It’s all Golden - Globe Nominations Announced

Yesterday was the Critics Choice but today marks the real start of awards season for Hollywood, with the announcement of the nominees for the 2010 67th Golden Globe awards. Unfortunately unlike yesterdays list there is no Irish hope for the Globes in the movies category save for U2 entry Winter from in film Brothers in the Original Song category. Elsewhere, Brendan Gleeson is nominated for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the mini-series Into the Storm. George Clooney starrer Up in the Air, which has yet to be released in Ireland, has the most movie nominations with six. Rob Marshall’s musical Nine has five, while Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds has four.

Christmas rock and Christmas bells - two quick videos for you

If you’re gonna do a Christmas music video, make sure it’s at least as good as this one from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, called Christmas Eve/Sarajevo - 12/24: And if you’re gonna do some improv on the streets of New York, why not do it as part of a guerilla handbell strikeforce for a great cause like the Salvation Army on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan and make someone feel good about what they do? Lovely post on Improv Everywhere’s blog on the story behind it.

Picturing New York

The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin’s Royal Hospital Kilmainham is hosting an exciting exhibition from New York’s MoMA this winter. The photography exhibition, Picturing New York, is made up of 145 pieces from the photographic collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. All of the photos are of New York (naturally!) and date from 1880s to the present day.

Beacons of Hope

If you are out and about rambling Dublin city over the Christmas and want to get away from the throngs of crazy shoppers and queues then head on down to Dublin Castle Courtyard for a little bit of colour, peace an a lot of Hope! Here you will find for no entrance fee an exhibition of beautiful hand crafted 2.4m tall Angels. These fiberglass Angels were presented as a blank canvas to some very well known artists, musicians, sports people and celebs to design and portray their interpretation of Hope. The colourful ideas of Ryan Tubridy, Tommy Tiernan, Amy Huberman and my favourite Jedward are on show in the courtyard until the end of December.