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It’s Bono’s
Time to Shine
Who needs a Nobel Peace Prize when Time magazine awards you its
ultra-prestigious Person of the Year honour, alongside Bill and
Melinda Gates no less?
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Michael’s Irish Sell Out
Michael Flatley wrapped the U.S. leg of his new Celtic Tiger show
last month, and now he’s ready to take on Europe, specifically Ireland.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Enya: A Career
Intervention
Dear Enya: We go back a long way, right? Don’t you remember that
time 13 years ago, when the melodies of your Watermark ushered my
blushing bride down the aisle? more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide from Wednesday 21st of December to Saturday
31st of December.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Brosnan’s New Killer Role
After decades of cheesy movies, Pierce Brosnan has earned a Golden
Globe nomination for his irreverent and cuttingly funny role in
The Matador, in which he plays a lost, drunken assassin. The part
heralds a riskier Brosnan, who seized on a $20,000 independent film
and turned it into his best work yet.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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Celtic
Comforts for Boston Yuletide
It is sometimes too easy to forget what a personal medium radio
remains, but when it is done right it allows for a one to one connection
between the presenter and the audience. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 December
2005
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U2’s
Communication Christmas
The holiday season is upon us, and you know what that means — donning
shoulder pads and helmet to fight the throngs of shoppers trying
to get that same iPod Nano that you have your eye on.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
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New
York Remembers a Legend
“When Rory came to town, it was rough going, you know, it was the
coming of Jesus!”
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
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New
England Gets Holiday Spirit
Christmas in New England conjures up snow-filled scenes of winter
and festive gatherings. You would expect nothing less in the Irish
music community, though the presenters might appreciate just enough
of the white stuff for atmosphere, but not to deter concert-goers.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
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Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide from Wednesday 14th of December to Tuesday 17th
of January 2006.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
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‘Exhausted’
Farrell Checks Into Rehab
The party’s over for Colin Farrell, who is currently at an undisclosed
location seeking treatment for a dependency on prescription pain
medication. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
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Connery
Is Irish
And we thought that Pierce Brosnan was the only Irishman who could
lay claim to portraying the British superspy James Bond. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
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The
Lion, the Witch, the Windfall
The Chronicles of Narnia — The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
has gone to the top of the worldwide box office as Christian churches
flock to its message, but author C.S. Lewis was just as inspired
by the countryside in his native Antrim, and the world he created
in his East Belfast home as he was in projecting a Christian message.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
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Sinead Discovers
Rasta Rhythm
Sinead O’Connor wowed New York last weekend with a fresh new sound,
despite pulling out of a show in Philadelphia. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 December
2005
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Fiddles
and Flutes Alive for Blarney Star
On the second floor of Glucksman Ireland House at One Washington
Mews are the cozy parlor rooms that meet in an L-shaped formation
with a central space offering a focal point for the many cultural
happenings at the New York University home for Irish studies.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
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Transforming
Flanagan
Fionnula Flanagan won fame for her portrayal of the women in James
Joyce’s life and other powerful stage roles. In recent years she
has had big success in Hollywood, starring with Nicole Kidman In
The Others and Mark Wahlberg in Four Brothers. Now she plays with
Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman in Transamerica, an indie
film about a transsexual who escapes his carping mother to go on
a road trip with surprising results.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
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Byrne’s
O’Neill Is a Touch of Class
A production of a play by Eugene O’Neill, arguably America’s first
great playwright, is an event to be eagerly anticipated. When the
production lives up to O’Neill, as does Roundabout’s current production
of A Touch of the Poet, starring Gabriel Byrne, then it is an event
to be cherished. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
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The Day the Music Died
There are defining moments in time where everyone remembers where
they were and how they felt when they first heard the news.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
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The Boy
Corr’s Bride
One of Ireland’s most eligible bachelors has been captured and taken
off the available list.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
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A
New World Comes for Farrell
Colin Farrell’s film The New World, written and directed by the
acclaimed Terence Malik, opens in a few key markets on Christmas
Day in the hopes of generating some Oscar consideration. The film
“opens wide,” as they say in the industry, on January 13. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
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Kiwi U2
Fans Raging
Let’s hear it for U2’s massive fan base in New Zealand. The band
is set to play its first show in New Zealand in 12 years next St.
Patrick’s Day, and tickets sold out within 90 minutes. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
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Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide from Wednesday 7th of December to Monday 26th
of December. more... |
(Irish Voice) 7 December
2005
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Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 30th of November to Sunday 18th
of December.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
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Cash’s
Forty Shades of Green
The new Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line is, in a word, superb,
and it got us thinking about the country legend’s Scotch Irish roots.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
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Fergie
Does Sligo
Sarah Ferguson, the ex-British royal who still likes to be called
the Duchess of York, was in counties Sligo and Cork last week doing
her bit for charity. more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
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Get Rich Is Cash
Poor
Jim Sheridan must be awfully disappointed with how his movie with
rapper 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin’, has been received by the
U.S. public. more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
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Moody Blues
Brendan Gleeson has brought his gruff but lovable personality to
everything from Michael Collins to Cold Mountain and Breakfast on
Pluto. more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
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13 is Lucky
for Feeney
Galway singer/songwriter Julie Feeney is hoping to tour the U.S.
next year after receiving a powerful review in The New York Times,
which described her debut album, 13 Songs, as “a charming, urbane
and dreamy record.” more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
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The
Answer to Everything
Cormac Neeson, no relation to Liam, was struggling in New York.
He was working pizza stores at day and playing in small blues clubs
at night. more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
|
An RTE
Christmas Gift to Remember
As December dawns the notions that concern us at the end of the
year are Yuletide gift-giving and reflection on things past. more... |
(Irish Voice) 30 November
2005
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U2: They’re
Simply the Best
They came yet again, they sang and they conquered. U2 started their
third sold-out engagement at Madison Square Garden this year in
front of 20,000 fans on Monday night, and though it sounds utterly
clichéd at this stage, the Fab Four were in awesome form.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
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Manson Nups
for Kilkenny
The weird Goth rocker Marilyn Manson has chosen Co. Kilkenny, of
all places, for his January nuptials to stripper Dita Von Teese.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
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Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 23rd of November to Thursday
15th of December. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
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Teada
Explore Roots With New Tour
One of the more colorful traditions associated with an Irish Christmas
is the Wren Boys and the custom of visiting from house to house
offering a bit of song or music in exchange for a small treat or
coin. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
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The Future
Voice of Trad Music
If traditional Irish music in the U.S. is to become anything other
than a museum piece, it needs people like Ashley Davis.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
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A Class
of His Own
Frank McCourt is Ireland’s most successful living writer. After
the success of Angela’s Ashes, he returned to mixed reviews with
‘Tis. His third memoir, Teacher Man, is, he swears, the last he
will ever write. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
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Teacher Man:
Big Ideas, Small Sentences
One of the things that make Frank McCourt such an endearing writer
is the lack of pretension in his voice. He can coax the strongest
emotions from basic words and sentence structures. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
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Christy’s
New Cover Album
Back in the saddle with a politically charged new album, Burning
Times finds folk legend Christy Moore and co-collaborator Declan
Sinnott putting the agit-prop back into folk. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 November
2005
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U2 Tour
Goes On and On
They've sold out every single show they’ve played on their “Vertigo”
tour since it started way back in March, so why shouldn’t U2 keep
on truckin’ after their current North American leg wraps up at the
end of this month.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
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Brosnan’s Troubles
It hasn’t been the best of years for Pierce Brosnan. Though he’s
got a well-reviewed film, The Matador, opening later this year,
he was replaced in his bread and butter James Bond role by a younger
British actor. more...
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(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
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Corrs
Finally Find Real Roots
The Corrs have been at it a long time now, and by coming “Home,”
it looks like they got it right at long last.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Irish
Wake for a Lost Venue
Wanted — an Irish pub in Manhattan that could offer a performance
space for 50-150 people on a periodic basis for traditional Celtic
concerts. more...
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(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 16th of November to Wednesday
7th of December
more... |
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
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Maureen and Men
Pulitzer Prize winner Maureen Dowd is all over the news these days
with a new book about men in which she argues that women are becoming
clones, and men get away with hissy fits women won’t dare attempt.
The New York Times Op-Ed columnist is grateful that the book tour,
and publicity
surrounding her attack on Judith Miller, have distracted her from
the passing of her mother, Peggy, who died this summer. “Every time
I start packing, I just start crying,” she tells Sean O’Driscoll.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 16 November
2005
|
Murphy’s
Law
Cillian Murphy plays a cross-dressing small town Irish boy in Neil
Jordan’s latest movie, Breakfast On Pluto; a story sets in Troubles-hit
1970s Ireland. Now one of the hottest new names in Hollywood, he
talks to Sean O’Droscoll about why his new fame doesn’t matter,
the importance of his new role and his thoughts on returning as
Dr. Jonathan Crane in the next Batman movie.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 November
2005
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Sheridan’s
‘Cent’: Bang for the Buck
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ Starring 50 Cent - Directed by Jim Sheridan
- Review by Sean O’Driscoll
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 November
2005
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The Ego Has
Crash-Landed
Can someone please explain to me the whole Robbie Williams thing?
Mike Farragher cannot understand Robbie Williams' popularity
in UK or Ireland. more...
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(Irish Voice) 10 November
2005
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A Different
Take on Celtic Sound
I know it’s my job to depict with pen and paper the music that I
come across, but Enter the Haggis is one band that’s hard to describe.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 November
2005
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From the hob:
Ryan Spreads Her Wings
Cathie Ryan and her musical mates, Greg Anderson and Sara Milonovich
gave a very tasty performance.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 November
2005
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Riverdance
Duo Previews New Show
Exciting news arrived last week from Moya Doherty and John McColgan,
the dynamic husband and wife duo who brought the world Riverdance
10 years ago. more...
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(Irish Voice) 10 November
2005
|
Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 9th of November to Wednesday
7th of December.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 November
2005
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Colin's
New Gig
Colin Farrell has his next gig — and, possibly, next girl — all
lined up, and both seem like top prospects.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 November
2005
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Pogues
Set for Christmas Fairytale
The Pogues are to re-record their most classic single “Fairytale
of New York,” and are favourites to reach number one in Britain
in Ireland.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
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Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide From Tuesday 2nd of November to Sunday 27th
of November more...
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(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
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Tipp Comes to New York at NYU
It won’t be such a long way to Tipperary this coming Friday night
at New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House as the monthly
Blarney Star concert series welcomes two Tipp men to perform.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
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Sinead Shines In Jamaica
That might have been the name of the album that contained the last
batch of original songs from Sinead O’Connor. It also describes
the drivers behind some of the death defying things this rebel has
been doing with her career ever since.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
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Irish American Gangsta
Jim Sheridan is not holding back about the truth of his new movie.
With a big laugh, he admits that his decision to make a film about
the world’s most popular gangsta rapper was purely commercial.
more...
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(Irish Voice) 02 November
2005
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Dream Believer
Although she makes a mere $3 million a movie, Dakota Fanning, one
of the hottest names in Hollywood, has virtually monopolized the
cute little girl market for major Hollywood movies.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
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Irish
Film Producer Mourned
Screen legend Julie Andrews and Irish Arts Minister John O’ Donoghue
have led tributes to film and stage producer Tony Adams, who died
in New York last weekend.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 26th of October to Sunday 27th
of November. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
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Bono
Breaks Bread With Bush
U2 took its “Vertigo” tour to Washington, D.C. last week, and naturally
enough practically every politician in town wanted to bask in the
band’s glow, even President Bush, who sure could use a shot of ratings
adrenaline these days.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
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Leary for Firefighters
Denis Leary plays a firefighter to great success on the hit FX series
Rescue Me, but the real thing is what matters to the comic, whose
folks hail from Co. Kerry.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
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Inspiring
Bogle Heads for U.S.
If you are a fan of singer-songwriters in the folk music world,
you will be aware of the very prolific work of Eric Bogle, the Scotsman
living in Australia for the past 35 years. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
|
In the
Den of the Tiger
Michael Flatley might be the most famous toe tapper in the world,
but he relies on one man to provide the soundtrack for his fancy
footwork. more... |
(Irish Voice) 26 October
2005
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Best of Trad in the Deep
South
With a touch of poignancy, the silver-haired gentleman
lashed into the song that made him famous.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
On Friday, October 21, the Pearl River Ceili Group is honoring
Dr. Frank and Pat Holt for their many years of devotion to the New
Jersey Gaelic League. more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Turner Tunes Them In
Wexford jet-setter Pierce Turner is back in Manhattan for the next
few weeks, hopscotching here for a few months out of the year. This
time around, he has a new CD in tow.more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Bono Says Stop the
politics
Senator Hillary Clinton got her hand slapped by Bono and the boys
after it was revealed that she is using their Washington concert
as an opportunity to fundraise for the Democratic Party.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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The Irish
Oscars
The U.S.-Ireland Alliance will honor directors Neil Jordan and Jim
Sheridan, as well as DJ and music producer David Holmes, in what
has been dubbed “The Irish Oscars,” a new event next year that will
include Anjelica Huston, Cillian Murphy, Brenda Fricker and Colin
Farrell. more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Best and Worst of
Irish America
George Clooney has said that President John F. Kennedy and Joe McCarthy
represent the best and worst of what Irish America has to offer.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Ramsay Loves (Most) Irish
Remeber that toxic Scottish chef Gordon Ramsay, who had a minor
hit on Fox TV over the summer with his show Hell’s Kitchen?
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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Fool
Rushes in
Rush Limbaugh must be scarfing down the narcotics again. The conservative
bigmouth branded Bono a cheat last week, claiming on his radio show
that the U2 frontman has a mistress.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 19 of October to Sunday 17 of
November. more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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Brosnan Nixes Craig?
Not sure what to make of this report — as we told you last week,
Daniel Craig has been named as the new James Bond, but the man he
replaces, Pierce Brosnan, doesn’t seem to be too happy about the
casting if a report circulating out of Britain is believable.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
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NO Nay, Never…Enough Already!
I read a quote in The New York Times Book Review that said “great
writing doesn’t soothe a wound, it picks at a scab.”
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
McLaughlin Is a Treasure
Before heading to the deep south, I made a brief but enjoyable foray
to Philadelphia’s Commodore Barry Club on Friday night to see the
inimitable Dinny McLaughlin from Buncrana, Co. Donegal.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Naked Colin
Made My Day!
Colin Farrell made Salma Hayek feel awfully good about her body
while they were shooting their upcoming film Ask the Dust.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 19 October
2005
|
Brosnan Out,
Craig In for Bond
Pierce Brosnan was plugging his upcoming film The Matador at the
Mill Valley Film Festival in California last week, and his mother-in-law
chimed in with her prediction that Pierce will return to the screen
for a fifth time as James Bond.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
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Manilow Magic
Could it be magic? For one Dublin couple the answer is yes, as the
man who made those words famous in song, Barry Manilow, provided
them with some wonderful relief in otherwise horrible circumstances.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 12th of October to Wednesday
9th of November. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
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Draiocht
Magic Heads for Limerick
The day and the age of travelling musicians in Ireland like the
legendary harper Turlough O’Carolan and piper Gareth Barry invokes
strong symbolism when you consider the many pathways that traditional
Irish music has taken over the centuries.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
Macca Mania
Still a Thrill
“Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m 64?” Paul
McCartney wondered aloud when he wrote that line for the groundbreaking
Sergeant Pepper disc during his twenties.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
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U2 Surprise
Fans at Garden Party
“We're home,” said Bono with outstretched arms as U2 tore into “City
of Blinding Lights” last Friday, the first of their five nights
in Madison Square Garden. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
|
The Kennedy
Comeback
There is a moment in Christopher Kennedy Lawford’s memoir, Symptoms
of Withdrawal, when he picks up a photo of his first cousin, David,
walking with David’s dad, Robert Kennedy, in the New York City St.
Patrick’s Day Parade. more... |
(Irish Voice) 12 October
2005
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Afrocelt’s New Album Back to Roots
First it was Afrocelt Sound System. Then it was simply
Afrocelt. more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Celtic
Woman On Tour
Celtic Woman, the five Irish women who have been steadily
building up a big fan base all across the U.S.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Tiger Tames the Garden!
Michael Flatley brought his new show Celtic Tiger to Madison
Square Garden on Tuesday, September 27, as regular readers of this
page will be well aware.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Andie
on the Road
Andie McDowell was the star attraction at last weekend’s world premiere
in Dublin of the film Tara Road
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Concert
Updates
On a brief East Coast tour are Randal Bays (fiddle) and Roger Landes
(bouzouki and guitar) as a tasty tandem of two musicians
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Crossing
Jordan
Neil Jordan is back with Breakfast On Pluto, a film about a transvestite
who escapes the Irish Troubles in search of his real mother in London.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
View Into a Troubled World
To Bear Witness By Dr. Kevin M. Cahill, Fordham University
Press. Review by Sean O’Driscoll
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Dinny, Doherty Team Up
Another outstanding event worth going to is coming up in Philadelphia
on Friday evening, October 14 at the Commodore Barry Irish Center
there in the Mount Airy section of town.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 5 of October to Sunday 23 of
October. more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Legendary Boston Event
Recalled
It was one of the transforming events in Irish American musical
history that occurred just 15 years ago that presaged the great
things to come as traditional Irish music entered the halls of academia.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Stalker
at Enya’s
The reclusive Irish songbird Enya had a bit of unwelcome company
at her multi-million euro castle in Dublin recently.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Recovering Life Through
Music
When I was the music director for my college’s radio station, back
in the day when two tin cups strung together with wire constituted
a transmission, we came up with this slogan to describe how the
music moved us. more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Win
Orchestra NYC Tix!
The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland, comprised of extremely talented
young Catholic and Protestant Irish musicians, will celebrate their
10th anniversary at Carnegie Hall in New York City
more... |
(Irish Voice) 5 October 2005
|
Time to Re-Bond!
Will he or won’t he be back on screen as James Bond? Pierce Brosnan
is starting to sound like the boy who cried wolf at this stage.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
No Wedding
Bells
We better not hold our breaths waiting for Oscar winner Charlize
Theron and her Irish beau Stuart Townsend to become man and wife.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
We’ll Cherish
These Ladies Forever
Can it be two decades ago that the Irish music community in the
U.S. first learned that the tradition bearers in the next generation
were mostly women? more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Scorsese
Shows Clancy, Dylan Love
Bob Dylan and Irish folk singer Liam Clancy shares their love for
each other’s music in a groundbreaking new 3 1/2 hour documentary
by Martin Scorsese entitled No Direction Home, following Dylan’s
early 1960s career.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Rediscovering
Irish America
Award-winning Irish journalist Fintan O’Toole is writing three Irish
American biographies.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
The Frames
Break Every Rule
Buskers to breakouts. This describes the Frames’ uncanny career
trajectory. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 31st of September to Sunday 23rd
of October. more... |
(Irish Voice) 28 September
2005
|
50
Has a Cent for Ireland
Rap superstar 50 Cent was the perfect gentleman during
the few days he spent in Ireland last week
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
No, Nay Never Again, Please!
It was once full of lush green life, but now it is dead
and ready to be covered with sod.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
But
On the Bright Side....
One of the bright spots in the Jersey Shore Irish Festival
was witnessing the rebirth of Seanchai, the Celtic hip-hop outfit
headed by Black 47 founder Chris Byrne.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Call Him
Calm Cillian
His summer thriller Red Eye is still chugging along nicely at the
box office but Cillian Murphy, on the cusp of breakout stardom later
year when his Breakfast On Pluto is released, is taking it all in
his stride. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
It’s Showtime!
Michael Flatley’s time is here. His new show Celtic Tiger will be
performed for the first time on U.S. soil on Saturday in Worcester,
Massachusetts more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Cross Border Orchestra
for NYC, Boston
“I’ve performed with some of the finest orchestras in the world,
but the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland is the finest,” enthuses
the Irish tenor Emmanuel Lawler.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
In the
news
Bono, fresh of a hugely flattering cover story in last Sunday’s
New York Times Magazine about his work combating poverty and disease
in Africa more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Jersey Set Dancing Weekend
Down the shore, all the set dancers will be converging for what
is figuratively the crossroads dance of the year at the annual Connie
Ryan autumn set dance weekend in Cape May, New Jersey.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 21 of September to Friday 14
of October. more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Piper Lessons In East
Durham
Those school bells will be ringing in the mountains and by the sea
on the following weekend (September 30-October 2) also.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Katrina Fundraisers
More special benefits for Hurricane Katrina assistance have come
through the email box.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Made Marian
Women’s fiction queen Marian Keyes has sold 10 million books about
life in Dublin. Now she’s back with her second collection of essays
on everything from hurling to New York shopping.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
NYU Concerts Return For Fall
No matter what our age, when the official end of summer draws nigh
we think of those going back to school to further their education.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
Ophelia
Spares 15,0000
I Enjoyed my first visit to the Irish 2000 Music and Arts Festival
last Saturday near Albany.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 21 September
2005
|
The Noone
Tide
Galway emigrant Ronan Noone worked on Massachusetts construction
sites and bars while writing The Lepers of Baile Baiste, a stunning
tale of dark secrets in rural Ireland that won him powerful reviews
from The New York Times and the Boston Globe.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
An Intense Play
of Jealousy, Rage
The Blowin’ of Baile Gall By Ronan Noone. One of a group of workers
renovating a home somewhere in the west of Ireland is constantly
beefing.more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Flowers Singer Goes Solo
Liam Ó Maonlai, the charismatic singer/pianist for Hothouse
Flowers, will begin his first-ever solo tour of the U.S. this fall
to coincide with Rian
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Dempsey Returns to
New York
Best-selling Irish rock and reggae star Damien Dempsey
is to play a show at a New York pub where he once bartended.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Gallagher Tribute at
NYU
I spent many years seeing countless shows at the legendary Bottom
Line in the NYU campus, and I was fortunate enough to be in the
building right before they closed it.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
20,000 Expected
for Altamont Fest
As summer draws to a close and the weather remains fine, you may
not want the price of petrol to discourage you from taking in one
last big outdoor festival within easy reach of the Big Apple.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Teada on 15 Date Tour
Oisin Mac Diarmada, the fiddler extraordinaire and leader of Teada,
the popular young Irish trad band, learned some barnstorming tricks
from his early Comhaltas tours.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Donohue
Launches New CD
Up in White Plains, Dunne’s Pub is celebrating the launch of Gabriel
Donohue’s new CD Shannon Road, his own solo effort after so many
years producing. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
U2's
Intimate New York Show on DVD
U2 appear in an erotic New York burlesque club in a new documentary
about rock legend Leonard Cohen.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 14 of September to Saturday 08
of October. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Flatley Almost Ready to Roar
It's less than two weeks until the U.S. premiere of Michael Flatley’s
new creation, Celtic Tiger, at Madison Square Garden on September
27. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Natasha Dreams of Home
Liam Neeson’s on the campaign trail these days — the movie trail,
we mean. Co. Antrim’s famous son was in Toronto last weekend doing
his bit for the upcoming Breakfast in Pluto
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
The
Edge of Reason
The Edge has expressed his band U2’s sympathy for the victims of
Hurricane Katrina, and promises that the resumption of their U.S.
and Canadian tour this week will pay homage to those most affected
by the disaster. more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Luciano Loves Belfast
Where did it all happen for the tubby tenor titan Luciano Pavarotti?
None other than a city called Belfast.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 14 September
2005
|
Where’s
Bill’s Ball?
The things that make front page news in Ireland . . . one
of the top stories in the current issue of The Kerryman newspaper
concerns the mystery over the disappearance of a golf ball
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Irish Music Thriving
in Connecticut
The lovely red carriage house was set back from the road, and the
historic white home of Cynthia and Paul Cummiskey in Redding easily
located after a pleasant summer’s eve drive over Connecticut’s highways
and country lanes in Fairfield County.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Ireland’s
Brightest Play CMJ Fest
When I was a music director for my college radio station,
more years ago than I care to count, the College Music Journal was
my bible. more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
In the news
Speaking of Clinton and Brosnan, they were spotted in Hawaii
with Hillary and Chelsea at the end of last month, golfing with
Pierce Brosnan. more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Whyte
Plays New York Shows
Irish American Joe Whyte, a New Jersey native who has been making
waves on both sides of the Atlantic, will also be part of the annual
CMJ new music festivities blanketing the Big Apple in the coming
weeks. more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Graymoor
Fest Set
Our intrepid Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann reporter in Donegal, Ira
Goldman, relayed the following results to me from the Letterkenny
competitions just completed Sunday evening and we salute the following
medal winners from the U.S.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Brosnan Bashes Bush
Pierce Brosnan is fuming at President Bush’s handling of Hurricane
Katrina in New Orleans.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
In
Search of Caesar
Belfast actor Ciaran Hinds stars as Julius Caesar in HBO’s $100
million series, Rome, the largest mini-series ever shown on U.S.
or British television. more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Snow Patrol Back to
Studio
Award-winning Northern Ireland band Snow Patrol are to record their
fourth album after seven weeks touring in the U.S.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 07 of September to Wednesday
05 of October .more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Murphys Tour With Pogues
Boston punks the Dropkick Murphys have landed a supporting gig for
the Pogues’ annual reunion tour this Christmas, slated to be staged
throughout the United Kingdom.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
‘Sissy’
Colin Parties On
Colin Farrell is getting pushed around a good bit lately. His lawyers
are dealing with the fallout started by an ex-stripper girlfriend
who he made a private porn tape with, and now some of his old Dublin
schoolmates are saying mean things about him in a biography to be
published this month. more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Outreach
for Katrina Victims
Witnessing the horrible devastation along the Gulf Coast in the
past week and the terrible plight of all those who suffered so much
loss, you know that the concern and the generosity of the Irish
will soon follow. more... |
(Irish Voice) 07 September
2005
|
Hinds a Hit
in ‘Rome’
The BBC and cable channel HBO are anxiously expecting U.S. viewing
figures this week for its $100 million Roman history drama starring
Belfast actor Ciaran Hinds and Tipperary actress Kerry Condon.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 August 2005
|
A New Departure
Nuala O’ Faolain discovered May Duignan by accident.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 August 2005
|
Neeson Touched
by African Children
Liam Neeson made his first visit to Mozambique last week in his
role as goodwill ambassador for the Irish branch of children’s organization
UNICEF. more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 August 2005
|
Leave Colin
Alone!
Poor Colin Farrell, according to one of his many female admirers,
is being pestered by paparazzi to the point of despair, and she’s
not going to stand for it anymore.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 August 2005
|
Cruising to the
Best Of Sugar Ray
If music is your obsession, then you tend to mark the passing of
special summers with song.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 August 2005
|
Milwaukee
Fest Magic Celebrated
The silver anniversary of the Milwaukee Irish Fest was much more
than just a dazzling array of entertainment that spilled over beyond
three action-packed days over the weekend of August 18-21. more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 August 2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 31st of August to Saturday 10th
of September. more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 August 2005
|
Sinead
Meets the Marley's
To test the cool Caribbean waters for her forthcoming reggae covers
album, Throw Down Your Arms, due for release this autumn, Sinead
O’Connor made a surprise appearance at the prime minister’s 2005
Independence Gala in Jamaica. more... |
(Irish Voice) 31 August 2005
|
So Good
It Hurts
John Hurt has a reputation for being one of the world’s
most versatile actors. This month, he does the voiceover for an
animated film about war pigeons, while starring with Kate Hudson
in the intense thriller The Skeleton Key, in which he takes on a
silent role. more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
Dox at Top
of Their Game
That’s a very lucky number for Tuam’s favorite sons, the Saw Doctors.Like
the road in which it was named, their hit “N17” was a pathway that
led them out of Galway and into national stardom.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
Eminem
Melts, Ireland Nixed
Eminem will go down in Irish history for all the wrong
reasons. more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
In the news
Denis Leary, the Irish American comic currently on fire
with his hit FX series Rescue Me, is headlining the annual Bulmers
International Comedy Festival in Dublin next month.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
Irish Film
Fest Next Month
The fifth annual “Film Fleadh Shorts Night, A Wee CRAIC,” kicks
off on September 18 at the renowned Manhattan music venue Arlene’s
Grocery on the Lower East Side.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
U2 Stylist
Seeks Truce
Lola Cashman, the gossipy former U2 stylist who wrote a book about
the band and attempted to sell band items that she claims were gifts
to her. more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
Milwaukee’s Silver Fest Is Golden
“Milwaukee-the word makes you smile - You’d think you were in Erin’s
Isle - It’s like the fifth province out here - In Milwaukee at this
time of year” more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
Mumba
Tries Comeback
Remember Samantha Mumba, the African Irish singer/starlet who was
such a sensation a few years back with a pistol hot music career
that fizzled before it ever really got off the ground?
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
U2 Honored
in Portugal; Keane Pull Out
U2’s last European tour date in Portugal proved very eventful.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 24 of August to Saturday 10 of
September .more... |
(Irish Voice) 24 August 2005
|
Brosnan
Not Bonding
Pierce Brosnan, the Meath-born actor who superbly played British
superspy James Bond onscreen for four films — only to be unceremoniously
dumped by producers last year — is now hitting out at the part that
brought him fame and fortune beyond his wildest dreams.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 August 2005
|
Sheridan, 50,
Tryin’ for a Hit
One of the most anticipated movies of the upcoming fall season is
currently in post-production, and when it opens, the stardom of
its Irish Oscar nominated director Jim Sheridan should soar to even
greater heights. more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 August 2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide from Wednesday 17th of August to Sunday 28th
of August. more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 August 2005
|
Making Murphy’s
Laws
Cork actor Cillian Murphy stars in Red Eye, an airline thriller
opening Friday that marks his first major lead role.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 August 2005
|
Sirocco — Real
Talent or Hot Air?
Sirocco (n): a hot storm that starts in the Sahara Desert and gains
momentum as it races up the Mediterranean.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 August 2005
|
Kane Sisters
on U.S. Tour
We have been treated to a wealth of great traditional music coming
out of Co. Galway. From this wellspring in the west of Ireland,
and, in fact, the wild west of Connemara come two young women who
epitomize the healthy state of traditional music in these exciting
times. more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 August 2005
|
Dog’s
Life for New York Pooches
An Irish photographer who has spent a decade chasing dogs all over
New York, Ireland and England has published the results this week.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 August 2005
|
Milwaukee
Pilgrimage Begins
If you were in the Midwest, you would be noticing a great migration
towards Milwaukee this coming weekend from Thursday, August 18 to
Sunday, August 21 when the Middle American town known for suds (beer)
becomes the Emerald City for the 25th annual Irish Fest, the Disneyland
of Irish music festivals. more... |
(Irish Voice) 17 August 2005
|
Augusta
On My Mind
Paul Keating visits Augusta’s Irish Week and finds a great
Irish music festival. more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
Sinead
On Reggae Tour?
Rumors are running wild that Sinead O’Connor will be taking the
stage at Manhattan’s Webster Hall as part of an extensive U.S. tour
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
Colin’s Girl:
Don’t Blame Me!
Colin Farrell’s sex video partner Nicole Narain swears
up and down she had nothing to do with the tape ending up in the
hands of porn hustlers who want to market the thing for profit
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
Daniel
Won’t Be a Dad
Donegal legend Daniel O’Donnell, still only 43, says he’ll
never get the chance to pass on his genes, and that’s okay by him.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
Sunny
Delight
Rob McElhenney’s Hollywood career was going nowhere until wrote
about his experiences in the Irish bars of Philadelphia and New
York. more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
Flatley’s
New Tour Dates
You'll see from the ad in this week’s paper that tickets for Michael
Flatley’s new show Celtic Tiger are now on sale for the September
27 date at Madison Square Garden.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
Frames In
Picture for Tour
The Frames have announced that they will be touring the U.S. in
October. more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
In the News
It's shaping up to be quite a month for the current “It” Irish actor,
Cork-born Cillian Murphy.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
Friday
Works on Sheridan’s 50 Cent Movie
Former Virgin Prunes singer Gavin Friday is writing the music for
Jim Sheridan’s upcoming biopic about rapper 50 Cent.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
Entertainment Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 10 of August to Wednesday 24
of August .more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
Gallagher’s
Greatest Collection
In the category of Irish rock gods, there is only one big gun. Rory
Gallagher’s spirit has been captured in a glorious two disc set
entitled, fittingly enough, Big Guns.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 10 August 2005
|
‘Broke’
U2 Stylist Keeps Suing
Lola Cashman, the former U2 stylist who tried to make a
few sordid bucks from her time with the band — she wrote a tepidly
received “tell-all” book and tried to hawk several U2 mementos through
an auction house — now claims she’s flat broke.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
Depp’s
Irish Factory
Johnny Depp is a long-time fan of Ireland and all things Irish —
the crazy frontman for the Pogues rock group, Shane MacGowan, is
one of his pals, and Depp spent time in Ireland in the mid-1990s
with the late Marlon Brando working on the aborted film Divine Rapture.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
Flatley Accuser Sues Again
A Woman who claimed she was raped by dancer Michael Flatley
in 2003 is back with yet another lawsuit — this time against a Chicago
Bears football player she claims has fathered her new child.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
Waterboys Release Live Album
The Waterboys finally release their first ever official
live album Karma to Burn (Puck Records, distribution by Universal)
on September 12. more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
Saw Doctors
Set to Tour
I useta love them. Once. Now it’s time to fall in love with Tuam’s
favorite sons, the Saw Doctors, all over again.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
In the News
Colin Farrell’s unwanted career as a porn star has been put on hold,
at least for the time being. more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
Over 100,000 Enjoy Galway
Fest
Over 100,000 people turned out for the Galway Arts Festival
over the last two weeks, making it one of the largest festivals
ever held in the city.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
McKeown Joins Immigration
Concert
Irish immigrant history buffs will not want to miss the
Castle Garden Festival. Castle Garden is a little-known immigrant
depot in the shadows of the more famous Ellis Island.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
Holding
Their Own
New York band the Hold Steady appeared on the Conan O’Brien
and Carson Daly shows last week, after making the cover story of
the Village Voice and earning huge write ups everywhere from Rolling
Stone to Esquire. more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 27 of July to Tuesday 2 of August
.more... |
(Irish Voice) 27 July 2005
|
Dillon Does
Galway
Matt Dillon, a long-time Hollywood Brat Packer and now (kind of)
elder statesman, was in Galway last week to participate in the city’s
annual film festival.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 20 July 2005
|
Colin Tries
to Block Sex Tape
Paris Hilton look out — you could soon have some famous company
on the porn shelves of the world.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 20 July 2005
|
New York
Celebrates Its 2005 Rose of Tralee
Caitlin Burke, 20, was stunned to hear her name called at the New
York Rose of Tralee selection pageant on Friday night at the Sky
Club in Manhattan. more... |
(Irish Voice) 20 July 2005
|
Get Going
to See ‘Philadelphia’
Considered by many to be a modern-day classic, Brian Friel’s Philadelphia,
Here I Come!, presently in the capable hands of director Ciaran
O’Reilly at the Irish Repertory Theatre, more than exceeds expectations.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 20 July 2005
|
Directing
September 11
For four years, Hollywood studios stayed well clear of September
11. However, with Nicolas Cage set to star as Irish American September
11 hero John McLoughlin, and Columbia Pictures also working on a
new movie, the box office is finally ready to take on the biggest
story of the 21st century
more... |
(Irish Voice) 20 July 2005
|
Sinead
Collaborates, and Nothing Compares!
Okay, I admit it. I have a crush on Sinead O’Connor. There. I’ve
said it. Do I have a bald woman fetish? Not really. more... |
(Irish Voice) 20 July 2005
|
Catskills
Week One to Remember
The Irish are famous for being able to mourn the loss and celebrate
the life of the deceased seemingly at the same time as we have come
to know in an “Irish wake.” more... |
(Irish Voice) 20 July 2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide from Wednesday 20 of July to Sunday 31 of July.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 20 July 2005
|
A Cranberry
Goes it Alone
I must admit to occasionally looking at Hit Me Baby One
More Time, the NBC show that has bands who are past their expiration
date compete for past glory.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
Brittany:
I’m Irish!
Brittany Murphy is Irish — hardly a surprise, given her last name.
The actress, 28, was over in Europe plugging her latest, Sin City,
recently, and the told Ireland’s Sunday Tribune all about her Irish
roots. more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
Good
News for Billy Bob
Billy Bob Thornton is winning great reviews for his irreverent
new comedy Bad News Bears. Ahead of the film’s release on Friday,
he talks to Sean O’Driscoll about his journey to reclaim his Galway
roots more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
Neeson
Preps for Abe
Liam Neeson made a visit back home to Ballymena, Co. Antrim
a couple of weeks back, and the locals were struck at how thin he’s
become. more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 13 of July to Sunday 19 of July
.more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
In the News
Motorists in Miami last week were likely angry with Colin Farrell
last week, but it wasn’t his fault.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
Ireland’s First Horror
Is a Classic
A man and his girlfriend are driving through the beautiful,
breathtaking Irish scenery one night. They are enjoying a lovely
vacation together until they see a very dazed and injured man wandering
the dark, scarily isolated country roads of Ireland.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
Peaches
Cringes, Dad Applauds
Peaches Geldof, teenage daughter of Sir/Saint Bob Geldof,
organizer of the Live 8 concerts a couple of weekends ago, has defended
herself against remarks made by one Pete Doherty
more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
Sheridan to Direct Gangster
Movie
Oscar nominated Irish director Jim Sheridan, is to direct
a true-life film about gangsters living on Manhattan’s West Side.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
U2’s 11 Albums
on Charts
In other U2 news, the band should play at home more often.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
Woof !
Snoop Doggy Dog was one of the headline acts at the Oxegen
music festival in Co. Kildare on Saturday.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 13 July 2005
|
They Got What They’re
Looking For
U2 employees look out — do the dirty on the band and you’ll get
spanked around in a court of law.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 6 July 2005
|
A Voice of
The People Passes
There wasn’t a chance that the Three Irish Tenors would have called
his house in Dublin when an opening came up.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 6 July 2005
|
Corina and the
City
Irish singer Corina’s single “Another Day” will be featured in a
promotion campaign for Sex and the City. more... |
(Irish Voice) 6 July 2005
|
In Troubled
Waters
Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly is back after a two-year layoff with
Dark Water, a gripping new thriller set on New York’s Roosevelt
Island. Here she talks to Sean O’ Driscoll about her Irish roots,
why she will never leave Brooklyn and why she takes so long to decide
on a script. more... |
(Irish Voice) 6 July 2005
|
Hinds Set for
Controversial Spielberg Film
Belfast actor Ciaran Hinds is to star in a new Stephen Spielberg
movie about the Israeli assassination of Palestinian terrorists
in the 1970s. more... |
(Irish Voice) 6 July 2005
|
A Moment
in History (Despite Infights)
When MTV and VH1 jointly announced that they were going to join
their big corporate cousins at Viacom to broadcast the Live 8 concerts
on Saturday organized by Bob Geldof, there was cause for rejoice.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 6 July 2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 29 of June to Sunday 17 of July.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Flatley’s Tiger Raring to Go
Michael Flatley promises to astound his fans with a new stage show
that will have its U.S. premiere at Madison Square Garden in September.
Here, he tells Debbie McGoldrick all about it.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
A Great
Harte Passes On
It is with great sadness that I write of the passing of incomparable
Dublin singer Frank Harte, who died at his Chapelizod home on Monday,
June 27. more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Midsummer
Swing in NYC
On route to the Catskills Irish Arts Week, you can make a stop at
the annual Irish night on Thursday, July 7 for the Lincoln Center
Midsummer Night Swing at the Josie Robertson Plaza right alongside
the fountain at the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue
in Manhattan. more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
All
About Catskills Irish Week
Two decades ago I was packing for my second visit to the Scoil Samhraidh
Willie Clancy, or “Willie Week” as it is lovingly referred to, with
perhaps more purpose than simply learning the country sets from
my family’s heritage county of Clare.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Lohan
Fully Loaded
There's two words that sum up my review of Herbie: Fully Loaded.
Nice headlights. more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Lindsay
Driven By Family Feud
As Lindsay Lohan tries to reshape her image to coincide with the
release of Herbie: Fully Loaded, the Irish Voice has been bumped
off E! Hollywood True Stories. But with her uncle’s latest arrest,
will the Lohan/Sullivan clans ever escape the Irish stereotype tag?
Sean O'Driscoll reports on a sorry family tale.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Live 8
for MTV
Wondering where you can catch Sir Bob Geldof’s Live 8 concerts on
Saturday, July 2?
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Bono
Gets Hairy
Bono has warned that he does not want to isolate President Bush
during the upcoming G8 summit.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Celtic
Woman — They’re Tops!
The soundtrack to the glitzy Celtic Woman show, which features four
wildly talented young soloists and a violinist, shot to the top
of the Billboard World Music charts when it was released in March,
selling an astounding 40,000 copies.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Cruise to Produce Irish Gangster Film
Tom Cruise’s production company is to make a major new Irish American
gangster movie later this year.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Kavanagh
Fest for Monaghan
Those in Ireland late in July should visit the Raglan Road Festival
2005 in Monaghan.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Eminem Heats Up Summer
Season
Irish fans gobbled up 80,000 tickets in under two hours recently
for Eminem’s show at Slane Castle. The Slane gig, part of Eminem’s
Anger Management tour, will take place on Saturday, September 17.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 29 June 2005
|
Entertainment
Guide
Entertainment Guide From Wednesday 22 of June to Sunday 17 of June.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 22 June 2005
|
‘70s Throwback
a Great Summer Read
In Carrie Kabak’s debut novel Cover the Butter, we meet Kate Cadogan
in the present day prologue.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 22 June 2005
|
New York Mourns
a True Original
When the Good Lord decides that it is time to add another heavenly
angel to that great ceili band in the sky, it is always a sad time
for the family, friends and fans who must say goodbye to a musician
who had touched them all while on earth. more... |
(Irish Voice) 22 June 2005
|
Black Makes a
Comeback
How High the Moon is the name of the new CD from Frances Black.
Just don’t compare her to her sister, the Irish icon Mary Black.
more... |
(Irish Voice) 22 June 2005
|
Van Glad Bush Is
a Fan
In a rare interview, Van Morrison spoke w | | |
