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7 days ago
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- BreakingNews.ie
Watch: Ed Sheeran's surprise Fleadh performance at Wexford pub
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran made a surprise appearance at the Fleadh Cheoil in Wexford on Tuesday with a performance at the Sky & The Ground pub. Punters at the pub on Wexford's South Main Street were treated to a surprise performance from the global star, whose family roots can be traced back to Co Wexford. Advertisement Rumours had been circulating about a possible appearance from Sheeran, but Fleadh organisers had remained tight-lipped. A large crowd had gathered inside and outside the pub when Sheeran began to perform a number of his hits. The songs he played included Nancy Mulligan, a song he wrote to honour his Wexford-born grandmother Anne Mary Sheeran, who died in 2023 at the age of 98. 🎸 Ed Sheeran is currently in Sky and the Ground performing Nancy Mulligan for pub goers. There won't be a strawberry picked tonight! #edsheeran #fleadhcheoil #nancymulligan — Beat 102 103 (@beat102103) August 5, 2025 Sheeran also performed with trad group Biird. Not wanting to disappoint those who had turned out to see him, Sheeran also performed to the large crowd outside of the pub. Advertisement The 34-year-old English star recently said he identifies culturally as Irish. 'I class my culture as Irish. I think that's what I grew up with,' he told The Louis Theroux Podcast. The Fleadh Cheoil is in full swing, with 750,000 people expected to attend throughout the week. Wexford also hosted the event last year, when 650,000 people turned out. A world record attempt will take place at the Fleadh on Thursday. At last year's Fleadh Cheoil, the Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Fleadh group successfully set a world record for a tin whistle ensemble, with over 2,000 people taking part. Advertisement This year's attempt will take place at Wexford Park, and it will look to set a Céili Band ensemble record. A group called Castlebridge Inspire, which celebrates the town's status as the birthplace of the Guinness Book of Records, will be involved in facilitating the ambitious attempt. John Ryan, who runs Castlebridge Inspire, told : "Last year we did the tin whistle ensemble Guinness World Record, the CEO Craig Glenday was over adjudicating on that one, we needed 1,015 and we got 2,516 in the end. Ireland Fleadh record attempt backed by Wexford birthplace... Read More "We had to play a couple of songs for five minutes. That was probably one of the biggest ensembles at any Fleadh to to date, and it was also the first Fleadh official Guinness World Record attempt. Advertisement "It was so successful that we've decided to do another one this year. This one is the Céilí Band ensemble which will take place on August 7th at Chadwick's Wexford Park. The record to beat this year is 386 participants so that's what the goal is. There are three polkas pre-arranged to play for five minutes, we'll have some dancers, we have 15 different instruments for the record attempt. "This includes banjos, guitars and even a harp, along with the likes of the bodhran."
Perth Now
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Michael Cera snubbed Harry Potter role to stop becoming 'too famous'
Michael Cera used to turn down roles to stop himself becoming "too famous". The 37-year-old actor has opened up on his decision to snub certain projects in the past, including "kids movies" and parts in franchises like the Harry Potter spin-off films Fantastic Beasts. He told the Louis Theroux Podcast: "I did sort of, make a conscientious choice to limit my exposure a little bit, or just try and be a little more in control of it. "Doing like, especially little kids movies. I had a big fear of doing things that would get me too famous." Michael admitted he refused to "engage" with the Fantastic Beasts movies, which were based in the world of JK Rowling's Harry Potter novels. He recalled: "I don't even know if I was offered, I think I just declined to engage with it because, I think it would be like probably six years commitment or something." Although the Barbie star long shunned big Hollywood projects to keep a relatively low profile, Michael - who can currently be seen in Wes Anderson's new movie The Phoenician Scheme - has since altered his stance. He added: "I think that's changed a little. I think I've outgrown that particular feeling, but I think that's what that was at that time." Michael has always strived to keep his private life out of the public eye, and fans still don't know how exactly how long he and his wife Nadine have been together. In 2022, he made rare comments about their relationship as he opened up on how the couple - who have two young children together - first met in a bar in Paris. He told his friend Justin Long's Life Is Short podcast at the time: "There was no shyness, we just kept seeing each other and smiling. It was so comfortable. "It was a really unfamiliar way to experience a stranger, and I felt like I saw the whole thing."
Courier-Mail
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
Tom Cruise scolded Michael Cera for rude interruption while filming: ‘He runs the set'
Don't miss out on the headlines from Celebrity Life. Followed categories will be added to My News. Tom Cruise called out Michael Cera the first time they worked together. When the duo met to film a quick clip for the 2010 MTV Movie Awards, Cera was put on blast for 'talking to the writer' during filming. 'We were just kind of mumbling while they were shooting,' the Barbie star, 37, recalled on the Louis Theroux Podcast Tuesday. 'But they could hear us. It was just, like, 40 feet away.' Cruise, 62, stopped what he was doing at the time to ask, 'Is that Michael Cera talking during a f**king take?'' Michael Cera opened up about briefly working with Tom Cruise. Picture:Cruise notoriously takes filming very seriously. Picture:for Warner Bros Pictures Although Cera does 'think [Cruise] was joking,' he noted that it was clear the Top Gun star wanted him to 'shut up.' Cruise later ribbed Cera for 'talking during a f**king take' before assuring the Tony nominee that he was 'kidding.' Cera told listeners that Cruise was 'very friendly' but 'runs the set' and is 'such a leader.' He explained, 'I was there for, like, five minutes, but what I observed was, he was like the first [assistant director] on the set.' Cruise's rep has yet to respond to Page Six's request for comment. Working with Cruise was a 'surreal' and 'fascinating' experience for Cera — although he initially spaced on the collaboration when asked about it. Cera described Cruise as a 'leader'. Picture:for Tony Awards Productions 'I haven't worked with Tom Cruise,' Cera insisted before quickly walking back the statement. 'Oh, yes. I have. Crazy thing to forget.' Host Louis Theroux quipped, 'I love that. I dream of the day when I forget working with Tom Cruise.' X SUBSCRIBER ONLY The Mission Impossible star came up in conversation as the duo discussed Scientology, which Cruise has been a member of since the 1980s. He was reportedly introduced by his first wife, Mimi Rogers, and went on to marry Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes. Cruise is now believed to be 'courting' his Deeper co-star Ana de Armas, although the duo did not speak to romance rumours during their recent press tours for different films. This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission Originally published as Tom Cruise scolded Michael Cera for rude interruption while filming: 'He runs the set'
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sean Penn, 64, Sparks Concern After Recent Appearance
Actor Sean Penn was a guest on the May 12 episode of the Louis Theroux Podcast and a video clip from the show was shared on X. "Sean Penn in the house! Or rather, me in Sean Penn's house! The Hollywood acting legend and adventurer invited me up to his Malibu hideaway to talk Trump, Zelenskyy, Jack Nicholson, Madonna, punching photographers, jail time, smoking, and much more. It was a big thrill to do, only our second LTP 'field interview' and our first in America," Theroux captioned a post on May 13. Social media users were quick to notice that Penn had a cut on his nose and his hair — all white — was somewhat disheveled. "Dude seriously looks not well. Life has been rough on him and he seems miserable," one person wrote. "He looks rough," someone else said. "Gandalf is going through some hard times right now," a third comment read. "How long do I have to watch before you ask him how he hurt his nose?" a fourth X user asked. Penn didn't address his apparent face injury, but he did discuss the accusations that Woody Allen molested daughter Dylan Farrow when she was 7. "I am not aware of any clinical psychologist or psychiatrist or anyone I've ever heard talk or spoken to around the subject of pedophilia that in 80 years of life, there's accusations of it happening only once," he said on the podcast. "And when people try to associate what were his, let's say, much younger girlfriends, right or wrong is not the conversation here, but post-puberty, consensual stuff is to me a different conversation," he continued. "So, I just think that whatever is the worst of people's suspicions about him, just check him with the facts separate from the moment and the movement and all. Who benefited from that? Let's just take a second. That's all I'm saying. I see he's not proven guilty, so I take him as innocent, and I would work with him in a heartbeat," he added.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sean Penn expresses doubt about Woody Allen sex abuse allegations: ‘WHO BENEFITTED FROM THAT?'
Sean Penn weighed in on Woody Allen's alleged sexual abuse of adopted daughter Dylan Farrow, and said he would happily collaborate with the director again. 'I'd work with him in a heartbeat — if it was the right thing,' Penn said on Tuesday's episode of the Louis Theroux Podcast. Penn starred alongside Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman and Anthony LaPaglia in the 1999 musical comedy Sweet and Lowdown, which Allen wrote and directed. Theroux asked the two-time Oscar winner whether he thought the 89-year-old filmmaker had 'a bad rap.' Penn replied: 'With these things, I don't know anyone well enough to say, '100%, this didn't happen, that didn't happen.'' He added: 'The stories are mostly told by people that I wouldn't trust with a dime. It just seems so heavily weighted in that way.' Penn scoffed when Theroux pointed out that it was both Dylan, 39, and her journalist brother, Ronan Farrow, who made the allegations, which were initiated by their mother, Mia Farrow.. 'Well, you gave him that title, not me. But yes, Ronan Farrow,' Penn snapped, prompting Theroux to point out that Ronan 'writes for the New Yorker' and is 'quite respected.' Penn admitted that he is 'an ignoramus,' but noted, 'I am not aware of any clinical psychologist or psychiatrist or anyone I've ever heard talk or spoken to around the subject of pedophilia that in 80 years of life, there's accusations of it happening only once.' In 1992, Dylan alleged that her adoptive father had molested her when she was seven, though he has long denied any accusations of sexual abuse and was never charged. Allen responded that Mia concocted the allegation after they broke up and he started dating her other adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn — whom he married in 1997. Dylan has maintained her story for decades. She first went public in 2014 with an open letter in the New York Times. Four years later, following sex abuse allegations involving the now-convicted Harvey Weinstein, Dylan penned an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times asking, 'Why has the #MeToo revolution spared Woody Allen?' The Dead Man Walking star suggested the general public 'check him with the facts separate from the moment and the (#MeToo) movement and all.' Penn asked: 'Who benefitted from that? Let's just take a second. That's all I'm saying.' The 64-year-old added that he presumes Allen is 'innocent' because he has never been proven guilty of a crime. Sean Penn 'frustrated' with the world and is 'glad' he's old Sean Penn says he felt 'misery' making movies for years. Then Dakota Johnson knocked on his door Sean Penn slams Oscars for its 'cowardice' in fiery rant
