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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Hozier wins Eurosonic's Top Award

2fm and 2Xm presenter Dan Hegarty is in Norway for the biggest music festival in Europe, Eurosonic where Hozier was awarded the EBBA Award.

Speaking to RTÉ TEN, Hegarty said: "Eurosonic 2015 started off like everyone hopes it is going to continue; The London-based Limerick band Sisters played what's best described as a 'stormer' of a gig to open their Eurosonic account.

"Other Irish names that were in action included All The Luck in the World at De Spieghel venue, and Soak who played to a packed Grand Theatre. Queues to get into her show stretched all the way down to the ground floor of this three story Theatre! 

"Kormac's Big Band will be looking back on what was a very well received show. 10 hours have passed since they left the stage, and my ears are still buzzing!"

Speaking about the EBBA Award, he said: "Ten European artists received EBBA's (European Border Breaker Awards) at the ceremony hosted by Jools Holland last night at the stunning Stadsschouwburg theatre. 

"Hozier wasn't able to attend unfortunately, but from talking to many people at the event, his two shows from last year's Eurosonic Festival are still etched into peoples's minds."

Tune into Dan Hegarty's Eurosonic report on Eoghan McDermott's show tonight at 8pm on 2fm and Listen to Hegarty's The Alternative Monday to Thursday: RTE 2fm: 1am | RTE 2xm: 10am to 1pm. For more on Eurosonic click here rte.ie/2fm/eurosonic/

Dan Hegarty interviewing Limerick band Sisters:

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Watch! Clip from new Irish film Glassland

Glassland, the new Irish urban drama from Pilgrim Hill writer-director Gerard Barrett, is released in cinemas on Friday April 17 and screens at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah next week. Here's your chance to watch a new clip.

Glassland stars Jack Reynor, Toni Collette, Will Poulter and Michael Smiley and tells the story of a taxi driver (Reynor) on the fringes of the underworld who reaches a crossroads in his life as he tries to save his mother (Collette) from addiction.

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Pitt, Gosling, Bale to star in financial drama

Christian Bale and Ryan Gosling are in talks to star alongside Brad Pitt in financial drama The Big Short.

Pitt's Plan B production company is adapting Michael Lewis' best-selling book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine which explores the lead up to the financial crisis in 2007.

Adam McKay will helm the project and according to Variety Bale and Gosling have now signed up to star. A production start date has not yet been revealed.

Plan B's other titles include 12 Years A Slave, Moneyball and this year's Selma.

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RTÉ TEN's TV picks for Wednesday, January 14

There's a storm a-brewin' so you may be staying in tonight. We have cooking, crime and crash-bang-wallop as our selections for Wednesday.

Neven Maguire: Home Chef, 7:30pm, RTÉ One

The smiliest man with a saucepan returns for a new series where the emphasis is on "quick, family-friendly dishes" that can be made in half-an-hour or less. That'll be us in front of the telly, then. On the menu for episode one are Crispy Goat's Cheese with an Apple and Hazelnut Salad, Sea Bass with Irish Bacon, and Pork Meatballs with Coriander and Coconut. As part of one of Neven's time-honoured 'savoury safaris' there'll also be a visit to the Aviva Stadium to watch 80 chefs at work.

Blue Bloods, 9:00pm, RTÉ2

The 'tache is back and season five opens with a double bill. In Partners, Danny must find the cartel responsible for injuring Baez and hijacking a drugs seizure that was due for incineration. Up at head office Frank has to deal with a lieutenant with a great record whose actions are now causing problems for the force. In episode two, Forgive and Forget, Jamie stands up for a fellow officer who has been ostracised for testifying against her partner, while Erin and Danny's relationship is put under strain by a homicide.

Transformers, 9:00pm, E4

Sniff away about sub-standard sequels, but 2007's opening movie is as likeable as it is loud and a hoot for anyone with fond memories of the robots in disguise back in the mid-Eighties. The valiant Autobots and their arch-enemies the Decepticons renew hostilities on earth, and teenager Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) really does have the weight of the world on his shoulders. This being a Michael Bay (Armageddon, The Rock) film, every bang is bigger than the last and every set piece is more audacious, and throughout you'll marvel at just what all the people behind the scenes achieved - the CGI of the Autobots and the Decepticons is so seamless that you wonder if they socialised in their trailers between takes or kept to themselves. 

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

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Stephanie Roche for Friday's Late Late Show

Irish goal-scoring sensation Stephanie Roche will be among Ryan Tubridy's guests on this week's Late Late Show.

Last Monday Roche came second in the world to James Rodriguez in the battle to claim the FIFA Puskas Award for the best goal scored on the planet over the last year.

Stephanie isn't the only sports person on the show - Dublin Gaelic footballer Bernard Brogan is also confirmed.

The line-up for Friday's show also includes former Bay City Rollers' singer Les McKeown, Kerry politician Michael Healy Rae, and broadcaster Claire Byrne.

The Late Late Show is on at 9.35pm this Friday on RTÉ One. 

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Look! Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack cover

The cover and tracklisting for next month's Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack have been unveiled – take a look here.

The soundtrack will be released on Friday February 6, with the Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson-starring film following on Friday February 13.

The soundtrack album tracklisting is:
 
1) I Put A Spell on You (Fifty Shades of Grey) - Annie Lennox

2) Undiscovered - Laura Welsh

3) Earned It (Fifty Shades of Grey) - The Weeknd

4) Meet Me in the Middle - Jessie Ware

5) Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

6) Haunted (Michael Diamond Remix) - Beyoncé

7) Salted Wound - Sia

8) Beast of Burden - The Rolling Stones

9) I'm on Fire - AWOLNATION

10) Crazy in Love (2014 Remix) - Beyoncé

11) Witchcraft - Frank Sinatra

12) One Last Night - Vaults

13) Where You Belong - The Weeknd

14) I Know You - Skylar Grey

15) Ana and Christian - Danny Elfman

16) Did That Hurt? - Danny Elfman

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Watch! Jennifer Aniston in new Cake trailer

The new trailer for the acclaimed Jennifer Aniston-starring chronic-pain drama Cake has been released – watch it here.

Directed by Daniel Barnz, and also starring Adriana Barraza, Felicity Huffman, William H Macy, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, Mamie Gummer and Chris Messina, Cake tells the story of Claire Bennett (Aniston), a chronic-pain sufferer who becomes fascinated with the death of a fellow support group member while also trying to come to terms with her own demons.

Cake is released in cinemas on Friday February 20. 

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