Ballymena legend Liam Neeson apparently pictured shooting a cameo for ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’ on Tuesday.
He has a very particular set of skills you know.
Liam Neeson is filming a cameo for ‘Anchorman 2′ in Atlanta (Onlocationvacations.com)
Thanks Sarah Byrnes
Vincent Browne was joined by Off The Ball/Irish Times’ Ken Early (centre) and Jonathan Healy (right), of Newstalk, to discuss Alex Ferguson stepping down from Manchester United.
And the Irish Sun‘s front page on the same subject.
Vincent Browne: “In the Sun, they’ve a great, great cover in the Sun, ‘The Hairdryer’. That with which Alex Ferguson was famously associated. He threw a hairdryer, I think, at David Beckham, in the..is that right?”
Ken Early: “No.”
Browne: “Who did he throw the hairdryer at?”
Early: “The hairdryer is a metaphor for the, for the current of, hot air generated by furious blasts of temper.
Jonathan Healy: “There was a boot?”
Browne: “Yes, it was a boot he threw..”
Early: “There’s all kinds of stories about what happened to David Beckham. I mean, there was a..Ferguson said he kicked a boot. Maybe he did. There was, there was other stories about it. But it wasn’t a hairdryer.”
Browne: “Oh, sorry, I thought it was, I always thought that he threw a hairdryer at David Beckham, which I thought was quite appropriate. Ehm.”
Watch here. Go to 26.04
Members of Occupy Galway in Gitmo-style attire promoting their return to Eyre Square, Galway.
For a day.
Reoccupy Galway writes:
“To mark the anniversary of the unconstitutional dismantling and destruction of our camp in Eyre Square, Occupy Galway will be holding an event.”
“Re-Occupy Eyre Square will be a day of music, workshops, food and informative talks, revisiting the reasons for the setting up of the camp and asking, “Has anything gotten any better?” “What can we do to affect constructive change?”
“The event will take place on Thursday the 16th of May from 12:00 midday.”
“All are welcome.”
Previously: Occupy Galway: Going
The Daft Club member AgentRayBans‘ retrospective of the various incarnations of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo’s headgear.
Gigantic, readable versions here and here.
Or you could always build your own.
(Hat tip: Ultan)
They’re eating the petals, Joe.
Edible flowers in Fallon & Byrne, Wicklow Street, Dublin.
Do peoNOMNOMNOM
Pic: Emily
Here & There: two prints of Manhattan (‘Uptown’ (top) from 3rd and 7th and ‘Downtown’ from 3rd and 35th) with the horizon ‘removed’ and the topography folded upwards, Inception-style (but pre-dating that movie’s city-bending scene by two years), by London design group BERG.
Part of MOMA‘s permanent collection since last year, they’re also available as limited edition 90 x 120cm prints.
Further to the Lucan Gazette dirty tricks, Fine Gael politician Cllr John Bailey (top) used a mock-up of the Dun Laoghaire Gazette to promote himself among his constituents, without permission from the newspaper group.
The paper reports
“Cllr Bailey personally delivered a leaflet with a mock-up of the newspaper to the homes of around 300 people.
“The mocked-up version of the paper contained several changes to a story about Amgen and the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) in Dun Laoghaire including putting a banner across the story reading Bailey – The Local Man Putting People First.”
“All of the changes put Cllr Bailey in the best possible relief and made it appear that The Gazette brand politically endorsed Cllr Bailey.
Councillor apologies for gazette mock up (Dublin Gazette Newspapers)
Earlier: Headline Grabber Update
Previously: Here’s Lucan At You Kid
Thanks Election Literature
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAagFuR_XIM
What you may need to know.
1. Director Lee Daniels’ last movie featured Nicole Kidman pissing on Zac Efron. How do you top that?
2. By casting Robin Williams as Dwight Eisenhower, John Cusack as Richard Nixon and Alan Rickman as Ronald Reagan
3. with Jane Fonda as Nancy.
4. And giving Oprah her proper first acting role in fifteen years.
5. Serious Oscar contender and/or future camp classic.
6. Yes, this is a real movie.
Release Date: Winter
“It is time for some plain speaking. Everybody knows that the Bill is the product of political expediency (and, for the Labour Party, an important and necessary step on a sure road to wide-ranging abortion). Those who are lawyers know that it is not legally required. Those who are doctors know that it is not medically necessary. And those who are psychiatrists know that it is actually damaging to the welfare of some of their patients.”
TCD Law Professor William Binchy (above) writing in today’s Irish Times says the proposed abortion legislation is not required.
This, despite Professor Binchy being a campaigner for the 8th Amendment in 1983.
The wording of which was described at the time as “a legal time bomb”.
With then attorney general Patrick Connolly correctly predicting that it “might well have the effect of threatening the right of the mother” to have a life-saving operation“.
Binchy refers to Dr Rhona Mahony as “Dr Rhona O’Mahony”, a minor faux pas but indicative of the importance of fact checking.
It’s time we had some plain speaking on abortion Bill (William Binchy, Irish Times)
Abortion referendum wording was seen as ‘time bomb’ (Joe Humphreys, Irish Times)
Previously: And So It Came To Pass
(Wanderley Massafelli /Photocall Ireland, YouTube)
