Alan Corr

Multimedia Journalist

Peter M Smith: "I'm never under the impression that this is about me. I'm just a jobbing actor."

Peter M Smith steps into the Moonlight as Phil Lynott

"At the end of the day, people miss Philo," says Drimnagh-born stage and film actor Peter M Smith. "They miss him as a person and being around Dublin and having a chance to pass by him on Grafton Street."

Music • 06 Dec 24

U2 have just released the 20th anniversary re-release of their 2004 album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, along with a "shadow" album entitled How To Re-Assemble An Atomic Bomb. Phpto credit: Anton Corbijn

Adam Clayton: U2 have been incredibly lucky and blessed

Adam Clayton has just had his breakfast and is preparing to hit the gym. "I'm full of beans!" he tells me via Zoom from his house in south Dublin.

Music • 03 Dec 24

Adam Clayton: 'U2 owe the showbands an enormous debt'

Adam Clayton says that U2 owe a huge debt to Ireland's showbands and dismissed any lingering snobbery about the era as "ridiculous".

Television • 28 Nov 24

Wicked director Chu: This is not about happy endings

Wicked director Jon M. Chu has said that he was in tears the night the movie's stars, Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, first met at a dinner he hosted in his house in LA.

Movies • 26 Nov 24

Jonathan Bailey and Jeff Goldblum talking to RTÉ Entertainment

Goldblum on playing Wizard of Oz: 'He's complicated'

Jeff Goldblum has said that playing The Wizard of Oz in the new movie adaptation of stage musical smash hit Wicked gave him an insight into human nature.

Movies • 23 Nov 24

Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Eviro talk to RTÉ Entertainment in London

Exclusive We meet Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo

Wicked stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo have said that they both burst into tears of joy when they were first told they would be playing the lead roles in the new big screen adaptation of the hugely popular stage show.

Movies • 22 Nov 24