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Irish actor Michael Fassbender has twice been in the running for an Oscar, both in 2014 as supporting actor in "12 Years A Slave" and in 2016 as best actor for his portrayal of Apple founder ...

Irish actresses Lola Petticrew and Nicola Coughlan have received their first BAFTA TV nominations, highlighting a strong year ...

Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald with Ingrid Bergman and Bing Crosby in 1944. George Bernard Shaw earned Ireland's first screenwriting Oscar in 1939 when he was awarded Best Adapted Screenplay for ...

Pic: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Demi Moore arrives at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Pic: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Hollywood actor Joe Alwyn has been making the lists of best ...

RottenTomatoes, the site that rates movies based on critics' opinions and audience feedback, has the answer. They compiled a ...

The new go-to director for horror movies is Ireland's own Lee Cronin and he's adding a popular Irish actor to the cast of his ...

"The Quiet Man" tells the story of Sean Thornton (Wayne), an Irish-born boxer raised in America ... and Victor McLaglen lost the Best Supporting Actor Oscar to Anthony Quinn in "Viva Zapata!" ...

And Brookline native Conan O’Brien became the first 6’4 Irish-American with five siblings ... Taking the stage to accept the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, Culkin turned to fellow nominee ...