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Fionnula Flanagan & More to be Inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame on July 4th

July 2, 2012

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Legendary Irish actress Fionnula Flanagan will be formally inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame on Wednesday, the 4th of July, 2012 at the Dunbrody Famine Ship’s Emigration History Centre in New Ross, Co. Wexford. The induction ceremony takes place as a focal point of the larger 4th of July festivities in New Ross, as the town celebrates its first official Irish … [Read more...] about Fionnula Flanagan & More to be Inducted into the Irish America Hall of Fame on July 4th

George Clooney Has Nothing to Prove

By Patricia Danaher, Contributor
June / July 2012

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The perennial leading man talks about his Irish roots, getting older, and his passion for activism.  George Clooney has nothing to prove as an actor and he knows it. It’s part of what makes him such a pleasant and relaxed interview – quick with the self-effacing jokes, interested in the wider world beyond where he now sits, at home in his own skin. At 51, he is aging … [Read more...] about George Clooney Has Nothing to Prove

Irish Eye on Hollywood

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
June / July 2011

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1. The girl with the dragon tattoo is going to become the girl with the Irish accent. Rooney Mara – star of the smash hit horror flick based on Stieg Larsson’s trilogy of novels – is slated to star in a big-screen adaptation of Colm Toibin’s best-selling novel Brooklyn.  The screenplay will be written by acclaimed British novelist Nick Hornby, whose novels include High Fidelity … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood

John Cusack on Poe and The Raven

By Catherine Davis, Editorial Assistant
June / July 2012

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Exploring a character forced to grapple with inner demons is a familiar task for actor John Cusack, who has portrayed quite a few anguished souls throughout his versatile film career. From his role as an existentially suffering puppeteer in Charlie Kaufman’s absurdist Being John Malkovich to his – not one but two – turns at playing troubled assassins (first in Grosse Pointe … [Read more...] about John Cusack on Poe and The Raven

The First Word: Ties That Bind

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April / May 2012

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“Nostalgia for Ireland sweeps over me often, not just when I’m working with an Irish cast. I love Ireland and I miss it very much.”   – John Huston We’ve had quite a year (at Irish America we measure time from March to March). In March 2011 we hosted our inaugural Hall of Fame luncheon in New York City, and later that year opened our Irish America Hall of Fame in New … [Read more...] about The First Word: Ties That Bind