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Saoirse Ronan loved working with Peter Jackson in "The Lovely Bones" (IrishCentral)
18 hours ago
Saoirse Ronan enjoyed working with Peter Jackson on 'The Lovely Bones'. The 15-year-old, who is one of the youngest actresses ever to be nominated for an Academy Award, claimed the director "helped" her play the role of Susie Salmon in the film adaptation and she has missed him since. She said: "He helped me out immensely. I've never really worked with a director like Peter before. I really haven't. And I actually missed working with him when we finished. "I still miss his type of direction. He's very physically involved. He would actually sometimes act out the scenes for me, which I loved. He wouldn't - not with acting, just physically. "And he put an awful lot of energy into his direction. And he's good at everything. He's an actor's director. Technicality-wise he's great as well." She also admitted that she got on well with Stanley Tucci, who »
George Clooney says marriage is still not for him (IrishCentral)
18 hours ago
George Clooney doesn't want to get married again because he is a "lousy" husband. The 'Up in the Air' star - who was previously married to actress Talia Balsam from 1989 to 1993 - doesn't know how he even manages to get girlfriends because he wouldn't date himself. George - who is currently romancing Italian actress and presenter Elisabetta Canalis, 31 - said: "I am always working and have so many different interests outside acting. If I was my girlfriend, I wouldn't put up with me for very long - and they don't either! "People are always trying to marry me off, thinking I am suffering in some way. I tried marriage - and it didn't work. I have had long relationships with women and they get bored with me working all the time. My fear is that I would still make a lousy husband and I don't want to put »
Gabriel Byrne: Girls in miniskirts led me away from the priesthood (IrishCentral)
18 January 2010 7:59 AM, PST
News / It took me years to get over sexual abuse suffered as altarboy / Click here Irish actor Gabriel Byrne has revealed that miniskirts led him away from the priesthood. Byrne - who plays Dr Paul Weston in the HBO smash series "In Treatment" - was sent to England when he was just 11 to train to be a priest. However, Byrne said he left the priesthood four and half years later because of his love of women. "I went down to London during a break and we got on the bus and I walked up the stairs behind two girls in mini-skirts and that was the end of it for me," he said. Byrne, who was talking on Irish TV at the weekend, also said he was stunned at the amount of drinking going on in Ireland. "I think we've a huge problem in this country with alcohol and depression, they are often intertwined, »
Saoirse Ronan says she's glad Jackson refused to film rape and murder scenes (IrishCentral)
18 January 2010 7:35 AM, PST
Irish actress Saoirse Ronan has defended Peter Jackson for refusing to film the rape and murder of Saoirse's character in his adaptation of "The Lovely Bones." Fans of the Alice Sebold book have blasted Jackson and his co-producer wife Fran Walsh for leaving out the scene. Ronan - who plays the 14-year-old Susie Salmon - said she can't understand why anybody would want to see such horrific images. She says, "To be honest, I really don't know why anyone would want to see a 14-year-old girl raped in a movie and killed. "I feel very strongly about this. That's certainly not the type of movie that... (we) wanted to make. And Peter Jackson or not, that was not the kind of movie that I would want to be in. Plus, Susie actually runs away from her murder so the story is fuelled by that. By her going on this journey »
Bono to sing on George Clooney’s Haiti Telethon (IrishCentral)
18 January 2010 7:23 AM, PST
Bono will throw his considerable weight behind George Clooney’s Haiti Telethon this Friday night when he performs on the show to help raise funds for the devastated country. Haiti has been left in ruins after a 7.0 earthquake hit the country last Tuesday, with thousands dead and the country in dire need of international aid. George Clooney has answered the call by spearheading Friday’s telethon, which he will co host with Haitian born singer Wyclef Jean. The telethon will air live on all U.S. networks. Other stars expected to perform include Justin Timberlake, Alicia Keys and Sting, while British actress Emily Blunt has committed to working the phone lines on the night. All funds raised will go to Unicef, the Red Cross, Partners in Health Oxfam America and the Yele Haiti Foundation. »
'In Treatment' star Gabriel Byrne says it took him years to get over child sex abuse by priest (IrishCentral)
18 January 2010 7:04 AM, PST
News / Girls in miniskirts led me away from the priesthood / Click here Irish actor Gabriel Byrne - who plays Dr. Paul Weston in the HBO smash series "In Treatment" has admitted it took him years to get over sexual abuse inflicted on him as a child by the Christian Brothers. Byrne, who was talking on Irish TV at the weekend, said "It took many years to come to terms with it and to forgive those incidents that I felt had deeply hurt me." "Again I didn't think it severely impacted me at the time but when I think about my later life and how I had difficulties with certain issues, there is the real possibility they could have been attributable to that." "Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man and you didn't want to »
Megan Fox is engaged (IrishCentral)
18 January 2010 5:30 AM, PST
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green have reportedly got engaged again. The 'Transformers' beauty and the former 'Beverly Hills 90210' star - who called off their engagement last year - are said to again be planning to wed after Brian revealed his marital status on twitter. When one of his followers asked Brian if he was married with kids, he replied: "Engaged and have a son from my previous relationship." He also revealed that he was sitting "right next to" Megan while he answered. He added: "I live in Los Angeles, but am in New Mexico right now while Megan films a movie." Megan, 23, and Brian, 36 split last February after five years together, claiming they both wanted to concentrate on their careers. A source said: "The relationship had run its course. It's completely amicable, and they are remaining friends. They are both focusing on their careers." Megan had »
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