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Extra.ie
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Blonde ambition! 200 Marilyns go for a dip in Dublin
Some like it hot… and some like making a big splash at a Dublin beach for a Hollywood-themed charity swim. Sporting retro swimsuits and blonde wigs, almost 200 swimmers dressed as Marilyn Monroe took the plunge yesterday at Balcarrick Beach in Donabate for Marilyn's Mater Paddle. The event, in its second year, aims to raise funds for women's cancer care in Dublin's Mater Hospital. Almost 200 swimmers dressed as Marilyn Monroe took the plunge yesterday at Balcarrick Beach in Donabate for Marilyn's Mater Paddle. Pic: Celine Nic Oireachtaigh/PA Wire The goal was to generate funds to support the hospital in speeding up cancer diagnosis, enhancing treatments and providing world-class care to women from all over Ireland who come through its doors. Visit for more information.
Irish Daily Mirror
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Almost 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes take the plunge for Dublin charity swim
Almost 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes have made a splash at a Co Dublin beach for a Hollywood-themed charity swim. Sporting retro swimsuits and blonde wigs, swimmers dressed as the famous film star took the plunge at Balcarrick Beach in Donabate for Marilyn's Mater Paddle. Sunday's event, now in its second year, was organised to raised funds for women's cancer care in Dublin's Mater Hospital. The goal was to generate funds to support the hospital in speeding up cancer diagnosis, enhancing treatments and providing world-class care to women from all over Ireland who come through its doors. For more information visit here.
Powys County Times
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Powys County Times
Almost 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes take the plunge for charity swim
Almost 200 Marilyn Monroe lookalikes have made a splash at a Co Dublin beach for a Hollywood-themed charity swim. Sporting retro swimsuits and blonde wigs, swimmers dressed as the famous film star took the plunge at Balcarrick Beach in Donabate for Marilyn's Mater Paddle. Sunday's event, now in its second year, was organised to raised funds for women's cancer care in Dublin's Mater Hospital. The goal was to generate funds to support the hospital in speeding up cancer diagnosis, enhancing treatments and providing world-class care to women from all over Ireland who come through its doors.
New York Post
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
HBO star's new 44-seat micro-moviehouse screens film oddities, classics in offbeat NYC space
Queens has plenty of microbreweries — now it has a micro-moviehouse. HBO star John Wilson's new Low Cinema in Ridgewood has just 44 seats with a quirky interior and a roster of films ranging from the classics to bizarre military and prison movies. Advertisement The 750-square-foot theater at 70-11 60th Stt will screen 16 millimeter and digital films starting in mid-May, said Wilson, the 38-year-old known for 'How To With John Wilson. 7 Classics and rarities are on tap at John Wilson's 44-seat 'micro' theater in Ridgewood, Queens. Dorian Geiger/NYPost 'I've been [a cinephile] since I was a teenager and it's always been a dream to open up something with friends and open up a theater,' Wilson, who lives down the street from Low Cinema, told The Post. Advertisement Wilson's theater is the first to open in the nabe in nearly a century — the last being the lavish Oasis Theatre, which opened in 1927 but is now a CVS Pharmacy. 7 John Wilson (second from left) opened Low Cinema this month, which will begin regular screenings in mid-May. Dorian Geiger/NYPost The Ridgewood Theatre on Myrtle Avenue, once the longest continually-operating theater in the nation, was the last cinema to shut its doors in 2008 after a 92-year run. The building now operates as a Blink Fitness, but retains the original marquee. Local cinephiles said they have been forced to trek to Regal Atlas Park in Glendale or Brooklyn to catch a flick. Advertisement 'Ridgewood is a movie desert,' said Cosmo Bjorkenheim, who co-owns the theater with Wilson and fellow artist Davis Fowlkes. 'There's no movie theaters here … That's what Low Cinema hopefully will be: the idea is for it to just be a neighborhood movie theater. '[It's] the whole gamut — from obscure schlock to stone cold classics,' Bjorkenheim said of Low Cinema's movie picks. 7 Low Cinema is the first movie theater to open in the neighborhood in nearly a century. Dorian Geiger/NYPost The theater's interior is as offbeat as its film offerings, with vintage seats, salvaged signage and other artifacts – as well as a paper-mâché E.T. sculpture that Wilson made himself using recycled Christmas decor and 'real' human teeth, he said. Advertisement Its walls are adorned with celebrity portrait plaques of Jack Nicholson, Sandra Bullock and Pierce Brosnan, all rescued from a now-closed Hollywood-themed Burger King on Myrtle Avenue — which Wilson said he bought for about $60 after some haggling when the fast food joint closed during the pandemic. 'I got a couple of other things from a drive-in movie theater that was abandoned on the side of a highway that I was just snooping around one day,' he said. 'I've naturally been harvesting a lot of unwanted theater ephemera over the years and they all come from different places … but I just like to see them all in one place.' 7 A commemorative plaque of Irish actor Pierce Brosnan, which Wilson rescued from a now-closed Hollywood-themed Burger King on Myrtle Avenue. Dorian Geiger/NYPost 7 A paper-mâché E.T. sculpture that Wilson made himself using recycled Christmas decor and 'real' teeth, he said. Dorian Geiger/NYPost Even the bathroom doubles as a display space. Wilson, a self-professed tabloid fan, wallpapered it with ironic headlines he's clipped from newspapers over the years, from 'The Post or The Daily News or whatever the heck is circulating in the neighborhood.' Among the gems: 'A pretty leak,' 'Odor smelling,' 'rare egg,' 'Dairy Queen nightmare,' and 'Weiner finished.' The indie moviehouse held its soft-launch opening Thursday to a sold-out crowd, screening a 1903 silent short dubbed 'Rube and Mandy at Coney Island,' paired with the 2002 Hugh Grant and Saundra Bullock rom-com 'Two Weeks Notice.' Advertisement 7 Wilson, a self-professed tabloid fan, wallpapered it with ironic headlines he's clipped from newspapers over the years, from 'The Post or The Daily News or whatever the heck is circulating in the neighborhood.' Dorian Geiger/NYPost The night also included a post-screening panel featuring urban planners Daphne Lundi and Louise Yeung, as well as podcaster Lily Marotta, who discussed how cinema influences development and public space. Together, the flicks capture 'the idea of the city being erased over time,' Wilson explained. '['Two Weeks Notice'] is about a billionaire and an environmental lawyer, but they're talking about Coney Island development and neighborhood change, and communities and levels of that,' said Lundi. 'Rom-coms are the entry point to have bigger conversations about cities and how we want them to feel.' Advertisement 7 Cinephiles gathered for a sold-out double feature at Low Cinema on Thursday night. Dorian Geiger/NYPost Several cinephiles told The Post they were thrilled with both the offbeat programming and to finally have a local theater. 'I'm really excited about the things that [Wilson is] going to be doing here,' said 35-year-old Nellie Metcalfe of Glendale. 'This was really creative and fun.' Advertisement 'What's so 'John Wilson' is that this is a place where you can go see a silent film about Coney Island and then an underrated Sandra Bullock classic all in one night,' said Marotta, 38, who arrived dressed as Hugh Grant. 'It's going to be so great for the community.'
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Posts misrepresent Bangkok amusement park show as scene from Gaza
"Alleged Crimes Committed by Israeli Soldiers Against the People of Gaza," says a March 24, 2025 post sharing the footage on X. The video shows men in military fatigues throwing a third man into a large, smoking canister labeled with a skull and bones and the word "danger." The men then use a rope to hoist a skeleton from the tank. The post comes as mediators including the United States press efforts to broker a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, which began with a bloody October 7, 2023 attack by the Palestinian militant group -- and which has left much of the Gaza Strip in ruins and almost its entire population displaced. The International Criminal Court has been investigating Israel's conduct during the conflict, with arrest warrants issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Its retaliatory military campaign has killed more than 50,000 people in Gaza, mainly civilians, according to the territory's health ministry. The video shared online, however, is unrelated to the war in Gaza. The clip shows a scene from a Hollywood-themed stunt show at Dream World, an amusement park in Bangkok, Thailand. AFP could not independently verify the source of the video in question. But reverse image searches surfaced numerous other videos on YouTube and other platforms that show the same stage set and scene, with matching sound effects and moves from the actors (archived here, here, here and here). The posts place the production at the Bangkok amusement park and make clear it is a performance rather than a depiction of real-life events. According to Dream World's official website, the Hollywood-style show is centered around showcasing various special effects and runs every Saturday, Sunday and public holiday in the afternoon (archived here). A separate partner website powered by the travel company Thrillophilia says the 25-minute performance chronicles a police tactical unit's takedown of a terrorist group (archive here). A video on Dream World's official YouTube channel shows scenes from the production (archived here). The stage is also visible on Google Maps, further corroborating its location in Bangkok -- far from the war in Gaza (archived here). AFP has debunked other misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war here.
