Alan Corr

Multimedia Journalist

Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan of Microdisney

New Microdisney film is raw and tinged with sadness

Perhaps Gay Byrne said it best. Back in 1987 he was fond of playing a song called Town to Town by Cork band Microdisney on his morning show on RTÉ Radio 1.

Music • 16 Mar 24

Ed Speleers and Lindsay Lohan in Irish Wish

Ed Speleers on working with Lindsay Lohan in Ireland

Ed Speleers says he's glad he didn't have to tackle an Irish accent in his new film Irish Wish in which he stars with Lindsay Lohan.

Movies • 13 Mar 24

Lindsay Lohan says she thinks the Irish accent is sexy

Lindsay Lohan dons shamrock-tinted glasses and becomes part of a bizarre Irish love triangle in her new movie Irish Wish and while she has laughed off the idea of buying a house here, she does reckon the Irish accent is sexy.

Movies • 13 Mar 24

Stay tuned to RTÉ Entertainment into the wee small hours tonight for our coverage of the lights, camera, action as it happens

Oscar fever as Hollywood prepares for its big night

Hollywood rolls out the red carpet tonight for showbiz's biggest bunfight - the 96th Academy Awards or plain old Oscars to you and me.

oscars • 10 Mar 24

Watch: Previously unseen 1996 footage of Cillian Murphy

Previously unseen footage has emerged of Cillian Murphy rehearsing in the Granary Theatre at University College Cork for his first professional role in Enda Walsh's Disco Pigs.

oscars • 09 Mar 24

Cillian Murphy: "It takes 30 years to make an actor."

Cillian Murphy: from Disco Pigs to Oscar glory

It was 1996 and a 19-year-old Cillian Murphy had just left college and was about to make his professional acting debut in Enda Walsh's play Disco Pigs.

Movies • 11 Mar 24

Pat Ingoldsby - the people's poet under the hat

A charming and illuminating portrait of the people's poet uncovers his fascinating background

Entertainment Headlines • 01 Mar

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides in Dune Part Two: the aristocrat turned desert messiah certainly grows into the role as he grapples with a destiny that clearly appals him

Review:Sinister and sombre, Dune 2 is like Spacespeare

The new Dune reaches a fever pitch of seductive strangeness and operatic drama

Movie Review • 14 Mar 24

Kildare is a light that never goes out: Johnny Marr at the unveiling of a plaque to honour his Athy roots in 2018. Photo credit: Peadar Doogue

Johnny Marr to play Athy ballroom where his parents met

Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr is set to play Athy's Dreamland Ballroom, the venue where his parents first met in the early 1960s.

Music • 22 Feb 24

Cillian Murphy in Small Things Like These

Cillian Murphy's new film opens Berlin Film Festival

Cillian Murphy's latest movie Small Things Like These, an adaptation of Claire Keegan's bestseller of the same name, becomes the first Irish film to open the Berlin International Film Festival.

Movies • 15 Feb 24