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The Suicide Squad: Franchise gets welcome jolt of mad energy
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Irish tech firm worth more than $1bn taking additional space to house more employees
Olympia Dukakis, Oscar-winning actor, dies aged 89
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Elizabeth Perkins: ‘In 1980s Hollywood, there were no safety nets, no HR’
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Wolfwalkers, Brendan Gleeson and Normal People could win in the controversy-hit awards
Cicely Tyson, award-winning star of stage and screen, dies aged 96
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Wonder Woman, Let Him Go on release, Ma Rainey, American Utopia on demand
Viola Davis: ‘My father was just one generation removed from slavery’
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Normal People’s Paul Mescal named as actor to watch by Variety
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Chadwick Boseman, star of Black Panther, was so much more than just a gifted actor
The late actor was a star for the ages who helped change Hollywood's view on race
Workhuman considers Dublin as venue for major HR conference
Irish-founded software company reports big rise in pretax profit to $32.2m
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Harriet Tubman screenwriter says an executive proposed actor to play former slave
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
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Widows: funny, twisty, implausible heist caper delivers unashamed thrills
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Toronto may not have the Cannes kudos, but the gap is closing
Audience input and domestic films make TIFF more than just an Oscar barometer
McQueen’s ‘Widows’ so consistently funny that flaws hardly matter
Toronto film festival: British filmmaker honours series while imprinting his own visual stamp
Irish films in the mix at Venice and Toronto festivals
The Favourite from Yorgos Lanthimos will compete for the Golden Lion at Venice and John Butler’s Papi Chulo will premiere at Toronto
After Ocean’s 8, give Reservoir Dogs an all-female makeover
Donald Clarke: And then The Shawshank Redemption, The Sting and 12 Angry Women
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Donald Clarke predicts 2019’s Best Picture nominees. He was nearly half right this year
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The ‘Lady Bird’ star faces tough competition in this year’s best female actor category
The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics Circle
Dunkirk blows away the competition
Ruth Negga, Ciarán Hinds, Domhnall Gleeson get the Academy seal of approval
The Irish stars are among a raft of Academy inductees, which could diversify the Oscar nominations
Nicole Kidman explains her ‘seal’ clapping at the Oscars
Actor came under fire on social media for her unusual method of applauding the awards
‘Visibly unhappy’ Brie Larson and the amateur body linguists
Commentators dissecting perceived slights at Oscars need to brush up on film history
Oscars 2017: Blunder overshadows biggest upset in recent history
‘Moonlight’ carries off best picture statuette after ‘La La Land’ wrongly declared winner
Oscars 2017: how did I fare with my predictions?
A diligent Oscars observer should be happy with nothing less than 70 per cent in the prediction stakes – which means I’m not happy with my forecasting
Oscars 2017: Our verdict on the winning films and performances
Did Moonlight deserve its last gasp win? Was Emma Stone up to scratch? Here’s how we reviewed the winning films
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