1. When did you think about a career in film and what were your first steps into it? I was 16 years old and had a week work experience with Cinemagic.

QUITE a few eyebrows were raised when news broke that the Hellboy franchise was returning to cinema screens earlier this year.

1. When did you think about a career in acting and what were your first steps into it? When I was in primary school I used to make up little plays with a pal and put on little bits for the class and other classes.

Sid Haig SID Haig had the kind of face that old school Hollywood loved.

KELLY Jones is adamant there are no plans for Stereophonics to hang up their mics for good.

Kitt Philippa Human NORTHERN Ireland singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kitt Philippa's transfixingly soothing vocals will catch you off guard from the opening track of their (Philippa's preferred pronoun) debut album, Human.

Today Ali Barter – McHugh's, Belfast Damien O'Kane, Ron Block – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Trish Clowes – The Black Box, Belfast Search Party – Voodoo, Belfast The Hillbilly Moon Explosion – Ardhowen, Enniskillen Saturday October 5 Good Cop Bad Cop – Voodoo, Belfast The Sherlocks – Oh Yeah, Belfast The Hillbilly Moon Explosion – The Black Box, Belfast The Academic – The Guildhall, Derry John Power (Cast) – Skylite Room, Warrenpoint Sunday October 6 Little Mix – SSE Arena, Belfast Wookalily – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast Monday October 7 Little Mix – SSE Arena, Belfast The Divine Comedy – The Ulster Hall, Belfast Wednesday October 9 Judith Owen – The Black Box, Belfast The Academic – The Empire, Belfast Thursday October 10 Jake Clemons – The Empire, Belfast Eric Bell – The Black Box, Belfast Lonesome George – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Le Boom – The Duke of York, Belfast Friday October 11 Lazy Day – McHugh's, Belfast No Hot Ashes – Oh Yeah, Belfast Ye Vagabonds, Brigid Mae Power – Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast Tour Alaska, King Cedar, Ciara O'Neill etc – Voodoo, Belfast Landless, Ex-Isles – First Presbyterian Church, Rosemary St, Belfast Saturday October 12 Pauline Scanlon and The Whileaways – Bird On The Wire: Leonard Cohen Songbook, The Empire, Belfast The Orphan Brigade – The Black Box, Belfast Kneecap – The Limelight, Belfast THVS, Calling All Horses, Fagash McCann – Voodoo, Belfast Daoirí Farrell – Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast Search Party – Sandinos, Derry Sunday October 13 Little Mix – SSE Arena, Belfast David C Clements – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast Paul Carrack – Millennium Forum, Derry Monday October 14 Flash Harry, Sweet Trev & The Blue Notes, Sam Davidson's Taste etc – A Night For Billy McCoy, The Empire, Belfast Tuesday October 15 Chris De Burgh – The Waterfront Hall, Belfast Wednesday October 16 Hot Chip – The Limelight, Belfast Two Door Cinema Club, Pillow Queens, The Wha – The Telegraph Building, Belfast Thursday October 17 Rory Nellis, Joel Harkin – Voodoo, Belfast Keywest – The Limelight 2, Belfast Jesse Terry, Emma Stevens, Matt McGinn – American Bar, Belfast .

GIOVANNI 'Jack' Savoretti's career has been marked by towering highs and seemingly impassable lows.

NON-FICTION For The Record by David Cameron is published in hardback by William Collins, priced £25 (ebook £14.

BOOK OF THE WEEK The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott is published in hardback by Hutchinson, priced £12.

BOOK OF THE WEEK Postscript by Cecelia Ahern is published in hardback by HarperCollins, priced £16.

BOOK OF THE WEEK Belfast Gate by Tony Macaulay is published by So-It-Is, priced £9.

TYRONE-born writer, broadcaster and film-maker Polly Devlin will talk in depth about her life and career during an exclusive personal appearance at Belfast's Grand Opera House on November 5.

BELFAST sisters Phillipa and Jolene O'Hara take audiences on a journey across the galaxy in Cahoots NI's latest show, Secrets of Space.

LIFE may not always have been a cabaret for John Partridge, but these are now thrilling times for the former EastEnders star as he dons his coat and tails for his "bucket list" role of a lifetime – Emcee at the famous Kit Kat Klub in Berlin.

CULTURE Night Belfast is joined by Culture Day Belfast on the September 20 and 21 as the city prepares for a two days of free, family-friendly events.

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