Breaking Bad and Under the Dome star Dean Norris has shared a photo of the now-framed caricature portrait by Irish artist Niall O'Loughlin that he was presented with on RTÉ One's The Saturday Night Show.
Writing on his Twitter page, Norris said: "Thanks again @nialloloughlin @rtesatnightshow just back from framer hangin over my bar."
Norris was a guest on the Brendan O'Connor-hosted show earlier this month.
Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed he auditioned for the part of Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings.
The Prisoners star told The Hollywood Reporter, ""I remember auditioning for The Lord of the Rings, and going in and not being told that I needed a British accent.
"I had like one line, like 'Oh, the Ring!' or something, and I remember having to open up the case and see the ring, and doing it horribly.
"I really do remember Peter Jackson saying to me, 'You know that you have to do this in a British accent?' We heard back that it was literally one of the worst auditions."
Gearing up for the release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on December 13, we're giving you the chance to travel to London to attend an amazing global fan celebration on Monday November 4.
London will be host to one of four satellite-linked cinemas in cities across the globe as director Peter Jackson and members of his cast and filmmaking team gather with fans to show exclusive footage from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and answer questions in front of a live audience. Plus there will be competitions and giveaways on the night – including a chance to win tickets to the premiere in Berlin for the best fancy dress.
Lee Pace, Luke Evans and Andy Serkis will join Edith Bowman in London's Leicester Square venue, while Richard Armitage and Orlando Bloom join CNN anchor Anderson Cooper in New York, Evangeline Lilly joins from Los Angeles, and Peter Jackson himself joins from Wellington, New Zealand.
Each cinema will be connected by satellite, allowing audiences to participate in a simultaneous Q&A among participants in all four host locations, while fans at a further nine cities worldwide will be invited to gather at select cinemas to be among the first to see the extended footage debut and watch the festivities unfold live.
One lucky winner will receive a pair of tickets to the event, with travel and accommodation included! For your chance to win, just answer the question below. You must be available to travel to London on Monday November 4 – Tuesday November 5, and the winner will be contacted by phone on Friday November 1.
Bilbo accidentally discovers that Gollum's ring endows the wearer with this special power:
a) invisibility
b) super strength
c) time travel
d) mind reading
Send your answer, name, address and telephone number (NB!), marked London Comp (NB!) to: tencompetitions@rte.ie. One entry per person. Closing date Friday November 1. Prize is for trip to London event only on Monday November 4.
The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug is released across Ireland on December 13.
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Dates of travel are Monday November 4 – Tuesday November 5. Entrants must be able to comply with these dates.
Prize includes 2 x tickets to the fan event for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug on Monday November 4; 1 night hotel stay with breakfast, based on two people sharing one room; meet and greet return hotel transfers; travel insurance.
If winner is under 18 then his/her guest must be his/her parent or guardian.
Travel is to and from Dublin.
No one will be admitted without a ticket or after the event begins.
The hotel will take a credit card pre-authorisation or cash deposit to cover any incidentals.
Any potential winner and his/her proposed guest will be required to sign a prize acceptance and release form in order to be eligible to win and/or participate in the prize.
No cash alternative.
Prize is non-transferable.
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Dublin singer Barry McCormack has just released his fifth album, Cut Throat Lane and it's another love letter to the town he loves, and chronicles, so well. Watch him perform two songs right here.
The album is the latest from the former lead singer of celebrated Dublin lo-fi merchants Jubilee Allstars and once again, McCormack sings in the ballad tradition about the joy, the pain, and ruining his skinny jeans on a set shot through with mischievous humour. Catch him live in Cleere's Bar in Kilkenny on November 15th.
Watch Barry's interview with Alan Corr here.
Click below to see Barry perform two songs from Cut Throat Lane.
RTÉ has decided to retain the same mentoring procedure for next year's Eurovision Song Contest and has appointed five new Eurosong 2014 mentors in the search for a winning Irish song.
The Eurosong 2014 mentors are: Aslan guitarist Billy McGuinness, singer and songwriter Hazel Kaneswaran, RTÉ 2fm presenter and Kerbdog frontman Cormac Battle, band manager Valerie Roe and tour manager Mark Murphy.
RTÉ says that in the coming months the mentors "will source songs and singers who, in their view, should compete to best represent the country" at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen next May.
Mentors must submit details of their act and song to RTÉ by January 3, 2014 and recorded versions of the song should be submitted to RTÉ by February 3 2014.
Details of the five acts and songs will be announced in the New Year and the mentors' five chosen songs will be performed for the first time by their acts on The Late Late Show Eurosong 2014 on February 28, 2014.
The winner will once again be decided by a combination of public vote and regional jury.
The Semi-Finals of the 59th Eurovision Song Contest are set to take place on Tuesday May 6 and Thursday May 8 in Copenhagen. The Final is scheduled for Saturday, May 10.
Quotes from and contact details for the mentors:
Billy McGuinness: "Normally I wouldn't have had the time to be involved as a mentor for Eurovision, but with Aslan on a break I feel I can commit myself to finding a great song and singer to represent Ireland. If there are songwriters out there who want to send me songs please email: billymcguinness@gmail.com."
Hazel Kaneswaran: "I am really looking forward to mentoring my act for the Eurosong. I've always loved the Eurovision Song contest ever since I fell in love with Johnny Logan as a young child! Every year the Eurovision winner is different, so it's hard to know what the public want but I'll give it my best shot. Artists and songwriters can contact me by clicking on: www.hazelkaneswaran.ie.
Cormac Battle: "I thought they were joking when they asked me to be a mentor for Eurosong 2014 but on reflection I have been heavily involved in the music making process for a long time albeit in a different sphere - so why not? A brilliant song is a brilliant song no matter what. And this is one of the most exciting and challenging projects I have ever taken on. I am in it to win it. If anyone would like to contact me please email: eurobattle@rte.ie."
Valerie Roe: "Music is my first love and my vision for Ireland this year is to go back to our roots with a powerful song and an exceptional singer with strong production and the inimitable artistic style that Ireland is famed for worldwide. Artists and songwriters can contact me via my email: valerie@valerieroe.com."
Mark Murphy: "I got involved to find a great song and singer to represent Ireland. I feel there is so much musical talent out there that it's the right time to get involved and find the perfect song for Eurovision. I would love to hear from songwriters and artists and they can contact me via email: markmurphyeurosong@gmail.com."
RTÉ Eurovision Co-ordinator Michael Kealy said: "RTÉ wanted to again offer the Irish public a say in deciding who Ireland's Eurovision entry should be. We felt the last year's mentoring process was successful in delivering five strong acts which could represent Ireland.
"The five mentors this year represent a wide range of experience and talent and the songs and acts they choose will deliver a very thrilling and energetic Eurosong final in February."
Kanye West is said to be turning into a bridezilla and has big plans for his wedding day with Kim Kardashian.
The singer has vowed that their wedding will be the biggest show on earth and a source told RadarOnline.com that he is taking wedding planning very seriously.
The source said: "Kanye has a very specific vision of what the ceremony should look like and this won't be an understated or intimate event. Kanye wants the wedding to take place in Paris and has even indicated that he is willing to fly over Kim's family on his dime.
''Kim is just letting Kanye take charge, as she has done with all other parts of her life. She is being consulted on everything, but it's very different from how Kim handled her wedding to Kris [Humphries, in 2011].
''That was Kim's wedding. This is going to be Kanye's wedding.''
John Byrne talks to Dubliner Stuart Townsend about his starring role in new US drama Betrayal, which begins on Tuesday October 29 on RTÉ Two at 10:00pm.
While Irish actors have done extremely well in Hollywood in recent decades, it's very rare for someone from the Emerald Isle to land a leading role in a prime time American TV show. Dubliner Stuart Townsend has bucked that trend, and from Tuesday (October 29) you can see how he's getting on in a new drama called Betrayal as its European premiere takes place on RTÉ Two.
From ABC – the people whose previous shows include Desperate Housewives and, more recently, Revenge – this is a story based on the Dutch drama series Overspel, and stars Hannah Ware as Sara Hanley, a photographer, who begins an affair with Jack McAllister, a lawyer for a powerful family, played by Stuart Townsend.
The show's illicit lovers are both unhappily married to other people, but things begin to really get complicated when it transpires that a murder trial involves the cheating pair – and on separate sides of the case.
For Townsend (who looks remarkably fresh given that he'll be celebrating his 41st birthday in a couple of weeks), it's a huge opportunity to put himself centrestage in the Tinseltown shop window, a place where even a supporting role in a TV pilot that might not even be televised, is a major miracle.
On the blower from Chicago, where Betrayal is both filmed and set, he's in typically chirpy mood.
John Byrne: So, Stuart, how is the Windy City?
Stuart Townsend: It's very cold! It just got cold about five days ago. But up until then it had been beautiful. I was doing a running scene yesterday, down by the river, which is like a wind tunnel. And I'm in my little running gear. That was fun.
So tell us about your character in Betrayal, Jack McAllister?
He's a bit of a randy fella! Jack is part of this very powerful Chicago family. What we learn a little later in the pilot is that he was kind of brought into the family; he married into it, it's not his own family. He now works for them, he's married to the daughter, and all is going well. He's got two nice kids, he's got a nice house, got a nice life. He's rich.
But obviously that isn't enough for him?
He's got everything he could want – but he's a little dead inside. He spots this woman, and something happens, and feels alive for the first time. Initially, nothing happens. But they meet each other again and they get together. He takes this big leap – which is, of course, stupid – it has repercussions that you'll see later on in the show. But sometimes the heart just goes where it wants to go, and I think we can recognise that.
I see James Cromwell plays Jack's father-in-law. He was amazing in season two of American Horror Story. It must be fun working with him?
Yeah, he got an Emmy for American Horror Story. I haven't seen it yet, but I've heard about it. He's so amazing. He's 6' 7". He's a giant! He's an incredible actor. He's a very imposing man and yet he's such a nice man, such a gentleman. But he turns it on as Thatcher Karsten – he's such a badass! He really can be terrifying. It's great to work with him.
We're shooting episode number 10, and it's kind of amazing where the show has gone in terms of their relationship. I work for him in the beginning of the show and then, having this affair has the potential to put a lot of things in jeopardy, including the job and our relationship. And where the writers are taking it, I have to say, is really amazing.
Where would you pitch it? Is it a soap on stilts, like the classic Dallas?
Is it a soap? People call it a soap, and there are elements of that. But I call it a rocking solid drama. I think the first two episodes, you kind of have to just... in a way they're the set-up. They're not my favourite episodes, to be honest. They're solid but, really, the show gets going in number three. We've shot all these scripts and it's pretty exciting, I have to say. All the actors come on set and we're all talking about the next script. I think the audience should hang tight and see the first two episodes as just laying the groundwork. There'll be a major pay-off.
It's a family drama; it's got romance; it's got that whole thriller element with the murder; there's legal stuff. But, essentially, it's kind of relatable to everybody, because these are relationships that we all have: with our families, with ourselves.
The plot is pretty intricate. What they lay out in the pilot really gets explored and I have to say for me, as an actor, it's amazing. All these characters are multi-dimensional, and I don't know if you get that with a soap, normally. For me, it doesn't feel like we're doing a soap.
This is a great opportunity for you, isn't it?
I love working with good actors. Sometimes you can get on a show and the writers are doing it – there are so many variables. But in this show, you're working with professionals across the board. And they're very good. I'm really enjoying it.
Betrayal begins on Tuesday October 29 on RTÉ Two at 10.00pm
Actor Jason Barry, whose character Dano was the main talking point after Sunday night's episode of Love/Hate, speaks about his role on the show.
Warning: spoiler alert!
How did it feel when you read the script describing Dano's death?
Jason Barry: I knew last year [after season three] from talking with Stuart Carolan [Love/Hate creator] that Dano's days were numbered in season four. Firstly, I was happy that he was brought back but nervous about how he would exit. Dano and Nidge [Tom Vaughan-Lawlor] can't exist in the same world so I figured Stuart would kill him off rather than just have him drive off into the sunset. Stuart really has given Dano the exit he deserves. It's brutal and sad all rolled into one.
Dano believes in everything he stands for so to go out trying to stand up against the tree after being kneecapped is very important. You may not like the character but he is true to himself to the bitter end. He feels like a boxer who has never been knocked down and wants to keep that pride to the bitter end. It's an incredibly powerful scene and I am very grateful to Stuart that he let Dano go out that way.
How did you prepare for the scene?
Dano believes that he is about to finally get Nidge, but in a few quick beats you have to portray the high of thinking he is finally avenging his father to the realisation that he is being stabbed in the back. All that happens in a few seconds so you have to rely on instinct as an actor. After being shot and crawling along the ground and then standing by the tree is different: you just let the physicality of the scene take over which in turn leads into the emotional side towards the end. You just have to go with it and trust in it.
What will you miss most about Love/Hate?
I will miss working with the cast and crew. [They are] A truly great bunch of people and I hope they all go on to do great things in the future. As an actor, I will miss being part of a quality show. When you look at your CV it's split between good, bad and ok work so to be part of a good show is great and I will miss that. I will also miss filming in Dublin. Love/Hate has really excited me again about working back home so I hope the show will lead to more work in Ireland.
What was your favourite scene during your time on Love/Hate?
Favourite scene? It has to be firing away like a mad man on the AK47. Great fun!
Did you enjoy playing the character of Dano?
I did enjoy playing Dano. It's a role I have not played before and I enjoyed going to the dark side of my soul. He was such a complex character even though he didn't come across as the brightest tool in the box. I actually felt a bit sorry for him at the end. I mean, after all – all he wanted was to get the guys who killed his dad.
What's up next for you as an actor?
I'm just finished a film called F2014 about the history of FIFA with Sam Neill and Tim Roth. [I'm] Back to working on my script Marathon Men, which I hope to get made in the next year or two in Ireland.
Love/Hate continues on Sunday November 3 at 9.30pm on RTÉ One.
Have a look at some of Dano's moments from Love/Hate below.
Michael Fassbender graces the front cover of the December issue of British Elle magazine, the second time a solo male star has appeared on the cover.
The 12 Years A Slave star spoke to the magazine about his looks, revealing that he "never really thought" of himself as attractive.
Fassbender said: "I think of myself as, you know, alright. I used to have bad acne as a teenager, so all of this is a bonus now, the fact that I don't have pimples anymore.
"And my hair was also, you know, unfortunate. I had really long hair. I mean, I tied it back most of the time, but I had all these frizzy bits coming off the top and whenever I let the hair down, it went like this [indicates big, bushy frizz]."
The actor was shot by renowned English photographer David Bailey for the limited edition cover.
Fassbender follows in the footsteps of footballer David Beckham who became British Elle's first male solo cover star in July 2012.
Hayden Panettiere has admitted that she thought her career was over after Heroes was axed.
The actress starred in the NBC series from 2006-2010 and when the show was axed she thought nobody else would take a chance on her.
The Nashville star told PA: "It hit me like a tonne of bricks – there is a genuine possibility that no-one will ever take another chance on me.
"That was an important gap between Heroes and this show [Nashville], a huge transition to make gracefully. I don't know how gracefully I did it, but somehow I did."
Panettiere plays diva Juliette Barnes in Nashville and enjoys playing the role.
"Nashville was perfect timing with the perfect character. Juliette is so not the good girl that I played on Heroes, but she has to put on the facade as a good girl to get what she wants," she said.
"Juliette is tough, but when she cries, she means it. She's a very damaged young woman running from a dark past. How much more perfect could I ask for?"
The 24-year-old star added: "A lot of what I've drawn from is my own personal experience. I grew up in the entertainment industry, in the spotlight, and have had to deal with some of the same struggles. In this business, there are so many doors wide open to walk through and it looks like the normal thing to do.
"The difference is I've always had people around me to yank me back before I went too far."
The Paperboy star Nicole Kidman has revealed that Keith Urban is her "great love" and although she was previously married to Tom Cruise, she thinks their split gave her time to mature.
The 46-year-old actress, who wed Urban in 2006, admitted that she wasn't ready to make such a huge commitment to Tom Cruise when she was in her early twenties.
Speaking to Vanity Fair, Kidman said: "With no disrespect to what I had with Tom, I've met my great love now. And I really did not know if that was going to happen. I wanted it, but I didn't want it for a while, because I didn't want to jump from one relationship to another. I had a lot of time alone, which was really, really good, because I was a child, really, when I got married [to Cruise]. And I needed to grow up."
Kidman further explained that she thinks love can be "very intoxicating" as there is somebody else who understands exactly what you're going through in life and you can live in your own "bubble".
She added: "There is something about that sort of existence that, if you really focus on each other and you're in that bubble, it's very intoxicating, because it's just the two of you.
"And there is only one other person that's going through it. So it brings you very close, and it's deeply romantic."
RTÉ TEN is giving you the chance to win tickets to see the Three Phantoms at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre from 19-20 November.
Matthew Cammelle, Stephen John Davis and Glyn Kerslake will perform and host an evening that celebrates what has become the world's most successful entertainment phenomenon, the story of The Phantom of the Opera.
The evening also features songs from other musicals including Les Misérables, West Side Story, Spamalot, Kiss Me Kate, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Rock of Ages and Wicked, to name but a few.
To be in with a chance of winning this fantastic prize, just answer the question below and send your answer to tencompetitions@rte.ie. Please include your name, address and contact phone number and put Three Phantoms Comp in the subject line.
Who composed the score for The Phantom of the Opera musical?
General RTÉ Competition rules apply, a copy of which is viewable here. This competition will close on November 15, 2013 at 2pm. There is no cash alternative and decision is final.
Legendary musician Lou Reed has died at the age of 71.
Reed, who is best know for his work as singer, songwriter and guitarist for The Velvet Underground, has passed away six months after having a liver transplant in May.
His literary agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed that he died of a liver-related illness yesterday morning (October 27) in Southampton, New York.
Wylie said: "He was as great an artist as it's possible to be in my opinion".
Reed first rose to prominence with The Velvet Underground in the 1960s, the band he founded with John Cale.
They became one of the most influential in rock by fusing art and music in New York through their collaboration with artist Andy Warhol.
Warhol designed the banana image which the band featured it on its first album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, in 1967.
Although The Velvet Underground only enjoyed limited commercial success in the 1960s, the band became hugely popular in the subsequent decades.
They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
Reed, whose solo hits include the classics Walk on the Wide Side, Perfect Day and Satellite of Love, released 20 solo studio albums from 1972 to 2007.
Reed is survived by his wife, performance artist Laurie Anderson, who he married in 2008.
Since the news of his death, tributes have poured in from from fans and stars across the entertainment world.
Deborah Meaden has been voted out of Strictly Come Dancing.
The Dragons' Den star is the fourth celebrity contestant to leave the competition, following fashion designer Julien Macdonald's departure last week.
Casualty actor Patrick Robinson and his partner Anya Garnis were in the bottom two with Meaden and her partner Robin Windsor, after the viewers' votes and judges' scores were combined.
Both couples repeated their dances to fight to stay in the competition. Meaden and Windsor performed a Viennese waltz to James Brown's It's a Man's Man's World, while Robinson and Garnis performed a salsa to Little Mix's Wings.
Judges Bruno Tonioli, Craig Revel Horwood and Darcey Bussell each chose to save Robinson, with head judge Len Goodman agreeing that he would have done the same.
Meaden said of taking part in the series: "I can't tell you. Strictly gave me a gift but the big gift that Strictly gave me was this guy [Windsor]. To teach me to dance, to find something I never even knew I could do and to make it the best. He's wonderful. There's going to be tears. No, I'm a dragon, there'll be no tears."
Strictly Come Dancing continues on BBC One on Saturday November 2 at 6.30pm.
Olivia Wilde and her fiancé Jason Sudeikis are expecting their first child.
The House actress's spokesperson confirmed the news that she is pregnant with their first baby, according to People.
A source told the publication: "They are incredibly happy. They're very excited to welcome a new member into their family."
Wilde and Sudeikis met on Saturday Night Live in 2011 and began dating six months later. Sudeikis popped the question in January 2013, but a date for their wedding has not yet been set.
Rush star Wilde tweeted at the time: "Thanks for all the sweet congratulatory love, friends! And may I compliment your savvy use of that nifty engagement ring emoticon."
She recently insisted that she is in no rush to marry the actor, saying: "I think being engaged is really fun and I am in no rush. I think it's really wonderful, I feel really lucky and happy."
X Factor hopefuls Miss Dynamix are the third act to be voted off the singing competition.
The group were placed in the bottom two on Saturday night's show following the flash vote and were joined on Sunday by Hannah Barrett from Nicole Scherzinger's category.
Miss Dynamix performed a version of Swedish House Mafia's hit Don't You Worry Child and Hannah sang Emeli Sande's Read All About It.
Gary Barlow was the only judge to vote to keep Miss Dynamix with Nicole, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh favouring Hannah's performance.
Simon Cowell however took to Twitter to give his opinion saying that he would have chosen to save the girl group.
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Warning: Spoiler alert! The first fatality of the series took place in last night's episode of Love/Hate, but who was it?
Viewers watched as republican terror boss Dano (Jason Barry) was kneecapped by an assailant who told him: "The movement doesn't need riff raff like you."
Dano was left crawling in the mud while Sinead O'Connor's This Is A Rebel Song played out as he fought for his last few breaths.
It was a tense and violent episode, which saw Lizzie arrested for a road rage incident and Wayne kidnapped by Nidge and threatened with torture.
However, the rushed operation goes awry and everyone ends up getting arrested. Wayne denies to the police that he has been kidnapped – he's not a rat – and they are all released
Take a look at some shots from the episode below.
Lizzie has a bout of road rage and is arrested
Dano (Jason Barry) dies on Love/Hate
Jay Z has defended his working relationship with Barneys following the store being accused of racial profiling.
The star, real name Shawn Carter, has been urged by fans to pull out of a contract to design a clothing line for the retailer following two customers accusing the store of racially profiling them.
Carter made a statement on his website about the incident and explained his reasoning for staying quiet about the issue thus far.
"I move and speak based on facts and not emotion. I haven't made any comments because I am waiting on facts and the outcome of a meeting between community leaders and Barneys.
"Why am I being demonised, denounced and thrown on the cover of a newspaper for not speaking immediately? The negligent, erroneous reports and attacks on my character, intentions, and the spirit of this collaboration have forced me into a statement I didn't want to make without the full facts."
He added that another reason he is cautious to prematurely pull out of the project is because a large amount of the profits made from the collection will go to The Shawn Carter Foundation.
"This money is going to help individuals facing socio-economic hardships to help further their education at institutions of higher learning. My idea was born out of creativity and charity… not profit.
"Making a decision prematurely to pull out of this project wouldn't hurt Barneys or Shawn Carter, but all the people that stand a chance at higher education."
Love/Hate airs at 9.30pm tonight on RTÉ One.
Trish leaves the house
Wayne and Lizzie break in to Trish and Nidge's house
Nidge is home
Elmo, Nidge and Aido are chased by the Gardaí
Martin Sheen will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dubai International Film Festival.
This December mark's the film festivals 10th year and Martin Sheen will be awarded the highest accolade.
Sheen commented on the honour saying, ""I am truly honoured to accept the Dubai International Film Festival's 'Lifetime Achievement Award' and [I'm] looking forward to celebrating the region's gifted cinematic storytellers."
Previous winners of the award include Morgan Freeman, Oliver Stone and Sean Penn.
Peaches Geldof opened up about her "traumatic pregnancies" on last night's Saturday Night Show on RTÉ One.
The TV presenter told host Brendan O'Connor: "I had two quite traumatic pregnancies. With my first pregnancy I had something called Hyperemesis gravidarum, which everyone knows about now because Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge had it as well. It's really serious, people can die from it. I lost two stone, I was being sick up to forty times a day, continuously. It's like morning sickness but throughout the whole of your pregnancy.
"And then with my second child, it was a lot easier but I had a sort of thyroid problem, which is quite good actually because you can eat whatever you want, you don't have to have medication and you don't just don't gain any weight, ever."
The star, who is married to musician Thomas Cohen, also opened up about how her two sons, 17-month-old Astala Dylan Willow and 7-month-old Phaedra Bloom Forever, have kept her grounded.
She explained: "I do think that a lot of my life was spent working, and between working I was drifting around, going to different countries, I lived in American a lot and I kept moving back to the UK, and I was sort of rootless. And then when I had my children I was really anchored into one place, and my husband as well was keeping me there.
"Through that I found a really big sense of serenity and peace and became the sort of earth mother which no one would ever have predicted. It's definitely the best thing I've ever done."
You can watch Peaches full interview with Brendan on the RTÉ Player here.
David Beckham reportedly crashed into another car as he was leaving his home in Beverly Hills on Friday.
The star was apparently driving his black Range Rover with his 14-year-old son Brooklyn in the passenger seat when he collided with an oncoming vehicle at 2.30pm. Nobody was harmed in the accident.
Onlookers said that Beckham reversed back into his driveway after the collision and waited for police to arrive to the scene.
The Range Rover is thought to be worth between $60,000 and $76,195 and Beckham bought it in 2010. The other car involved was a white Acura 4x4.
Chris Brown has been arrested on suspicion of felony assault.
The R&B singer and a second man, believed to be one of his bodyguards, were arrested and charged in Washington DC at 4.30am this morning (October 27), the Washington Metropolitan Police Department has confirmed.
Both are accused of attacking an unnamed man outside the W Hotel. The victim is being evaluated at a hospital, according to website TMZ.
Brown is still on probation in relation to his 2009 assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna. The arrest could be considered as a violation of his probation which would result in Brown being sentenced to prison time.
The Fine China star was in town to host a party at the nearby Park and 14th nightclub before the alleged incident.
Classic movie characters and scenes inspire tonight's episode of The X Factor (8.00pm ITV); the gripping historical saga Atlantis continues, at 8.15pm on BBC One, and it's mud in your eye on Grand Designs,8.00pm, Channel 4. An entire castle of mud is being built by master craftsman Kevin McCabe in Devon.
The X Factor
8.00pm ITV
The Live Shows continue tonight, as contestants re-live some of their favourite classic movie moments as the theme is Movie Week. Dermot O'Leary presides over proceedings while judges and mentors Louis Walsh, Sharon Osbourne, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger take their seats behind the judges' desk to battle it out with their contestants. Louis has the Boys, Sharon the Overs, Gary the Groups and Nicole the Girls.
Atlantis
8.15pm BBC One
When a clandestine messenger brings unexpected news from outside the city, Ariadne calls on Jason and his friends to help guide her to the source. But leaving the citadel without raising the suspicions of the Queen is dangerous, especially with the revelation that it is Ariadne's exiled brother Therus who has sent for her. As Heptarian and the King's guards close in on his hiding place, Ariadne must decide where her loyalties lie - in Atlantis, or with her royal sibling. But Therus is determined his sister learns the truth behind his exile, exposing a plot that could overshadow Minos's power and bring the royal family to its knees.
Grand Designs
8.00pm Channel 4
Kevin McCloud (pictured) meets master craftsman Kevin McCabe who aims to build a castle made entirely of mud. McCabe has almost single-handedly kept alive this traditional way of building in rural Devon. But now he doesn't just want to build another so-called 'cob house', he wants to build a cob castle, desigened to meet particularly exacting environmental performance criteria. The house will be formed of two vast curved cob roundhouses - the largest of which is inspired by the natural geometry of a snail shell - connected by glazing and topped with undulating wild-flower meadow roofs. But to build it involves mixing and laying a mind- boggling 2000 tonnes of cob, all during warm sunny weather. But Kevin is determined to have the main cob walls up in a few months.
Seth MacFarlane's comedy Dads has gotten a full season order at Fox.
The controversial show from MacFarlane and Ted writers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild was given an initial run of six episodes which has now been extended to a full season.
Dads stars Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi as two 30-something video game designers whose oddball fathers (Martin Mull, Peter Riegert) come to live with them.
Fox's Reilly said of the show: "Fox has been looking to break into the multi-camera format for some time. With Dads, we have an asset that we can grow, and we're looking forward to seeing where the fantastic cast and the creative minds of Seth, Alec, Mike and Wellesley take us the rest of the season."
Stuart Townsend has been talking to RTÉ Ten about his latest role – starring in new US drama Betrayal.
The Dubliner plays Jack McAllister, a lawyer married into a powerful family who embarks on a love affair. Betrayal has its European debut next Tuesday (October 29) on RTÉ Two.
The series is currently being filmed on location in Chicago, but Townsend took time out from his busy schedule to talk to us about his latest role.
"He takes this big leap – which is, of course, stupid – it has repercussions that you'll see later on in the show," Townsend explains, when asked about Jack McAllister.
"But sometimes the heart just goes where it wants to go, and I think we can recognise that."
The full interview with Stuart Townsend will be here on RTÉ TEN from next Tuesday, the same day Betrayal starts on RTÉ Two.
Irish journalist David Walsh, who was instrumental in exposing doping offenders in cycling, has been shortlisted for the William Hill sports book of the year award.
Walsh's book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong is a strong contender for the prestigious prize.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has also been shortlisted for the William Hill sports book of the year award.
The Swedish striker is on the list for his autobiography, I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic, written with the journalist and author David Lagercrantz. The book tells the story of the player's poverty-stricken childhood and the fierce sense of dedication that led to his overwhelming career success. Should he win, the Paris Saint-Germain player would become the first active player to win the coveted prize.
Winning means a cheque for £25,000, and the lucky book is announced on November 27. The shortlisted books also include The Boys in the Boat: An Epic True-Life Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin by Daniel James Brown; The Sports Gene: What Makes the Perfect Athlete by David Epstein ; Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld by Ed Hawkins; and Doped: The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang by Jamie Reid.
Orlando Bloom has spoken out about his split from model Miranda Kerr.
The celebrity couple announced their break-up on Friday (October 25), after six years together.
When asked by a TMZ photographer how he was feeling, the actor said: "It's all pretty good and stable. We're not friends. We're family."
After he was asked why they broke up, Bloom shook his head and said: "Life is a mystery, you know. It doesn't always work out the way you want, but it's all good."
The Lord of the Rings star began dating the Victoria's Secret Model in 2007 and they married in July 2010.
The couple are parents to two-year-old son Flynn, who was born on January 6, 2011.
Bloom and Kerr announced that they have been separated for several months via a spokesperson on Friday.
The spokesperson said: "In a joint statement, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have announced they have been amicably separated for the past few months. After six years together, they have recently decided to formalise their separation.
"Despite this being the end of their marriage, they love, support and respect each other as both parents of their son and as family."
A previously unpublished Seamus Heaney poem, written shortly before his death, can be read in today's edition of the Irish Times and Guardian newspapers.
Heaney was invited by the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, to contribute to a memorial anthology to mark the centenary of the start of the first world war. The challenge was to respond in verse to poetry, letters and diaries from the time.
Heaney selected as the basis for his verses, Edward Thomas's poem, As The Team's Head Brass. Thomas wrote that celebrated poem in 1916 shortly before he asked to be posted to the front. Thomas died at Arras a year later, in 1917.
In response Heaney wrote In a Field, completed in June, two months before his own death and now published for the first time.
Peaches Geldof makes a return visit to The Saturday Night Show tomorrow to catch up with Brendan O'Connor.
After her last appearance in 2010, 24-year-old Geldof said she enjoyed "flirting" with the host. She's since married for the second time and she and hubby No 2, Thomas Cohen, have two sons Astala Dylan Willow and Phaedra Bloom Forever.
George Hook will also guest on O'Connor's show tomorrow night and the outspoken broadcaster will talk about all things sport, how his career bloomed later in life, and why he thinks that failure is the best incentive for success.
Chef Kevin Dundon will join the line-up to talk about a heart-breaking tragedy which his family went through during the summer. He will also discuss buying and cooking Irish food and the importance of country pubs.
Munster and Ireland hooker Damien Varley will reveal his hopes of launching a musical career when his playing days are over and will put his talent to the test when he performs Lean on Me with the Killaloe Gospel Choir.
Plus there will be a performance from The Rattling Kind who are featured on the Love/Hate soundtrack.
The Saturday Night Show airs on RTÉ One on Saturday, October 26th at 9.35pm
A spokesperson for Orlando Bloom has announced the pair have been separated for the past few months.
The couple have a two-year-old son, Flynn, together and were married for three years of their six year relationship. The separation has been described as amicable and they will continue to support each other in raising Flynn.
The spokesperson said: "In a joint statement, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr have announced they have been amicably separated for the past few months. After six years together, they have recently decided to formalise their separation.
"Despite this being the end of their marriage, they love, support and respect each other as both parents of their son and as family."
The Pirates of the Caribbean star began dating the Victoria's Secret model in 2007.
Just weeks ago Kerr gushed about Bloom's performance in a Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet saying: "When I saw Orlando on Broadway in Romeo and Juliet I was blown away. For someone to be able to learn all that and hold the energy to do it every day, six days a week – I have so much respect for him."
John Byrne talks to Colm Meaney about his latest role, playing singer Paul Potts' father in the biopic One Chance.
The nights are drawing in, it's getting colder, the Budget's been announced and there are more price increases on the way to put even more pressure on people. If ever we needed cheering-up, now would be good.
In times of austerity such as now, feel-good movies are almost essential in order to brighten up our days a little. Perfect timing comes in the shape of One Chance, a highly entertaining biopic of Paul Potts, the Welsh singer who managed to make his dreams come true.
Played by James Corden (of Gavin & Stacey fame), Potts is the Carphone Warehouse manager from Port Talbot in Wales whose reality TV victory on ITV show Britain's Got Talent turned him into a platinum-selling tenor. And this is his story.
The Devil Wears Prada and Marley & Me's director David Frankel is the man in charge of the clapperboard here, in a comedy-drama that brings movies such as Billy Elliot, The Full Monty and Rocky to mind.
Julie Walters plays Paul Potts' mother, while Dubliner Colm Meaney does the honours as Mr Potts.
John Byrne: It's one thing acting in a movie and quite another viewing the finished article. Are you happy with the way One Chance turned out?
Colm Meaney: I was just thrilled with it. You laugh, you cry – which is always good – you walk out with a smile on your face. It's ultimately a very uplifting film and anyone going to see it is in for a treat.
Just what we need right now – a bit of cheering-up?
I know people are having tough times and economically we're still in the doldrums, a lot of it of our own making, but this story – I wasn't familiar with it, I'm not familiar with British television – I didn't know the Paul Potts story. I thought he was a Cambodian dictator! It's really an uplifting story. The guy went through an awful lot of adversity and there were times he came close to giving it all up and quitting. And that's why the payoff at the end of the film is so big, because the guy has been through so much.
It's pretty much an inspirational story - as is your career, given that you came from humble beginnings in Dublin to become a Star Trek institution and enjoy a long career in movies...
I never thought of it that way... If young fellas grow up in Dublin, and grow up thinking of having a career in whatever field and believe that they can do it, well that's great.
And what was it like working with Julie Walters?
I've loved her since Educating Rita. She's an amazing and wonderful actress – she's just unique. And I finally got a chance to work with her, and she's a doll – a great character.
Julie's role as the mother is encouraging of Paul Potts, while your character's a more practical kind of person...
It's a classic situation. A working-class kid from a working-class background, and he decides he wants to be an opera singer. I can actually relate to this because it's a bit like me telling me da in Finglas: 'I want to be an actor'. And he's like: 'A what?'
And I think people see the dad in the movie as the bad guy, in a way, but in fact it's a perfectly understandable reaction. You want to make sure that your kid is alright. You want to make sure that he has a job. And also, just from an emotional point of view, you don't want him going out there and setting himself up for ridicule.
You're trying to knock some sense into them. 'Look, man – do your singing in the shower or whatever, but get on with it and get a job, and look after yourself'.
A Belfast Story was out recently in cinemas and you're still involved in Hell on Wheels on TV. You're certainly kept busy.
It's busy, yeah. Hell on Wheels is a great show and I love doing it. It's a great character. We've done three seasons and there will be a decision towards the end of the year whether to pick it up or not. But the numbers have been very good in America this year.
One Chance is on general release from October 25.
Former Girls Aloud singer Kimberley Walsh and Lions rugby coach and former player Warren Gatland will join Ryan Tubridy on tonight's Late Late Show.
Speaking to RTÉ TEN this morning, Ryan said: "It'll take some guts for Warren Gatland to come on the show given what Brian O'Driscoll said on the show last week but he's a big fella and well able to defend himself.
"Kimberley Walsh will also be on the show. She was part of one of the biggest pop groups in the world and she'll be talking to us about her bandmates Cheryl [Cole] and Nadine [Coyle] who is expecting her first child and of course she'll talk about Louis Walsh.
"Peter Murphy – his was a story that rocked the foundations of this state when news emerged that Bishop Casey was his father. Flying in especially for the show from America, Peter will give his version of events."
"Cork legend Seán Óg Ó hAilpín will be on the show, do we need to say more?"
Watch The Late Late Show tonight at 9.35pm on RTÉ One and you can also catch up with the show on the RTÉ Radio Player here (www.rte.ie/player)
Katy Perry knocks Pearl Jam over the top spot to debut at No 1 with her new album, Prism, while over on the singles chart, Lorde is back up where she belongs with the desolate beauty of Royals.
Rising Irish star Lisa O'Neill debuts at No 14 with her second album Same Cloth Or Not and could the game be up for Gaga? She limps into the top 10 with her new single, Do What U Want.
Ireland's Top 20 singles
2 (last week) 1 (this week) Royals Lorde (Lava/Republic)
3 2 Take Me To Church Hozier (Rubyworks)
1 3 Wings Birdy (14th Floor Records)
6 4 Roar Katy Perry (Virgin)
5 5 Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus (Rca)
4 6 Counting Stars Onerepublic (Interscope)
8 7 Hold On, We're Going Home Drake Feat. Majid Jordan (Cash Money)
12 8 Wake Me Up Avicii (Positiva)
9 Do What U Want Lady Gaga Feat. R. Kelly(Streamline/Interscope/Konlive)
11 10 Burn Ellie Goulding (Polydor)
26 11 I Won't Give Up Jason Mraz (Atlantic)
12 You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You James Arthur (Syco Music)
7 13 Talk Dirty Jason Derulo Feat. 2 Chainz (Warner Bros)
10 14 You Make Me Avicii (Prmd)
9 15 Summertime Sadness Lana Del Rey (Polydor)
15 16 The Fox Ylvis (Parlophone)
13 17 Bonfire Heart James Blunt (Atlantic)
19 18 Timber Pitbull Feat. Ke$Ha (Rca)
19 Beautiful Life Union J (Rca)
20 All Night Icona Pop (Atlantic)
Ireland's Top 20 albums
1 Prism Katy Perry (Virgin)
1 (last week) 2 (this week) Lightning Bolt Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench)
2 3 Am Arctic Monkeys (Domino)
4 4 In A Perfect World Kodaline (B-Unique)
5 Moon Landing James Blunt (Atlantic)
6 6 Our Version Of Events Emeli Sandé (Virgin)
13 7 Halcyon/Halcyon Days Ellie Goulding (Polydor)
3 8 Bangerz Miley Cyrus (Rca)
5 9 Mechanical Bull Kings Of Leon (Rca)
9 10 Up All Night One Direction (Syco Music)
7 11 Fire Within Birdy (14th Floor Records)
11 12 All The Little Lights Passenger (Nettwerk)
10 13 Friends For Life High Kings (Sony Classical)
14 Same Cloth Or Not Lisa O'Neill (Song Seeds)
8 15 Tribute John Newman (Island)
14 16 Take Me Home One Direction (Syco Music)
12 17 New Paul Mccartney (Hear Music)
18 The Lumineers The Lumineers (Decca)
20 19 Born To Die Lana Del Rey (Polydor)
23 20 Bad Moon Rising - The Collection Creedence Clearwater Revival (Spectrum)
Chart courtesy of IRMA
Jim Jennings has been appointed the Managing Director of RTÉ Radio following a public competition.
A former Head of RTÉ Radio 1 and Acting Managing Director of RTÉ Radio for the past six months, he has also worked as Executive Producer of The Late Late Show and began his career as a radio researcher in RTÉ.
Commenting, he said: "I'm delighted and honoured to take on the responsibility to lead the radio division, and RTÉ Orchestras, Quartet and Choirs.
"My career in RTÉ began in radio over 25 years ago and radio has always been close to my heart. It's a humbling experience to be taking on such an important role in media in Ireland."
Noel Curran, Director General RTÉ, said: "Jim Jennings has a huge range of editorial and management experience and a keen understanding of the unique position of RTÉ Radio nationally.
"As Head of Radio 1 he saw the station maintain its position as Ireland's most-listened-to radio service, a considerable achievement in a market that grows more competitive by the month.
"His track record of innovation around comedy, current-affairs and music; his public commitment to finding new on-air voices and his willingness to take risks for the audience, mean that it promises to be an exciting road ahead for RTÉ Radio 1, 2fm, lyric fm, Raidió na Gaeltachta and RTÉ's six digital radio services."
The Smiths' The Queen is Dead has topped a new NME poll of the greatest albums of all time, beating off competition from The Beatles and David Bowie.
The Smiths' third studio album was released in 1986 and is regrarded as the band's masterpiece with classics such as The Boy With The Thorn in His Side and Big Mouth Strikes Again.
The latest issue of the NME features a full rundown of The 500 greatest albums of all time as voted by the magazine and website's writers past and present, as well as previous NME top 50 albums of the year lists.
The magazine claims that The Queen is Dead is as relevant today as it was 27 years ago. "There's a perverse national pride to be gleaned from the knowledge that Britain was just as broken in 1986 as it is in 2013.
"No album is made in a vacuum, but The Queen Is Dead is one of the select few that seems to transcend its influences and synthesise them into something singular and new."
The Beatles' Revolver came second in the poll and Hunky Dory by David Bowie was third. Is This It by The Strokes came fourth and is the most recently released album in the top ten, while The Velvet Underground & Nico's eponymous album came fifth.
A new documentary tracing the Irish roots of the Gallagher brothers airs on TG4 tonight. Find out more here and check out our other viewing recommendations
Guth - Oasis, 9.30pm, TG4
How much do you really know about some of the biggest bands in the world? Guth is a six-part series documentary series looking at how Irish emigrants helped changed popular music. They may have left with little in their pockets but their hearts have been brimming with stories and songs from home.
Guth has looked at the music of Bing Crosby, John Lydon, Morrissey, Dusty Springfield and John Lennon. This week Oasis and the Gallagher brothers are getting the royal treatment. Born and raised in Manchester to Irish parents Peggy and Tommy, Liam and Noel's musical journey began long before they were born. Find out more tonight.
Oi Ginger! Reality Bites, 9.55pm, RTÉ Two
In this week's Reality Bites programme, stylist and fashion journalist Angela Scanlon, delves deep into one of Ireland's best known features – our red hair! As a natural red head, Angela reveals the highs and lows of growing up with this striking feature and reveals how only one per cent of the world's population have red hair.
Ireland has a much higher percentage of red hairs with over ten per cent and only the Scots have a higher proportion – so it really is something to be celebrated. So why isn't it? The presenter explores why there is so much prejudice against those with the 'ginger gene' and why on the one hand it is unacceptable to discriminate on someone's skin colour but all of those taboos go out the window when it comes to hair colour. Plus despite red heads having a reputation as hot tempered and passionate, research shows that red heads are least likely to be chatted up so Angela decides to put this to the test on a night out and brings us along to see how it all goes!
EY Entrepreneur of the Year, 10.50pm, RTÉ One
In the final of this year's EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, former Prime Time co-presenters Miriam O'Callaghan and Mark Little reunite to host the business awards. Over the past four weeks viewers have had the chance to follow the finalists, to listen to their personal stories and to learn more about their businesses before the winners are announced tonight. The 24 finalists come from a range of sectors in financial services, technology, agriculture and manufacturing and together they employ over 6,000 people and generate revenues of over €1 billion. Three winners will be announced from three different categories before the overall winner is revealed this evening.
Saoirse Ronan is replacing Rooney Mara in Intermission director John Crowley's adaptation of Colm Tóibín's best-selling novel Brooklyn.
In an interview with the Bleeding Cool website, Crowley said: "I'm gonna [sic] make a film called Brooklyn which is an adaptation of a novel by Colm Tóibín which Nick Hornby has adapted. We're going to do it next year."
Crowley continued: "That's a story about emigration from Ireland to America in the Fifties. A young woman, who's going to be played by Saoirse Ronan, about her story in America."
Brooklyn tells the story of Eilis Lacey as she leaves Ireland for New York, where she falls in love but later has to choose between her life in the US and her life back home.
Crowley's new film, the conspiracy thriller Closed Circuit, opens in Irish cinemas tomorrow, Friday October 25.
Northern Irish actor and The Fall star Jamie Doran is in negotiations to replace Charlie Hunnam as Christian Grey for the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey, according to a report.
The Hollywood Reporter says Dornan has been chosen by Universal to take over the role and talks are ongoing with a view to starting production in early November.
The former Calvin Klein model is best known for his role in The Fall opposite Gillian Anderson but has also appeared as the Huntsman in ABC's Once Upon A Time.
The report claims 31-year-old Dornan was contacted by the film-makers before Hunnam officially dropped out and was tested last Friday opposite female lead Dakota Johnson. The film is set to be directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.
There is a planned release date for the film of Aug 1 next year so Universal are under pressure to get filming started.
Twilight star Peter Facinelli is preparing to launch his first young adult novel, After The Red Rain.
The 39-year-old actor who portrayed vampire patriarch Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight films, has teamed up with authors Rob DeFranco and Barry Lyga to develop his first novel.
Speaking to EW, Facinelli said: "I love storytelling. Being an actor is a form of telling stories through characters. As a writer I get the opportunity to create the entire world that all the characters live in as opposed to focusing on one character or one part of the story. I enjoy being able to create and manipulate characters and events in order to tell a whole story.
"I have written two film scripts, but I have not tackled a novel before . . . (and) the task of writing a novel was overwhelming at first, and I am happy that I get to collaborate with Barry Lyga and Rob DeFranco. It makes the process less daunting when you get to bounce ideas off of others you respect, and Rob and I both feel very fortunate to work alongside Barry, who has experience in this form of storytelling."
Facinelli says he has a great fan base at home: "I do have my own Ya (young adult) test group at home. I've read some sample chapters to my 10-year-old and 16-year-old daughters (and) so far I'm getting thumbs up."
After The Red Rain is expected to be published in 2015.
Folk veteran Donovan says that he's proud to have helped The Beatles to write some of their most memorable songs and that he never dreamt he would still be talking about his time with the band all these years later.
"When I was in India with The Beatles, one of the deep areas John was getting in touch with was with his mother and I'm very connected with the song Julia," he told RTÉ Ten ahead of his gig in Dublin's Olympia this Saturday night (October 26th).
"John was diving deep and he said to me, 'You know how to write children's songs. I'm trying to write on about my mother . . . ' Where the song came from may have been his deep, deep heartache with his mother.
"I had been playing daily, for hours, a certain guitar style and chord structure. It was the claw hammer style and John learned it and as he was picking, tunes were coming out and his mother came out . . . he was trying to write a song about a childhood he never had.
"At the same time George was doing While My Guitar Gently Weeps. John wrote – Dear Prudence. So my favourites from the album were the ones where I was sat in a jungle in India with John and George. And Paul wrote Blackbird . . . they went back to their roots and I was the guy who helped them I'm so pleased to say."
The 68-year-old, who had hits with Catch the Wind and Mellow Yellow, has just released his new album, Shadows of Blue, and gave a talk on The Beatles' "White Album" in Trinity earlier this week.
Anthemic Dingle rockers Walking on Cars are playing an all ages matinee show in Dublin's Academy on Sunday, December 8th and RTÉ Ten is running a "bring your kid to their first gig" competition.
The band, who scored a hit with Two Stones, have sold out two headline shows at The Academy in December but this all-ages afternoon gig could be your little darling's rock 'n' roll baptism.
We've got two sets of double tickets, one for you and one for the little rocker in your life, to give away and to enter simply answer this question and send your answer marked "Walking on Cars" to: tencompetitions@rte.ie
What county in Ireland do Walking on Cars come from?
Closing date for entries is midnight on December 2nd.
The fivepiece, from the Dingle Peninsula, are made up of singer Patrick Sheehy, guitarists Sorcha Durham and Dan Devane, bassist Paul Flannery, and drummer Evan Hadnett.
They've released their debut EP As We Fly South and made apearances on The Late Late Show, Other Voices IMRO Other Room, and played Comic Relief Does Dublin in Vicar Street.
www.walkingoncars.com
Homeland has been renewed for a fourth season by Showtime, it has been confirmed.
The third season of the hit US drama, which stars Damian Lewis and Claire Danes, is currently airing on RTÉ Two on Tuesdays.
Showtime's entertainment proxy Davis Nevins said of the news: "Homeland continues to prove its strength for Showtime, and is one of television's most exciting, provocative and widely-discussed shows. It has grown its audience significantly in each of its three seasons."
Another Showtime drama Masters of Sex starring Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan has also been granted a second season. It's currently airing on Friday nights on RTÉ Two.
Nevins commented: "The critical and audience reaction to Masters of Sex since its great launch has been incredibly gratifying.
"It's a privilege to get to work with such talented and creative people as Alex Gansa and Michelle Ashford, as well as their tremendous casts. They have each created truly original shows, with distinctive voices that are among the most admired series on television."
The new trailer for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues has been released – and there's a cameo for former RTÉ News presenter Anne Doyle.
In Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues moustachioed broadcast supremo Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell) and sidekicks Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), Champ Kind (David Koechner) and Brick Tamland (Steve Carell) are headed to the Big Apple as they join a 24-hour Global News Network.
The film-makers have edited a special version of the trailer for fans in key Ron Burgundy support bases.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues is released in cinemas on Friday December 20.
Burgundy – In the best of company
He's already come a long way from the basement of the damned in The IT Crowd and now Chris O'Dowd is set to make his stage debut on Broadway with Hollywood heartthrob James Franco.
O'Dowd will play Lennie, a ranch hand with learning difficulties, in an adaptation of John Steinbeck's novello Of Mice and Men opposite Franco who is also making his Broadway debut as his friend George Milton.
The Roscommon-born actor has made huge inroads into Hollywood with his role in Bridesmaids and he was last seen on stage in 2008, when he made his West End debut opposite Catherine Tate.
Before that, he appeared in Druid theatre productions here in Ireland.
Former Westlife singer turned The Hit presenter Nicky Byrne and his wife Georgina are celebrating the birth of their third child.
The couple's daughter, Gia, was born this morning [Wednesday].
Writing on Twitter, Byrne said: "Our beautiful Baby Girl Gia was born today at 10:30am. She is absolutely beautiful, just like her mommy! We are thrilled Nico, G, Rocco & Jay."
The couple's twin sons, Rocco and Jay, are aged six.
Thor: The Dark World had its world premiere in London on Tuesday night – check out the stars and red carpet glamour.
Directed by Alan Taylor (Game of Thrones) and starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Kat Dennings, Thor: The Dark World follows the God of Thunder (Hemsworth) "on his most perilous and personal journey yet".
You can watch the premiere video by clicking the link above on your left.
Thor: The Dark World is released in cinemas on Wednesday October 30.
U2 have unveiled their first new song since 2009's No Line on the Horizon album in a trailer for the new Nelson Mandela movie.
But the track may not appear on the band's next album – due next year - as it was specifically written for the Mandela biopic Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
The movie stars Luther and The Wire actor Idris Elba in the lead role and is based on Mandela's 1994 autobiography.
It is reported the band are hoping to have their next album finished by the end of November so they can then decide on a final track listing.
Rumoured collaborations on the new album include Coldplay's Chris Martin and Danger Mouse.
Emmerdale has been named Best Soap for the first time at the Inside Soap Awards in London, and also won the awards for Best Storyline, Outstanding Achievement and Best Bad Boy.
Take a look at a red carpet gallery from the night here.
The Best Storyline award was for Cameron Murray's (Dominic Power) killer cover-up; the Outstanding Achievement award was for the show's 40th anniversary live episode and Power was honoured with the Best Bad Boy award for his portrayal of Murray.
EastEnders and Coronation Street also won four awards each.
EastEnders' Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning) was named Best Actress and there were also awards for three of her co-stars: Tameka Empson (Kim Fox) won the award for Funniest Female; Khali Best (Dexter Hartman) won Best Newcomer and Maisie Smith (Tiffany Butcher) was Best Young Actress.
Coronation Street's David Neilson (Roy Cropper) won Best Actor and there were also awards for three of his co-stars: Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames) won Best Bitch; Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald) won Funniest Male and Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre) was Sexiest Female for the fifth year running.
The award for Best Drama went to Waterloo Road; Home and Away was named Best Daytime Soap with the Australian show's Steve Peacocke (Darryl 'Brax' Braxton) winning the Best Daytime Star award.
Hollyoaks' Danny Mac took the Sexiest Male award for his performance as Mark 'Dodger' Savage.
The Winners:
Best Soap - Emmerdale
Best Actor - David Neilson (Roy Cropper, Coronation Street)
Best Actress - Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning, EastEnders)
Best Newcomer - Khali Best (Dexter Hartman, EastEnders)
Best Young Actor - Maisie Smith (Tiffany Butcher, EastEnders)
Best Daytime Star - Steve Peacocke (Darryl 'Brax' Braxton, Home and Away)
Best Drama - Waterloo Road
Best Daytime Soap - Home and Away
Best Storyline - Cameron's killer cover-up (Emmerdale)
Outstanding Achievement - Emmerdale: 40th Anniversary Live Episode
Best Bad Boy - Dominic Power (Cameron Murray, Emmerdale)
Best Bitch - Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames, Coronation Street)
Funniest Female - Tameka Empson (Kim Fox, EastEnders)
Funniest Male - Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald, Coronation Street)
Sexiest Female - Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street)
Sexiest Male - Danny Mac (Mark 'Dodger' Savage, Hollyoaks)
Best Actress winner Jacqueline Jossa
Hollyoaks star Danny Mac with his Sexiest Male award
Emmerdale stars Michelle Hardwick, Zoe Henry, Dominic Brunt and Charley Webb
New stills from this Sunday's fourth episode of Love/Hate have been released.
Warning: spoiler alert!
In episode four, Moynihan's (Brían F O'Byrne) surveillance operation closes in on Nidge (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor) and Andrew's (Peter O'Meara) dummy run bringing in a shipment of mixing agent.
Fran (Peter Coonan), meanwhile, plots a gruesome revenge.
Love/Hate is on RTÉ One on Sunday October 27 at 9:30pm.
