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# actor - Saturday 14 March, 2020
Barry Keoghan on Irish gangster film Calm With Horses: 'We all know characters like them'
The film was shot in the West of Ireland.
# actor - Tuesday 26 March, 2019
Chicago police chief and mayor hit out as actor Jussie Smollett cleared of all criminal charges
Smollett’s lawyers released a statement today confirming the charges had been dropped.
# actor - Thursday 14 March, 2019
Pat Laffan - who played Pat Mustard and Georgie Burgess - has died
Tributes were paid to the actor today.
# actor - Thursday 21 February, 2019
Jussie Smollett paid $3,500 to stage attack because of 'dissatisfaction with his salary'
Police said today that the Empire actor also sent himself racist and homophobic hate mail.
# actor - Saturday 24 November, 2018
John C Reilly: 'Irish citizenship? I am dead serious - I would love that to happen'
The US comedian has played a range of different men throughout his career – but he’d really like to be an Irishman.
# actor - Saturday 29 September, 2018
'The deepest respect': Emma Watson pays tribute to Savita Halappanavar
She paid tribute to her in a letter published in Porter magazine.
# actor - Wednesday 15 August, 2018
'I needed to end my fast-fashion fix and get a grip. Here's how I did it'
Actress Aoibhéann McCann writes about her passion to avoid ‘fast fashion’ at all costs – and how it’s affecting our environment catastrophically as one of the biggest global polluters.
# actor - Monday 6 August, 2018
Robert Redford is to retire from acting aged 81
His upcoming movie, The Old Man & The Gun, will be his last time in front of the camera as an actor.
# actor - Sunday 5 August, 2018
Steven Seagal's been appointed a special envoy for Russia
His task is to ” promote the further development of Russian-American relations in the humanitarian sphere”.
# actor - Tuesday 31 July, 2018
MASH star Alan Alda has Parkinson's disease
Alda said the only symptom he has experienced so far is twitching in his thumb.
# actor - Monday 9 July, 2018
Former Ros Na Rún actor sentenced to six years in jail for oral rape
He had pleaded not guilty to the offence and has no previous convictions.
# actor - Monday 18 June, 2018
Rupert Everett: 'The UK and Ireland are probably the two best places in the world to be gay'
The actor has directed and written a new film about Oscar Wilde.
# actor - Wednesday 2 May, 2018
Irish actor Denise Gough nominated for Tony Award for role in Angels in America
The star-studded 72nd annual Tony Awards will be held on 10 June.
# actor - Tuesday 10 April, 2018
Deadpool actor charged with making false bomb report on train
No explosives were found.
# actor - Monday 26 February, 2018
Kevin Smith says he had a 'massive' heart attack after a show last night
Smith posted a photo of himself recovering in hospital on Twitter earlier today.
# actor - Thursday 1 February, 2018
Jim Carrey won't go to trial over death of ex-girlfriend Cathriona White
The 56-year-old comedic actor had been sued by his former girlfriend’s mother and estranged husband.
# actor - Sunday 21 January, 2018
Using monkeys and apes in film and TV is 'misleading' millions of viewers
A third of people surveyed think that chimpanzees are not endangered because they star in films and TV shows often.
# actor - Wednesday 17 January, 2018
Liam Neeson on 'fantastic' Leo Varadkar, Brexit and doing fight scenes aged 65
The Ballymena-born actor talked to us as his new film The Commuter was released in Ireland.
# actor - Thursday 11 January, 2018
These are the nominations for this year's IFTA awards
Nominees include Saoirse Ronan, Liam Cunningham, Martin McDonagh, and Frank Berry.
# actor - Thursday 9 November, 2017
Dublin actor Barry Keoghan chosen as rising star in the US
Barry Keoghan has featured on The Hollywood Reporter’s Next Gen Talent 2017 list.
# actor - Saturday 22 July, 2017
Actor John Heard, who played the father in Home Alone, has died aged 72
He had been recovering from back surgery.
# actor - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
Former Eastenders star Paul Nicholls rescued after falling off Thai waterfall
The actor, who played the Joe Wicks character on BBC’s Eastenders, was rescued after three days at the foot of the Khun Si waterfall.
# actor - Friday 14 July, 2017
Stuntman dies after fall on set of TV show The Walking Dead
Tributes were paid by the acting community after the death of John Bernecker.
'I am devastated': Kermit the Frog voice actor fired after 27 years
Steve Whitmire took over as the Muppets’ famous frog when Jim Henson passed away in 1990.
# actor - Thursday 13 July, 2017
Shia LaBeouf apologises for racist tirade against policeman
“I am deeply ashamed of my behaviour and make no excuses for it,” the 31-year-old wrote on Twitter.
# actor - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
Daniel Day-Lewis is calling it quits on his acting career
The multi Oscar-winning actor is giving up his acting career at the age of 60.
# actor - Thursday 8 June, 2017
Actor mistaken for terrorist after rehearsing lines on train in France
He was questioned by police after a guard overheard him say ‘weapon’ and ‘gun’.
# actor - Tuesday 23 May, 2017
James Bond actor Roger Moore dies aged 89
His family released a statement saying that he passed away following a battle with cancer.
# actor - Saturday 20 May, 2017
'I suddenly thought: 'Oh my god, I'm in Twin Peaks!'
We talked to the Irish actress Amy Shiels about the experience.
# actor - Thursday 9 March, 2017
Samuel L Jackson clarifies comments about British actors
He has criticised the system that allows black actors from overseas take prominent roles in American films.
# actor - Sunday 26 February, 2017
Titanic, Twister and Aliens actor Bill Paxton has died at the age of 61
The actor also starred in Terminator, Weird Science and Apollo 13.
# actor - Saturday 28 January, 2017
John Hurt, star of Alien and Harry Potter, dies at age 77
The British actor, who was twice nominated for an Oscar, had been battling cancer.
# actor - Monday 23 January, 2017
Stunt actor shot dead during Australian hip-hop band's video shoot
Police are investigating.
# actor - Friday 2 December, 2016
"A very sweet gentle and kind man" - John Cleese leads tributes to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs
Sachs died on 23 November and was buried yesterday.
# actor - Tuesday 4 October, 2016
Ben Stiller reveals he battled cancer for two years
The star attributes the saving of his life to the early taking of a specific prostate cancer test.
# actor - Thursday 8 September, 2016
10 feelings all Irish people have about Brendan Gleeson
He’s a great hugger. We can feel it.
# actor - Tuesday 30 August, 2016
Irish people are sharing their lovely memories of Gene Wilder and Willy Wonka
The face of Irish Christmas.
# actor - Saturday 13 August, 2016
Kenny Baker, actor who played R2-D2 in Star Wars, dies aged 83
Baker played the robot in the original Star Wars movie in 1977 and in the five following movies.
# actor - Wednesday 13 July, 2016
Jennifer Aniston slams tabloid media over pregnancy scrutiny
The Friends actress said that she is fed up of the body shaming that occurs “under the guise of journalism”.
# actor - Monday 20 June, 2016
Tributes paid to "supremely talented" Anton Yelchin after his tragic death
The 27-year-old died after his car rolled backwards, pinning him to a pillar outside his house.
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Poll: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
LAST WEEK, TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar announced further restrictions for a two-week period until Easter Sunday, 12 April.
Everybody in Ireland has been told to stay at home for two weeks, except essential workers travelling to work and other exceptions.
People who do leave their homes for exercise will be required to stay within a 2km radius.
Shielding or cocooning has also be introduced for all of those over 70 years of age and specific categories of people who are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19.
With everyone being asked to stay at home, people may find themselves with a lot more free time on their hands than usual.
So, today we want to know: Will you take up a new hobby over the next few weeks?
Poll Results:
No, I'm still working and haven't got a minute (461)
Yes, I plan to take up a new hobby (262)
No, I'll spend my time staring at the TV (143)
I'm not sure / no opinion (134)
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Opinion: Boris is England’s King Midas. All he touched turned to gold, but now must be disinfected
By Peter Flanagan - @peterflanagan
Peter Flanagan says Covid-19 has stripped Johnson of his dreams of a clean Brexit legacy.
Opinion: Emergency Covid-19 legislation harks back to the Civil War, ‘the Emergency’ and the Troubles
By Conor Casey
Conor Casey of Trinity College says a challenge to the new legislation would be unlikely to succeed.
The Irish For: Kiltartanese and a passionate affair. The story of Galway's Lady Gregory
By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Darach Ó Séaghdha follows the artistic path of one of Ireland’s most fascinating historical women.
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