Deirdre O’Kane admits she can’t afford to come off COVID payment

Jake Kanter International TV EditorSky and Sony Pictures Television have signed a new “long-term” partnership that will give the Comcast-owned pay-TV operator access to Sony’s movies across the UK and Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.The deal builds on an agreement signed in 2016 and means new Sony Pictures Entertainment releases, including Jumanji: The Next Level, Little Women and Bad Boys For Life, will be carried by Sky Cinema.

The UK’s first dedicated socially distanced arena has announced its first wave of huge acts this summer.

Snow Patrol, Ash and Van Morrison are among a group of nearly 150 artists calling on Northern Ireland’s government to save the country’s music industry.The musicians wrote a letter to the Department For Communities (DfC) asking them to provide “urgent financial support” to venues, musicians and those working behind the scenes.Writing to former minister Deirdre Hargey, the collective said the coronavirus pandemic would have “serious implications” for the industry.

Millie Mackintosh has opened up about giving birth to her first child amid the coronavirus pandemic.The former Made In Chelsea star, 30, welcomed baby daughter Sienna, who she shares with husband Hugo Taylor, last month.Sharing a sweet photo on Instagram showing her and Taylor with their newborn shortly after the birth, Mackintosh said that Sienna’s arrival was a “hugely positive experience” despite initial fears leaving her “terrified” of contracting Covid-19 in hospital.“Despite my final

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian TikTok users awoke Tuesday to a notice from the popular short-video app saying their data would be transferred to an Irish subsidiary, a response to India’s ban on dozens of Chinese apps amid a military standoff between the two countries.

Naman Ramachandran Screen Ireland, the government development agency for the country’s screen sector, has launched a €1 million ($1.12 million) COVID-19 Production Fund, designed to partially offset additional production costs associated with implementing the newly published film and TV production guidelines (see link).Productions funded by Screen Ireland can apply for up to €75,000 ($84,600) per project.The Irish government has set out a phased return to normalcy in its document “Roadmap for

The Odeon in Rochdale is set to reopen on July 13, followed by Great Northern in the city centre on July 16 - by that date, the cinema giant hopes to have a further 88 UK cinemas open again.

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentBeta Cinema has closed numerous deals on its Cannes virtual market slate, spearheaded by all-rights deals on Berlin competition entries “Berlin Alexanderplatz” to Le Pacte for France and “My Little Sister” to Weltkino for Germany, as well as “The Auschwitz Report” to Signature Entertainment in the U.K./Ireland.As well as the French deal, Burhan Qurbani’s new adaptation of Alfred Döblin’s “Berlin Alexanderplatz” was picked up by distributors in

Manori Ravindran International EditorAs it looks to reopen its theaters after the coronavirus lockdown, European cinema giant Vue International has restructured its leadership across the U.K. and Italy.Toby Bradon, general manager of Vue’s Italian business The Space Cinema, will switch markets, taking on the role of territory general manager for Vue U.K., Ireland and Denmark.

Saira Khan - who recently celebrated her 50th birthday in lockdown - has revealed she has experienced "mum guilt" over the past few months.

As the world waits to see Edgar Wright’s upcoming psychological terror, “The Last Night in Soho”— delayed into spring 2021 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic—the admired English filmmaker already has a new film on his radar. Wright will be adapting the popular, Amazon book “The Chain,” written by Irish writer Adrian McKinty.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s Miraval and Kylie’s rosé hit Irish shelves and now Sarah Jessica Parker’s is landing on our shores.The rosé is the newest addition to her wine collection with Invivo & Co — a New Zealand-based winery — and only costs €18.00 per bottle.Invivo x SJP Rosé hasn’t come all the way from New Zealand though.