Gillian Flynn

Irish Eye on Hollywood: From Gone Girl to Widows

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
November/ December 2018

November 1, 2018 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/tom-deignan/">Tom Deignan</a>, Columnist<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2018-archive/november-december-2018/">November/ December 2018</a> Leave a Comment

In November, Liam Neeson and Colin Farrell will team up with Irish American writer Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) in a crime thriller loaded with talent. Entitled Widows, the film features Neeson as one of a quartet of thieves who are killed in the middle of a heist. Their widows (among them Oscar winner Viola Davis) decide to finish the job. Widows is based on a 1980s British … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: From Gone Girl to Widows

Irish Eye on Hollywood: Irish Shine in Steve McQueen’s New Thriller

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
April / May 2018

February 28, 2018 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2011/12/tom-deignan/">Tom Deignan</a>, Columnist<br/><a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2018-archive/april-may-2018/">April / May 2018</a> Leave a Comment

There’s also lots of Irish-born and Irish American talent in the upcoming thriller Widows, directed by Steve McQueen, who also directed the Northern Ireland film Hunger. Described as a heist flick and due out in November when studios begin releasing their classy Oscar-bait films, Widows stars Colin Farrell and Liam Neeson and was written by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn. … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Irish Shine in Steve McQueen’s New Thriller

September 26, 1970

Irish American presidential candidate John F. Kennedy clashes with republican candidate Richard Nixon in the first ever televised presidential debate. This debate, which more than 60 million Americans tuned in for, vastly changed American politics. Kennedy was regarded as the outright winner of the debate, not because of his politics and opinions, but because Kennedy appeared more confident and well-rested than Nixon. Many believe that this debate ultimately secured Kennedy the 1960 election.

Irish Eye on Hollywood: From Gone Girl to Widows

Irish Eye on Hollywood: Irish Shine in Steve McQueen’s New Thriller

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