Last night Irish short film Stutterer won the Oscar for best live action short film. Benjamin Cleary was obviously very excited to win, especially as it was his first film! You know, when you make your, your first ever film, you’ve gotta convince a lot of people to jump on board and take a risk […]
Adele’s “Hello” and the album it came from, “25”, have been breaking records around the world. And the singer has shown that it is still possible to sell large volumes of albums even when there are plenty of legal (and illegal) ways to get your hands on music. But of course with any popular song […]
We all know the Oscars celebrate the best in Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. What you may not know is that the Academy runs a dedicated awards ceremony two weeks before the main event, dedicated to ‘the science bit‘! The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced yesterday that […]
An Post, the Irish postal service, is celebrating Irish animation with its latest release. The four stamps celebrate four Irish successes: Roy produced by Jam Media, was awarded the coveted 2012 Children’s BAFTA Drama Award. Give Up Yer Aul Sins by Brown Bag Films, received an Oscar nomination in the Short film (Animated) category in […]
View image | gettyimages.com News of last night’s Oscars are all over the social media feeds this morning. Birdman directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu was one of the big successes, winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay (which was co-written by Inarritu). Julianne Moore got Best Actress for Still Alice and Eddie Redmayne got Best Actor for playing […]
Nominations have been announced for the 87th Academy Awards and an Irish film has been been nominated for Best Animated Feature. Song of the Sea is produced by Cartoon Saloon in Kilkenny, whose previous film, The Secret of Kells, was nominated in the same category in 2010. Both films were directed by Tomm Moore and feature the vocal talents […]
Take a cheesy romantic adventure story with some corny dialogue and ridiculous costumes, then bring in an Oscar-winning composer and let him transform your film into an epic. What would Star Wars be without John Williams’ wonderful score? Well … awkward, I guess. In fairness, though, if you were going to have a medals ceremony, you’d probably […]
Twitter’s new look for profiles has been rolling out over the past week or so, and many Irish users have found themselves invited to try it out today. The main feature is the addition of a large “header photo” like the cover image in Facebook and Google plus. This is a great opportunity for the photographers and graphic […]
Today’s ‘Simply Wonderful Thing on the Internet’ comes from Huffington Post Movie Mashups where they’ve spliced together clips of legendary Oscar winning actor Christopher Walken dancing in 57 different films [youtube]http://youtu.be/sNaau2uPFqI[/youtube] No doubt Chris has got the moves. Could do with more cowbell, though.
The splutteriest funny moments are the ones which were never intended, such as John Travolta’s inexplicable corruption of singer Irina Medzel’s name at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, when he introduced her as “Adele Dazeem”. Should have gone to Specsavers, John. Now, we can all experience ‘Travoltification’ thanks to a new tool on slate.com: […]
