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Hibernia Arts:
Irish Win at the Golden Globes

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
February / March 2018

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The 2018 Golden Globe Awards were a smash success for Irish names in the movie business, with Saoirse Ronan winning Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for her starring role in Lady Bird, and Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri picking up four statues, including Best Movie – Drama. McDonagh himself won for Best Screenplay, and the film’s … [Read more...] about Hibernia Arts:
Irish Win at the Golden Globes

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
McDonagh’s Buzz

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
October / November 2017

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Also in November, Martin McDonagh will unveil his latest film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The title might be a tad unruly, but the buzz on the film is strong. The film – which stars Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell and Tipperary native Kerry Condon – earned a ten-minute standing ovation at the recent Venice Film Festival, where it also won the … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
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Irish Eye on Hollywood: Kerry Condon Teams Up with Martin McDonagh

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
August / September 2017

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In November, look for Tipperary native Kerry Condon in Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh’s latest twisted flick Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. McDonagh shot to fame with his Irish plays The Beauty Queen of Leenane and A Skull in Connemara. More recently he has taken his profane, violent characters to the big screen, in films such as In Bruges and Seven … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Kerry Condon Teams Up with Martin McDonagh

Irish Eye on Hollywood:
McDonagh and McDormand Head to Missouri

By Tom Deignan, Contributor
August / September 2016

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For two decades now, playwright Martin McDonagh has been dazzling theater and movie audiences with Irish plays like The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Cripple of Inishmaan. More recently, he has written and directed critically acclaimed movies (with Irish as well as non-Irish characters) such as 2008’s In Bruges and 2012’s Seven Psychopaths. Back in the spring, McDonagh’s … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood:
McDonagh and McDormand Head to Missouri