LA Irish Film Festival in September–UPDATED!

The Irish, it would seem, are everywhere.  And now they are headed to LA  for the second annual Los Angeles Irish Film Festival, September 23 – 27. A screening of Gabriel Byrne: Stories From Home is scheduled for the evening of September 24. As this is just a few days […]

New Article: A Byrne Survivor (ahem)

Thanks to Lozzie and Kris, here is the first article to directly refer to the In Treatment press conference in New York on July 31. The Herald.ie article [Please note: this article is no longer available on the web] has some errors (Mr. Byrne is 52? Um, no. Emigrated to […]

Quiet Heat

Well, first we had “hot water” and now we’ve got “quiet heat.” Things are getting warm in here for sure! The Envelope at the LA Times is talking Emmy Awards. They posted an article today about one of the contenders for best actor in a drama, our own Gabriel Byrne, […]

The Late Late Show: Hot Water – Updated!

As most of you have already heard, Gabriel Byrne is in “hot water” over his apparently controversial appearance on a recent episode of The Late Late Show in Ireland (mentioned in more detail in a previous posting), during which he voiced his support for Mannix Flynn, a candidate for the […]

In Treatment Season Three?

Several news outlets are reporting the HBO announcements at the Television Critics Association semi-annual press tour this week. The Hollywood Reporter says: Executives were less certain about critical favorite “In Treatment” and “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency,” the latter program having lost executive producer Anthony Minghella during a cancer […]

The Byrnes and the Boards

Gay Byrne, famous broadcaster, and Gabriel Byrne, famous hyphenate (actor/writer/producer/activist), laid the first boards of the stage of the new Grand Canal Square Theatre in Dublin yesterday. Gabriel said: “Every village, every city, needs a theatre. It’s not just a building; it’s about being exposed to new ideas. Theatre changes […]