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By Paddy McCarthy I hope everybody is happy as the weather is just beautiful and it looks like it will be that way for a while. For the last few days, I have been in Port Jefferson on the north...
From Street Performer to Artist on the World’s Stage, Carlos Battey Transforms into Jackie’s Boy And Become His Own Record Mogul
Interview by Brad Balfour When the pandemic hit, musicians were blessed and cursed at the same time. On the one hand, it shut down opportunities for live performance before paying audiences. On the other hand, it freed up songwriters, instrumentalists...
Cork Born-and-Bred Actor/Singer Cillian Murphy Goes from Strength to Strength In His Many Performances
An Appreciation by Paddy McCarthy Actor/singer Cillian Murphy seems to go from strength to strength with his acting and other activities. Currently, the 45-year-old appears as Emmett in the sci-fi horror shocker A Quiet Place Part II (see related interview...
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By Paddy McCarthy It was one of the worst weekends in history for Memorial Day weekend weather-wise. We did not see the sun until late on Monday and that was no good to all the people who booked the weekend...
Releasing “The Trial of the Chicago 7” At This Time Is the Perfect Film for This Moment In History
Review by Brad Balfour The Trial of the Chicago 7 Director: Aaron Sorkin Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Frank Langella, Mark Rylance, Ben Shenkman, Danny Flaherty, Noah Robbins, John Carroll Lynch, Joseph Gordon Leavitt, Alex S...
Actor Cillian Murphy Talks About The Sound and Vision In The Film “A Quiet Place Part II”
Feature by Brad Balfour A Quiet Place Part II Cast: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou In 2018’s hit sci-fi thriller, A Quiet Place, the Abbots find ways to survive in a post-apocalyptic world...
Director Zack Snyder’s Wacked-Out Zombie Heist Genre Mash-up, “Army of the Dead,” Gets A New Life and Audience Through Netflix
Review by Brad Balfour Army of the Dead Director: Zack Snyder Cast: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighöfer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raúl Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Garret Dillahunt ...
Out&About
By Paddy McCarthy Rockaway Beach, here I come and yes, I did last Sunday with temperature of 90 degrees of heat and sunshine. Now, now, I was Out&About early to beat the rays as I was watching out for sunburn....
Out&About
It’s nice to know we are getting back into some sort of normalacy with things like bars, restaurants, sports and some theatre that we all hope will continue to be in full swing. I also just got word that we...
Creator Kate McGrath Takes a 20th Century Radio Show — “The Broadway Hour” — and Transforms It Into a 21st Century Podcast
Q&A by Brad Balfour From modeling for Clairol in the late 1970s and appearing in one of their first Cable TV commercials to a leading public relations firm and radio/TV producing, Kate McGrath has had a great run so far. This...