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Alison Doody Is Back

By Irish America Staff
October / November 2003

October 1, 2003 by Leave a Comment

Alison Doody - Photo by Murray Close.

Fifteen years after she starred in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade with Harrison Ford, Alison Doody has again embraced the screen. The Irish beauty, who is married to Gavin O'Reilly (Sir Anthony's son) will be returning to the silver screen in King Solomon's Mines, based on H. Rider Haggard's adventure story. Alison, who put her career on hold when she … [Read more...] about Alison Doody Is Back

All About Colin

By Ciaran Carty, Contributor
June / July 2001

June 1, 2001 by 5 Comments

In a street café in Prague's Old Town, 24-year-old Colin Farrell is having a coffee with Bruce Willis. It's a few days before they face up as adversaries in Hart's War, a war drama that Gregory Hoblitt, who also directed Primal Fear and Frequency, is shooting on location in the wooded hills outside the Czech capital. The former Communist bloc country is now a little Hollywood, … [Read more...] about All About Colin

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