QUIZ: Name every Oscar Best Picture winner since 2000 in 5 minutes
Five minutes on the clock. The task is simple. We’ve given you every year between 2000 and 2026. You need to fill in the answer box with the movies that won the Best Picture prize at those years’ Oscar ceremonies. You have five minutes until the time runs out. Sounds simple enough, right? But can […]
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Jessie Buckley becomes the first Irish woman to win Best Actress Oscar
That’s Academy Award Winner Jessie Buckley to you Hamnet star Jessie Buckley has made history by becoming the first Irish woman to win Best Actress at the Oscars. In an award-season sweepstake, the Kerry-born actress took home the Best Actress Oscar for her role in Hamnet. In a charming acceptance speech, Buckley dedicated her award to “the beautiful chaos of a […]
3 months ago
New Irish movie getting early Oscar buzz after huge festival win
From the writer of Adam & Paul and Garage, JOE recently spoke to one of the film’s stars. Irish movie Everybody Digs Bill Evans is generating early Oscar buzz after picking up a major award at the prestigious Berlin International Film Festival. Primarily filmed in Cork, the movie is a biographical drama about the legendary […]
3 months ago
Jessie Buckley’s gracious reaction to her Oscar nomination is so beautifully Irish
Jessie Buckley has been nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars Irish actress Jessie Buckley has reacted to her Best Actress Oscar nomination, and her response is so beautifully Irish. Irish people are known for not taking compliments very well, and instead of keeping the spotlight on her, the Hamnet star made sure to give Paul Mescal […]
4 months ago
Oscar nominations 2026: Watch live as Irish talent set to score nominations
JOE will be covering the much-anticipated announcement of this year’s Academy Award nominations. The 2026 Oscar nominations are being announced this afternoon (Thursday, 22 January), with Irish talent set to score several nods. The announcement of the Academy Award nominations will begin at 1.30pm. They can be watched on the Oscars YouTube channel. Check out […]
4 months ago
Disney+ has just added two Oscar-shortlisted Irish films
Colin Farrell produced one of the two films, which had been unavailable to watch online until now. Two recent Irish short films that were shortlisted for last year’s Oscars have just been added to Disney+. The first of these shorts is titled Clodagh. It revolves around Mrs Kelly (Bríd Ní Neachtain), a strictly devout and […]
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