Far and Away News

BRYCE Dallas Howard cites Dingle in Co Kerry as having perhaps the single biggest impact on her childhood and upbringing.

Baz Luhrmann's great mountain of kitsch puts a bunch of old plots in the blender: Out of Africa and Gone With the Wind are prime ingredients, with a dash of Red River, The African Queen and Rabbit-Proof Fence for seasoning.

The first footage from Guy Ritchie's SHERLOCK HOLMES starring Robert Downey Jr. was screened at ShoWest today.

A latecomer to films, Irish actor Brendan Gleeson spent much of his formative years training for and performing in theater before breaking into films and television at the relatively older age of 34.

The Florida Orchestra can't go wrong with movie music by John Williams. Star Wars , Superman , E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark - to hear the instantly recognizable music from these beloved movies not in a theater or on television, but in concert is a rich pleasure.

Darby O'Gill has a lot to answer for, says Susan Daly, as the crazy stereotypes of the stage Irish live on Diddly-aye: Darby O'Gill had it all ? leprechauns, a crock of gold and dodgy Oirish accents Tuesday ...

Two of the stars of the soon-to-be-filmed "The Story of Bonnie and Clyde," Rance Howard and Lee Majors shared ancedotes about their years in show business Friday night as the film's director, Tonya S. Holly, ...

Comcast Cable digital subscribers in the mood to watch a new or classic movie in high definition at 2:12 a.m. or any other time can now do that by just pressing a few buttons on their remote controls.

February 28, 2009, 12:10 a.m. RODNEY HAAS Tucson Citizen Forrie J. Smith was going though some pictures recently when he came across a photo of himself during his first rodeo competition.

Name: Naylet Liptak Age: 53 Company name & city: VIP Realty Group Job/position: Broker-associate Favorite moment in real estate: My first sale more than a million dollars! Pet peeves: Showing abused ...

It is an infectious thing, that Tom Cruise smile. Tom Cruise stars as a German officer in the World War Two film Valkyrie There they are, those bright white teeth grinning perfectly out to me as I shake his ...

Could we come up with enough favourite Tom Cruise movies? He's in London soon to promote his new movie.

Until recently, there weren't many Tom Cruise films that were really considered bad.

It was the hotel where stars like Frank Sinatra and Tom Cruise stayed when they came to Dublin, and where hotelier PV Doyle stood in front of the revolving doors and repelled 'gentlemen' who were not properly ...

Published: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at 4:05 p.m. Quick: What do the following movies all have in common? "Splash," "Cocoon," "Willow," "Parenthood" ...

Australian actress Nicole Kidman walks in front of a wall of photographers. Photograph: Eric Gaillard/Reuters Having been labelled Hollywood's most overpaid actor by Forbes magazine in September, and warned by ...

Robert Prosky, who played Sgt. Stan Jablonski -- the the roll-out seargent who always told the members of television's "Hill Street Blues" crew, "Let's do it to them before they do it to us," has died.

News that Nicole Kidman has been boffed from her position as the highest paid actress in Hollywood by Angelina "lock up your husband" Jolie is truly shocking.

A sparky heroine, a budget the size of Australia . . . our correspondent explains how to make a romantic epic Kevin Maher The romantic epic is back.