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The 96th Academy Awards will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday 10 March 2024

Oscars set March date for 2024

The date of the 2024 Oscars ceremony has been announced

Sarah Polley won Best Adapted Screenplay for Women Talking at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles last month

Sarah Polley pranked by her child to return Oscar

The Canadian writer-director Sarah Polley was told to return her Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay after the award was described as a "mistake" in an April Fools' Day joke by her 11-year-old child.

Movies • 02 Apr 23

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Monday

Brian Dowling and Arthur Gourounlian's baby is celebrated in Brian & Arthur's Very Modern Family, there's the highlights from last night's Oscars, Paula Yates and the season finale of The Last of Us . . .

Television • 13 Mar 23

Ross White, Tom Berkeley, James Martin and Séamus O'Hara with their Oscars for Best Live-Action Short Film

An Irish Goodbye, Dubliner Richard Baneham win Oscars

The Northern Irish comedy-drama An Irish Goodbye has won Best Live-Action Short Film and Dubliner Richard Baneham has won his second visual effects Oscar for his work on Avatar: The Way of Water at the 95th Academy Awards.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Mikey Day as Colin Farrell and Molly Kearney as Brendan Gleeson (right) during the programme's Oscars Red Carpet Cold Open

Saturday Night Live Irish Oscar skit deemed 'offensive'

A skit of Irish actors Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson on NBC's Saturday Night Live has come in for criticism ahead of tonight's Oscars in Los Angeles.

oscars • 12 Mar 23

Emily Watson and Paul Mescal at the Dublin media junket for their new film God's Creatures

Paul Mescal and Emily Watson relive Oscar nominations

At the recent Irish media junket for their new film God's Creatures in Dublin, Paul Mescal and Emily Watson told RTÉ Entertainment what they remember about the fateful day when they became Oscar nominees.

oscars • 12 Mar 23

Elvis - the woman behind the movie's clothes and look

Nominated for three Academy Awards for her work on Elvis, four-time Oscar winner Catherine Martin tells Harry Guerin about making the movie fit for The King.

oscars • 12 Mar 23

The 95th Academy Awards take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night and will be broadcast on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player on Monday from 9:30pm

Oscars: the nominees - and winners - on Sunday night

Here we are again, with fingers crossed that the Irish nominees will have plenty to celebrate in the wee small hours in Los Angeles. Harry Guerin shares his predictions.

oscars • 11 Mar 23

Kerry Condon at the Venice International Film Festival last September as the Banshees of Inisherin's awards run began

Sixteen-year-old Kerry Condon's Oscar dreams

In a 1998 school yearbook, printed over a selection of riddles and opposite an account of a geography fieldwork trip, 16-year-old Kerry Condon predicted she might one day make it to the Oscars.

oscars • 11 Mar 23

Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy take Women Talking to Oscars

Stars Jessie Buckley and Claire Foy discuss their experiences of making the Oscar-nominated Women Talking and how much the film means to them.

oscars • 11 Mar 23

Jonathan Redmond - "It's such an honour to be even in the conversation with so many extraordinarily talented people"

From Dublin to Elvis to the Oscars

Nominated for an Oscar for his editing on Elvis, Dubliner Jonathan Redmond tells Harry Guerin about his adventures in the screen trade.

oscars • 10 Mar 23

Barry Keoghan slams British Airways for losing his case

Barry Keoghan has slammed British Airways for its "bad customer service" after losing his suitcase on the way to Los Angeles for the Oscars.

oscars • 09 Mar 23

Jimmy Kimmel - "I'm honoured, I'm thrilled, I'm excited - mostly about the carpet. We got it for a very good price downtown"

Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel confident of no bloodshed

Jimmy Kimmel has joked that the decision to have a champagne-coloured carpet at this year's Oscars "shows how confident we are that no blood will be shed".

oscars • 08 Mar 23

Course director 'enormously proud' of Paul Mescal

Course director proud of Mescal

Movie • 08 Mar 23

Sharon Horgan - "I do think the Irish have always produced incredible acting talent historically. It's a small island and it just needed a bit of focus on it"

Sharon Horgan says Irish screen success 'unsurprising'

Sharon Horgan has said the success of Irish talent throughout the 2023 awards season is "unsurprising" and that she hopes it will mean "more punts" are taken on Ireland's film industry.

oscars • 05 Mar 23

Another big night before the biggest film night of the year for the Everything Everywhere All at Once team

Everything Everywhere All at Once wins big yet again

Everything Everywhere All at Once swept up yet more film prizes when it was named Best Feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday night - one of the last major Hollywood ceremonies before next weekend's Oscars.

Movies • 05 Mar 23

Slappy anniversary! It's almost a year since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars

Kimmel: Chris Rock should be 'proud' of slap response

Jimmy Kimmel says Chris Rock should be "proud" of his response to being slapped on-stage by Will Smith at last year's Oscars.

Academy Awards • 03 Mar 23

Colin Farrell: Irish 'good at supporting each other'

Colin Farrell has said that Irish people are good at supporting each other and that the "sense of civic duty" is strong in Ireland.

Movie • 02 Mar 23

James Martin on the BAFTAs red carpet last month

An Irish Goodbye star eyes the double at the Oscars

An Irish Goodbye star James Martin has said that after winning a BAFTA, he wants to do the double and "fingers crossed", bring home the Oscar to Belfast too.

oscars • 01 Mar 23

Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell were among those presenting awards on the night

Irish stars miss out at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

Irish Oscar nominees missed out on adding to their honours haul at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, with Everything Everywhere All at Once the big winner on the night.

Movies • 27 Feb 23

(L-R) Andrew Bennett, Carrie Crowley, Catherine Clinch, Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoí

An Cailín Ciúin has a big night in New York

The team behind An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) celebrated the Irish-language drama's success at the film's New York premiere this week.

Movies • 24 Feb 23

Rihanna to perform at 95th Academy Awards

Rihanna will perform at the 95th Academy Awards next month, it has been announced.

oscars • 24 Feb 23

Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at last year's Oscars

Crisis team to be introduced at Oscars ceremony

Academy chief executive Bill Kramer says that a "crisis team" will be introduced for the first time at this year's Oscars to prepare for any unanticipated events.

Academy Awards • 23 Feb 23