Susan Boyle and Lady Gaga will go head-to-head at this year’s People’s Choice Awards.

The 57-year-old actor - who thought his career was over before starring in 'The Wrestler', which saw him nominated for the Best Actor Oscar at this year's Academy Awards - says the only people he could rely on were his beloved pooches.

Daniel Day-Lewis looks like he’s enjoying his leading male role in the upcoming film “Nine,” and what red-blooded male could blame him?

Who’s the leading contender to win the Academy Award in February for Best Actress? According to the influential Los Angeles Times, it’s none other than Irish actress Saoirse Ronan.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame turns 25 this year, and past inductees like U2 will perform at Madison Square Garden in New York City to celebrate.

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan is hotly tipped to receive her second Oscar nomination for her starring role in the “The Lovely Bones.”

Niall O'Dowd: What is the difference between Roman Polanski and a Catholic priest child abuser? A Roman collar and an extraordinary media bias, I'd say.

"House" star and Maxim’s sexiest woman of the year Olivia Wilde has signed on to star with Russell Crowe in “The Next Three Days,” which will be directed by Oscar winner Paul Haggis.

Kara Rota reports from the the Tina Santi Flaherty 1st Irish 2009 Theatre Awards, which took place at Hudson Terrance in Manhattan

Out with the old, in with the new: Kathy Griffin used to hang out with the likes of former BFF Paris Hilton on “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List,” but now she’s moved on to a new best friend forever: Kate Gosselin.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy will be presented with the inaugural 2009 Eugene O'Neill Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish American Writers and Artists, Inc. (IAW&A) in Manhattan on October 16, Eugene O'Neill's birthday.

In the next couple of years, acclaimed Dublin-born director Jim Sheridan (“In the Name of the Father,” “In America”) is planning to tell gritty Irish-American stories about gangsters in Boston and New York.

My favorite Irish redhead Kathy Griffin says she's desperate to hook up with Twilight star Robert Pattinson. Kathy reckons she has to do it soon because she says Pattinson, who plays vampire Edward Cullen in the cult series, mightn't live too long.

Teen country music sensation Taylor Swift has revealed she has a crush on the lead singer of the up and coming Irish band The Script.

"Will you hold my hand?" asked Lauren Murphy as she braced herself to greet her husband's mourners. Lauren was speaking to Paddy Moloney, founder of the Chieftains, the Grammy award winning musical ambassadors of Ireland.

Hollywood cliques have been around for decades. But it’s time for the Rats, Brats and Frat boys to move over – because here comes the Pat Pack.

Louth native Evanna Lynch, who plays Luna Lovegood in the “Harry Potter” series, has been nominated for her first ever award. Lynch has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” at Spike TV’s SCREAM Awards.

Looks like IrishCentral movie critics had it right: legendary Scottish actor Sean Connery has the worst movie accent of all time, according to film fans.

Colin Farrell’s name has been all over the tabloids since his girlfriend, Polish actress Alicja Bachleda, stepped out sporting what seems to be a baby bump. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and look at the 33-year-old Irish actor’s past love life, a track record that just may be more extensive than his acting career.

Famous Irish writer/director/producer Jim Sheridan has been named as this year's recipient of the Gregory Peck Award at the annual Dingle Film Festival.

Nominations for the 61st annual Primetime Emmy Awards have been announced, and Irish and Irish-American names alike are dominating the list. As expected Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, along with his fellow “In Treatment” stars Dianne Wiest and Hope Davis, is nominated for an Emmy.

It was a big night for 'Billy Elliot' and Irish American Trent Kowalik on Broadway, with the musical taking ten Tonys, including Best Musical and Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical. In a first, Kowalik, a World Irish dancing champion and fifth generation Irish-American who traces his heritage to Roscommon, David Alvarez and Kiril Kulish made history when they shared the award for Leading Actor in a Musical.

Trent Kowalik, at 14 the youngest male to ever win the World Irish Dancing Championships back in 2006, was honored again yesterday with a coveted Tony Awards nod for Best Actor in a Musical for his starring role in "Billy Elliot, the Musical" on Broadway.

Irish dancers, Samuel Beckett and an Irish-American ogre represent the Irish theater contingent in this year’s Tony Award nominations. “Billy Elliot, the Musical” leads the entire pack of nominees with 15 nominations, including Best Musical and a Best Leading Actor in a Musical nod to the “Billys."

Irish American actor Sean Penn has filed for a separation from his wife, actress Robin Wright Penn. The pair appeared at the Oscars where Penn won Best Actor for his role in ‘Milk,” but he did not thank his wife in his acceptance speech.

There's a new Irish face for the Harry Potter film series. Domnhall Gleeson, the son of Ireland's much-loved Brendan Gleeson, will star in the latest installment, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I.”

English-Irish actress Anna Friel has signed on to join the cast of the much-anticipated new crime movie, “London Boulevard.” Friel is set to play the sister of a criminal played by

When it comes to beer, Spanish actress Penelope Cruz prefers Irish brew, even though it gets her tipsy

Award-winning Irish actress Elaine Cassidy is making her stateside TV debut

Think you have it in you to fill Spiderman’s red and blue spandex and sing a U2 song while you’re at it? If so, your time has come!

Irish leading man and Brooklyn, N.Y. resident Gabriel Byrne, 59, talks drink, depression

She’s been off the radar screen for some time now, but Sinead O’Connor is ready to step back into the limelight this month with the re-release of her second and most successful album, 'I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got,' on April 21.

  Never let it be said that the North’s Deputy Prime Minister Martin McGuinness doesn’t know his American TV shows.  The Sinn Feiner let it slip during his visit to the Left Coast just before

Natasha Richardson’s family and close friends said farewell to the beautiful and talented actress, wife, mother, daughter and sister today at a small, private funeral service in upstate New York

NEW YORK — Actress Natasha Richardson has died, IrishCentral has learned

Legendary Irish folk rock band are currently winding up their U.S tour.

Irish-American Queens native Amy Ryan has at least three movies coming out in 2009, with another prestigious project about to begin shooting. Look for

After six years in Damien Rice's band, Lisa Hannigan was abruptly fired. But instead of wallowing in despair – something she had probably seen Rice do enough of – Hannigan picked herself up and recorded the critically-acclaimed album "Sea Sew."

From Jimmy Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" to Sean Penn in "Milk," a look at the roles that carried Irish-American actors to the top of their profession.

One of the great Irish movie success stories in recent memory was "Once," the humble musical about an Irishman and a Czech woman falling in love and singing songs. The movie, which starred Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, was a smash hit and eventually brought the duo to the Oscars. "Once" is now being turned into a Broadway musical and is set to premiere during the 2010-11 theatrical season.

See where "The Crying Game," My Left Foot" and "The Commitments" rank on a countdown of the best films out of Ireland.

Both of these animated films were nominated for Best Short Film (Animated) in the 2001 Academy Awards. One is clever and adorable, while the other is intense and will certainly get you thinking.

Daniel Day-Lewis has two Oscars, while Peter O'Toole, Richard Harris and Liam Neeson don't have any. See the roles for which they could have, and perhaps should have, won.

The Golden Raspberry Awards, a.k.a. the Razzies, have been "cremating cinematic crap for over 25 years," as their Web site proclaims.The following three Irish-American women and one Irish-American man hold the dubious honor of being a part of the Razzie club.

WE'RE not the only ones who are celebrating 20 years of going from strength to strength. CAHIR O'DOHERTY profiles three other businesses that also opened their doors in 1987.

The Irish Repertory Theatre FOUNDED by Ciaran O'Reilly and Charlotte Moore, the Irish Repertory Theatre first opened its doors 20 years ago with a widely celebrated production of Sean O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars.

There Will Be Blood Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Ciaran Hinds

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

IN There Will Be Blood, the highly anticipated new film opening in limited release on December 26, we follow a madly driven businessman's pursuit of riches through the guise of oil.

Academy Award winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis - in a cast that also includes Irishman Ciaran Hinds - plays Daniel Plainview, the man who's quest for power and wealth changes his life. Not surprisingly, given its stellar cast, critical buzz is already predicting a sack full of Oscars for the film in 2008, when it goes up against stiff competition from other in-the-running films like No Country for Old Men and Atonement.

2007 was a banner year filled with extraordinary new Irish plays, films, concerts and novels, and a sack full of Tony and Oscar nods lie ahead for many new and seasoned Irish artists. CAHIR O'DOHERTY takes a look back at some of the year's highlights (and inevitable lowlights).

FILMS starring Irish actors will dominate the awards season this year.

FOR the first seven years of his life Irish actor Paul Ronan, father of current Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan, lived in Dublin's infamous Ballymun flats. Across town his wife Monica grew up in Crumlin, another working class suburb on the south side of the city.

Since both communities fostered a surprising level of local pride, it's no surprise they share the outlook and sensibility of people whose experiences have kept them grounded all their lives.

GREAT interview with Jack Nicholson in The Irish Times last weekend, where the iconic actor and legendary creature of Hollywood proudly proclaimed his Irishness. "I come from the Lynches of Sligo," he revealed. "You know, I went there, but I looked in the phone book and there are nine million Lynches in Sligo.

IT was a case of VIP gridlock alert in Dublin last week, and celebrity watchers were the gleeful beneficiaries. A gaggle of stars - Mel, Daniel, Bo, Colin, Charlize to name a few - arrived in the Irish capital for a whole bunch of events that firmly established Dublin as a stop on the celeb map of cool places to be seen.

The photos speak for themselves, right? Many of the notables walked the red carpet at the Irish Film and Television Awards on Sunday night at the Gaiety Theatre, chief among them Mel Gibson, who picked up an award for outstanding contribution to world cinema.