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February March 2016 Issue

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Awards Season Highlights Irish Talent

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again in Hollywood. Everyone from critics’ associations to film review boards are giving out awards, all leading up to the Oscars, which will be held this year on February 28 in Hollywood. The Irish are doing quite well thus far, racking up a wide range of awards and nominations, which suggests they will be well-represented by the time the Academy Awards … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Awards Season Highlights Irish Talent

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Mammal Gives Second Chances at Sundance

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

The Irish will be represented at the prestigious annual Sundance Film Festival. In Mammal, star Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) portrays a woman named Margaret who has learned that the teenaged son she abandoned as a baby has been found dead. Disoriented by the tragic news, Margaret becomes involved in the life of a homeless teen. What seems like a second chance at … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Mammal Gives Second Chances at Sundance

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Fionnula Flanagan Returns to the Box Office

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Fionnula Flanagan has already appeared in one movie slated for an early 2016 release and is shaping up to have an overall busy year. Flanagan – the Dublin-born veteran of stage and screen – was most recently seen in the psychological thriller Trash Fire, alongside Ronnie Gene Blevins and Adrian Grenier (Entourage). The film was released in January and Flanagan has several other … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Fionnula Flanagan Returns to the Box Office

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Driving Miss Daisy for the
21st Century

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Californication actress Natascha McElhone, who uses her Irish mother’s name for professional purposes, is slated to appear alongside Eddie Murphy in what is being pitched as a heartwarming film in the tradition of (and directed by the same person as) Driving Miss Daisy. McElhone (born in London to Irish journalist Noreen Taylor née McElhone) will join Murphy as well as Britt … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Driving Miss Daisy for the
21st Century

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
“F is for Family”

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Comedian Bill Burr has found inspiration for his next project in his Irish American roots. The result is a dark animated comedy entitled F is for Family, now streaming on Netflix. “Sometime in my mid-30s I noticed this whole generation of kids that wear helmets when they ride bicycles and live behind gates,” Burr told the New York Daily News recently. “When I was a kid, you’d … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
“F is for Family”

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John Farrow, screenwriter, director and father of actress Mia Farrow, was born on February 10, 1904 in Sydney, Australia to John Farrow and Mary Savage Villiers. After working as a sailor he went to Hollywood in the 1920s and got his first job as a technical advisor. He then became a screenwriter in, notably writing the script for “Tarzan Escapes” (1936) where he met his  future wife, Irish-born Maureen O’Sullivan, who played Jane. She converted Farrow to Catholicism and he later wrote biographies of Saint Thomas More and Saint Damien of Molokai. Farrow’sgreatest accomplishments were his Academy Award win for the “Around the World in Eighty Days” (1956) script and his nomination as Best Director for Wake Island (1942).

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