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Faith healer

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Mitch Albom is the picture of American health. His skin glows, his dark-brown eyes twinkle and his thick thatch of black hair springs away from his scalp with uncontrollable vigour. All of this despite the fact that he is just off an overnight flight from his home in Detroit. His wife is still asleep upstairs (she travels with him on his press trips) and he is wearing what can only be described as daytime pyjamas -- a grey T-shirt and navy trousers -- and heartily slurps his coffee between enthusiastic bouts of conversation.

Claws out for Jordan in jungle

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The cat claws were fully extended this week in celebland. Glamour model Nicola McLean took the first swipe as she bad-mouthed Katie Price's I'm A Celeb antics in the jungle.

Palin gives Levi a dressing down

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Sarah Palin is not amused that the father of her grandchild Levi Johnston appears nude in this month's Playgirl magazine.

at last, hollywood pays homage to its grand dame

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Concerned about Oscar night's flagging TV ratings, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this year decided to remove the awarding of its honorary Oscars from the main event in March in order to devote more time to showcasing the nominated films. So it was at a comparatively low-key event in the Kodak Theatre's Grand Ballroom last Sunday night that Lauren Bacall was given an Oscar in honour of her life's achievements.

Life is no piece of cake for Butler

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Scottish super-hunk Gerard Butler has revealed rumours surrounding his personal life are "getting ridiculous".

Duffy's heartache behind the mask

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

BOYZONE'S Keith Duffy last night described the pain of struggling to come to terms with the death of his "dear friend" Stephen Gately.

Apocalypse wow!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

For a society so worried about the state of the planet, we seem to get a perverse thrill out of seeing it destroyed for fun. That, at least, is the theory those in the entertainment business seem to be working off at the moment.

Spall: Burton's Alice fantastic

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:02:37 +0000

Timothy Spall has said viewers can expect great things from Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland.

Kevin Jonas on Camp Rock sequel

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:57:29 +0000

Kevin and Nick Jonas may have played second and third fiddle to brother Joe in Camp Rock but we'll be seeing more of them in the sequel.

Stephen Fry to host film themes gig

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:42:03 +0000

Stephen Fry is to host a concert of movie themes from films such as Star Wars for charity.

Twilight film breaks UK record

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:07:05 +0000

Robert Pattinson's latest screen outing New Moon has broken the all-time midnight opening record in the UK and Ireland.

Carrey tweets about Jane's wedding

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:52:22 +0000

Jim Carrey has tweeted his joy at giving away daughter Jane during her recent wedding.

The loneliness of the Far0e-away manager

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Former Ireland football manager Brian Kerr now coaches the Faroe Islands squad, and just in case we weren't aware what this comedown meant, reporter Darren Frehill informed us at the outset of Away with the Faroes (RTE2) that Kerr's new employers constitute "possibly football's worst team", with eight years of "calamitous results" behind them.

Battle of the SexesSunday, RTE1, 9.30pm

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

When I was a small boy, which is neither today nor yesterday, family holidays down the country were no excuse for not going to mass. And when visiting those rural churches of a Sunday, I remember noticing an intriguing division of the sexes. While the pews up front were packed with devout and whispering women who sported headscarves (this would have been the early 70s) and knew the order of the mass better than the priest, most of the men would loiter at the rear, in the doorway or on the steps outside.

Making a mockery of Irish politics

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

'It's awkward," laughs Ardal O'Hanlon, "there's no escaping that." He's referring to the fact that, in his latest comedy venture, he plays a character whose circumstances are not entirely different from his dad's. Rory O'Hanlon, a former Ceann Comhairle, has been a TD for more than 30 years, and in Val Falvey TD Ardal is also a Teachta Dála -- though, it has to be said, of an altogether less distinguished variety.

Brown changes his tune over 'talented' Jedward

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Gordon Brown offered an olive branch to 'The X Factor' contestants 'Jedward' yesterday, insisting they were "very good" at some things after publicly criticising their singing.

I'll take a pay cut, says Alan Carr

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:14:29 +0000

Alan Carr has said he is "all for" taking a pay cut when his contract is renewed, saying people must pull together in the recession.

British army commits equipment worth millions ... to 'Top Gear'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:02:40 +0000

Whether it is trying to blast a Lotus sports car off the road with an Apache helicopter, or using an RAF Typhoon to race the world's fastest road car, no series of Top Gear would be complete without some sort of high-octane cameo from the British armed forces.

Don't stand so close -- Sting in ghostly encounter

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Sting has claimed he once confronted a ghost which wandered into his room in the dead of night.

Telethon for Ricky Martin charity

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:37:08 +0000

Latin superstar Ricky Martin is teaming up with a German broadcaster to support his foundation and the children of his native Puerto Rico.

50 Cent hopes to offload mansion

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:57:13 +0000

50 Cent is hoping to offload his 19-bedroom mansion because it is too big even for a hip-hop star of his status.

Eminem's Relapse 2 out in 2010

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:27:05 +0000

Eminem's new album Relapse 2 will be released in 2010, it has been announced.

J-Lo plans special TV performance

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:07:12 +0000

Jennifer Lopez is planning a show-stopping performance for the American Music Awards.

Turner and Hawley team up on stage

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:57:17 +0000

Arctic Monkeys' frontman Alex Turner has joined Richard Hawley on stage - the man he claimed he "robbed" of the Mercury Prize in 2006.

Crosbie keeping the dream alive

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

THE show must go on should be Harry Crosbie's mantra, especially as he's got €75m riding on it.

'I've been seeing ghosts since I was 10 years old, and there are plenty of others who've seen them too...'

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Richard T. Cooke was 10 years old when he had the first of his many experiences with the supernatural world. He was fishing for eels on his own beside the River Lee in Cork when he slipped and fell into the fast-moving water.

Spirits that go bump in the night...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Leap Castle, Birr, Co Offaly, is said to be the most haunted castle in Ireland. It was once the stronghold of the O'Carrolls and in the 16th century, O'Carroll of the Leap massacred a rural branch of his clan there.

Review: The Ghosts of Versailles

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Coming in a co-production with St Louis and Vancouver, the first of this year's Wexford Festival operas -- John Corigliano's 'The Ghosts of Versailles' -- is a European premiere.

The Twilight Zone: Robert Pattinson

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

ROBERT PATTINSON is going to have to start wearing earplugs in public. When he took on the role of brooding young vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight last year, he was transformed overnight into a teen idol. Now that the sequel, New Moon, is on the cusp of release, the screams from the hordes of adolescent girls who follow his every move are set to be deafening.

Movies: Le premier jour du reste de ta vie * * * *

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:08:08 +0000

Family matters

Movies: The Informant * * * *

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:03:53 +0000

Stranger than fiction

Review of the Week: Rodrigo Y Gabriela * * *

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Mexican fiesta

Night Watch: Baz Ashmany

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Frozen in front of the bathroom mirror, I've been feeling sorry for myself for a good 15 minutes now. I seem to be pruning myself more and more lately.

Christmas Crackers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Paul Whiitington previews the big movies that will be coming to a cinema near you this festive season