Legendary Irish American newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin (right) is gone but will not be forgotten. Breslin, who died in March at the age of 88, left behind a series of classic columns as well as a handful of brilliant books, including gritty novels like Table Money, and insightful non-fiction like The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez. But before he died, Breslin also … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: The Golden Age of New York Journalism
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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Liam Neeson Tackles a Revamped Philip Marlowe
Lots of Irish talent looks to be coming together for an upcoming movie about an iconic American detective. Liam Neeson (right) will reportedly portray novelist Raymond Chandler’s famous private investigator Philip Marlowe, in a film based on a script by Irish American William Monahan. Monahan wrote the Martin Scorsese Boston Irish mob flick The Departed, and worked with Neeson … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Liam Neeson Tackles a Revamped Philip Marlowe
Irish Eye on Hollywood: Streaming Report
In case you missed these when they first came out... Two famous Hollywood directors with strong Irish ties – John Huston and John Ford – are among those profiled in the three-part Netflix documentary Five Came Back. The series is about acclaimed directors who shot dangerous footage of World War II in order to shore up morale on the home front. Irish writer and actress … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Streaming Report
Reinventing Anne of Green Gables
The Donegal actress at the heart of a new series about Canada’s most famous orphan talks to Irish America. (Photo: Netflix) ℘℘℘ Fifteen-year-old Irish actress Amybeth McNulty has spent her entire life in Donegal and even proudly refers to herself as “a proper country bumpkin.” This would not seem to be the ideal background for someone looking to break into the … [Read more...] about Reinventing Anne of Green Gables
Connecticut’s Coffin Ship Art Exhibit
Aseries of art pieces portraying the struggle for survival aboard the “coffin ships” on which 1.5 million Irish escaped the Great Hunger are now on display at the Knights of Columbus Museum in New Haven, Connecticut. The exhibit, Fleeing Famine: Irish Immigration to North America, 1845-1860, includes six oil paintings of the harrowing, often-deadly conditions on such vessels, … [Read more...] about Connecticut’s Coffin Ship Art Exhibit