Sweary’s Jaw

Surreptitiously collecting Megan Fox’s “Before” photos, so you don’t have to. First off, the news you’ve been waiting for and chewing your fingernails over all summer … Derek from Crystal Swing has received, and been made “happy” by, his Leaving Cert results! I know! I was totes fretting too, what with Derek’s busy gallivanting schedule; all that leppin’ about can’t be good for the noggin nor the joints. But all that is good and sensible has prevailed, just like in the end of that movie. Downfall, I think it was called. Fair play to Derek for sitting through what all the non-Swinging children had to sit through! Fair play to him for keeping his praying mantis feet firmly on the ground! If only all of the famous childers had the same work ethic and fetching geansaí as Derek, the world, and this here column, would be that bit sweeter. Instead … There’s more

Sweary’s Jaw

Surreptitiously lighting candles for Brad and Angelina, so you don’t have to. All of your favourite celebrities (and most of your least favourite too) have been very busy this week with various fundraisers for Haiti, including MTV’s Hope For Haiti telethon, which raised a whopping $58 million. And there’s no way on Earth I’d find something snotty, snooty or snippy to say about that. Using your celebrity for good is nothing new, and of course we have to keep in mind that any star wishing to maintain a positive image could not turn down a request to give time to such a worthy cause … but of course, we have to then remember the people who got off their arses to put forth that unignorable request in the first place. So kudos to the likes of George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, and, of course, Wyclef Jean. And fair play, too, to … There’s more