Irish Independent Entertainment

21/11/2025

The 25th season of I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! is in full swing, with famous faces sufficiently sullied by a few days in the Australian jungle.

The 25th season of I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! is in full swing, with famous faces sufficiently sullied by a few days in the Australian jungle. By the time Vogue Williams and fellow latecomer, Tom Read Wilson arrived in camp on Thursday evening, everyone else had largely settled in, and ...

20/11/2025

Directed by Aoife Kelleher (One Million Dubliners, Mrs. Robinson), Testimony follows the ongoing efforts of those campaigners and lawyers that have sought justice and redress on behalf of those who were incarcerated in these institutions.

Thanks in part to films like Philomena and Small Things Like These, we have become more aware of the atrocities that unfolded in the Magdalene laundries, industrial schools, and mother and baby homes of the last century.

19/11/2025

Viewers beware: in this part of the Wicked story, everyone gets an origins tale and there isn’t a single mystery that can’t be solved, over-explained and ­entirely drained of its magic.

Ding-Dong. The atmosphere is dead, apparently. Almost a year to the day since its award-winning predecessor arrived in cinemas, the second half of Jon M Chu’s gargantuan Wicked saga begins with a noisy spot of construction work. Yippee.

18/11/2025

This year’s winners – one for best short story, one for best poetry – will be chosen by novelist Eoin McNamee and the poet Enda Wyley

The shortlist for New Irish Writing’s 2025 awards has been revealed.

18/11/2025

If there’s a criticism of the excellent, French-made Gene Kelly documentary An American in Hollywood, it’s that, like last week’s BBC Richard Burton profile Wild Genius, there’s simply not enough of it

If there’s a criticism of the excellent, French-made Gene Kelly documentary An American in Hollywood (Sky Arts, Tuesday, November 18) it’s that, like last week’s BBC Richard Burton profile Wild Genius, there’s simply not enough of it.

18/11/2025

Dublin child star Leah Barniville: ‘Being on Britain’s Got Talent at age 14 was like an out-of-body experience https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/child-star-leah-barniville-being-on-britains-got-talent-at-age-14-was-like-an-out-of-body-experience/a1295366027.html

17/11/2025

Carlow actress Saoirse Ronan received the award for Actress in Film/Television for her role in The Outrun at last night’s Bafta Scotland awards

Carlow actress Saoirse Ronan received the award for Actress in Film/Television for her role in The Outrun at last night’s Bafta Scotland awards.

17/11/2025

'Even with this toned-down approach and Matt Smith as a slightly softer, more charismatic Bunny, this may still be a tough sell to some viewers'

In interviews to promote The Death of Bunny Munro (Sky Atlantic, Thursday, November 20, available as a boxset), a six-part adaptation of Nick Cave’s 2009 novel, Cave repeatedly made the point that without star Matt Smith, the title character would be difficult to tolerate on screen.

17/11/2025

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! review: No local interest for the Irish yet but the show wisely goes back to basics https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-reviews/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here-review-no-local-interest-for-the-irish-yet-but-the-show-wisely-goes-back-to-basics/a567059266.html

14/11/2025

‘Being able to sing Shane MacGowan’s songs on stage is such a special thing’: Iona Zajac on going on tour with the Pogues https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/being-able-to-sing-shane-macgowans-songs-on-stage-is-such-a-special-thing-iona-zajac-on-going-on-tour-with-the-pogues/a931743560.html

14/11/2025

Kings of Leon announce Limerick date for next summer https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/music-news/kings-of-leon-announce-thomond-park-date-for-next-summer/a755929390.html

14/11/2025

Actor Gabriel Byrne, presenter Jennifer Zamparelli and comedian Russell Howard will be among the guests on this week’s Late Late Show

Actor Gabriel Byrne, presenter Jennifer Zamparelli and comedian Russell Howard will be among the guests on this week’s Late Late Show.