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15 hrs ago | Hollywood.com

Fiona Shaw

An Irish-born stage actress often compared to Vanessa Redgrave, Fiona Shaw has been making inroads onscreen as well since the late 1980s.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, The Butcher Boy, Biography Movies, Hedda Gabler, London Kills Me, Persuasion, RKO 281, Entertainment

Tue Jul 07, 2009

The Impartial Reporter

Is there a doctor in the house?

Adrain Dunbar and Fr. Brian D'Arcy at the graduation ceremony at the Coleraine campus of the University of Ulster on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Adrian Dunbar

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"My Sister's Keeper" explores wounds opened by child's illness

Sara enjoys a good day on the beach with her daughter Kate in "My Sister's Keeper." Nobility in the face of death or disease is nothing new to the movies.

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Related Topix: My Sister's Keeper, Medium, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Julie Christie, One True Thing, Drama Movies, Meryl Streep, Biography Movies

Fri Jun 19, 2009

The Capital-Journal

This weekend's hottest tickets

Library taps 'My Left Foot' The Life of the Artist Films Series at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 S.W. 10th, continues with a free screening at 6:30 p.m. in Marvin Auditorium of "My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown." The 1989 biopic earned Daniel Day-Lewis an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of a poor, ...

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Shawnee County, KS, Daniel Day-Lewis

Fri Jun 05, 2009

Topeka Capital-Journal

This weekend's hottest tickets

A local audience will have one more opportunity to see Carole Ries and Karen Hastings perform James Prideaux's bittersweet comedy "Lemonade" before the duo takes it to Tacoma, Wash., to compete June 23-27 at the American Association of Community Theatre Festival.

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Related Topix: Topeka, KS, Topeka Metro, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Lust for Life, Shawnee County, KS, Daniel Day-Lewis

Mon May 04, 2009

Hollywood.com

Daniel Day-Lewis

Unpredictable and famously shy about publicity to the point of Garbo esque seclusion - " sometimes for years - " following a film, Daniel Day-Lewis proved time and again his considerable onscreen talents in roles befitting the highly complex actor.

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Related Topix: Daniel Day-Lewis, Drama Movies, My Beautiful Laundrette, In the Name of the Father, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Biography Movies, Entertainment

Sat May 02, 2009

The Sligo Champion

Day aniel's

HE WON'T be able to graze his sheep on the lush Wicklow hills but Daniel Day Lewis couldn't give a fig as long as he can roam the countryside on foot.

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Related Topix: Daniel Day-Lewis, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, My Beautiful Laundrette, New York

Thu Apr 30, 2009

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Brooklyn Today: Wednesday April 29, 2009

Good morning. Today is the 119th day of the year. It is the birth anniversary of Duke Ellington, one of the most influential bandleaders and composers in jazz history.

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, Daniel Day-Lewis, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Tue Apr 28, 2009

The Sligo Champion

Daniel Day Lewis given Freedom of Wicklow

WE have long viewed Daniel Day Lewis as something of a deep thinker, and he didn't disappoint yesterday.

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Related Topix: Daniel Day-Lewis, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Tue Apr 21, 2009

UTV

Day-Lewis to become Wicklow's first freeman

Oscar-winning movie star Daniel Day-Lewis is to become the first Freeman of Co Wicklow.

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Related Topix: Daniel Day-Lewis, In the Name of the Father, Drama Movies, Biography Movies

Fri Apr 17, 2009

San Diego Reader

My Left Foot

Specimen of that dreaded genre, and TV staple, the disease movie, in this case the true story of Christy Brown, the Dublin painter and author afflicted with cerebral palsy.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Brenda Fricker, Movies, Entertainment

Wed Apr 15, 2009

M2.com

Harry Potter star performs with BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

On Saturday 18 April the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra premieres Mark-Anthony Turnage's Five Views Of A Mouth, a work based on Samuel Beckett's seminal monologue Not I, which will be performed as part of the concert by one of Britain's leading actresses, Fiona Shaw.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Fiona Shaw

Sat Mar 21, 2009

The Hartford Courant

On Tonight: St. Paddy Movies, Madness Start: Roger Catlin | TV Eye

St. Patrick's fare comes mostly in the form of movies, from "The Luck of the Irish" and "The Brothers McMullen" to a documentary on Irish dancing in the city in "A Bronx Dream" . And then there is a run of the ...

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Related Topix: Drama, Biography Movies, Dancing With The Stars, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, The Real Housewives of New York City, Alabama

Thu Mar 19, 2009

MergeDigital

10 films that celebrate the Irish experience

There's more to St. Patrick's Day cinema than shamrocks and tiny tricksters. March 15, 2009 If you've seen ''Darby O'Gill and the Little People'' one too many times, do not despair.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, St. Patrick's Day, Drama, In America, Brothers, Best, The Dead, Biography Movies, Entertainment

Tue Mar 17, 2009

The Jersey Journal

An alternative St. Pat's

Green bagels. Green beer. Green-faced kids in plastic derbies throwing up in the street.

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Related Topix: Beer, Family, Kids, Drama, Biography Movies, Brenda Fricker, Daniel Day-Lewis, In the Name of the Father, Entertainment, Television

Sun Mar 15, 2009

Gainesville.com The Gainesville Sun G...

Ireland on film: St. Paddy's Day picks

Published: Friday, March 13, 2009 at 11:04 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 13, 2009 at 11:04 a.m. It's that time of year to open a pint of Guinness, chomp on some corn beef and cabbage, and find the perfect ...

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, St. Patrick's Day, New York, Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Drama, Biography Movies

Fri Mar 13, 2009

The Boston Globe

'Dublin' is a period piece that is completely lost

Movie critics are generally sympathetic to small independent films that struggle to get made and seen.

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Related Topix: Drama, Biography Movies, Movies, Entertainment

Mon Mar 09, 2009

Glodderby

Did Daniel Day-Lewis and Jack Nicholson refuse to share the spotlight at the Oscars?

The two biggest no-shows at the Oscars were Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem .

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Related Topix: Daniel Day-Lewis, Drama, Biography Movies, As Good as It Gets, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Terms of Endearment, Family, Batman, Action, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Adventure

Wed Feb 25, 2009

Glodderby

Continue reading "Sean Penn is the ninth actor to win two lead Oscars"

With his win for " Milk ," Sean Penn became the ninth man to have matching lead actor Oscar bookends, having earned his first in 2003 for "Mystic River." While Penn only had to wait five years to win that ...

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Related Topix: Drama, Comedy Movies, Milk, Sean Penn, Daniel Day-Lewis, Biography Movies, Spencer Tracy, The Best Years of Our Lives

Mon Feb 23, 2009

New York Post

Reel Good

One of the flat-out funniest movies ever made, with at least twice as many laughs as the stage version.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Pride and Prejudice, Drama, Biography Movies, Daniel Day-Lewis, Pride & Prejudice, Television

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