Jessie Buckley announces pregnancy with mystery husband ‘Freddie’ by cradling bump on red carpet at CinemaCon in Las Vegas

Jessie Buckley announced her pregnancy after cradling a bump on the CinemaCon red carpet in Las Vegas to promote her latest film, The Big Picture. The Wild Rose actress, 35, who married her mystery boyfriend ‘Freddie’ in an intimate Norfolk ceremony last year, donned a pair of sunglasses, a black polo neck and a long dark … Read more

‘She could be so queenly and dominating, but then totally wounded by criticism’ – The Irish Times

About three-quarters of the way through Sinéad O’Shea’s new documentary, Blue Road, about the writer Edna O’Brien, the camera lingers on a well-thumbed Marcel Proust biography with a Harrods receipt as a bookmark. We see many other things in the London apartment where this footage is recorded – cake tins, Christmas cards, a walking frame, … Read more

50 films to see in 2025, from Babygirl to You’re Cordially Invited – The Irish Times

Spoiler alert. There will be sequels. There will be colons. Audiences are inching their way back to pre-Covid numbers, and the studios are keen to hang on to them with a ragout of familiar favourites. Sit tight for a restaffed Captain America: Brave New World (due in cinemas on February 14th), the widowhood-negotiating Bridget Jones: … Read more