Happy Birthday, Gabriel Byrne!

The past year has seen you combating aliens in War of the Worlds, Season Two, laying down the law in Murder at Yellowstone City, and revisiting your personal ghosts, both in your book, Walking With Ghosts, and on stage at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, your hometown. Along the way […]

The Byrne-ing News, April 2022 Edition, Part 2

Where did all this news come from!? I’m swimming in Gabriel Reports and Gabriel Pictures and Gabriel-Related-Tidbits! Oh. Does that sound like I’m complaining? Oh no, I’m not! Following up on Part 1 of April’s Byrne-ing News, Part 2 focuses on big and small screen news, even more real estate […]

The Byrne-ing News, Valentine’s Day 2022 Edition

Before I indulge in my Valentine’s Day ritual — hot chocolate with marshmallows (baby, it is cold outside!), some decadent ice cream (it is never too cold for ice cream!), and Gabriel Byrne’s romantic and often heart-pounding (just ask his co-star!) Parisian interlude, Just A Sigh, I thought I would […]

The Byrne-ing News, November 2021 Edition, Part 2

The Newest News Dance First, a film about Samuel Beckett One of my favorite online literary haunts is Lithub. It is like a cozy but very busy bookstore, full of smart and pleasant people who are happy to tell you what to read, what not to read (unless you really, […]

A Halloween Retro-Byrne!

Two of Gabriel Byrne’s “scary” films have been in the news lately, so we will walk down Spooky Memory Lane and take another look at them. If we dare! To get you in the proper Halloween spirit, I created a template for Byrne-ing Halloween Postings, honed over the years to […]

The Byrne-ing News, August 2021 Edition

Do you feel that? The first hint of Fall is in the air. Delicious, isn’t it? So, let’s say goodbye to Summer and check out the doings of our favorite Irishman, shall we? As always, we have a heady mix of current news combined with the added spice of previous […]