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The Irish Sun
22-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Irish actress includes sweet nod to mum in latest blockbuster role alongside Brad Pitt as she proudly embraces her roots
IRISH actress Kerry Condon has revealed the touching way she honoured her mum in her latest blockbuster role. The Tipperary native stars alongside 3 Kerry is taking on the role of Kate McKenna in F1 Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 3 She stars alongside Brad Pitt Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 3 The actress has revealed the heartfelt way she honoured her mum in the film Kerry is taking on the role of Kate McKenna, the race director of the fictional APXGP team and the first female technical director in Formula 1. The actress has shared that it meant a lot to her when the directors encouraged her to keep her Irish accent for the role as she's keen to represent Irish women on the big screen. She pointed out how rare it is to hear a female lead in a major movie speak with an Irish accent and she was delighted to bring that authenticity to her character. Kerry told the READ MORE ON KERRY CONDON "And then they wanted me to be Irish. I thought, 'Jeez, I don't think I've seen that before, the Irish accent in a female lead, in a big massive movie." She also opened up about a heartfelt nod to her mum in the film. Kerry confessed: "I wanted to wear my Claddagh ring in the movie too, one that my mother got me and I wear all the time, so my character got to wear that." The film star recently revealed how MOST READ IN THE IRISH SUN The female killers were among a group of followers who were brainwashed by cult leader in in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Kerry said she used various sources of inspiration to play Doireann in her new Brad Pitt makes red carpet debut with girlfriend Ines de Ramon The Co 'I saw a picture and there was something a little creepy and so I ran with that idea.' The Manson Family were confirmed to have Three female members of the group — Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian and Patricia Krenwinkel — were killers with pregnant movie star Sharon Tate, the 26-year-old wife of director Kerry, from Thurles, said that in order to stand up to VILLAIN-SPIRATION She continued: 'Initially, I was a bit like, 'Oh, jeez, my work's going to be cut out for me because Liam Neeson's really tall'. 'Tall to a regular person, and I'm pretty small, so he's really tall compared to me. 'When I'm standing beside him the audience have to believe that Liam would feel me as a threat. 'Then I remembered various villains in the past that I was affected by, like Joe Pesci in Goodfellas. They might not have been physically menacing but there was something about them that was really nerve-wrecking. 'Personalities that feel a little unhinged, and unpredictable. So I started to tap into that. 'I remembered the mother in The Goonies was a strange-looking person. I thought about the idea that people who think negative things, physically they're not smiley and bright and their energy isn't nice. 'All these negative thoughts and negative vibrations manifest in your body.'
RTÉ News
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Christy Moore releases spoken word tribute track for President Michael D Higgins
Irish music legend Christy Moore has released a spoken word tribute to President Michael D Higgins. Music to Our Ears, written by poet Johnny Broderick and produced by Gavin Murphy, is a celebration of the life and legacy of Ireland's President in the last year of his tenure. Speaking of how the work came about, Moore said: "I was working in Gavin Murphy's Studio. Gavin shared music he was composing for a poem John Broderick had written in advance of President Michael D's departure from Áras and Úachtaráin. I read the poem and listened to the music. I offered to recite the words. Claddagh [Records] heard it and suggested we make it available to the public. "I think it is a beautiful tribute to our esteemed President and his Family. I think Johnny B's words express what many of us feel about Michael D. and our First Lady, Sabina." President Higgins was elected President of Ireland in 2011 and is currently serving his second term. Moore has released Music to Our Ears alongside a lyric video to accompany the powerful tribute. It opens with the lines: "There is an aura that surrounds you, with decency you are blessed. There is a warmth in your presence, for every welcome guest." It continues: "You are a voice for the voiceless, like thunder in the plain. An empathetic ear for the afflicted, selfless, humble, but never vain." Music to Our Ears concludes: "Statesmanlike and diplomatic, charismatic without fears. You are a national treasure treasured, you have been music to our ears." The track will feature on the extended edition of Moore's No.1 album A Terrible Beauty.
Irish Independent
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
CMAT hits out at ‘fake version' of Irish identity ‘built up by Americans and English people'
The 29-year-old, whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, is part of a number of Irish acts to rise to popularity abroad in recent years alongside the likes of indie rockers Fontaines DC and rap trio Kneecap, which has prompted a surge in interest in Irish culture in the UK and US. Speaking to Glamour UK, the Co Meath singer, who plays the Guinness Storehouse tomorrow night, said: 'I didn't relate to any of it, like, why am I seeing Claddagh rings everywhere? The GAA jerseys? 'Why is everyone pretending we had this exact same childhood? 'There's this very romantic vision of Ireland, but I grew up in a place where it's not very fun to grow up. This fake version of our identity was being built up by Americans and English people and claimed for themselves.' The singer is due to release her third album, Euro-Country, later this year, and says the record features a song about a performance at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend – when the BBC had to switch the comments off due to people body-shaming her – called Take a Sexy Picture of Me. 'That song is about getting fat-shamed on the internet all the time. I wanted to really dig into commercial attractiveness and how women are pruned into this marketable product until they turn about 27,' she told Glamour UK. 'I genuinely didn't care that people got so angry that I thought I was sexy, but it forced a lot of 15-year-old girls who love CMAT, who might even be bigger than me, to witness a level of vitriol against a woman's body against her will.' The full interview can be read in the May digital issue of Glamour UK.
The Herald Scotland
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Singer CMAT says ‘fake version' of Irish culture is being ‘built up' by English
Speaking to Glamour UK, the Crazymad For Me singer said of the situation: 'I didn't relate to any of it, like, why am I seeing Claddagh rings everywhere? The GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) jerseys? Why is everyone pretending we had this exact same childhood? CMAT on the cover of Glamour UK (Ruth Ginika Ossai/Glamour UK/PA) 'There's this very romantic vision of Ireland but I grew up in a place where it's not very fun to grow up. This fake version of our identity was being built up by Americans and English people and claimed for themselves.' The singer is due to release her third album Euro-Country later this year, and says the record features a song about a performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend – when the BBC had to switch the comments off due to people body-shaming her – called Take A Sexy Picture Of Me. She told Glamour UK: 'That song is about getting fat-shamed on the internet all the time. I wanted to really dig into commercial attractiveness and how women are pruned into this marketable product until they turn about 27. 'I genuinely didn't care that people got so angry that I thought I was sexy, but it forced a lot of 15-year-old girls who love CMAT, who might even be bigger than me, to witness a level of vitriol against a woman's body against her will.' The full interview with CMAT can be read in the May digital issue of Glamour UK which is online now.
South Wales Argus
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Singer CMAT says ‘fake version' of Irish culture is being ‘built up' by English
The 29-year-old, whose real name is Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, is part of a number of Irish acts to rise to popularity in recent years alongside the likes of indie rockers Fontaines DC and rap trio Kneecap, which has prompted a surge in interest in Irish culture in the UK and US. Speaking to Glamour UK, the Crazymad For Me singer said of the situation: 'I didn't relate to any of it, like, why am I seeing Claddagh rings everywhere? The GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) jerseys? Why is everyone pretending we had this exact same childhood? CMAT on the cover of Glamour UK (Ruth Ginika Ossai/Glamour UK/PA) 'There's this very romantic vision of Ireland but I grew up in a place where it's not very fun to grow up. This fake version of our identity was being built up by Americans and English people and claimed for themselves.' The singer is due to release her third album Euro-Country later this year, and says the record features a song about a performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend – when the BBC had to switch the comments off due to people body-shaming her – called Take A Sexy Picture Of Me. She told Glamour UK: 'That song is about getting fat-shamed on the internet all the time. I wanted to really dig into commercial attractiveness and how women are pruned into this marketable product until they turn about 27. 'I genuinely didn't care that people got so angry that I thought I was sexy, but it forced a lot of 15-year-old girls who love CMAT, who might even be bigger than me, to witness a level of vitriol against a woman's body against her will.' The full interview with CMAT can be read in the May digital issue of Glamour UK which is online now.
