstanding portraits of many of the biggest names in American cinema
Marilyn Monroe
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Online culture has made it easier for fans to find each other and amplify their voices - but is superfandom always a healthy pursuit?
Norma Barzman obituary: One of the last survivors of the Hollywood blacklist
She and her husband were among those iced out of Hollywood because of their affiliation with the Communist party. They moved to Britain and France, where they counted Picasso among their friends
The ageless Martha Stewart: She’s both chic and messy. That’s why Gen Z love her
The domesticity virtuoso channels youthful energy on TikTok, and kids are idolising it
Netflix: 10 of the best new TV shows to watch in April
Better Call Saul and Selling Sunset return for fresh seasons while Ozark concludes
Oscars 2023: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees
Donald Clarke forecasts how the category will shape up at the next Academy Awards
‘It’s about imagination’: Meet the toyshop owner who won’t stock electronic products
‘The best toy for a young child is a box of bricks with no instructions,’ says Dunleer retailer
Oatly stumble, art collectors’ Christmas and Star Trek fans vs Paramount Plus
Planet Business: It’s a streaming service, Jim, but not as we know it
Johnny Watterson: Seconds out as Irish boxing’s civil war flares up once more
Boxing has a place for the marginalised but the association that runs it has learned to eat its own
Vanity, greed and adultery – the backdrop to an arts auction
Sotheby’s to auction ‘most significant collection of modern and contemporary art ever’
Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story – An entertaining romp that goes beyond the shoulderpads
Admiring documentary works best when it finds parallels between writer and characters
Pop artists Warhol and Haring in Dublin and Belfast exhibitions
Culloden Estate to host Holywood International Art and Sculpture Art Fair in June
Smell of success: 100 years of Chanel No5
Part of the legend of the world’s most famous fragrance is that it is adaptable, and is as beloved by fragrance lovers now as it was 100 years ago
Oscars 2022: My predictions for next year’s best-picture nominees
Donald Clarke forecasts how next year’s category may look as the industry creaks back into action
When Pelé, Stallone, and Ipswich Town took on the Nazis at the beautiful game
Escape to Victory a cult classic despite Stallone wanting the goalie to score winner
From Saoirse Ronan’s Ammonite to Spielberg’s West Side Story, 50 films to watch in 2021 (we hope)
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a traffic jam of anticipated films for this year
The Crown, season 4: Gillian Anderson takes up the Margaret Thatcher challenge
She is the latest of many actors to wrestle with the blue suit and tortured vowels
Show me the Monet: Banksy comment on consumerism fetches £7.5m
Artist’s second most expensive auction sale surpasses expectations at Sotheby’s
John Wayne: Mattie McGrath references an emblematic, problematic American
A limited actor and probable racist, he is still the go-to icon for frontier bravado
Robert Mitchum’s ‘Dingle Brothel’ where all and sundry were drawn
During the filming of Ryan’s Daughter in 1969, the star’s house achieved instant notoriety
From Chanel to Revlon, the best red lipsticks of all time
Subtle gradations of colour are the difference between brightening the face or dulling it
Wearing a mask? When it comes to make-up, it’s all about the eyes
Some pros share their tips for doing your make-up while wearing a face covering
Andy Warhol: America focused into oblique angles by outsider eyes
Tate retrospective casts light on aesthetic of faith , industry, fame and consumerism
I’ve always told my firefighter Dad 'I love you' as he leaves for work, just in case
The Ireland resident and former Sydney Rose visits home in the midst of the bushfires
Film 2020: The 50 films to watch out for
The best biopics, documentaries, cartoons, features and award favourites of the year
Going, going, gone: the top art and furniture sales of 2019
From Chinese ‘sleepers’ to a record Yeats, it has been a busy year in Irish auction rooms
Marilyn Monroe’s dress, pill bottles and bra to be auctioned by Athlone man in LA
Julien’s Auctions, headed by Martin Nolan, is selling a selection of the star’s belongings
U2’s first ever press release pops up in monster memorabilia sale
1978 photo and poster got group its first gig but didn’t sell enough tickets for second
Marilyn Monroe ‘has roots in Ireland’, according to DNA samples
DNA project says Hollywood star has links to Munro clan member from southwest Ireland
Making Montgomery Clift: truth behind gay self-loathing myth
Nephew mines family archives to debunk myth that has defined star’s legacy
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Life Lessons with Karin Slaughter: ‘I’m still in touch with the college student in me who is too poor to afford food’
Give it a lash: 100 questions to test your Irishness
Win a €250 Kenny’s hamper, delivered anywhere in the world. Ah, go on, go on, go on ....
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