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Steve Martin Honored at Irish Arts Center Gala

By Irish America Staff
December / January 2018

December 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

New York’s Irish Arts Center honored Oscar-, Emmy-, and Grammy-winning performer Steve Martin in October at the 2017 Spirit of Ireland Gala at Cipriani, raising a record-breaking $1.5 million over the course of the evening. The event also honored Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon and Sharon Patrick, co-founder and former CEO of Martha Stewart Living. Attendees included … [Read more...] about Steve Martin Honored at Irish Arts Center Gala

Irish Eye on Hollywood: Rumors Surround U.S. Father Ted Remake

May 24, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Hollywood runs on many things, from money to egos. Another essential show biz ingredient? Rumors. It often takes months – even years – to sort out the difference between what a movie is rumored to look like, and what actually appears on the big screen. With that in mind, here’s what we know now about the rumored American remake of the beloved Irish TV show Father Ted. Which … [Read more...] about Irish Eye on Hollywood: Rumors Surround U.S. Father Ted Remake

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February 10, 1904

John Farrow, screenwriter, director and father of actress Mia Farrow, was born on February 10, 1904 in Sydney, Australia to John Farrow and Mary Savage Villiers. After working as a sailor he went to Hollywood in the 1920s and got his first job as a technical advisor. He then became a screenwriter in, notably writing the script for “Tarzan Escapes” (1936) where he met his  future wife, Irish-born Maureen O’Sullivan, who played Jane. She converted Farrow to Catholicism and he later wrote biographies of Saint Thomas More and Saint Damien of Molokai. Farrow’sgreatest accomplishments were his Academy Award win for the “Around the World in Eighty Days” (1956) script and his nomination as Best Director for Wake Island (1942).

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