Monthly Archives: August 2010

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Relax, it’s only a movie.

And a pretty good one at that.

Sensation is directed by Tom Hall and stars our pal Domhnall Gleeson.

Part of the ‘Irish Movies Are Getting Better’ season.

Unlikely poster blurb: ‘Risky Business’, Tipperary-style.

More here.

(Via Fintan)

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Twink! Flo! Hughes! Mooney! Koster! Benson! Names! We remembered some of their names.

CLICK the ARROW and see if you can help us out.

Bonus for spotting Ozzy Osbourne’s son (tho one who’s not Jack). Clue: implausible girlfriend.

(Photocall Ireland)

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Just not our government.

These (CLICK the ARROW) are pix from Nick Gleis, who photographs the pimped-up private jets belonging to heads of state and dictators around the world.

Nick’s on the shortlist for this year Brighton’s international photography festival.

And since you asked, this is where Mary Harney sleeps when they’re ferrying her to Dunnes and back.

(via Telegraph)

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‘In some cases it can be hard to determine if a song has been violated, while in others the rip-off is clear.’

Ten of the most outrageously blatant rip-offs in popular music.

Above, Public Enemy’s Security of the First World.

Not – repeat, not – Madonna’s Justify My Love.

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Kodak test out their new-fangled colour film back in 1922, 13 years before the first-ever full-colour feature and 17 years before the Wizard of Oz.

Featuring actresses of the day, Mae Murray, Hope Hampton and Mary Eaton from the Zeigfield Follies.

Classy beyond words.