Today's top Irish entertainment news:

Robert Sheehan considers life as a monk to avoid Hollywood hysteria


Up and coming new Irish heartthrob Robert Sheehan is contemplating a career switch if the increasing attention from fans gets too much - he may have to become a Tibetan monk to escape the hysteria, he joked this week…READ MORE

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One Direction and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis nab moon men at MTV VMAs

The stars were out on Sunday evening in Brooklyn, New York, to see One Direction, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and many more. However it was Justin Timberlake swept the MTV Video Music Awards…READ MORE

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‘Lock Stock’s’ Guy Ritchie to take on Irish immigrant story of ‘Empire Rising’

Guy Ritchie, who directed “Lock Stock”, “Snatch” and the Robert Downey Jr incarnation of “Sherlock Holmes” is set to take the helm in the movie adaptation of the Thomas Kelly novel “Empire Rising.”…READ MORE



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Taylor Swift caught telling ex-boyfriend Harry Styles to "shut the f**k up" at the MTV VMAs

The '22' hitmaker Taylor Swift appears to have made the remark to close friend Selena Gomez as Harry's band One Direction were on stage at the Barclays Center in New York City to present the award for Best Pop Video…READ MORE
 


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Alec Baldwin's wife Hilaria has left hospital with their newborn daughter Carmen Gabriela

The 29-year-old yoga instructor, who gave birth to their first child together, Carmen Gabriela, on Friday, was spotted returning to their apartment in Greenwich Village, New York, with the little girl on Sunday afternoon….READ MORE

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