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Irish Eye On Hollywood: August / September 2019

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
August / September 2019

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KEEPING UP WITH THE GLEESONS It’s the Gleeson family’s world. The rest of us just live in it. This autumn will be a special time for the Irish acting clan, made up of patriarch Brendan Gleeson and sons Brian and Domhnall. Domhnall was featured in the summer Irish-American gangster flick The Kitchen, about the wives of West Side Manhattan hoods taking over various criminal … [Read more...] about Irish Eye On Hollywood: August / September 2019

Irish Eye on Hollywood: May / June 2019

By Tom Deignan, Columnist
May / June 2019

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BUCKLE UP FOR BUCKLEY We may look back on 2019 as the moment the entertainment industry was conquered by Kerry native Jessie Buckley. Earlier this year, Forbes magazine touted the Irish singer-actress on its annual list of “Thirty Under 30” personalities who are about to have a major impact on their various fields. In May, she appeared alongside Oscar nominee Emily Watson, … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: May / June 2019

Stan & Ollie and the Irish

By Dave Lewis, Assistant Editor
January / February 2019

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Stan & Ollie finds the legendary comedy duo at a low point in their professional lives. No longer the box-office success they once were, they attempt to reignite their careers by embarking on an extensive tour of Britain and Ireland. Directed by Jon S. Baird from a screenplay by Jeff Pope, with brilliant performances by Steve Coogan as Stan Laurel and John C. Reilly as … [Read more...] about Stan & Ollie and the Irish

John Ford:
A True Film Pioneer

By Martin Scorsese
April / May 2017

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Film director Martin Scorsese was honored with the John Ford Award at the annual Irish Film and Television Awards presentation in Dublin on February 25th 2017 . Scorsese was a huge fan of Ford as he explains in the following excerpt from a lecture given to the American Irish Historical Society.  ℘℘℘ John Ford was a true film pioneer. He began directing in his mid-teens. His … [Read more...] about John Ford:
A True Film Pioneer

Who’s Your Daddy? Johnny O’Callaghan’s Unlikely Journey to Becoming a Father

By Patricia Danaher. May 3, 2013.

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Johnny O'Callaghan was your typical Irish actor trying to make it in Hollywood. Then his life changed on a chance trip to Uganda, where he met a little boy he knew was meant to be his son. Who's Your Daddy, his one man play running now at the Irish Rep, tells his extraordinary story. Interview by Patricia Danaher.  Johnny O’Callaghan’s moving and hilarious hit play Who’s Your … [Read more...] about Who’s Your Daddy? Johnny O’Callaghan’s Unlikely Journey to Becoming a Father