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On The Set with
Norah O’Donnell

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief

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Norah O’Donnell is the co-host of CBS This Morning, guest host on Face the Nation, and a 60 Minutes correspondent. This seasoned broadcaster has earned the moniker “tough but fair.” ℘℘℘ Of course it helps Norah O’Donnell’s popularity that the camera loves her – she is tall and slim with perfect features, thick auburn hair, and big blue eyes. She’s also, as I found out when I … [Read more...] about On The Set with
Norah O’Donnell

The Very Modern Ed O’Neill

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
June / July 2014

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It’s hard to put a finger on why  the sitcom 'Modern Family' is so successful. It seems set to play to stereotypes – older man with trophy wife; gay male couple with their adopted Asian child –  but the secret of the show’s success may lie in the acting. It’s a well cast ensemble, all of whom have perfect comic timing. The characters are believable and seem familiar. The show … [Read more...] about The Very Modern Ed O’Neill

What Are You Like?
Jim Norton

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
June / July 2014

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Jim Norton has been acting since he was ten years old. From radio plays as a child to guest roles on TV shows like “Frasier” and “Cheers” to award-winning Broadway plays, Norton has run the gamut of acting possibilities and can’t imagine himself doing anything else. Currently, he’s on Broadway in the limited-engagement revival of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, also starring … [Read more...] about What Are You Like?
Jim Norton

Chris O’Dowd:
Boyle to Broadway

By Adam Farley, Assistant Editor
April / May 2014

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The actor has been busy since Bridesmaids, and it’s made him eager to return to his roots as an actor and Roscommoner. From the beginning of our conversation, Chris O’Dowd is enthusiastic. I only have my first two words out before he says, “Yes!” My first two words, “Moone Boy,” are the title of O’Dowd’s autobiographical coming-of-age comedy that is back for a second season … [Read more...] about Chris O’Dowd:
Boyle to Broadway

What Are You Like? Brían F. O’Byrne

By Patricia Harty, Editor-in-Chief
April / May 2014

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Brían F. O’Byrne, 46, is currently starring in the Broadway production of Outside Mullingar, a play by John Patrick Shanley. O’Byrne, who grew up in Mullagh, Co. Cavan, trained at the Samuel Beckett Centre at Trinity College Dublin. He emigrated to New York in 1990, where he had a brother, and an uncle who lived in Queens. He lived with his uncle and got a job on a … [Read more...] about What Are You Like? Brían F. O’Byrne