Actress, model and former MTV VJ, and Irish America Top 100 honoree Karen Duffy, better known as Duff, can now add author to her list of accomplishments with her new book Model Patient: MY Life as an Incurable Wise-Ass. Pretty impressive, when you consider that for the past five years she has been battling a rare life-threatening and painful illness called sarcoidosis of the … [Read more...] about New and Noteworthy
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Martin Sheen’s Enduring Spirit
Actor Martin Sheen was awarded Amnesty International's Enduring Spirit Award for his tireless dedication to social justice. Of Irish and El Salvadorian heritage, he has been an activist for the rights of South and central Americans, protested political repression in Central America, and promoted more liberal political asylum policies in the U.S. The West Wing star has also … [Read more...] about Martin Sheen’s Enduring Spirit
Bono’s Bandwagon
U2 frontman Bono could be spotted on the east Coast this fall as he visited both the United Nations and the U.S. Congress with his plea for the G7 nations to drop the third world debt. With 21.1 million signatures, the "Drop the debt" petition is the largest single-issue petition ever gathered and counts the Dalai Lama, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Muhammad Ali and Bob Geldof as some … [Read more...] about Bono’s Bandwagon
An Irish Pair Win Emmy Awards
If this year's Emmy awards are any indication, the Irish still have the market on humor cornered. Two Irish Americans, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes, of NBC's hit sitcom Will & Grace took the Best Supporting Actress/Actor in a Comedy Series awards. Mullally plays Karen Walker, Grace's assistant, and Hayes portrays Will'd hysterical friend Jack McFarland, Both actors are … [Read more...] about An Irish Pair Win Emmy Awards
Seeing Beckett on the Silver Screen
Film adaptations of two Samuel Beckett plays Not I and Krapp's Last Tape, were screened in New York City on September as part of the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. The films are a part of the ambitious project to film all of Beckett's 19 plays and is being produced by Michael Colgan of the Gate Theater and Alan Moloney. Eight of the plays have been filmed so far and … [Read more...] about Seeing Beckett on the Silver Screen