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Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in Game of Thrones

Williams was 'broken' by filming Game of Thrones scenes

Maisie Williams has said she was "broken as a human" after a gruelling shoot for an epic battle in the highly-anticipated Game of Thrones final season.

Television • 05 Mar 19

Joe Dempsie as Gendry on Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones star ponders Gendry theories

Game of Thrones star Joe Dempsie has pondered the theories surrounding his character Gendry's mother's identity and while he's giving nothing away, he does drop some hints...

Television • 03 Mar 19

Nicks channels Game of Thrones' dire wolf for solo gigs

Stevie Nicks has said she channels a dire wolf from Game of Thrones when she performs Moonlight on her solo tour.

Music • 02 Mar 19

What's on? TV picks for Friday, Saturday and Sunday

If you're going no further than the sofa - and even if you are - here are some tips on what's worth watching on the box between Friday and Sunday. . . it's a busy one!

Television • 01 Mar 19

Aidan Gillen: "I've always been quite diligent about shredding scripts as soon as they're done"

Aidan Gillen shredded GoT scripts to avoid spoilers

Game of Thrones star Aidan Gillen has revealed he shredded his scripts from the show in order to prevent spoilers from leaking.

Television • 22 Feb 19

Nightflyers - The Syfy network in the US decided not to renew the show for a second season

Irish sci-fi series Nightflyers axed after one season

Nightflyers, the sci-fi series filmed at Limerick's Troy Studios and screened on Netflix in Europe, has been cancelled after one season.

Television • 20 Feb 19

Liam Cunningham as Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones season eight Photo: HBO

Game of Thrones teases fans with new images

Game of Thrones has turned the screw on impatient fans awaiting the eighth and final season of the fantasy phenomenon by releasing an array of new images - including one of Irish star Liam Cunningham.

Television • 07 Feb 19

Charlie Murphy - Among the stars of The Winter Lake

Irish horror to begin filming in the West

Peaky Blinders star Charlie Murphy and Game of Thrones' Michael McElhatton are to begin filming a new Irish horror-thriller in the West later this month.

Movies • 06 Feb 19

Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in the BBC drama Bodyguard

Keeley Hawes would love to see Richard Madden as Bond

Keeley Hawes has championed her Bodyguard co-star Richard Madden to become the next James Bond, saying he would make a "phenomenal" 007.

Movies • 03 Feb 19

Nathalie Emmanuel: "It's going to be amazing..."

Game of Thrones star teases 'brilliant' finale

Game Of Thrones star Nathalie Emmanuel has teased the eagerly-awaited finale of the popular show and said "it's going to be amazing".

Television • 01 Feb 19

Williams says Game of Thrones finale is 'unexpected'

Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams has said the finale of the long-running HBO fantasy series is going to be "very unexpected".

Television • 24 Jan 19

Liam Cunningham - "It'll be a different style - it'll make epic seem small this season"

Cunningham says GoT finale 'will make epic seem small'

Game of Thrones star Liam Cunningham has told The Late Late Show that the final season of the fantasy phenomenon "will make epic seem small".

Television • 19 Jan 19

Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark in Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones banned Turner from washing her hair

Sophie Turner has revealed that she was banned from washing her hair while filming Game of Thrones, saying "it was disgusting".

Television • 18 Jan 19

Game of Thrones star 'satisfied' with show end

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington has said that while he isn't happy the series is coming to a close, he is satisfied with how the showrunners have concluded the story.

Television • 16 Jan 19

Eoin Macken and Maya Eshet in a scene from Nightflyers

Irish stars take flight in Nightflyers on February 1

Irish actors Aoibhinn McGinnity, Brían F. O'Byrne, and Eoin Macken will be seen on screen from February 1 in Nightflyers, the new Netflix drama from Game of Thrones creator George R.R Martin.

Television • 16 Jan 19

Jon Bernthal and Vera Farmiga - Going back to New Jersey in the 1960s

Sopranos prequel makes stars offer they couldn't refuse

The Punisher star Jon Bernthal and The Front Runner's Vera Farmiga are reported to have joined the cast of the upcoming Sopranos prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark.

Movies • 15 Jan 19

Haunting teaser for Game of Thrones unveiled

Game of Thrones reveals air date with chilling teaser

HBO has revealed the air date for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones with a chilling 90 second teaser.

Television • 14 Jan 19

Irish actress Denise Gough for Game of Thrones prequel

Irish actress Denise Gough has been cast in the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel series.

Television • 09 Jan 19

Game of Thrones tease Sansa and Daenerys meeting

HBO have released a very short Game of Thrones teaser that sees two main characters coming face to face for the very first time; Daenerys Targaryen and Sansa Stark.

Television • 07 Jan 19

Jer O'Leary on RTÉ One's Kenny Live in November 1996 Photo: John Rowe

Dublin actor and activist Jer O'Leary dies

The death has been announced of the Dublin actor Jer O'Leary, best known for his stage role as union leader James Larkin and as Easter Rising leader Thomas Clarke in Neil Jordan's film Michael Collins.

Movies • 27 Dec 18

A Jonas/Turner/Chopra Christmas. Pic: Instagram/SophieT

Stars get festive on Instagram this holiday season

From matching outfits to trips abroad and family gatherings, see how the stars have been celebrating this holiday season!

Entertainment • 26 Dec 18

Iain Glen plays Jorah Mormont on Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones star says leaks measures caused issues

Game of Thrones actor Iain Glen has said the measures put in place to prevent script leaks on the set of the show caused problems for the cast.

Television • 20 Dec 18

Aisling Franciosi named as European Shooting Star

Irish actress Franciosi named as European Shooting Star

Irish actress Aisling Franciosi, best known for her roles in the crime drama The Fall and HBO fantasy Game Of Thrones, has been selected as a European Shooting Star at the Berlin International Film Festival.

Movies • 12 Dec 18

Game of Thrones exhibition coming to Belfast

Game of Thrones exhibition opening in Belfast next year

The official Game of Thrones tour is coming to Belfast next year.

Television • 12 Dec 18

Jason Momoa says working with Nicole Kidman was "surreal"

Aquaman's Jason Momoa heaps praise on screen mum Kidman

Aquman star Jason Momoa has heaped praise on his co-star Nicole Kidman, who plays his mum in the superhero epic, saying: "She brought out the best in me."

Movies • 11 Dec 18

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