Rose Byrne returns in X-Men: Apocalypse

Rose Byrne will reprise her role as Moira MacTaggert in X-Men: Apocalypse.

According to Entertainment Weekly, she will join Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Storm, who will also be reintroduced into the hugely successful Marvel Comics' franchise.

Apocalypse writer Simon Kinberg said she will have a significant role in the film. "We ended First Class with Charles having wiped portions of her memory of her experience with the X-Men. They are, essentially, strangers to her when she meets them," he explained.

Kinberg also teased a possible Professor X plot, saying: "It's certainly a rich relationship that we started to dig into in First Class and would like to mine more in this one."

Although details about the film are being kept under wraps, Kinberg acknowledged that the film will mark the end of an arc for the main characters in the franchise.

"This movie is the completion of the first arcs of Charles, Eric, Raven, and Hank, who are essentially our main characters," he said.

"They're such young actors and young characters, so there's a lot more story to tell. But as a first phase of their lives, there is this feeling of closure by the end of the movie."

X-Men: Apocalypse is expected to be released in May 2016.

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CBS lands Bryan Cranston's Sneaky Pete pilot

CBS has picked up the pilot for Bryan Cranston's criminal drama, Sneaky Pete.

The show has been co-written by the former Breaking Bad and Malcolm in the Middle star and House creator David Shore who will both serve as executive producers.

The series will follow a con man in his 30's, who assumes the identity of an old cellmate when he is released from jail.

He uses the new identity to hide from debtors by working for his new family's bail bond business.

There, he will use his new job and alias to take down worse criminals than himself, teaming up with his pretty 'cousin' who grows suspicious of his motives.

Meanwhile, Cranston's latest film project, Kung Fu Panda 3, has recently been pushed back to March 18, 2016 to avoid a clash with the upcoming Star Wars movie, The Force Awakens.

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Watch! Big Hero 6 producer Roy Conli

With Big Hero 6 now in cinemas, we caught up with its producer Roy Conli on his recent visit to Dublin to talk about the "Disney movie with Marvel DNA". 

Read our review of Big Hero 6 here.

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Val Kilmer recovering after throat surgery

Val Kilmer is reported to be recovering in hospital after throat surgery to remove a suspected tumour.

According to TMZ, the actor – who played the Dark Knight in Batman Forever - was taken to UCLA Medical Centre in Santa Monica for treatment earlier this week.

The 55-year-old sought medical attention after apparently bleeding from the throat last Monday, January 26.

It's not clear if the condition is linked to a problem he suffered with last year, when he told a small claims court judge he was unable to speak because his tongue was swollen, during a dispute with his former landlord.

Kilmer was last spotted in public with his son Jack on January 16 at a Los Angeles Clippers' basketball game.

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Aguilera excited to be working with Pharrell

Christina Aguilera has spoken about working with Pharrell WIlliams on her new album.

Aguilera revealed that she has worked with the performer and producer – who is a fellow coach on The US version of The Voice - on her upcoming eighth album.

"During my pregnancy, I had a meeting with him and just connected on where I want to take the next album, and we started talking music, and he has one song in particular that I love," Aguilera said.

"I just have to make sure it's right and it's genuine and it's heartfelt and I'm very excited to pour my heart out into this record fully.

"I've been gathering and writing and coming up with these amazing ideas for different parts of how I was feeling during the past year, so I'm really excited to vocalise all of it and make it all come together.

"Hopefully, [there will be] more duets and discovering new talent," she added. "It's exciting, I just love the creative process."

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Happy 21st Birthday Harry Styles!

Hard to believe that Harry Styles will be 21 tomorrow - One Direction have become so huge, it feels like he's been around for eva!

Styles is apparently planning on spending his big day tomorrow with his girlfriend Nadine Leopold.

Reports are that he and the Victoria Secret model are smitten and spending much of their free time together in Los Angeles.

The couple have apparently been dating since the Austrian model's agent introduced the pair in November.

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Watch! Meet Henry Hugglemonster's creator

To mark the return of Henry Hugglemonster to Disney Junior on Monday February 2, RTÉ TEN caught up with show creator and executive producer Niamh Sharkey to find out more about Henry's new adventures.

Watch the interview below!

The animated series, which is produced by Dublin company Brown Bag Films and adapted from Niamh Sharkey's I'm a Happy Hugglewug books, follows "the middle child in a happy, madcap close-knit monster family".

Speaking to TEN about the new series, Niamh Sharkey said: "Last season it was more focussed on family, and this season Henry is going out there and he's having different experiences without his family and without his sisters.

"There are a lot of stories with Denzel and Estelle and with his friends and all of the hijinks they get up to."

Hold on to your monster horns, and watch Henry Hugglemonster season two on Disney Junior at 5:50pm from February 2 every weekday.

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Watch! What is your most-loved Irish poem?

The Irish public are one step closer to finding out what the nation's most-loved poem is with five of the ten shortlisted poems being revealed on The John Murray Show this morning. Watch our interview with jury members Anne Doyle and Damien Dempsey below.

The five poems revealed on today's John Murray Show were - Easter 1916 by William Butler Yeats;  A Christmas Childhood by Patrick Kavanagh; Making Love Outside Áras an Uachtaráin by Paul Durcan; Fill Arís by Seán Ó Ríordáin and Quarantine by Eavan Boland.

The remaining five poems will be announced at 8.30pm this evening on RTÉ One's The Works, hosted by John Kelly.

Over the next five weeks, running up to the public voting deadline on Sunday, March 8, RTÉ will be asking the public to choose their best-loved of the ten. The poem with the most votes will be revealed on Friday, March 13, 2015.

All 10 poems will be featured in full on the website, and there will be information on each poem and poet, plus video and audio clips from the RTÉ Archives on the official website.

The site will also feature performances of each poem by past and current prize winners of Poetry Aloud, the national poetry-speaking competition for secondary school children.

The public will decide what is Ireland's best-loved poem of the past 100 years is and can vote by going to www.rte.ie/apoemforireland or by Freepost to A Poem For Ireland, PO Box 12575, Freepost F5087, Dublin 4.

Voting will remain open until Sunday March 8 and Ireland's Best-Loved Poem of the Past 100 Years will be announced on Friday, March 13, 2015.

For further info click here

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TEN marks the anniversary of Luke Kelly's death

Today is the 31st anniversary of Luke Kelly's death at the age of 43. We mark the passing of one of Ireland's greatest ever singers with this video tribute.

In this clip from RTÉ's series The Humours of Donnybrook, Luke explains how he met Patrick Kavanagh in The Bailey pub in Dublin. During the encounter, Kavanagh told him he had a song for him... and what a song it was. 

Luke Kelly singing Kelly The Boy from Killane in 1973 in Germany

Luke sings The Auld Triangle in Liedercircus, Germany 1976

Luke sings The Black Velvet Band on The Talk Show In England In 1970.

The Dubliners perform Muirsheen Durkin on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1968

Add to our playlist and let us know what your favourite Luke Kelly song is. 

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'The week that will change EastEnders forever'

It's the week EastEnders' fans have been waiting for - a week that will "change Albert Square forever" - the soap will go live every night, there's a Graham Norton special and a flashback episode. 

BBC One will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of EastEnders from Monday 16 until Friday 20 February.
 
The channel is marking the occasion by going live all week and promises explosive drama, special shows plus a flashback episode. 

A statement from an EastEnders spokesperson reads: "With shocking revelations and unguessable twists, it's going to be a week that will change Albert Square forever. There will be a series of live elements in all the episodes that week, with the fully live half hour episode on Friday night at 8pm."
 
Charlotte Moore, Controller BBC One says: "BBC One will mark the 30th Anniversary of its flagship series with the most ambitious week of live television drama ever attempted. The truth will out as Lucy Beale's killer is finally exposed to the nation. Alongside the unmissable drama, we have a Graham Norton special and Zoe Ball will present a live backstage show with Ore Oduba and Joe Swash to complete proceedings - it's going to be off the scale!"
 
Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Executive Producer, EastEnders says: "As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we have set ourselves an enormous challenge - a week of live scenes, a form-breaking flashback, a live episode, story twists that will leave a lump in the throat and a few moments that will elicit genuine gasps from our audience. Having the week bookmarked with some of our most iconic characters on Graham's sofa and Zoe's live aftermath show coming direct from Albert Square as the dust is just settling, elevates this into the biggest week ever for EastEnders fans old and new."
 
The Graham Norton Show EastEnders Special kicks the week off on Monday night and will give a nod to the past and welcome the future. Stars joining Norton include June Brown, Pam St Clement, Adam Woodyatt, Letitia Dean, Kellie Bright, John Altman, Richard Blackwood, Jessie Wallace, Shane Richie and Danny Dyer. 

During the special week of programming some of EastEnders' most iconic characters will make a return to the Square. Barbara Windsor will reprise her role as Peggy Mitchell for one episode where she makes a visit to her beloved Queen Victoria. Jo Joyner and John Partridge will also reprise their roles as Tanya Cross and Christian Clarke to attend Ian and Jane's wedding as part of the celebrations.
 
Viewers will also discover who killed Lucy Beale and have an opportunity to see exactly how and why it happened on Thursday in a flashback special at 9.30pm. This episode will fill in the blanks and answer questions that have been haunting the residents of Walford since last year. Hetti Bywater will be reprising her role as Lucy Beale, as will Tanya Franks (Rainie Cross) and Jamie Lomas (Jake Stone).

Zoe Ball goes backstage live at 8.30pm on Friday, to interbiw the cast immediately after the EastEnders fully live episode comes off air.  Alongside presenters Ore Oduba and Joe Swash, Zoe will be getting instant reactions from some of Albert Square's most famous residents as well as revealing how the nightly anniversary episodes were meticulously put together from their conception right through to the rolling credits.  Cast and crew will talk about the unique preparation and secrecy they've had to endure in the lead up to the live week and there will be special guest appearances, iconic EastEnders moments from the last 30 years and other surprises along the way.
 
BBC One EastEnders live week schedule: 
Monday, February 16 at 10.45pm: The Graham Norton Show EastEnders special.
Tuesday, February 17 at 7.30pm: EastEnders with live inserts
Wednesday, February 18 at 8pm: EastEnders with live inserts
Thursday, February 19 at 7.30pm: EastEnders with live inserts (One hour episode)
Thursday, February 19 at 9.30pm: EastEnders Flashback episode with live inserts
Friday, February 20 at 8pm: EastEnders fully live episode 
Friday, February 20 at 8.30pm: EastEnders: Backstage Live with Zoe Ball
 
EastEnders first appeared on BBC One, on 19 February 1985.

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Roz Purcell is Saturday Night Show guest

Model and fitness enthusiast Roz Purcell will be among Brendan O'Connor's guests on The Saturday Night Show on RTÉ One at 9:40pm.

The team behind the show says Purcell "will be in studio to chat about her relationship with food, how strong is the new sexy and being the face of Newbridge Silverware". 

Also joining host O'Connor will be journalist and author Paul Kimmage, who will talk about his decision not to continue working with Brian O'Driscoll on his book and the fall of Lance Armstrong.

Jacob Billsborough and Simon Tierney, who live with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), will explain how the anxiety disorder has affected their daily lives and how they have learned to cope.

Writer and actor Michael Harding will discuss playing The Bull McCabe in the 50th anniversary production of The Field and music on the night will come from Dublin band The Statics.

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Shakira welcomes baby boy

Shakira has given birth to her second child with partner Gerard Pique– a baby boy named Sacha.

The singer shared the happy news on her website explaining their choice of name, "The name Sacha is of Greek and Russian descent and means 'defender of mankind' and 'warrior'."

Shakira gave birth to Sacha last night (January 29) in Barcelona.

The couple already have a son, Milan, together.

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Tom Petty comments on Sam Smith royalties

Tom Petty has released a statement commenting on the story this week that he had received royalties from Sam Smith.

It was revealed that Petty and ELO's Jeff Lynne had received royalties from Sam Smith due to the similarities between his breaktrough hit Stay with Me and Tom Petty's 1989 track I Won't Back Down.

The Sun reported that the matter was settled out of court in October 2014.

Petty has now commented on the story, posting a statement on his website which read: "About the Sam Smith thing. Let me say I have never had any hard feelings toward Sam. All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen. Most times you catch it before it gets out the studio door but in this case it got by. 

"Sam's people were very understanding of our predicament and we easily came to an agreement. The word lawsuit was never even said and was never my intention. And no more was to be said about it. How it got out to the press is beyond Sam or myself. 

"Sam did the right thing and I have thought no more about this. A musical accident no more no less. In these times we live in this is hardly news. I wish Sam all the best for his ongoing career. Peace and love to all."

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Matthew McConaughey for Born to Run

Matthew McConaughey is attached to star in the upcoming film Born to Run.

According to Deadline, the Dallas Buyers Club Oscar-winner has been lined up to star in the film, which is based on Christopher McDougall's best-selling book Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen.

The book follows an award-winning journalist who travelled to Mexico's Copper Canyons to find out how Tarahumara Indians managed to run for hundreds of miles without rest or injury.

Matthew Michael Carnahan (World War Z) has written the script for the project.

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Watch! Colin Firth on new movie Kingsman

Kingsman: The Secret Service, hits theatres today, RTÉ TEN caught up with Colin Firth to find out what the movie is all about. Check out the interview below.

Speaking about the intense training in preparation for his role as a kick-ass spy, Firth said: "It's certainly more gruelling than it looks. Somebody very kindly said that it looks effortless which I can assure you, it really was not. It was a great amount of fun once it was up and running, but it took a lot of work.

"I've exercised to the minimum over the last ten years or so but nothing like this. To begin with, it was just squatting and lunging and trying to turn left and right in ways that I wasn't used to.

"I had this extraordinary team of guys training me. At first it was intimidating because I'm so far from their skills. I thought I was going to be judged harshly. But because we were all working for the same thing, I started to get points for effort and for showing up."

He added: "They didn't know what to expect from me because they've worked with actors who are fiercely committed and very skilled; but they've also worked with actors who don't want to do it. At least I wanted to and I was punctual and willing.

"[The training] It was about six months. We had these three hour sessions which I would go to with a heavy heart but I'd always come away feeling a bit exhilarated."

Read TEN's Kingsman: The Secret Service review here

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Tears and tantrums on last night's Op Trans

Watch what happened last night on Operation Transformation when two of the leaders did not meet their target weight-loss. 

Dr. Ciara had some harsh words for Eilish last night when she failed to reach her target weight-loss. Viewers saw that during the week Eilish went to the races with her friends in Gowran Park and enjoyed a couple of drinks. Check out what happened.

Fitness expert Carl Henry had a go at Louise who also failed to hit her target weight-loss, he reckons she is not putting maximum effort into her exercise sessions. He said: "I get the feeling you are not embracing this show. There is something holding you back."

Louise said: "This is the point when I usually give-up".

Mark on the other hand exceeded his weight-loss target dropping 4.5lbs. Dr. Ciara said: "You are really impressive that you are exceeding you target half way through the programme.

"You are changing your risk factors for cardiovascular disease and I think that is brilliant because that is the number one killer for men your age in Ireland.

Mark was thrilled with his progress and said: "I am feeling over the moon to have reached my target this week and a little bit more on top of it. It took all the hard work and sticking to the plans to the letter of the law."

On tonight's episode of Operation Transformation on RTÉ One at 8.30pm, we find out how Alan and Veronica got on. 

For all the details on the upcoming Operation Transformation family cycle check out the clip below.

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Watch! Jason Statham in Wild Card trailer

The new, Jason Statham-starring action film Wild Card is in cinemas in March – watch the trailer here.

Directed by Simon West (Con Air, Expendables 2), Wild Card tells the story of Nick Wild (Statham), a Las Vegas bodyguard and compulsive gambler who finds himself on the wrong side of the mob after beating up the thug who attacked his friend.

The cast also includes Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games), Anne Heche (Six Days, Seven Nights), Sofia Vergara (Modern Family), Jason Alexander (Seinfeld), Hope Davis (American Splendor), Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes) and Michael Angarano (Almost Famous).

The script for Wild Card was written by double Oscar winner William Goldman, whose credits include Misery, The Princess Bride, Marathon Man, All the President's Men and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Wild Card is released on Friday March 20. 

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Kasabian talk Brit Award "conspiracy"

Kasabian's Serge Pizzorno has said the reason they haven't garnered any Brit Award nominations is down to a "conspiracy".

The guitarist told The Independent UK, "It's a conspiracy. They're trying to shut rock and roll out of [the Brits].

"What sort of message does that send to working class rock and roll bands, which the industry is in dire need of? Kasabian couldn't have done any more last year. It's bull**** really. It's way more exciting playing the BAFTAs than the Brits."

Kasabian will take to the stage at the BAFTAs this year and Pizzorno teased the performance saying, "We're going to start the night off with a huge explosion. We're going to play everything twice as loud. Half the people there won't have a clue what is going on."

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Kim Kardashian: 'More kids can't come soon enough'

Kim Kardashian West insists having another child with her rapper hubby Kanye West ''can't come soon enough''.

The 34-year-old E! reality star revealed that she's "really been trying" to give their 19-month-old daughter a little brother or sister.

Speaking to PEOPLE magazine, Kim said, ''We've really been trying for another kid. More kids can't come soon enough!''

When asked about North, she said, "She is halfway potty trained, which is insane for her age. Last night, she looked up at the sky and pointed and said, 'Moon, Mom! Moon!' I couldn't believe she knew that.''

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Hulk Hogan training for WWE ring return

WWE legend Hulk Hogan has revealed he is training hard to have another match in the ring.

The 61-year-old star, real name Terry Gene Bollea, hasn't competed in a match for World Wrestling Entertainment in almost a decade, but he's hoping to return to the competition.

Speaking to BANG Showbiz about potentially returning to the ring, he said, ''I got some advice from a wise man, his name is Vince McMahon and he said, 'Never, say never.' I'm back home in the WWE, this is where I started, I'm home and to end the legacy and put the period on the end of the sentence I am training right now like I'm getting ready for the WWE Championship.

"You just never know when Hulk Hogan is going to tear the house down. It could be any time, it could be anywhere. I am training and getting ready for my last match, my last run or my retirement match. It's not over until the fat lady sings and I haven't put the period at the end of the sentence yet.''

When asked about his back injuries, Hulk added, ''My back is straightened out after nine back surgeries, everything seems to be on track and working really well.''

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Hozier to duet with Annie Lennox at Grammys

Hozier is set to take to the stage at this year's Grammy Awards for a special duet with Annie Lennox.

The Grammy Awards will feature a number of all-star collaborations including Jessie J and Tom Jones, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, and Adam Levine and Gwen Stefani.

Grammys CEO Neil Portnow said, "Throughout the years, the Grammy Awards has paired musical icons with new, upcoming artists to give fans remarkable performances that can only be seen on our stage. This year is no different and once again promises to bring together unique musical worlds in innovative ways that blend genres and create new artistic boundaries."

Hozier's hit Take Me To Church is nominated in the Song of the Year category at the ceremony which takes place on February 8 in LA.

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Colin Firth to play sailor in new biopic

Colin Firth has been cast in an upcoming biopic about amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst.

The Kingsman: The Secret Service star will take the leading role in director James Marsh's (The Theory of Everything) project which tells the true story of Crowhurt's attempt to win the first World Yacht Race in 1968.

According to Deadline, Blueprint Pictures and BBC Films will produce the project, which will be based on a script by Scott Z Burns.

Crowhurst's story has previously been the subject of documentaries, films and plays, including Daniel Bryan's 2004 play Almost A Hero.

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Fassbender begins shooting Steve Jobs biopic

Michael Fassbender has begun shooting his scenes for the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic in San Francisco.

According to The Verge, filming is already underway for the Danny Doyle directed project, which sees Fassbender taking on the role of Jobs and Seth Rogen playing co-founder Steve Wozniak.

The as-yet-untitled flick is based on Walter Isaacson's 2011 biography iSteve: The Book of Jobs, and the story follows Jobs preparing for three major presentations throughout his life.

Initially, Christian Bale had been set to play Jobs, but withdrew in November.

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Watch! First look at tonight's Op Trans

Check out this preview clip from tonight's Operation Transformation, Eilish is getting ready for a day at the races - but will she be able to stay on track? Looks like there might be trouble ahead for this leader...

In tonight's episode Eilish Kavanagh, who lost 4.5lbs last week, goes racing in Gowran Park with friends and decides to have a few drinks. Will her partying effect her weight-loss? What will the experts have to say for going off the OT plan?

Check out a sneak peek below.

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The Edge's first guitar is up for auction

The first guitar owned by The Edge of U2 will go under the hammer at a Dublin auction house and is expected to fetch up to €1,800.

The "learner's classical guitar", which has been described as "a modest little instrument" was bought by the late Gwenda Evans in the 1970s for her son, David.

But, according to Dublin auction house Whyte's auctioneers, The Edge left the guitar behind at his mother's house.

Speaking to The Irish Times, Stuart Purcell of Whyte's said: "Around 1980, when a teaching colleague of Gwenda's in Scoil Íosa, Malahide, mentioned that she needed a guitar, as she was beginning lessons, Gwenda offered to sell her The Edge's old one for the price she had bought it for".

The unnamed woman is said to have paid about £20 for the instrument but later abandoned the lessons but kept the guitar. Years later, she met The Edge who signed the guitar.

She has now decided to sell the guitar and it will be part of Whyte's sale of Rock, Pop & Movie Memorabilia in Dublin on March 15 and has been given an estimate of between €1,200 and €1,800.

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Shortlist unveiled for Irish Song of The Year

Delorentos, The Script and Hozier are among the acts nominated for the 2014 Meteor Choice Music Prize Irish Song of the Year. The winner which will be decided by a public vote in March. 

Ten Irish songs go to a public vote starting today with the overall winner revealed at the 10th Meteor Choice Music Prize Live Event at Dublin's Vicar Street on March 5.

You can cast your vote at www.meteor.ie/choice.

The 2014 shortlist is:

The Coronas - All The Others 
Delorentos - Show Me Love 
Hozier - From Eden 
Kodaline - One Day 
Kormac - Wake Up 
Little Hours - It's Still Love 
The Minutes - Cherry Bomb 
Sinead O'Connor - Take Me To Church 
The Riptide Movement - All Works Out
The Script - Superheroes 

Tickets for the Meteor Choice Music Prize Live Event are on sale from all Ticketmaster outlets and from www.ticketmaster.ie, priced at €23.50 including booking fee.

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Better Call Saul kicks off on Monday, February 9

At last! You can finally watch the Breaking Bad spin-off, Better Call Saul, on Netflix from February 9.

It's the prequel to Breaking Bad we have all been waiting for. 

Better Call Saul is set six years before the rule-bending lawyer met Walter White and Jesse Pinkman and apparently, Saul Goodman was a very different man. His name was Jimmy, not Saul, and his relationship with the law was less...self-serving.  

It has now been confirmed that the first two episodes of Better Call Saul, which Netflix is billing as a "one-hour drama with comedic elements" will be available for streaming on the site on Monday February 9 and Tuesday February 10, followed by every Tuesday at 7am Irish time.

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RTÉ TEN's top TV picks for Tuesday, January 27

Marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the most terrible of the Nazi concentration camps, Touched by Auschwitz is on BBC Two; Ear to The Ground asks why rural Ireland sill doesn't have broadband; more careworn medical drama on Grey's Anatomy on RTÉ2 - here's our top three picks for today's telly.

Touched by Auschwitz, BBC Two, 9.00pm

This one hour and half feature length documentary explores the experiences of six Auschwitz survivors who tell of their survival in the years after liberation and right up to the present day. Producer and Director Laurence Rees who made the excellent The Nazis: A Warning From History and Auschwitz: The Nazis and The Final Solution travelled extensively in order to film six survivors, along with their friends and families. Together these sequences filmed in Jerusalem and Chicago, London and Bavaria, Krakow and Tel Aviv build a compelling portrait of the problems, challenges and triumphs that six different individuals have experienced since the war, as a result of their time in Auschwitz.

Ear to The Ground, RTÉ One, 8.30pm

Tonight's edition of the rural affairs show is called Getting Connected and it investigates why much of Ireland is still in the dark ages when it comes to decent broadband. For presenter Helen Carroll it's personal - when she and her partner built their house in Kilkenny 13 years ago, she was told she would have broadband within 3 years. She is still waiting. Frustrated with the set up, Helen embarked on a journey to find out if she would ever have broadband.  Along the way she met many others also trying to run businesses in rural Ireland, before  heading to the offices of Minister for Communications Alex White to see what he had to say.

 

Grey's Anatomy, RTÉ2, 9.00

In this Maggie-centric episode, she continues to try to make a positive impression at the hospital but finds herself in extremely unfortunate situations. Meanwhile, Richard continues to hold onto his secret and the doctors work with a dying woman who is being kept alive by her daughter.

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On the Box - TV Review

A Batman prequel, the final finale of Futurma, some sentimental Sunday viewing and a documentary about a gigantic night club - it's been another week of jumbled telly-watching for John Byrne.

Reviewed: Gotham (Monday, RTÉ2); Futurama (Sunday, Sky 1); Call the Midwife (Sunday, BBC One); Clubland: Reality Bites (Wednesday, RTÉ2)

What's your problem with winter? Dark evenings, cold, wind, rain and a lack of funds combine with the delightful result that you're watching loads of telly. I'd call that a result.

Now that we're at the quitting end of January and things are pretty much back to dysfunctional normality, the new and returning shows are nicely clogging up the schedules and filing in those long nights.

Besides it's so much easier to complete New Year resolutions when all they require is a sofa and a functioning remote control, and seeing Gotham (Monday, RTÉ2) was high on my 'to do' list for 2015. Set yourself achievable goals, that's what I say.

As a lifelong Batman fan and an admirer of Bruno Heller, the British TV exec responsible for shows as diverse as Rome and The Mentalist and now the main mover behind Gotham, I was expecting great things. And while the pilot merely set the show up for the weeks ahead, it also laid out an excellent template for the opening season.

Unless you've been living in a bat cave for the last 80 years, chances are you know the basic back story. So I'll skip over that and just acknowledge that this prequel is set in the years when Bruce Wayne was a boy, dealing with his parents' double murder. It was a dark delight, even though it played free and easy with the comic book's roots.

What we got here was a noir-ish Gotham City, a town bursting with crooks and corrupt cops. But rookie detective Jim Gordon is determined to bring the bad guys down, and for all the right reasons. I wouldn't say I'm hooked (though I am), but it was an impressive start that also introduced a couple of early incarnations of future Batman super villains. Check it out on the RTÉ Player if you missed it on Monday. If they get this right it could run for decades.

And while it was great to see a new arrival (and more about the newborn later), this was also a week for goodbyes as Futurama (Sunday, Sky 1) finally took off for TV Heaven after several revivals. In truth, it really shouldn't have returned for a tenth season, as the stories and jokes were often flat, although it's still funnier than The Simpsons, a show that hasn't just passed its sell-by date, it's lapped it several times over.

It was a bit of a mushy, sentimental end for Fry and the gang as the pizza-delivering time traveller popped the question to Leela. Thanks to Fry damaging a device invented by Professor Farnsworth that pushes time back ten seconds, the couple end up in a world where everybody is frozen in time, except for them. Which, of course, gives them the freedom of the planet.

In the end, Farnsworth reappeared and fixed the device, offering the ageing couple a chance to 'do it all again'. Even though it meant that they'd have all memory of their lives together wiped, they go for it. I doubt if Bender would have approved.

For decades, British TV giants the BBC and ITV have battled it out on Sunday nights with period dramas ranging from Bronte adaptations and their early nineteenth century settings to more recent chapters in history. It's always been competitive and some of TV's most popular shows – Inspector Morse, Pride and Prejudice, etc – have sent millions of beaming Britons to bed on Sunday nights.

In more recent years, the Edwardian era has produced a couple of hits in the shape of Downton Abbey and Mr Selfridge. The latter returned last Sunday and we'll be taking stock of its third season in a week or two, but this time around I'm heading to the late 1950s/early 1960s, and an area in the East End of London called Poplar.

Nowadays a stop on the rail line from London City Airport to the West End, and home to a selection of skyscrapers as well as the odd, hopelessly dwarfed residential street, back in the 1950s Poplar was a working-class area that simply teemed with life.

Call the Midwife (Sunday, BBC One) is an unapologetically nostalgic, feel-good drama, set in Poplar, and despite losing the odd key cast member (I'm still in mourning over Jessica Raine), it remains on top of its game and has a unique rhythm all its own.

Whether a time when vast swathes of the (in this case, British) population were clearly undernourished and either in or on the brink of poverty could be considered the 'good old days' isn't an argument I ever bothered with - all I want is a well-worked TV show that entertains, and Call the Midwife never fails.

This time around the focus was on a Caribbean couple expecting their first child, as well as Jenny Agutter's Sister Julienne meeting up with an old flame just before his light went out, and despite several mishaps, everyone was left smiling in the end.

It's good for the soul to have a show like this on the telly. It's a welcome alternative to the grittier dramas we normally devour, and a bit like Sunday tea with your granny before getting ready for school the next day. And we all love Gran, right?

The Guardian recently did a hatchet job on this show, and such mean-spiritedness only underlines the value of Call the Midwife. On Sunday nights, before starting another week, there's a certain comfort in watching babies been born and pallid people smiling through snaggled teeth and making light of malnutrition. It is, quite literally, a case of 'Knees Up, Muvver Brown'.

Even more entertaining, and a complete contrast, was Clubland: Reality Bites (Wednesday, RTÉ2). This returning documentary strand took as its first topic the massive Wright Venue in the county Dublin area of Swords, and apparently it's the largest nightclub in the country.

Seen through the eyes of the various folk who run and promote the venue, this was a master class in modern living as a bunch of  extra-large Oompa-Loompas ran around, not doing an awful lot while Acting Important, but everything seems to work out in the end. Mission: Superfluous.

Chief culprit was Steven, a club employee whose sole purposes in life seems to bounce around between hanging out, throwing mini hissy fits and gasping for a smoke. I haven't laughed so much since I got my first water bill notice, and this lot are much more worthy of your time (and a TV series) than the TOWIE crew or those extremely annoying Kardashians, all of whom would be welcomed with open, fake-tanned arms and air kisses at The Wright Venue.

The lines between reality stuff and the other stuff have well and truly blurred.

John Byrne

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Baby joy for Maia Dunphy and Johnny Vegas

Journalist and presenter Maia Dunphy is expecting her first child with comedian Johnny Vegas.

The 38-year-old host of RTÉ2 series What Women Want shared their news on Twitter by posting a snap of the scan and photoshopping a pint of Guinness into the picture.

Dunphy captioned the photo, "Well Johnny, at least we know he's definitely yours."

Johnny added: "No need for a DNA test then, or for Maia to splash out on expensive maternity gear, just borrow my jeans."

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Greek singer Demis Roussos dies aged 68

Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died aged 68.

A musician, with a keen ear for melody and arrangements that proudly utilised Greek folk elements, he enjoyed a healthy sequence of hits in the early to mid-1970s, including Forever and Ever, Goodybye My Love Goodbye, and My Friend the Wind.

Roussos died early on Sunday morning in Greece.

Artemios "Demis" Ventouris Roussos was born June 15, 1946 and first came to fame as a member of Aphrodite's Child, a progressive rock group that also included Vangelis.

Roussos was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, the son of a Greek father, engineer Yorgos Roussos. His mother was Nelly Mazloum, who was Egyptian of Italian origin. His parents lost their possessions during the Suez Crisis and consequently decided to move to Greece.

Watch the singer perform Goodbye My Love Goodbye and Forever and Ever live in concert some years back:

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Brand new crime drama set in Belfast on RTÉ Player

Check out a preview clip from Farr, a brand new crime drama series which has been released on the RTÉ Player today.

Set in Belfast, Farr is a crime drama that centres on Michael Gallagher, an ambitious young detective who has been promoted to a task force aimed at taking down the city's most dangerous crime family, the Farrs. As his investigation deepens, a murder of one of the Farrs pushes Michael towards a reckoning with his own dark past. As the bodies and betrayals mount, Michael must choose between destroying the Farrs or saving himself. 

The four-part series was produced by the Belfast-based production company Stirling Film and TV Productions. The series was written and directed by Aidan Largey. Shaun Blaney plays Michael Gallagher the lead character in the series and co-created the story along with writer/director, Aidan Largey. Stirling Film and TV Productions has been producing for television since 1994. Based in Belfast, they specialise in drama, true crime programming, factual entertainment series and hard-hitting observational documentary series.

Farr is one of five new original dramas, commissioned by RTÉ and the Irish Film Board for the new season of Storyland, a commissioning platform to identify new and emerging creative talent in Ireland. The five new Storyland dramas, shown nationally and internationally on the Storyland hub on RTÉ Player www.rte.ie/storyland, brings new talent and great new stories to audiences. 

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Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne get Sam Smith royalties

Tom Petty and the ELO's Jeff Lynne have been awarded Sam Smith royalties.

The pair – who worked together in The Travelling Wilburys - each received a 12.5% writing credit for Smith's breakthrough hit Stay With Me, due to the song's melodic similarities to Tom Petty's 1989 hit I Won't Back Down.

Although details have only just emerged, The Sun reports that the matter was settled out of court back in October 2014.

As well as the financial implications, Petty and Lynne have now been officially recognised as co-writers of Stay With Me, along with Smith, William Phillips and Jimmy Napes.

You can compare the two songs here:

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Watch! Big Hero 6 director Don Hall talks to TEN

With animated box office hit Big Hero 6 opening in Irish cinemas on Friday January 30, TEN's Harry Guerin caught up with one of the Disney-Marvel mash-up's directors, Don Hall, on his recent visit to Dublin. 

Hall, who co-directed the film with longtime friend Chris Williams, talked about the story and animation process, and why it was such a challenge to get the different tones of the film to sit together so well.

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Pixie Geldof signs record deal

Bob Geldof's youngest daughter Pixie has signed a recording deal with UK label Stranger Records, former home to Lana Del Ray.

24-year-old Pixie, who lives in London with her boyfriend George Barnett, drummer of These New Puritans, was previously the lead singer with the band Violet.

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Cumberbatch's parents didn't want him to act

Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that his parents didn't want him to follow them into an acting career.

The star's parents Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham are both esteemed actors, but they wanted their son to follow a more conventional career path.

He explained to The Mirror: "[Acting is] a very odd, peripatetic, crazed, out of your control work and social schedule."

"It's very hard to plan a family life, yet alone know where the next pay cheque is coming from so they worked very, very hard as my parents, and actors, to afford me an education whereby I had the opportunity and the privilege to try and channel myself towards other goals.

"For a while, I wanted to be a barrister because there's definitely a crossover with criminal law - with trying to persuade an audience and a jury and a judge of the case and your client's story so I did go down that root for a little bit. I think they would have been very happy if I ended up there."

However, Cumberbath added that his father was quick to compliment him when he saw him perform.

The Sherlock star said:  "Much to dad's amazing selflessness as a man, and I hope to echo that when my time comes to be a dad, he said to me in a car park after a play I'd done at Manchester University, when I was a student there, he said, 'You're better now than I was or ever will be,' which is a huge thing for a man to say to his son."

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Watch! TEN chats to Domhnall Gleeson

TEN's Sarah McIntyre caught up with Domhnall Gleeson to talk about his role in the taut sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, have a look here.

The actor spoke about working with Oscar Issac, Swedish actress Alicia Vikander and collaborating with writer/director Alex Garland.

Ex Machina is out in cinemas now, read our review here.

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Roberts to produce and star in 'Batkid' movie

Julia Roberts will help adapt the documentary Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World for the big screen.

The feature film will tell the story of Miles Scott, a five-year-old leukaemia sufferer who made headlines across the world in 2013 when he was given the chance to become 'Batkid' by the Make-A-Wish foundation.

The documentary based on his story is set to premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival on January 24.

Documentary director Dana Nachman said of Robert's involvement in the upcoming project: "It's thrilling to me that Ms. Roberts and her team watched our film and were so moved by it that they want to dedicate their time and creative capital to make sure the widest audience possible will know and love Miles' story and the spirit of this intimate special event that went global, as much as we do."

The August: Osage County star will also appear in the film in an unknown role.

On November 15, 2013, Scott was granted his wish to become 'Batkid' by the Make-A-Wish foundation, and with the help of 25,000 supporters San Francisco was transformed into Gotham City for a day where he took part in a series of staged missions.

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Patrick Dempsey's wife files for divorce

Patrick Dempsey's wife Jillian Fink has filed for divorce after 15 years of marriage.

The couple confirmed the news to People, saying in a joint statement: "It is with careful consideration and mutual respect that we have decided to end our marriage .

"Our primary concern remains the well-being of our children, and we ask with profound gratitude that you respect our family's privacy at this very sensitive time."

The Grey's Anatomy star and makeup artist Fink are parents to 12-year-old daughter Tallulah and seven-year-old twin sons Sullivan and Darby.

Fink cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split, and asked for joint custody of their three children.

The couple tied the knot in 1999.

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Game of Thrones' Turner for X-Men: Apocalypse

Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner will star in the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse as a younger version of Jean Grey.

Director Bryan Singer confirmed the casting news with other additions to the cast including Mud star Tye Sheridan and Alexandra Shipp. They will take on the roles of young Cyclops and Storm respectively.

Jean Grey, Storm and Cyclops were originally played by Famke Jansse, Halle Berry and James Marsden.

X-Men: Apocalypse is set for release on May 19, 2016.

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John Goodman to make West End debut

John Goodman is set to make his West End debut starring alongside Damian Lewis and Tom Sturridge in the David Mamet play American Buffalo. 

The Inside Llewyn Davis star previously acted in theatre productions of Waiting for Godot and the musical Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the States.

Goodman said in a statement: "I'm delighted to be returning to the stage… in such a fantastic project with two brilliant British actors both of whom I've admired for some time. David Mamet is a writer I have loved throughout my career and so I'm thrilled to be bringing his work alive on stage."

American Buffalo examines the fickle nature of honour among thieves as it follows three small-time crooks planning a huge heist.

The latest production of Mamet's classic play will be directed by Daniel Evans and will run from April 16 to June 27 2015 at London's Wyndham's theatre.

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Rihanna wins legal battle against Topshop

Rihanna has won a UK court battle against Topshop over the selling of T-shirts displaying her picture without her permission.

The battle between the pop star and the retail giant began in 2012 when Topshop started to sell the t-shirts for £22. 

The image of Rihanna was captured during a video shoot for her Talk That Talk album by an independent photographer who then licensed the image to Topshop. 

The Court of Appeal in London upheld a ban on the high street chain selling the sleeveless shirt featuring a photo of the singer.

Three appeal judges agreed that selling the item without Rihanna's involvement was an act of "passing off", referring to the unauthorised use of a personal image.

Rihanna, one of the world's most successful artists, is thought to be worth over $120 million. 

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Corrie stars among Late Late guests

Coronation Street stars Ian Puleston-Davies (Owen) and Mikey North (Gary) will be among Ryan Tubridy's guests on Friday's Late Late Show at 9:35pm.

Hazel Behan, who gave a powerful interview on Tubridy's RTÉ 2fm show earlier this week, will also join the host to discuss the public's response.

With Song of the Sea nominated for an Oscar, director Tomm Moore, producer Paul Young and actor David Rawle, who voices one of the characters in the Irish animated film, will discuss the nomination and their chances.  

Among the other guests on the night will be athlete Olive Loughnane and RTÉ journalist Evanne Ní Chuilinn.

With a performance by Stomp, a trad session and a focus on enterprise included in the line-up, The Late Late Show begins on RTÉ One at 9:35pm.

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Dermot Bannon is Saturday Night Show guest

With the new series of Room to Improve beginning this Sunday, architect Dermot Bannon and quantity surveyor Patricia Power will be among Brendan O'Connor's guests on The Saturday Night Show on RTÉ One at 9:40pm.

Social Enterprise Award-winner Adam Harris will be discussing how autism affects his daily life and his website, asiam.ie.

Katie Piper will be talking about her new series Bodyshockers, her recent engagement and the arrival of her baby daughter, Belle Elizabeth.

Also joining host O'Connor will be entrepreneur Norah Casey and the stars of her new RTÉ Two show Norah's Traveller Academy: Ann Rose, Leanne, Christine and Tracie. 

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Watch! Jedward's new video featuring Perez Hilton

Check out Jedward's brand new video for their song Make Your Own Luck - it features a cameo appearance from Perez Hilton. 

The video for Make Your Own Luck kicks off with celebrity blogger Hilton opening his laptop and exclaiming: "Brand new Jedward!"

The video then goes on to show the twins living completely separate lives. One is rich and famous while the other is utterly broke and working as a maid.

A dancing Hilton pops up throughout the video, which ends with him saying: "That was fun! I love these boys."

Check out the Jed-action below.

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Kerry's Gerard Barrett to direct Dakota Fanning

Glassland and Pilgrim Hill director Gerard Barrett is to direct Dakota Fanning in an adaptation of Susannah Cahalan's bestselling memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, which will be co-produced by Charlize Theron's production company Denver & Delilah Films.

Deadline.com, which broke the story, says that Barrett will also adapt Cahalan's story of psychiatric illness for the screen and serve as co-producer. 

The Canadian-Irish co-production will begin shooting in May in Vancouver and New York.

Barrett's Glassland is screening at the current Sundance Film Festival in Utah in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition category. 

It opens in Ireland on Friday April 17.

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Alec Baldwin is writing a new memoir

30 Rock star Alec Baldwin has inked a deal with Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, for a new memoir about his personal and professional life.

The book, titled Nevertheless, which is slated for release next year, will focus on the 56-year-old's "hits and flops, marriage, divorce" and "some opinions on the media and politics."

In a statement, HarperCollins publisher Jonathan Burnham, said "Alec Baldwin is a larger-than-life talent with an astonishing range. And his life up to now has been far from dull.

"In this memoir he writes about his family, lovers, friends and enemies, confronts his former demons, relives the highs and lows of his career , and opens up in an unflinchingly honest way about his life and times. This memoir will be funny, occasionally combative, often moving and an unbelievably good read."

Baldwin previously released a memoir in 2008 titled A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce.

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Watch: Cecelia Ahern opens up about panic attacks

Novelist Cecelia Ahern has said that she has suffered from paralysing panic attacks that have left her living in fear of when the next one will strike. 

Ahern talks about her panic attacks on the opening episode of the new season of The Meaning of Life With Gay Byrne this Sunday night (January 25) on RTÉ One. 

She also discusses her childhood experience of growing up with a politician father who was loved and reviled in equal measure and how she coped with family breakdown when her parents separated when she was 11 years old.

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Terry Wogan to make Moone Boy cameo

Broadcasting giant Terry Wogan is one of several guest stars lined up to make cameo appearances in the new series of Chris O'Dowd's TV comedy Moone Boy.

Wogan will play the host of a home video show for which Martin Moone (David Rawle) tries to film a clip.

The Guardian reports that Irish comedian Sharon Hogan and John Sessions will also appear on the Sky1 show when it returns on March 2. 

Wogan previously played a rather creepy guest role on BBC 3's supernatural drama Being Human.

Bronagh Gallagher of The Commitments will also star in the new season as Pat O'Dwyer, mother to Martin Moone's best friend, Padraic.

Johnny Vegas will also return as Padraic's imaginary friend Crunchie Danger Haystacks.

Horgan will play Sharon Morgan, a high powered, yoga-loving entrepreneur while Sessions will be Dr Steven Gnot, a local conspiracy theorist and radio presenter of Believe It Or Not with Dr Steven Gnot. 

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Watch! First look at Gotham on RTÉ 2

Ben McKenzie and Jada Pinkett Smith talk about brand new series Gotham which kicks off on RTÉ 2, Monday at 9pm. 

Gotham tells the story behind Commissioner James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival. 

It traces the rise of the great DC Comics Super-Villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told.

Ben McKenzie stars as Commissioner Gordon and reveals how excited he is about being part of the show. He says: "I can't wait for people to see this. We are going to make something pretty special."

In the clip below Jada Pinkett Smith talks about her villainous character Fish Mooney, she says: "When will I have an opportunity to take on an opportunity to on a character that has so many layers. It's the role of a lifetime."

 In the 'First Look' series premiere on RTÉ 2 next Monday at 9pm, Gotham follows Jim Gordon, a cop destined for greatness, as he navigates a dangerously corrupt city teetering between good and evil, and chronicles the birth of one of the most popular super heroes of our time.

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Movie review round-up!

It's a bumper week for movies, but before you buy that popcorn check out what cinema releases are worth your hard earned cash.

The Gambler
3.5/5
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Brie Larson, Michael K Williams, Jessica Lange, Anthony Kelley, Alvin Ing
12A 

Seventeen years after the Matt Damon-starring gambling drama Rounders opened in cinemas, some of us still can't see John Malkovich on a TV without saying 'Pyay him. Pyay dat man hees mahney' like his character, poker player Teddy KGB. Rounders is one of those movies that you'll happily watch again if it pops up while scouring the channels late at night. The Gambler is destined to be another.

The game here is blackjack, and the guy in way over his head is Jim Bennett (Wahlberg), a literature professor whose all-or-nothing approach to life results in him owing $200,000 to a Korean gambling ring boss (Ing) and $60,000 to a loan shark (The Wire star Williams). He has seven days to pay them both but doesn't seem too bothered about the consequences. Not yet, anyway. Ah yes, that other fine line - the one between cool and stupid.

Sure, it's easy to scratch the head and wonder whether Wahlberg has been miscast as a self-loathing academic, but Ted's straight man does some of his best work here as Bennett, owning the character and...

Click here to check out Harry Guerin's full review 

Ex Machina
4/5
Starring: Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander
15 A

Alex Garland's directorial debut, Ex Machina is a taut, tense and elegant sci-fi thriller that is utterly compelling from start to finish.

Garland, best known for the screenplay for 28 Days Later and his book The Beach, takes the reins for this smart and stylish movie that explores the dangers of increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence for the human race, as well as the moral issues of man creating thinking beings.

Set in the not-too-distant future, Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) is a hotshot young coder working for Bluebook, the world's largest internet search engine. He wins an internal lottery in the company to spend a week with Bluebook's reclusive and mysterious CEO, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). After being flown by helicopter...

Click here to check out Sarah McIntyre's full review

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Watch! Trailer for new Tina Fey comedy series

Netflix has released a trailer today for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt - the latest comedy series created by Tina Fey.

After living with a cult for fifteen years, Kimmy (played by Ellie Kemper from The US Office) decides to reclaim her life and reinvent herself in New York City.

Armed with just a backpack, light-up runners and a couple of overdue library books, she's ready to take on a world she didn't even think existed any more. Wide-eyed but resilient, nothing is going to stand in her way.

She quickly finds a new job (working for 30 Rock's Jane Krakowski), a new roommate (Tituss Burgess, also from 30 Rock), and a new beginning.

All thirteen episodes of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt will premiere on March 6, 2015 at 8.01am Irish time exclusively on Netflix.

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Jake Gyllenhaal declines Suicide Squad role

Jake Gyllenhaal will not be joining the cast of DC Comics movie Suicide Squad to replace Tom Hardy, following the British actor's recent exit.

Sources have told Variety that Gyllenhaal has turned down an offer to play supervillain Rick Flag, alongside Jared Leto as The Joker, Will Smith as Deadshot and Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn.

Producers need to find an actor to replace Hardy before April, when the film enters production.

And despite claiming that scheduling conflicts caused his exit, it's been reported that Hardy left due to problems with the script.

Suicide Squad follows supervillains who are organised by the US government to work together as a black ops team in exchange for redemption.

The movie, which is part of DC's new interconnected film universe, is scheduled to release on August 5, 2016 on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Imelda May lends her name to new music scholarship

Liberties rocker Imelda May has lent her name to a new €12,000 scholarship programme at the music college BIMM Dublin.

The programme allows one student to take up a scholarship to study on the four- year BA (Hons) in Commercial Modern Music at the Liberties-based college.

The British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Dublin offers a degree in Commercial Modern Music validated by the Dublin Institute of Technology. 

The Imelda May Scholarship will be open to all successful applicants who apply for a place available at BIMM Dublin this September through the CAO system (deadline 5.15pm on Sunday February 1, using course code DT506). The application process also includes a practical audition.

The scholarship is to the value of €12,000 over the four year period. Imelda will work with the college to decide which lucky student will receive the scholarship.

BIMM Dublin opened in 2011 with 220 students, and currently has 740 students enrolled. All BIMM tutors are music industry professionals, including Cathy Davey, Cormac Curran and James Byrne of Villagers, Mick Pyro of Republic of Loose, Ronan Yourell of Delorentos, Mark Greaney of JJ72, and Coronas manager Jim Lawless.

For more information on BIMM Dublin visit www.bimm.ie, find BIMM Dublin on Facebook or on Twitter: @BIMMDublin

Imedla talks to RTÉ TEN

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New clue in EastEnders murder hunt

A new clue in EastEnders' Lucy Beale murder storyline will be revealed live on air during the UK's National Television Awards on Wednesday night, January 21, at the O2 in London.

A National Television Awards statement read: "EastEnders are keeping their cards close to their chest, not even divulging the information to NTA execs."

It continued: "The clue will remain under lock and key, guarded by tight security until mid-show, when BBC security will bring the clue on stage, to be revealed live on air."

The awards show airs on ITV and UTV Ulster at 7:30pm.

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DeGeneres tweets Farrell interview to 38 million

US TV host Ellen DeGeneres has tweeted the Colin Farrell interview on last Monday's Claire Byrne Live to her 38 million followers.

The new RTÉ current affairs show's team got a phone call late last (Tuesday) night direct from Ellen DeGeneres' production company in Los Angeles.

They had seen the video of the Claire Byrne Live interview with Colin Farrell online and asked to put it up Ellentube.com, Ellen's own new digital platform.

The video upload was fast-tracked and within an hour it had appeared on the home page of Ellentube. Within hours it was headlining their trending section with thousands of views.

The Ellen Show twitter account - one of the Top ten most-followed in the world - then tweeted the link to the video to their over 38 million twitter followers.

Within the last 24 hours the Claire Byrne Live interview was truly gone international. The video has also been posted and tweeted about by The Huffington Post and Canadian entertainment show ET Canada.

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Ex-Corrie star: 'Anne Kirkbride was a one-off'

Former Coronation Street star Julie Hesmondhalgh has said that the late Anne Kirkbride was "an absolute one-off" and "totally irreplaceable".

The actress, who played Hayley Cropper on the soap, starred alongside Kirkbride for 16 years. 

Kirkbride passed away in hospital on Monday evening following a short illness aged 60.

Hesmondhalgh spoke about her sadness at the news of Kirkbride's passing during an appearance on ITV's Lorraine today (January 21).

She said: "It was a real shock. I think it's just sinking in for people now by the look of it. I was so glad that everyone got sent home yesterday. 

"Coronation Street is such an amazing cast and crew, and actually at times like this they're at their absolute best - they all stick together and look after each other so completely. I can only imagine what the feeling is there. It's such a huge loss.

"The crew will be devastated. They got more hugs off Annie than anyone else! The famous Annie hugs lasted a long time - we often had to hold up filming for them while she went round the entire camera crew!

"She was always so welcoming. When new cast members and crew members came in, she'd always ask them what their star sign was as soon as they came in. Then she'd always say, 'We'll get on very well!' Her star sign seemed to get along with all the other ones in the zodiac!

"I know the writers loved writing for her. There's nothing that she wouldn't do. She was a complete professional. I don't think I ever heard her lose a line. She was always right on time, doing it absolutely brilliantly - but off screen an absolute one-off, totally irreplaceable."

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Watch! RTÉ TEN at the Storyland launch

RTÉ TEN's John Byrne met up with some of those involved at the launch of five new original online dramas for the new season of Storyland.

The new season of Storyland, a commissioning platform to identify new and emerging creative talent in Ireland, showcasing a great range of creative talent, and the five new dramas will be shown nationally and internationally on the Storyland hub on the RTÉ Player.

Every Monday, a new drama will be added and you check them out at www.rte.ie/storyland.

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Former Westlifer Mark renames himself Markus

Former Westlife member Mark Feehily has re-named himself Markus and has announced a Dublin gig for this March, ahead of the release of his debut solo album. 

The Sligo man was in Westlife for 14 years and has been working on solo material since the boyband split in 2012.

Speaking about his forthcoming album, the 34-year-old told The Irish Independent that he has written about personal experiences on his new songs.

"It's always more daunting to write and perform songs that are autobiographical," he said. "I tend to write more when I'm feeling down or when something bad happens as it can be the only way to express myself. I'm really looking forward to sharing the new songs with the fans.

"I've always had so many influences and things to say that wouldn't have been quite right for Westlife and it's been fun after all these years to finally let them all out."

Tickets for Markus Feehily live at The Olympia Theatre are priced from €27.90 incl. booking fee and go on sale this Friday, January 23 at 9.00am from www.ticketmaster.ie.

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Operation Transformation's Eilish loses 4.5lbs

Eilish Kavanagh from Operation Transformation has lost 4.5lbs, more than double her target for this week which was 2lbs.

Her weight loss was revealed on The John Murray Show earlier this morning. 

You can listen back to the show here.

She has dropped from 12st 13lbs to 12st 8.5lbs, bringing her total weight loss to 7.5lbs.

Eilish was "nervous" and "anxious" before her weigh in, but after finding out her result she was "absolutely delighted" by the achievement. 

Meanwhile, Operation Transformation's annual series of 5k runs are taking place on Saturday February 21. The Dublin run kicks off in the Phoenix Park at 10am and the Cork run takes place in Blarney Castle at 10am.

Applications to take part in the 5k run will open after the show on Wednesday the January 21 at 9pm. Log onto www.rte.ie/ot to register. There are 3,000 places available in Cork and 5,000 spots available in Dublin.

Talking about this year's run, Karl Henry said: "Running is a simple and free way to get fit, tone up and deal with stress. If you can run 5K, you can change your life."

Operation Transformation leader Eilish Kavanagh 

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Marian Finucane weds partner John Clarke

RTÉ broadcaster Marian Finucane has married her long-term partner John Clarke.

The RTÉ Radio One presenter wed Clarke at a registry office in Dublin today, January 20, 2015. The ceremony was attended by close family and friends.

Finucane is extremely private about her personal life. However, speaking in a previous interview Finucane said: "John is terrific. He works the land, he's interested in horses. He specialises in slow ones is what he says." 

Finucane and Clarke have been together for 30 years and had two children together; a son Jack and a daughter Sinead who tragically passed in 1990 at the age of eight after developing leukaemia.

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Watch! Trailer for Game of Thrones special

A trailer for the Game of Thrones documentary A Day in the Life has been unveiled by HBO, have a look here.

The half-hour special follows one day of production on the fifth season of the hugely popular fantasy show across sets in three different countries – Belfast (Northern Ireland), Dubrovnik (Croatia), and Osuna (Spain).

According to Entertainment Weekly, the special follows key crew members and promises to depict "the epic sets, renowned cast and global scale of Thrones, as well as the more intimate and individual challenges of our subjects, giving the audience a new perspective on one of the most elaborate productions in television history."

The HBO special will air on February 8 in the US, while Game of Thrones season five will premiere in April.

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Tributes pour in for Anne Kirkbride

Coronation Street actress Anne Kirkbride - who played Deirdre Barlow - has died aged 60 after a short illness and tributes have been pouring in for the star.

William Roache, who played her on-screen husband Ken Barlow, was one of the first to pay tribute to Kirkbride saying, "Coronation Street has lost one of its iconic characters and Anne will be greatly missed."

A statement on the ITV website said her husband and the programme's cast and crew are "heartbroken and deeply saddened".

Executive producer Kieran Roberts said: "There are no words to describe the sense of grief we feel at Anne's passing. We know only too acutely how much Anne meant to the millions of people who watched her create the legendary character of Deirdre Barlow.

"She will be greatly missed by the Coronation Street team who share happy memories of working with her. We feel blessed and honoured to have known her. Our thoughts are with David and their family."

Kate Ford, who plays Deirdre's daughter Tracy Barlow in Coronation Street, said she is "heartbroken".

Check out some of the most memorable Deirdre Barlow moments here:

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Watch! Domhnall Gleeson on Ex Machina

TEN's Sarah McIntyre caught up with Domhnall Gleeson to talk about his role in the taut sci-fi thriller Ex Machina.

The actor spoke about working with Oscar Issac, Swedish actress Alicia Vikander and collaborating with writer/director Alex Garland.

Previews of Ex Machina begin in cinemas tomorrow, Wednesday January 21. 

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Mark Schultz apologies for Foxcatcher Twitter rant

Former Olympic wrestler Mark Schultz, whose story serves as the inspiration behind Oscar-nominated drama Foxcatcher, has apologised for slamming the movie and its director, Bennett Miller.

Schultz, who is played by Channing Tatum in the flick, took to Twitter to offer an apology for his criticism, saying that he feels "terrible," while insisting he was "temporarily insane" when he criticised Foxcatcher.

He wrote, "I feel terrible about what I did to Bennett. I should have followed God, not man. Foxcatcher is going to help wrestling. There's so many positives and no negatives. When I fought and Dave wasn't there was so emotional. Everyone who saw #Foxcatcher loves it!

"Foxcatcher is a miracle. I'm sorry I said I hated it. I love it. I love my interpretation and will ignore the haters. I'm never getting mad," he added. "I think the problem I had was the context of the movie. It's what happened was so hard. My brother's murder. My career ruined."

"I apologize to you before the world Bennett. I'm sorry. I was temporarily insane," Schultz continued.

He also mentioned the recent Oscar nominee announcement, writing, "Channing Tatum GOT ROBBED. HE WAS SO GOOD IT WAS UNREAL. I'm amazed he wasn't nominated. Bennett Miller is the greatest director ever. 3rd time's the charm. He's due an oscar."

Read our Foxcatcher review here

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Watch! Kodaline perform new track, Ready

Dublin rockers Kodaline perform, Ready, from their upcoming second studio album Coming Up For Air. Check it out below.

Coming Up For Air, which is set for release on February 9, is the  follow-up to Kodaline's 2013 debut In a Perfect World.

The band will tour the UK next month. The dates are: 

February 15 Glasgow, Barrowlands
February 17 London, Roundhouse
March 9 Nottingham, Rock City
March10 Southampton, Guildhall
March 11 Norwich, UAE
March 12 Bristol, O2 Academy
March 14 Birmingham, Institute
March 15 Leeds, O2 Academy
March 16 Newcastle, O2 Academy

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Isaac and classmate Chastain make "dream movie"

With A Most Violent Year opening in cinemas on Friday, star Oscar Isaac has told RTÉ TEN that he and co-star Jessica Chastain told each other when they were starting out as classmates at the Juilliard School that they would one day make a film together. 

Set in New York in 1981, A Most Violent Year tells the story of Abel Morales (Isaac), a businessman who together with his wife Anna (Chastain) faces a crucial three days in his professional life. 

Both actors deliver some of their best screen work to date in the film as the couple, with their scenes together all the more powerful because they have known each other for so many years.

Isaac said of their chemistry: "Jessica and I would get together and basically just go through every inch of the script, dissecting it to get a sense of their history, because so much is implied or not really said at all.... And we were able to build a shared history together.

"The fact that we do have a shorthand, that we've known each other for so long, allowed us to be very honest with each other."

He continued: "Often, when you work with another actor you don't know what their process might be so you have to be respectful of it.

"But with Jessica... We already had a lot of respect for each other so we were able to just be very blunt and say whatever we wanted, no matter how wrong we might be!"

Of their longtime friendship, Isaac said: "We always were such fans of each other's work and have supported each other from the get-go.

"Jessica came to the first few premieres of the very first few movies I did out of school. I did the same for her. We've always kept in touch with each other."

He added: "It's funny, because you never know how it's [acting] going to go. The fact that we'd wanted to do something together and finally we were at the place in both of our careers where we could do basically the dream movie, which is this Seventies-style, 'Golden Era of Film' relationship drama... I just keep not being able to believe my luck!"
 

Watch out for a full interview with Isaac on RTÉ TEN this Wednesday, January 21. 

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Watch! The Notorious new series teaser

Following on from Conor McGregor's epic win in Boston last night, RTÉ TEN has something to make his victory that bit sweeter. Check out a sneak peek of RTÉ2's The Notorious below.

Filmed over the course of six months, the brand-new six-part series, will delve into the rapidly expanding world of mixed martial arts and, through Conor's eyes, will explore the physical and mental strain a fighter has to go through to become an Ultimate Fighting Champion.

From Dublin to Rio, Las Vegas and finally Boston, we see how both McGregor's reputation and skills in the octagon are matched by a personality and charisma that has captured the imagination of fans worldwide.

Over the three fights, McGregor must contend not only with his opponents, but with injury, personal challenges, and the pressure that goes with immense popularity and expectation. 

You can catch The Notorious, January 26, on RTÉ2 at 10pm.

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RTÉ TEN's TV picks for Monday, January 19

Cork hurler Donal Óg Cusack takes stock of gay rights on Coming Out of The Curve, RTÉ One; Sharon Horgan stars in new comedy Catastrophe on Channel 4; and Claire Byrne goes Live on RTÉ - here are our TV picks for today.

Coming Out of The Curve, RTÉ One, 9.35pm

Donal Óg Cusack, three-times All-Ireland winning Cork hurler and one of Ireland's first high-profile sports personalities to come out, asks how much life in Ireland and internationally has changed for gay people in the two decades since the de-criminalisation of homosexuality. Donal takes stock of gay rights, both at home and abroad, and asks how far we have travelled from the days when being gay was effectively against the law in Ireland. He talks to sports people about coming out, and interviews an 'ex-gay' man who claims he has been `cured' of his homosexuality.

Catastrophe, Channel 4, 10.00pm

Rob Delaney (comedian and bestselling author) and Sharon Horgan of Pulling fame and comedian and author Rob Delaney star in and co-wrote this new comedy series for Channel 4. They play an American man and Irish woman who embark on a week-long affair in London which ends when he returns to the US. But then he's forced to return to Britain when he learns that she's pregnant.

Catastrophe 

Claire Byrne Live, RTÉ One. 10.35pm

Presenter Claire Byrne will be joined by guests and a live studio audience for discussion, analysis and whatever has the country talking in this new hour-long current affairs show. Tonight, the show opens with a bit of a scoop - actor Colin Farrell is interviewed as the issue of same-sex marriage is debated and the actor discusses his own family experience and views.

Farrell's brother Eamon married his partner Steven Mannion in Canada and the actor says of the couple: "To see them every day live their lives as a happily married couple is an amazing thing, and to think that they had to leave their own country to do that is sad and disappointing and just grossly unfair, I feel."

Responding to people's concerns about same-sex couples becoming parents, Farrell says: "It's too easy for heterosexuals to be parents, if you want the truth. It's too easy. There are too many of us who find it too easy to have a kid...

"Too many parents around the world don't parent their kids, because it was a five-minute thing... and there it is."

He continues: "We're talking about Irish society, being the best version in any referendum, divorce, same-sex marriage, being the best version of ourselves that we can be."
 
On the upcoming referendum, Farrell says: "I carry Ireland with me everywhere I go, and I love my country deeply . . . This is my 'coming out of the closet', as it were, publicly and saying that I support this vote with every fibre of my being."

Claire Byrne interviews Colin Farrell

Click here for RTÉ TEN's full all-channel tv listings

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James Franco and Lana Del Rey plan film project

James Franco has revealed he wants to make a movie with Lana Del Rey because she has an ''awesome'' idea for a project.

The 36-year-old star of The Interview has penned an essay about his love for 29-year-old Del Ray, which revealed that the pair discussed collaborating on a film project.

In a piece for V magazine, Franco wrote: ''She has this idea for a film. I want to do it because it's a little like Sunset Boulevard. A woman is alone in a big house in L.A. She doesn't want to go out. She starts to go crazy, and becomes paranoid because she feels like people are watching her.

"Even in her own house. It's like an awesome B-movie that lives in Lana's head. It's about her, and it's not about her. Just like her music.''

Franco added,"[She] isn't made for this Earth. I wanted to interview Lana for a book and she said, 'Just write around me, it's better if it's not my own words. It's almost better if you don't get me exactly, but try.'"

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Jennifer Lawrence wants more Hunger Games

Actress Jennifer Lawrence is devastated at the thought of filming her last scene for The Hunger Games and wishes they would extend the movie series.

24-year-old Lawrence, who plays Katniss Everdeen in all four of The Hunger Games movies, has revealed she doesn't want filming for the franchise to end and is upset to think she won't be spending much time with her co-stars Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson anymore. 

Speaking to Eddie Redmayne in Interview magazine Lawrence said: "I've got, like, one more thing to shoot for Hunger Games. We just have one scene to do for the end.

''I'm not happy about it at all. I would totally do [more movies]. And now Liam's doing a movie in Australia for two months. It's the longest that the three of us have ever spent apart.''

Lawrence added that after working together for so long her co-stars are now like brothers to her.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part II is due out on November 20, 2015.

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The X-Files looks set for a reboot

Fans of The X-Files rejoice, Mulder and Scully could be making a comeback in the near future.

Fox Chairman Gary Newman revealed over the weekend that the network is seriously considering rebooting The X-Files. 

Speaking at the Television Critics Association press tour in California Newman said: "It's true that we've had some conversations on X-Files. We're hopeful of being able to bring that back at some point," 

He also confirmed that David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, who starred in The X-Files, would reprise their roles if a reboot goes ahead.

The X-Files, which aired between 1993 and 2002, followed FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, played by Duchovny and Anderson, as they travelled around the US investigating paranormal and extra terrestrial cases. 

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Stephen Fry marries partner Elliott Spencer

Stephen Fry has married his partner Elliott Spencer just ten days after announcing their engagement. 

The happy couple exchanged their vows yesterday, Saturday January 17. After the ceremony Fry shared their good news on Twitter posting a photograph of himself and his stand-up comedian husband signing the civil register in Dereham, Norfolk. 

Alongside the picture Fry wrote: "Gosh.@ElliottGSpencer and I go into a room as two people, sign a book and leave as one. Amazing.'

It is not known how many guests were in attendance, however Fry joked on Twitter that their vows had been witnessed by an Oscar Wilde doll.  

"Oh and @ElliottGSpencer and I had our vows witnessed by a mini Oscar Wilde. Because one should."

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EastEnders favourite heading back to Walford

Actor John Partridge is set to reprise his role as Christian Clarke for the soap's 30th anniversary next month. 

It has been confirmed that Christian will return to the Square in February to attend the wedding of his sister Jane (Laurie Brett) to Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt).

A spokesperson for the show said: "We can confirm that John Partridge is returning as Christian for a week of special episodes to mark our 30th anniversary."

Partridge originally starred in EastEnders from 2008 to 2012, and has returned for cameos since his on-screen departure.

Partridge is not the only high-profile star returning to the show, Barbara Windsor will return as Peggy Mitchell as will Jo Joyner as Tanya Branning. 

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Sky Ferreira cast in Elvis & Nixon movie

Singer Sky Ferreira has been cast is her first major feature film alongside Kevin Spacey and Michael Shannon.

Spacey will play former U.S. President Richard Nixon while Shannon stars as Elvis Presley. The movie will document the two icons' meeting in the White House in December, 1970, when The King was sworn in as an undercover Federal Agent at large.

Magic Mike's Alex Pettyfer will play Elvis' best pal, Jerry Schilling and Fargo star Colin Hanks has been cast as Nixon aide Egil Krogh

Ferreira, who has had small acting roles in independent movies, will play Schilling's love interest.

Jackass star Johnny Knoxville has also been added to the Elvis & Nixon to portray the head of the rocker's security team.

Liza Johnson is directing the film, which is currently in production in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Lea Michelle to star in Scream Queens

Lea Michelle is to star in the comedy-horror anthology alongside a host of big names. 

Michelle will be joined by Emma Roberts (American Horror Story), Jamie Lee Curtis (True Lies), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine) and Keke Palmer (Akeelah and the Bee).  Popstar Ariana Grande will also have a recurring role.

According to Billboard, Scream Queens, which is the brainchild of Glee and American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy, will consist of 15 hour long episodes with the plot centering on a series of murders on a college campus. 

Murphy will reunite with a number of actors and crew members who have previously worked on his other projects including Michelle, who stars in Glee and is currently filming the show's final season. Scream Queens will be her first role after the hit musical-comedy series. 

Murphy has also previously worked with Roberts on American Horror Story's third and fourth seasons. 

Scream Queens is slated to air this autumn.

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Director George Lucas is not a fan of the Oscars

Director George Lucas has hit out at the Academy Awards calling the event a "political campaign" which does not recognise real artistic talent.

Lucas made his comments after Selma star David Oyelowo and director Ava DuVernay did not receive any Oscar nominations.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. biopic was shortlisted in the coveted Best Picture and Best Original Song categories but surprisingly failed to receive nominations for Oyelowo for his portrayal of the civil rights icon or his director DuVernay.

Academy officials were heavily criticised for the lack of diversity in their top picks for the acting awards, but Lucas insists the snub came as no surprise to him.

Speaking on US news show CBS This Morning Lucas said: "There's always controversy. That's why I'm not a member.

"Everybody has their personal opinions about what they think (the nominations) should be. I think David, who was in (Lucas' 2012 film) Red Tails, is truly one of the great actors of all time. And you know, the director, Ava, is amazing. I think they're very, very talented people. But what can I say?

"The thing about the Academy, it's a political campaign, it has nothing to do with artistic endeavour at all. So it's a political campaign. It's like - why do we have a tendency to elect people who drift toward not the most talented, best and brightest we have in the country? It's all political."

He added: "I think Ava and David deserved to be (nominated) - (but) you know, they're starting their careers, and this is an important moment for them. And I think it's a beautiful film, it's a wonderful film."

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Jessica Biel due baby in the spring

Jessica Biel is reportedly in her third trimester and is set to welcome her first baby alongside her hubby, Justin Timberlake in late March or early April.

A source told E! News: "She's in her third trimester now and feeling good. She has stayed active during her pregnancy and tried to get in as much exercise as possible.

"She loves going hiking or on walks. She also does yoga at home and light stretching.

"She has spent a lot of time at home and plans to slow down on traveling in the next two months...she's embraced being a homebody and taking it easy."

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Jennifer Aniston praises Angelina Jolie

Jennifer Aniston has admitted she thinks Angelina Jolie did a "gorgeous job" directing Unbroken and insists there is no rivalry between them.

The Cake actress has insisted there is no ''petty kind of silliness'' between her and the 39-year-old actress, who is married to her ex-husband Brad Pitt. In fact, she claims she is a huge fan of Jolie's recent World War II drama, Unbroken, which is about real-life former Olympian and prisoner of war Louis Zamperini.

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight the 45-year-old star said: ''I mean, that movie is so beautiful and wonderful, and she did such a gorgeous job.''

She added: ''I think it's time people stop with that petty B.S. and just start celebrating great work and stop with the petty kind of silliness.''

When asked about their rumoured rivalry she said: ''I think that's slowly coming to an end. I really do.

''It's just tiresome and old. It's like an old leather shoe. Let's buy a new pair of shiny shoes.''

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Blunt was terrified to sing in front of Streep

Emily Blunt has admitted that singing in front of her Into The Woods cast mates was like showing them her underwear.

The 31-year-old actress has revealed she was absolutely terrified at the thought of performing in front of co-stars Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick and James Corden, but says all the cast shared her fears of doing something so ''intimate''.

Speaking to Stylist magazine Blunt said: ''My knees were knocking walking into the auditions. It's a very intimate and personal thing to sing for somebody, especially a musical god like Rob Marshall.

''It's why people have to be drunk to do karaoke.

''On the first day of rehearsals there was a hideous moment when Rob said, 'OK, we're going to sing now' and everybody just screamed. Because here it was, the moment where everybody had to suddenly show their underwear.''

Despite her nerves, Emily enjoys singing karaoke and revealed what songs she likes to sing: "'I love Janis Joplin. Sometimes if I'm coerced I'll do Aerosmith's I Don't Want To Miss A Thing. And I love Try a Little Tenderness by Otis Redding, but that's usually later on in the night.''

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Adele's next album delayed again

Fans are going to have to wait a little longer for Adele's next album as it is being reported it has been delayed once again.

The Someone Like You hitmaker has apparently pushed the release date of her long-awaited third album back yet again, with some reports speculating it could be put on hold until next year.

The album, which is the follow up to her last record, 21, was originally slated for release at the end of last year after the singer took a break from music to spend more time with her son, Angelo.

The Sun is now reporting that the latest delay has been cause by Adele's determination to perfect the album.

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Op Trans leaders for Saturday Night Show

This week on The Saturday Night Show, Brendan O'Connor catches up with the Operation Transformation leaders to see how they are adjusting to their new lifestyles. 

Also, Jonathan and Anna Saccone-Joly will be in studio to talk about how their family has become an internet sensation with over 161 million views of their YouTube channel.

And Broadcaster Matt Cooper tells Brendan O'Connor about the very difficult decisions he had to make relating to the death of his parents.

The Saturday Night Show airs on Saturday at 9.50pm, RTÉ One.

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Hozier pays BIMM students a surprise visit

Hozier surprised students at Dublin's British and Irish Modern Music Institute this morning with an exclusive masterclass.

The Bray-born Take Me To Church hitmaker dropped by BIMM to give students in the Commercial Modern Music degree course a surprise masterclass and advice on how to sustain a career in the music industry today.

BIMM is Ireland's first and only contemporary music college offering a degree in Commercial Modern Music validated by DIT.  BIMM courses offer a springboard into the world of contemporary music through an education experience that explores technique, music, culture, craft, technology and business, thoroughly and creatively. 

All BIMM tutors are music industry professionals, who are dedicated teachers and include Cathy Davey, Cormac Curran (Villagers), Mick Pyro (Republic of Loose) and Jim Lawless (manager of The Coronas).

The deadline for application for the Commercial Modern Music degree course is by the 1st of February through the CAO system for September 2015 enrolments.

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Watch! Best Picture Oscar Nominee Trailers

The Oscar nominations have been revealed, check out the trailers here for the Best Picture nominees.

See the full list of nominees here.

American Sniper

The Imitation Game

The Theory of Everything

Birdman

Selma

Boyhood

The Grand Budapest Hotel

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Ireland's Song of the Sea among Oscar nominees

The nominations for the 87th Academy Awards have been announced, with the Irish animated feature film Song of the Sea from Kilkenny's Cartoon Saloon among the nominees.

Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel lead the nominations with nine each.

Directed by Tomm Moore, written by Will Collins and produced by Paul Young, Song of the Sea is based around the legend of the Selkies and follows the adventures of Saoirse and her brother Ben.

It features the voices of Lucy O'Connell, David Rawle, Lisa Hannigan, Brendan Gleeson, Fionnula Flanagan, Jon Kenny, Pat Shortt, Liam Hourican and Colm Ó Snodaigh.

Moore previously directed Cartoon Saloon's Oscar-nominated film The Secret of Kells. Cartoon Saloon also makes Puffin Rock, which has just begun airing on RTÉjr.

Northern Ireland's Boogaloo and Graham, directed by Michael Lennox, produced by Brian Falconer and written by Ronan Blaney, is nominated in the Best Live Action Short category.

American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything and Whiplash are nominated for Best Picture.

Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), Michael Keaton (Birdman) and Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) are nominated for Best Actor.

Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night), Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Reese Witherspoon (Wild) are the nominees for Best Actress.

Robert Duvall (The Judge), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Edward Norton (Birdman), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher) and JK Simmons (Whiplash) are the nominees for Best Supporting Actor.

Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Laura Dern (Wild), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game), Emma Stone (Birdman) and Meryl Streep (Into the Woods) are the nominees for Best Supporting Actress.

The Best Director nominees are: Alejandro G Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game).

Along with Song of the Sea, Big Hero 6, The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya are nominated for Best Animated Feature.

Ida, Leviathan, Tangerines, Timbuktu and Wild Tales will compete for Best Foreign Language Film.

The nominees for Best Documentary Feature are: CitizenFour, Finding Vivian Maier, Last Days in Vietnam, The Salt of the Earth and Virunga.

The winners will be announced on Sunday February 22.

Song of the Sea was funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/The Irish Film Board and its CEO, James Hickey, said: "Congratulations to Irish animation filmmakers Tomm Moore, Will Collins, Paul Young and the entire Cartoon Saloon team, who deserve to be nominated along with the best talent in the world this year. 

"With their previous feature film The Secret of Kells, Cartoon Saloon proved themselves more than capable of standing alongside the most renowned names in global animation and a second Academy Award nomination for the company has cemented this reputation of world-class talent. 

The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, said of Song of the Sea's nomination: "I would like to offer huge congratulations to Cartoon Saloon, and to its director Tomm Moore, for securing this very prestigious nomination. Tomm previously received recognition for his work on The Secret of Kells, which was of course nominated for an Oscar five years ago.
 
"This is yet another significant achievement for the Irish animation sector, which has gone from strength to strength in recent years. It is an extremely dynamic element of the Irish audiovisual industry, and, as this nomination shows, it is making a big impact on the global animation scene."

Check out our Oscar Nominees gallery here

Oscar Nominations 2015 - Full List:

Best Picture
American Sniper
Birdman
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash

Best Director
Alejandro G Iñárritu (Birdman)
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher)
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel) 
Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game)

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) 
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Best Actor
Steve Carell (Foxcatcher)
Bradley Cooper (American Sniper)
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Michael Keaton (Birdman) 
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything) 

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall (The Judge)
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Edward Norton (Birdman)
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher) 
JK Simmons (Whiplash)

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) 
Laura Dern (Wild)
Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game)
Emma Stone (Birdman) 
Meryl Streep (Into the Woods) 

Best Foreign Film
Ida
Leviathan
Tangerines
Timbuktu 
Wild Tales

Best Original Screenplay
Birdman 
Boyhood 
Foxcatcher 
The Grand Budapest Hotel 
Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Sniper 
The Imitation Game
Inherent Vice 
The Theory of Everything 
Whiplash

Best Animated Film
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2 
Song of the Sea
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Best Visual Effects
Captain America: The Winter Soldier 
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 
Guardians of the Galaxy 
Interstellar 
X-Men: Days of Future Past 

Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr Turner 
Unbroken

Best Costume Design
Into the Woods 
Maleficent
Inherent Vice
The Grand Budapest Hotel 
Mr Turner

Best Documentary Feature
CitizenFour 
Finding Vivian Maier 
Last Days in Vietnam
The Salt of the Earth 
Virunga

Best Documentary Short
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 
Joanna 
Our Curse 
The Reaper (La Parka) 
White Earth 

Best Film Editing
American Sniper 
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel 
The Imitation Game 
Whiplash 

Best Production Design
The Grand Budapest Hotel 
The Imitation Game
Interstellar 
Into the Woods 
Mr Turner 

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Foxcatcher 
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Grand Budapest Hotel 

Best Original Score
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Interstellar 
The Imitation Game 
Mr Turner 
The Theory of Everything

Best Original Song
Everything Is Awesome from The Lego Movie
Glory from Selma
Grateful from Beyond the Lights
I'm Not Gonna Miss You from Glen Campbell…I'll Be Me
Lost Stars from Begin Again

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