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Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Loving Ruth Negga

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2016

June 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

In another film about breaking racial barriers, Ruth Negga is among the cast of Loving, which was featured at the Cannes Film Festival back in May. Negga was born to an Irish mother and Ethiopian father. She lived in Ethiopia until she was four but moved to Limerick after her father died when she was seven. Loving also stars Michael Shannon and Joel Edgerton. Negga stars as … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Loving Ruth Negga

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Sinéad the Sleuth

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2016

June 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Irish star of stage and screen Sinéad Cusack (V for Vendetta, Eastern Promises) will star in a new British crime TV show that will soon be available to American audiences via Netflix. Entitled Marcella, the show stars Anna Friel as the title sleuth, who has been out of work for years on maternity leave. Once she returns to her job with the Murder Squad of the Metropolitan … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Sinéad the Sleuth

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
The Real O’Neals

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2016

June 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

In other TV news, for better or worse, ABC has renewed the sitcom The Real O’Neals. The show looks at what some have called a typical Irish Catholic family – whose son has just come out as gay. While ratings for the show – based in part on the life of advice columnist and author Dan Savage – were good enough to grant it a second season, the show had a number of critics. Some … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
The Real O’Neals

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
A Couple of Irish Crooks

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2016

June 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Irish actors Cillian Murphy and Jack Reynor will also be teaming up to play a couple of Irish crooks. In the film Free Fire – also starring Armie Hammer and Brie Larson –  a couple of criminals are looking to sell guns and a pair of Irishmen, Murphy and Reynor, happen to be in the market for firearms. Martin Scorsese is serving as Executive Producer for Free Fire, so expect … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
A Couple of Irish Crooks

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Gillen in Maze Runner

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2016

June 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment

Finally, Dublin actor Aidan Gillen also appeared in Sing Street, and over the years has become a regular in high-quality TV dramas such as The Wire and Game of Thrones. This year he was in the cast of the latest Maze Runner movie, sub-titled The Scorch Trials.  The next entry in the series – also starring Gillen – will hit theaters in 2017 and is entitled Maze Runner: Death … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
Gillen in Maze Runner

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