Culchie Catch-Up (14)

There are some sore heads this morning after an early start on the #dubcrawl trail hence the delayed Catch-Up this week. (Ouchy). So what happened this week? Charleze Theron handed a sneaky victory to Ireland. The Top Gear Live show is attracting thousands. Electric Picnic tickets went on sale and I couldn’t get my hands on Florence & The Machine tickets for love nor money. **ahem** Put on another gig **ahem**. Movies Stan suggests a Martial Arts classic for your viewing pleasure. I have still to see the last film and already teasers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are hitting the net. Don’t they look so grown up? Speaking of teasers, two words for you: Tony. Stark. This weeks Friday (now Satuurday) Feeling. A Princess & The Frog update. If you’re sitting in to save for the holiday season here are the Couch Potato DVD suggestions of the … There’s more

Terry O’Neill: Intimate

For most, the name Terry O’Neill immediately evokes a golden era of movies and music, of superstars and events that shaped the world. Terry’s work is unique in that it not only allows a glimpse of some of histories most famous stars, but usually goes a step further and brings you right into their private lives. Not only did Terry photograph icons like The Beatles, Dustin Hoffman, Frank Sinatra and Muhammad Ali, but who also got to experience who they were. Many of Terry’s subjects opened up to him in ways that no one had ever experienced before. With a career spanning over 45 years, like most of us, Terry came from his own humble beginnings. Although known as a ‘cockney lad’, both Terry’s parents were Irish and he himself playfully asserts that he was most likely conceived in Dingle. He had his first photographic job working at London’s Heathrow … There’s more