A bunch of Byrneholics contributed pictures and birthday wishes for a book that is being published and will be sent to Mr. Byrne, thanks to his agent. His birthday is May 12 and it is not clear when he will receive the book (he is traveling and the book is going to Dublin), but whenever it gets to him, he will feel the love!

Byrneholics from all over the world provided pictures of themselves and their cities and countries, along with heart-felt messages. The book includes best wishes for a wonderful birthday and a beautiful outpouring of appreciation and love.

While we cannot see the book itself (it is a print book and is on its way to Mr. Byrne now, along with several letters), I wanted to share as much of it as possible with this video.

The video includes pictures of Gabriel that are not in the book–they are for us! And I included short excerpts from the messages in the book where I could. Please do not feel bad if your words are not in the video. They are in the book or in your letters, fear not!

Thank you to all who contributed to this birthday book project! Your words and images are truly inspirational!

I will share with you my message to him in the book on this, the occasion of his birthday:

Happy Birthday, Gabriel/Mr. B./Mr. Byrne!

My mother used to say that you did not need to have a party to celebrate your birthday. You just needed balloons, flowers, presents, birthday cake, candles, champagne, friends and family, and that special someone.

“But Mom!” I would respond plaintively. “If you have all that, then you have a PARTY!”

And she would smile and say “I guess you are right, honey. Happy Birthday!”

I hope you have enjoyed your party in a book from your friends and fans at Byrneholics, where we are inspired, enlightened, encouraged, amazed, delighted, and just a little intoxicated by — YOU!

Happiest of Birthdays to you!

Love, Stella

Be sure to watch this HD video in full screen mode and turn up your speakers!

Happy Birthday, Gabriel!

Byrneholics Paris Correspondent Aragarna reports:

Indeed, Emmanuelle Devos has two films. The one with Gabriel is directed by Jérôme Bonnell.

Film will be called Le Temps de l’Aventure and is produced by Edouard Weil.

It’s about an actress called Alix, whose life will change when she meets with a mysterious Englishman on a train between Calais and Paris, the Englishman being Gabriel.

Shooting will start right after the Cannes Film Festival, on May 29th !!

Read more (in French!) at AlloCiné.com

Many thanks to Ara for her great detective work!

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The Festival de Cannes, 16 – 27 May,  is celebrating its 65th birthday, making it a Taurus just like Gabriel Byrne!

The Jury of the Competition has been announced at the official festival website and here is an excerpt:

The Jury of the Competition presided over by Nanni Moretti (Italian director, actor and producer) welcomes to its ranks: Hiam Abbass (Palestinian actress, director), Andrea Arnold (British director and scriptwriter), Emmanuelle Devos (French actress), Diane Kruger (German actress), Jean Paul Gaultier (French designer), Ewan McGregor (British actor), Alexander Payne (American director, scriptwriter and producer) and Raoul Peck (Haitian director, scriptwriter and producer). The Jury of the 65th Festival de Cannes will have to decide between the 22 films in Competition in order to select the winners, to be announced on stage during the Closing Ceremony on 27th May, culminating in the announcement of the Palme d’or.

About Ms. Devos they say:

Following her studies at the prestigious Cours Florent, Emmanuelle Devos began shooting with the brilliant young generation of filmmakers fresh out of La Fémis: Noémie Lvovsky and Arnaud Desplechin who brought her to Cannes in 1996 with his My Sex Life… or How I Got Into an Argument. The accolades arrived in 2001 with Jacques Audiard’s Read My Lips (César for Best Actress). She filmed again with Desplechin and Audiard and also with Nicole Garcia, Emmanuel Carrère, Alain Resnais and Xavier Giannoli, whose In The Beginning saw her win the 2010 César for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Still devoted to theatre work, her film career continues unabated. She will soon begin shooting with Martin Provost and with Jérôme Bonnell alongside Gabriel Byrne.

You can learn more about Ms. Devos at her IMDB page. I have seen Read My Lips, La Moustache, and Coco Before Chanel. She is wonderful.

Jérôme Bonnell is a young director who has made some very interesting films. Check out his IMDB page for more information.

We do not have any more information than this at the moment (no film title and no date for filming). However, intrepid Byrneholics Paris Correspondent Aragarna is investigating, so we should have more details soon!

Emmanuelle Devos, Gabriel Byrne, and Jérôme Bonnell

I am making a picture book  and a video of birthday wishes and messages and pictures from members of Byrneholics and Gabriel Byrne fans the world over.

The book will be a SnapFish book. Pretty cool, yes?

To do this, I need your participation!

Here is what I need from you:

1. Your first name (real name, screen name, whatever you are comfortable with)

2. Your city and country

3. Your birthday message: keep it as short as you can but feel free to say what you want. I will find a way to fit your message on the printed page, I promise.

4. A picture of you, your city, something meaningful to you, whatever you like. It’s a picture book, after all.

I would like to include your contribution in a birthday video, so let me know if that is okay with you. If you do not tell me it is okay, I will not include it.

Send your information to me at stellakuru@gmail.com

One last thing: if you would like to send Mr. Byrne a letter, I will print it out (and I will not read it!) and include it in the box with the book.

The deadline is May 1. If you cannot make this deadline, let me know.

Mr. Byrne’s agent has indicated that she will make sure he receives our birthday wishes, so this is great.

I hope you will participate in this celebration!

Happy Birthday, Gabriel Byrne!

 These “candles” are going to be difficult to blow out, I think!

Gabriel Byrne and Martin Hayes perform “Down By The Salley Gardens,” a poem by William Butler Yeats

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.

In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

“Keep your eyes peeled on the crags above us. Mountain lions like to lie in wait up there,” my companion instructed me. I was busy enjoying the clear blue sky, the sun after the cool morning, the shade of these strange red trees, the sound of the water as we crossed it (three times up and then three times coming down again), the feel of the air sliding magically across my face and arms, my knees complaining but performing well.

“Mountain lions?”

“Yes. The drought has made them bold.” I remembered the sign at the welcome center: Beware, mountain lions. I had paid it little attention as I gathered up maps and brochures and bought a walking stick made of sotol, a local cactus.

“Um, what do we do if we come across one?” My companion laughed.

“Look it in the eye. Don’t ever turn your back. Pick up a rock. Get ready to throw it.” I was appalled.

“A rock? Are you serious?” More laughter.

“You are smarter than a mountain lion. Act like it.”

What I did not tell my companion was that the thought of such enormous danger actually thrilled me. Unexpectedly. Excitingly. Yes, thrillingly. The prospect of becoming a mountain lion’s lunch was a kick in an already very “kicky” experience of nature in its toughness: hard rocky trails to follow, sweat flowing freely down my neck and back, boots that made my toes cry–and its beauty: thorny cactus with stunning yellow and red blooms, water flowing over rocks in a song of chortling freedom, a lovely deer following us hesitantly, with her almost grown young, hoping for a handout. The prospect of death (or even just danger) made life that much sweeter. And it added a frisson of chills to a hot day on the trail.

And this is why I think I understand Jindabyne.

Not in terms of its wide-ranging themes: death as a journey; the past now overcome by the present; men and women at odds, in conflict, disappointed, unsure; communities living side by side without knowing one another. These are philosophical concerns that permeate the film and I do not pretend here to be in command of them.

But I do think I know a bit about what it might have felt like to be in the mountains, faced with a discovery one did not want to find.

You are thinking: what would Stella do? Would I have tethered a body I found floating in the water to a bush and left it there (“it” there) while I went off to enjoy some fly-fishing and camaraderie? Is that what these men did? Stewart (played by Gabriel Byrne) was overcome at his discovery. He and his friends talked about what was best–keep it (her) in the river because of the heat. Tether it (her) to keep it (her) from going over the rapids. And keep fishing. But as they fished the river and experienced the beauty all around them, something changed. We see it on Stewart’s face every time he looks at the water, we see it in the flick of Rocco’s wrist as he throws out the line, we know it in the others. They are torn. But their experience of the river is heightened. They are glad to be there. They are alive, in the midst of death.

No, I would have stayed with her (not “it”) while my companion scrambled back to the park ranger’s station to report a body found in the water. I would have guarded her and kept the animals from her, protected her from predators and the possibility of moving away down the river (or, in my case, creek) and being lost to the current. I would not have wrapped her in a bedroll and made her all warm and cozy, as Claire dreams in the film. No. I would  have stayed with her, simple as that. But I can understand a little better why those others who found her did what they did. They did not see the consequences of their actions. How often do we?

The Jindabyne Mega Movie Page is a pathway into this complicated and beautifully wrought film, with reviews, screenshots, posters, quotations, interviews, and more. Gabriel Byrne’s interviews about the film are especially illuminating and Lozzie’s screencaps capture the key emotional moments of the film with insight and care. Enjoy all of this and enjoy the opportunity to engage with a film that asks you to think about and experience something outside of your “normal” life, like a hike through a canyon or a fishing trip with your friends…

I think his work on this film prepared Gabriel Byrne for his next role–Paul Weston in In Treatment.

What do you think about that?

Thanks to Aragarna for the promotional images and to Det. Logan for the deleted scenes and the making of videos!

Thanks to Floor for the heads up on this interview with Gabriel Byrne at Stick Figure Productions, the producers of the film. Here is an excerpt:

“Sounds like a tough sell. How did you get it off the ground?

It’s funny, we initially pitched the concept to Steven and he was only moderately receptive. I recall vividly our early meetings where I would rant on with my Irish enthusiasm about how poetic the film could be and how important it was to tell the story of homelessness. I was prepared to go out myself and do some “man-in-the-street” interviews in New York to get things started on what I thought would be a topical film. But Steven kept hammering us on finding the specifics and the individuals whose stories we would tell. He was like a stone wall – I don’t think it’s possible to convince that man on an issue for a documentary. But once we zeroed in on the few people in Nashville, it crystallized for him and for all of us and from there the film was born.

To what extent were you involved in the production?

I was most active in the whole development process. Once we brought Steven and his producer, Margaret McCombs, on board to make the film, there was a lengthy process to figure out the specifics of the story we wanted to tell. Homelessness is such a vital, visceral experience for one to go through, so we had numerous possibilities. I had never been involved in developing a documentary to that extent, so it was a good learning experience for me as well.

I also watched the footage and rough cuts and gave some feedback which I like to think was helpful.

And I contributed a riveting opening voice-over! (laughs)”

Read more at the Stick Figures website!

And if you have difficulty viewing the trailer from YouTube, you can try the trailer posted at the Stick Figure website!

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From Oprah Winfrey’s network, OWN:

“Due primarily to the economic recession, a growing number of people are finding themselves in a position they never imagined: homeless. Tent City U.S.A. explores a community in Nashville, Tennessee of nearly 100 homeless people who live under a downtown bridge. They work to stay together after a devastating flood destroys their land and forces them to evacuate.”

Directed by Steven Cantor; Gabriel Byrne, Leora Rosenberg, Terry Clark and Daniel Laikind, executive producers; Mr. Cantor and Margaret McCombs, producers; Pax Wassermann, editor.

Tent City U.S.A. premieres Thursday, April 5th at 9/8c only on OWN.

The New York Times has a review and here is an excerpt:

Part of OWN’s slate of original documentaries backed by famous Hollywood names, “Tent City U.S.A.” (Gabriel Byrne is an executive producer) examines an encampment of homeless people in Nashville, a city, we’re told, where the rate of homelessness is well above the national average. A few months into filming, something happened that was a disaster for the camp’s residents and a macabre stroke of luck for the documentary’s director, Steven Cantor (“Devil’s Playground”): the record-breaking Tennessee floods of 2010 put Tent City under 10 feet of water, uprooting the film’s subjects and sending them down different paths, variously hopeful, heroic, troubling and bleak.

And in this Phoenix Movie Examiner interview with the director, Steven Cantor, we learn something about Gabriel Byrne that we actually already knew:

In “Tent City, U.S.A.,” which will air 9 p.m. Thursday, April 5 on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, Cantor takes a look at homelessness in Nashville, Tenn. The project was first pitched to him by executive producers Leora Rosenberg and Gabriel Byrne. Cantor explained that Rosenburg is involved with a New York-based homeless facility while Byrne is a genuinely sympathetic soul.

So, we take the meaning to be “magic” or “enchantment.”

Gabriel Byrne wrote it. And starred in it. Áine O Connor directed it. It is one of the few modern films that uses the Gaelic language. There are no subtitles. It is amazing. And that’s all I know so far, except that apparently most of the town of Robertstown, County Kildare, Ireland, appeared in it!

For a list of those lucky people, visit the IMDB page for the film.

A brief series of screencaps is in the Gallery.

Many thanks to madfortrad5958 for making this clip available on YouTube. It is now in the Byrneholics Television channel, as the featured film, too!

Heartbreaking.
(Is this an accordion?)

It had just become available on video and I rented it from the neighborhood video store (remember those?) and we watched it together. She died a year later, so this is a bitter-sweet memory, as you might guess.

I remember she was a little uneasy with all of the early violence, but when Gabriel Byrne made his appearance, she looked at me and said “Oh, he’s a handsome one, isn’t he?” And I just grinned at her.

I had seen the original, upon which this was based: La Femme Nikita, directed by Luc Besson. It was an intriguing mystery/action film with an amazing lead, Anne Parillaud, who would appear a few years later in two Gabriel Byrne films, The Man in the Iron Mask and Frankie Starlight. In Nikita she was a honed, toned, and ultra-violent young woman who made you think twice. It was a really striking performance and the film itself was inventive, taking, as it did, its story from the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea.

A Greek myth, you say? Well, yes. Pygmalion was a sculptor who had decided to remain a bachelor, finding women of his time unsuitable and without virtue. He decided to carve a statue of ivory and, when he was finished, he realized he had made the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. And he promptly fell in love with her. Aphrodite, as we might expect, took pity on him and breathed life into the statue. She became Galatea. They married and lived happily ever after. The story of Pygmalion’s intense love of his own creation became a template for many later artistic expressions, including, most famously, George Bernard Shaw’s play, called Pygmalion; a film of the play, also called Pygmalion, starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller; and a musical adaptation of the play,  My Fair Lady.

Luc Besson’s updated version was decidedly post-modern, complete with drugs, nefarious doings, and undercover ops. Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle are nowhere to be found, but that’s just fine. This remake, which was also known as The Assassin in the UK and Europe, is less interesting on several levels, but it had the attraction of Gabriel Byrne in the role of “Bob,” the operative who molds, in this case Maggie, into someone he can use. And falls in love with her in the process.

The movie was not that engrossing for my mother, despite the high-performance action and the special effects, and I could tell she was losing interest when suddenly we both became aware of the scene in which “Uncle Bob” describes the young Maggie riding a wild black horse as a young girl. It is a rather remarkable bit of play-acting in this mostly formulaic movie and my mother watched with attention. At the end of it, she placed her hand on my arm (I was of course completely attuned to what was happening on the screen at this point), and I remember looking at her and she said:

“Ah, now I see. He’s really good.” And I smiled. “Yeah, he’s really good.”

“It’s not really a great movie, though, is it?”

“No, not really. But it has some good parts.”

“I like her. Very interesting story.” “Yes, she’s great.”

“And Nina Simone.” “Absolutely!”

“But he’s the best thing so far,” observed my mother.

“Yes, he is.”

And that is pretty much what you need to know about this film. Bridget Fonda stopped making movies in 2002 and she married the film composer Danny Elfman. They have a son and she has been inactive in films since. She had some good roles during her career (Little Buddha, The Road to Wellville and Jackie Brown) and you should note that she did a great job in this film as well. She and Gabriel were an interesting clash of characters and wills and together they created an emotional core for this film that the original actually lacked. But the director was John Badham and so action generally takes precedence. This is an American remake and remakes of French films tend to result in fare more for “American” tastes. Without subtitles. Too bad.

The other important thing you should know is that Gabriel Byrne is hot in this movie. He may wear dark colors and appear dour, but his eyes are dazzling and his smile lights up everything around him. He commands your attention in a way that is thrilling. Though not the leader of this group, he always seems to be in charge. And he shoots a pistol (accurately!). And he takes a beating from a woman (twice!). How much hotter could he get?

The Point of No Return Mega Movie Page brings you all of the Gabriel Byrne goodness that this film has to offer: video, screencaps, reviews, and more. Get out your little black dress/cool dark suit and your water pistol and your mojo and enjoy some Nina Simone on the soundtrack and some Bridget Fonda being tough and also vulnerable. Most of all, enjoy Gabriel Byrne, playing an Irish trickster with a burning soul.

OK. Well, it is hard to do that to a website, but just in time for Spring, we have spruced things up a bit here at Byrneholics, added some new cool stuff, and cleaned up a few boo-boos.

Here’s the list of enhancements to the homepage, with a great contribution by Aragarna, all magically created by Leah Root, our trusty designer.

1. Byrneholics Television: yes, you can now watch all Gabriel Byrne all the time! Scroll down to the bottom of the homepage. Can you smell the popcorn? Click on it and you will find a special channel on YouTube just for us. Thanks to Ara for curating this list. Films will come and go, depending on their availability, of course, so watch early and often…

Yes, I’ll take that and some Red Hots and Milk Duds
and a big helping of Gabriel Byrne, please!

2. Most Recent Additions: this sits just above the Flickr Feed in the middle of the page and gives you a VERY nice preview of the latest 14 images loaded in the Gallery. Hover your mouse over an image and it will pop out for you. Click on the thumbnail and it takes you to the Gallery. Cool!

3. At the bottom of the page (the footer), you will find a list of links. These are places you should really visit at some point. The categories are: Gabriel Byrne Fans, Other Fans, Gabriel Byrne’s Causes, Film, Cool Irish, and Literary Irish. I can curate this list myself now, so changes will happen as necessary. If you have a link suggestion, let me know!

4. All of the “Cultural Ambassador” postings are now under the main heading “Gabriel” in the navigation at the top of the screen.

5. “Projects” postings are in the middle of the page next to Recent Comments. The 4 latest postings about projects Gabriel is working on will be here.

6. “Media” postings are just below Projects and these will lead you to postings that are primarly video or audio. Ara and I are still working on how to organize some of the media elements, but this is how it works for now.

7. The Image Slider down towards the bottom of the page is now devoted to only showing postings about Gabriel’s films.

7. The “Career” heading at the top of the page is broken into 3 parts. Hover over Career and you will see Feature Films, Stage, and Television. Now hover over Feature Films and you will see “List of Films” and “News.” The List of Films will take you to the list where I link to the Mega Movie Pages. This is Gabriel’s official filmography. The News will take you to postings about his films. Same for “Stage” and “Television.” Now you can find all the Gabriel Goodness in just ONE heading–”Career”!

8. And last but not least: under “Byrne-ing Files” at the top of the page, you will see Press. Hover over “Press” and then you will find “Current Articles” (postings that include quotes from and links to the current stuff) and “Press Archive,” which will take you to all of the scanned print articles in the Gallery.

One last thing we are working on is the Gallery. The main page is just too darned long. You can scroll forever and not get to the bottom. Not really, but…so we are trying to collapse some categories and organize it better. This should be done later next week.

Whew! I think that’s it. Enjoy all of this cool new stuff! Many thanks to Ara for her suggestions and to Leah for her hard work making it all happen!

And if you have any thoughts about how to make Byrneholics better, please leave a comment. This place is for you, so let’s decorate it together…

Happy Spring!

To get your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations off to a grand start:

Independent.ie; Like an Irish whiskey Irish men get better with age

“GABRIEL Byrne, Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan all rank among Ireland’s best looking men, showing Irish men are like our whiskey – they improve with age.

US showbiz website zap2it has compiled a list of the nation’s best looking men, and features many familiar faces such as Colin Farrell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Michael Fassbender.”

But if you really want to see the pictures, you must head over to:

Zap2it: Irish celebrities: Hot Irish Men

About Gabriel Byrne, they say:

Who wouldn’t want to tell their deepest secrets to actor Gabriel Byrne? His inviting smile and melodic accent make him the perfect choice to play psychotherapist Dr. Paul Weston in HBO’s “In Treatment.”

Caution: Irish charisma–handle with care!

Or, if your celebratory inclinations lean towards the Irish political (as opposed to the Irish Hottie), you might be interested to know that the Taoiseach and 16 Irish ministers will be traveling all around the globe to help the world celebrate St. Patrick’s Day (with or without green beer):

TAOISEACH ENDA KENNY is to meet US president Barack Obama at the White House for the traditional St Patrick’s Day celebrations as the government confirmed this evening that 16 ministers will be travelling abroad for the annual celebrations.

The government said that Ministers will be carrying a message that: “Now is the time to invest in Ireland’s recovery” as various cabinet members head as far afield as China and Singapore to promote the message that Ireland is a country to be invested in.

The former cultural Ambassador for Ireland will be filming in Manchester UK. Or perhaps Liverpool.

Liverpool?

Yes, our man is gallivanting about again, filming Coup in all sorts of places. This time, he was spotted by a passing photog who saw the crew and knew something was afoot.

He said:

I was going past in my car and I saw a film crew in the centre of Faulkner Square.

“Gabriel Byrne was sitting on a bench in the centre of the gardens. He was with another actor and they were chatting. They were both dressed in smart suits.

“This was about midday and there lots of production people there.

“Hardly anyone knew that filming was going on there, or that Gabriel Byrne was there.

What he fails to mention is that the other actor sitting on that bench was Rupert Graves!

Gabriel Byrne and Rupert Graves lolligagging about in a park in Liverpool–filming the TV series “Coup”

And in another sighting, he was in (pretend) Switzerland and he was multiplied!

 Multiple Gabriel Byrnes. Yes!

All of these pics can be seen at the Byrneholics Facebook page, which now has a photo album entitled “Projects in the Pipeline”

I, Anna Update

The Hollywood Reporter reports the new sales group Global Screen is cutting deals to get I, Anna into a theater near you.

Brit drama I, Anna, starring Charlotte Rampling, was a also a strong seller for Global Screen, with deals for Sweden (TriArt) and Australia (Transmission Films).

So, Sweden and Australia, you are set!

Don’t be surprised to find a rather stern looking Rutger Hauer staring back at you when you visit this article link. The sales group managed to sell his latest film to the USA. Sigh. We shall keep hoping for I, Anna to hit American shores someday soon.

You can learn more about I, Anna at the Global Screen website.  There appears to be a problem with the embedded video, but there is good information on the page, plus the pictures we have all seen. And you might want to check out their homepage now and then because little goodies like THIS show up there:

 Cannot. Wait.

There are more pictures in the Gallery for the film, including screencaps from the teaser trailers.

A Wacky Blast from the Past

brandnewretro, a blog providing “scans from the past,” grabbed our attention on March 12 with this provocatively titled posting: “Menage a Trois–1980–Gabriel Byrne, May Pang, Pandora Moore & Twink.”

So, I know a bit about the past but who were these people???

brandnewretro notes that May Pang was John Lennon’s girlfriend in 1973; all of these folks made a video and a single, although some of them did not sing. No one can find the single or the video now. BNR did find an interview with May Pang from 2010 where she shares this about Gabriel Byrne:

SG: I didn’t realize he did so much work for them! Is this you in the other picture too, with the guy?

May: Yes! Yes, that’s me too!

SG: Well who’s the guy with you?

May: That’s Gabriel Byrne, who was an unknown actor at that time. He hadn’t even made his first movie yet…which was “Excalibur.” Other films to his credit include “The Usual Suspects”, “Miller’s Crossing, and most recently, his highly acclaimed HBO series, “In Treatment”, as a therapist.

SG: When was that? Were you dating him?

May: Oh no, we weren’t dating, we were just friends. That was around February of 1980, before John died. I had been working on something in Ireland and then I went to London and ran into him there. And I said ‘hey I know this photographer,’ and I was talking about Iain; I said ‘maybe he could do some head shots or publicity photos for you.’ So I called Iain and he came over and did some shots of Gabriel and put me in a couple of shots with him. We did this at some pub, probably close to Sloane Square in London, as Gabriel was doing a play at the Royal Court Theater nightly.

I wrote Ms. Pang to see if she could give us a lead on the video and the single. Stay tuned!

World Actors Forum

Yes, it is happening. Here is what The Journal.ie has to say about it:

THE TÁNAISTE HAS revealed that significant progress has been made to the Government’s plan to bring Hollywood’s biggest stars to Ireland for a World Actors Forum in 2013.

In his progress report on last October’s Global Irish Economic Forum, Eamon Gilmore said the ‘Davos for the Arts’ event will be held next year and not in 2014 as previously reported.

Gabriel Byrne’s work as Cultural Ambassador continues to be effective.

The Ambassador with Dara O’Briain

Pinterest

Lots of folks are pinning up Gabriel Byrne on their boards. Byrneholics might open up a board here but not until I figure out how to do it!

And last but not least, here is the latest wallpaper to celebrate the day!

You can find more on the Byrneholics homepage in the Flickr feed towards the bottom of the page.

Enjoy the day and party responsibly. Better yet, party down in a “sophisticated” way!