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Da'Vine Joy Randolph was the only non-white winner in any of the acting categories, taking Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Holdovers

Historic firsts at Oscars 2024

The 2024 Oscars clocked up a number of historic firsts and achievements.

oscars • 11 Mar 24

Emma Stone, winner of the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for Poor Things

In Photos: The 2024 Oscars winners

Take a look at all the winners at this 96th Academy Awards celebrating their successes in the press room.

oscars • 11 Mar 24

Cillian Murphy and Emma Stone win Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively

Oscars 2024: The winners in full

Oppenheimer was the big winner on the night with seven awards while Poor Things, which was produced by Dublin-based Element Pictures, picked up four awards.

oscars • 12 Mar 24

Cillian Murphy - "I'm a very proud Irishman standing here tonight"

'Proud Irishman' Cillian Murphy wins Best Actor Oscar

Oppenheimer's Cillian Murphy has become the first Irish-born star to win the Oscar for Best Actor at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, with Poor Things, produced by the Dublin-based Element Pictures, winning in four categories.

Movies • 12 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

Micheál Martin at entrance of Sr Anthony's NS in Ballinlough

Tánaiste Micheál Martin cheering Murphy for Oscar glory

Tánaiste Micheál Martin says he is cheering on his fellow Corkman Cillian Murphy as the countdown to Oscars gets underway.

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

The 96th Academy Awards take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night and will be broadcast on RTÉ2 on Monday from 9:35pm

Oscars: the nominees - and winners - on Sunday night

Here we are again! In another great year for Irish talent, we're primed for something that's been a long time coming - all the way back to when the Oscars began in 1929, in fact.

Movies • 09 Mar 24

Cillian Murphy: 'It's so humbling and overwhelming'

Cillian Murphy on Oscars - 'What will be, will be'

Cork native Cillian Murphy might be the hot favourite to win the Best Actor Oscar at the Academy Awards this Sunday, but in typical Irish fashion, the Oppenheimer star says he is "just going to enjoy it" and "do our best".

oscars • 08 Mar 24

(L-R) Pierce Brosnan, Molly Shannon, and Richie Baneham

Irish stars out at the Oscar Wilde Awards in California

Irish stars were out in force at the Oscar Wilde Awards in California last night as the US-Ireland Alliance's annual pre-Oscars event honoured Pierce Brosnan, special effects Oscar winner Richard Baneham, and Irish-American actress Molly Shannon.

Movies • 08 Mar 24

Aer Lingus Cabin Crew Sarah Browne and Rhys Donohue welcoming Cillian Murphy as he boards Aer Lingus flight EI 069 to Los Angeles, ahead of the Academy Awards taking place Sunday Photo credits: Naoise Culhane

Cillian Murphy jets off to Hollywood for Oscars night

Oscar-nominee Cillian Murphy has jetted off to Hollywood for Sunday night's Academy Awards where he is in the running for Best Actor for his lead role in Oppenheimer.

oscars • 07 Mar 24

The Oscars takes place on Sunday, 10 March

Oscars 2024: Everything you need to know

After a winter barrage of award shows – the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys – the granddaddy of them all, the Academy Awards, are just around the corner.

Oscars 2024 • 29 Feb 24

Emily Watson - "I had a front-row seat watching Cillian Murphy unravel, and it was truly a privilege. He had a dream that I was going to be in the movie, and here I am"

Emily Watson wins in Berlin for Small Things Like These

Emily Watson won Best Supporting Performance at the Berlin International Film Festival at the weekend for her role opposite Cillian Murphy in the new Irish film Small Things Like These, an adaptation of the Claire Keegan bestseller of the same name.

Movies • 26 Feb 24

Cillian Murphy with his awards for Best Actor in a Motion Picture and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for Oppenheimer

Cillian Murphy wins Best Actor at SAG Awards

Cillian Murphy picked up the award for Best Actor for his role in Oppenheimer during the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, while the film won Best Cast in a Motion Picture.

Sag Awards • 25 Feb 24

Brendan Gleeson on Cillian Murphy: 'What a treat he is'

Brendan Gleeson praised Oscar nominee and Bafta winner Cillian Murphy, while noting that "it's fantastic what's happening now" in terms of the breadth and quality of current Irish acting talent.

Movie • 25 Feb 24

Cillian Murphy spoke about his life and career to 60 Minutes

6 key moments in Cillian Murphy's 60 Minutes interview

Ahead of the Oscars ceremony in a few weeks, Oppenheimer star Cillian Murphy sat down with American journalist Scott Pelley's 60 Minutes special to discuss his life and career, saying he is still "hungry" for good roles.

Movie • 21 Feb 24

Element Pictures' Ed Guiney is now eyeing up the Oscars

Element Pictures' Ed Guiney is "delighted" with five wins at the Baftas for Poor Things and now looks to the Oscars, saying "We'll go and enjoy it."

Movie • 19 Feb 24

BAFTAs 2024 winners gallery

Oppenheimer has swept the Baftas, where it was named Best Film and won Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor.

BAFTAs 2024 • 18 Feb 24

Cillian Murphy - "It means a lot to me to be Irish"

'Proud Irishman' Cillian Murphy savours his BAFTA win

Cillian Murphy described himself as a "really proud Irishman" after he won Best Actor at the BAFTA Film Awards in London.

Movies • 19 Feb 24

Cillian Murphy, Poor Things among BAFTA winners

Cillian Murphy has been named Best Actor at the BAFTA Film Awards in London for his work on Oppenheimer while Poor Things, produced by the Dublin-based Element Pictures, has won five awards.

BAFTAs 2024 • 17 Dec 24

BAFTAs: Red carpet action and all the winners

Cillian Murphy becomes for the first Irish-born star to win a BAFTA for Best Actor in film for Oppenheimer.

BAFTAs 2024 • 18 Feb 24

Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan are nominated for Best Actor for their performances in Oppenheimer and Saltburn, respectively

Irish stars looking to make history at BAFTAs tonight

Saltburn's Barry Keoghan and Oppenheimer's Cillian Murphy are among the nominees for the BAFTA Awards in London, and a win for either star would mark the first time an Irish-born performer has won the Best Actor BAFTA for their work in a film.

Movies • 18 Feb 24

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Sunday

Here's to a great night for the Irish at the Bafta Film Awards 2024, someone's facing elimination on Dancing with the Stars, new drama Blackshore continues, and there's plenty of gaelic football action on TG4 . . .

Television • 18 Feb 24

Watch: Stars step out at Small Things Like These premiere

Berlinale's red carpet goes green for Cillian Murphy

Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon and Emily Watson were among the stars who stepped out at the premiere of Small Things Like These at the Berlin Film Festival.

Movies • 16 Feb 24