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By Tom Deignan, ColumnistApril / May 2018

Irish Eye on Hollywood: A Hereditary Horror

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Also in June, Irish movie veteran Gabriel Byrne teams up with Irish American Ann Dowd, who has become one of the top character actresses in this “golden age” of TV, earning not one but two Emmy nominations last year. The duo will star in a horror movie entitled Hereditary, about a house and family very much haunted by the past. Hereditary also stars Toni Collette and Alex … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: A Hereditary Horror

Irish Eye on Hollywood: Irish Shine in Steve McQueen’s New Thriller

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment

There’s also lots of Irish-born and Irish American talent in the upcoming thriller Widows, directed by Steve McQueen, who also directed the Northern Ireland film Hunger. Described as a heist flick and due out in November when studios begin releasing their classy Oscar-bait films, Widows stars Colin Farrell and Liam Neeson and was written by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn. … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Irish Shine in Steve McQueen’s New Thriller

Irish Eye on Hollywood: TV & Streaming Report

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment

New, recent, and noteworthy Irish shows streaming on various services.  ℘℘℘ The aforementioned Domhnall Gleeson is currently appearing in the Netflix comedy-drama A Futile and Stupid Gesture, about the wild and crazy days of the magazine National Lampoon, which influenced a generation of comics and launched the careers of many Irish American comedy writers, including Doug … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: TV & Streaming Report

Irish Eye on Hollywood: TV & Streaming Report

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment

New, recent, and noteworthy Irish shows streaming on various services.  ℘℘℘ The aforementioned Domhnall Gleeson is currently appearing in the Netflix comedy-drama A Futile and Stupid Gesture, about the wild and crazy days of the magazine National Lampoon, which influenced a generation of comics and launched the careers of many Irish American comedy writers, including Doug … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: TV & Streaming Report

Ralph Lauren Appoints Irish Woman as Inaugural Chief Digital Officer

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment

Alice Delahunt, a County Wicklow native and Trinity College graduate, has been named the inaugural chief digital officer of Ralph Lauren. “So incredibly excited by the opportunity at hand, and humbled to move from one incredible brand to another,” Delahunt, who will relocate to New York from California for the position, wrote in an Instagram post announcing the move. She … [Read more...] about Ralph Lauren Appoints Irish Woman as Inaugural Chief Digital Officer

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