Extremely successful reality TV producer Mark Burnett has come up with TV gold including “Survior,” “The Bachelor” and “The Apprentice.” His newest reality show is called “Wedding Day,” where the cast and crew build a deserving couple, including a traditional Irish bride and groom, the wedding of their dreams.
Hard to believe that “Touched by an Angel” star Roma Downey hasn’t been on our TV screens in five years. The Derry-born star of the popular, uplifting series is ready to make her return to the acting world, though, starring in a new Hallmark Channel original movie, “Come Dance at My Wedding."
Susan Boyle is the clear front-runner to win tonight's Britain's Got Talent. The Irish betting site, PaddyPower.com, has made her 8 to 11 to win the final. Meanwhile, speaking ahead of tonight's final, the reality show king Mark Burnett, the man behind Survivor and Apprentice has warned Boyle's critics to lay off.
Tom Deignan reviews a selection of recently published non-fiction books of Irish and Irish-American interest.
It's been a while since I acted, and I wondered how it would feel to be back on a movie set. Well, I am happy to report that it's much like riding a bike: It all came back to me in a heartbeat. But after two 15-hour workdays in a row, I crawled exhausted into my hotel bed and asked myself, "Why am I doing this again?"
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Malachy McCourt unravels the mystery of perhaps the most popular Irish song ever in "Danny Boy: The Beloved Irish Ballad." Who is Danny? Why are the pipes calling? And why did Catholic dioceses ban the beloved ballad last summer? It's all here.
Consider, for example, this potentially blasphemous fact: The famed lyrics to Danny Boy are not Irish and they were not written by an Irishman, and no matter how vehemently the Irish claim authorship to the song, the fact remains that "Danny Boy" was written by, of all people, a British lawyer, McCourt writes.
HERE'S a photo specially sent to us by Roma Downey, also known as Mrs. Mark Burnett since her April 28 marriage to the godfather of reality TV. The Derry-born Roma and Burnett tied the knot at their Malibu mansion in front of family and friends, but after a honeymoon in London and Jordan Burnett got right back to work.
YET another "rich list" was published in Ireland and the U.K. last weekend courtesy of the U.