Conan O'Brien, host of NBC's Late Night talk show, marked his arrival in Vantaa, Finland on February 12 by kissing the ground at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, renamed "Conan O'Brien Airport" for the day. His visit was prompted by a supposed resemblance that O'Brien (pictured above) has to Finnish President Tarja Halonen (above right). The Late Show ran a series of mock campaign … [Read more...] about “King Conan” Receives Warm Finnish Welcome
Flynn Takes An
Expensive Tumble
2005 Top 100 honoree and author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, smashed a set of 300-year-old Chinese vases after falling down a flight of stairs. The three vases were prize possessions of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, for over 40 years and were valued at $175,000. The 42-year-old writer, a frequent visitor to the museum, claimed the incident was the … [Read more...] about Flynn Takes An
Expensive Tumble
Irish Eye on Hollywood
With the Oscars over and Hollywood royalty officially crowned once again, perhaps now is a good time to look at the Irish movie landscape and see what stars are up-and-coming. County Louth actress Evanna Lynch recently got the career break of a lifetime and she's just 14 years old. Lynch beat out thousands of girls across Ireland and the United Kingdom to land a role in the … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood
St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
Paddy's day will see loads of parades and partying across the country this year, with themed parades, special events and concerts aplenty. In New York, Timothy J. Rooney will lead the 245th Saint Patrick's Day Parade down Fifth Avenue. This year the parade is dedicated to the fighting 69th Taskforce Wolfhound, 19 of whose members were killed in action in Iraq. On the West … [Read more...] about St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations
The Descendants of Niall
Are you related to Niall of the Nine Hostages? In a recent study by geneticist Daniel Bradley and his colleagues at the Smurfit Institute of Genetics at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, which was reported in the February issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, it is suggested that at least one in every 12 Irishmen worldwide and one in every five in the northwest of … [Read more...] about The Descendants of Niall