Oscars

Sean Whelan in LA: 'A great return for a small country'

RTÉ's Sean Whelan looks back on a remarkable Oscars race that saw Irish talent gain a massive Hollywood profile and give local film production an unprecedented boost.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Tom Berkeley and Ross White, winners of Best Short Film Live Action award for An Irish Goodbye

President Michael D Higgins hails Irish Oscar success

President Michael D Higgins has marked Ireland's success at the Oscars by hailing a "remarkable" year for the Irish film industry.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong, Ke Huy Quan, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Wang, Daniel Kwan, Stephanie Hsu, and Daniel Scheinert, winners of the Best Picture award for Everything Everywhere All at Once

Oscars 2023: The milestones and groundbreaking firsts

The 2023 Academy Awards made history with some groundbreaking firsts and major career milestones.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Ke Huy Quan (R) accepts the award for Best Picture for Everything Everywhere All at Once from Harrison Ford onstage during the 95th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

'I still love you, Indy!" Ke Huy Quan greets Ford

It was a full circle moment for Harrison Ford and Ke Huy Quan who celebrated together on stage at the Oscars, 39 years since a 12-year-old Quan starred alongside the veteran actor in Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Michelle Yeoh accepts her Best Actress Oscar

Michelle Yeoh is first Asian to win Best Actress Oscar

Michelle Yeoh has given an inspirational speech after becoming the first Asian to win best actress at the 95th Academy Awards for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

All the celeb looks at the Vanity Fair Oscar 2023 after party

As dazzling as the main ceremony was, the Vanity Fair Oscar Party is where the stars truly let their fashion flags fly.

Fashion • 13 Mar 23

James Martin second from left on stage at the Oscars

Oscars sing Happy Birthday to An Irish Goodbye star

The directors of An Irish Goodbye led a chorus of Happy Birthday for the film's star James Martin after it won best live action short film at the Oscars.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Jimmy Kimmel makes Irish joke in Oscars monologue

Jimmy Kimmel kicked off the 95th Academy Awards joking about fights starting on stage, referencing Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at last year's ceremony and poking fun at the Irish talent nominated.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Martin McDonagh and Kerry Condon at the 95th Academy Awards

Disappointment for Banshees of Inisherin at Oscars

There was disappointment for Ireland's main Oscar hope The Banshees of Inisherin on Sunday night, but director Martin McDonagh has been singing the praises of the cast.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Why is there no red carpet at the 2023 Oscars?

For the first time since the ceremony's inception, the 2023 Oscars features a non-red carpet, with the Academy instead opting for a champagne colour.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Ross White, James Martin, Tom Berkeley and Seamus O'Hara, winners of Best Short Live Action Film award for An Irish Goodbye

Oscars 2023 winners - the full list

Michelle Yeoh made history at the 95th Oscars as Everything Everywhere All at Once took home a clutch of major awards.

oscars • 13 Mar 23

Best supporting actress nominee Kerry Condon arrives at the Oscars

Green wave: Irish arrive for Oscars ceremony in LA

With a record-breaking 14 Oscar nominations in the running, Irish stars and filmmakers have arrived at this year's Oscars ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in in Los Angeles.

oscars • 12 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

Barry Keoghan, Paul Mescal and Kerry Condon

Oscars 2023: The story of the 95th Academy Awards

With a record-breaking 14 nominations, could the 95th Academy Awards be a triumphant affair for Irish film? We'll be bringing you all the action from the red carpet and the winners as they are announced throughout the night. Stay tuned!

oscars • 13 Mar 23

"It is our hope that we will be prepared for anything"

What could go wrong? Oscars team prepares for anything

Organisers of tonight's 95th Academy Awards are preparing for the unexpected after Will Smith's infamous slap of Chris Rock convulsed Hollywood's biggest awards ceremony last year.

oscars • 12 Mar 23

Catherine Clinch as Cáit and Carrie Crowley as Eibhlín in An Cailín Ciúin

Oscar success puts Irish language centre stage

Thousands of miles from the glitz of tonight's Oscars, the first Irish language film to earn a nomination is sparking renewed interest in a native tongue spoken by so few it is considered endangered by the United Nations cultural agency.

oscars • 12 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

The 95th Academy Awards take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles tonight and will be broadcast on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player on Monday from 9.30pm

Irish 'green wave' hoping to make Oscar splash

So first things first - getting rid of the red carpet was not the best idea in the history of ideas. Or carpets. Or the Oscars.

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

Even a low budget film like An Cailín Ciúin requires a lot of financial backing before it gets to a cinema

Show Biz: The business of making a movie in Ireland

Ireland's Oscar success is built on generations of creative talent here, but getting an idea from script to screen also requires a start-up mindset, writes Adam Maguire.

Business • 11 Mar 23

"Never before has an Irish film been nominated in this category. Never before has Irish-language art been given such a platform"

An Cailín Ciúin's journey to Hollywood

Siún Ní Dhuinn takes a look at An Cailín Ciúin's epic journey to Hollywood.

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