First, let’s do away with any misconceptions – The Perks of Being a Wallflower is anything but perky. As fans of the 1999 novel on which the film is based will attest, Perks could not
Sinead Brennan talks to three quarters of Superhanz about their latest EP and plans for the future When you hear the word Superhanz you might think of the cocaine addicted musician Super Hans from Peep
Not only were they musicians, they were global trendsetters and cultural icons. They are the best selling band in history, with an estimated one billion records sold, and were each individually named in Time Magazine’s
My television viewing habits have taken on a double life recently, as if to confuse me when I suddenly form opinions on things I didn’t know I cared about – like sports. Normally, days in
by Emma-Louise Hutchinson Pushing a TV show in LA, mingling with comedians, actors and musicians, and nights spent hosting events in over 40 cities all over the world – it might not sound like the life
Reality television: a straightforward title for a straightforward concept, right? Does what it says on the tin. But how authentic is reality television? The guise of ‘reality TV’ has pretty much been a late 20th
For anyone going on a J1 to America this summer, you have no idea how insanely jealous I am. This summer is going to be the biggest adventure of your lives, and a lot of
I’m a lover of chick flicks so naturally I was looking forward to seeing ‘The Vow’. The film stars both Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, regulars of this genre of film. Unfortunately, I was slightly
Mark Wahlberg plays Chris Farraday, a world class smuggler turned family-man that comes out of retirement to pay off a debt owed by his brother-in-law (Caleb Landry Jones). In order to protect his wife (Kate
Love and longing: Two things Dolores O’Riordan did very well before The Cranberries imploded over 10 years ago. Originally rising on a tide of alternative melancholy-ridden songs, the band soon morphed into a wannabe, stadium
Fun are a band that fuse lots of different genres together, coming up with a sound that is familiar, but not so much that it has bred contempt. Tribal rhythms in the title track, ‘Some
Best known for his presence on The Panel and The Blame Game, Neil Delamere is one of the most well known and loved Irish comedians at the moment. With his third DVD, Implement of Divilment,
By Emma-Louise Hutchinson I don’t ask for much from the movies I watch, just that they, you know, do what they say on the tin, or the movie poster as the case may be. I’m
by Luke Healy I am terrible. Lots of people are terrible too. Lots and lots and lots. But some people are great. And I want to be one of them. So what makes a person
When I was a teenager, my friends and I spent our Friday nights in a book shop. Yeah, we were those guys. While our peers were out drinking €2 cider in a field, we were
Katie Clinton Remember the time before stylists ran the fashion world? Maybe I should say, before we knew they ran it? The days when Rachel Zoe wasn’t more recognisable than of her clients and it
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by Luke Healy The depiction of women in comic books has been a controversial topic for decades. From the Lois Lane comics of the 1960s; where her greatest enemies included weight-gain and ageing; to the
By Laura Cronin “Cmere and I shift ya…” If someone utters those five magical words to you, you’ve either landed the love of your life in Coppers, or have run into one of the Rubberbandits
by Katie Clinton So the ‘Indian Summer’ has come and gone and as I write this I’m looking out at a decidedly wintery evening. There are two positives to the otherwise depressing scene, first there’s
I love the cinema. To say cinemas were my second homes this summer would only be exaggerating a little. I love the whole experience; the food, the trailers, even the other people. Sometimes though, the
Love it or hate it, come October everyone is talking about The X Factor. We clamour for information about the finalists, we try to predict who will battle it out in the Sunday night sing-off
Sinead Brennan met with Mr Chrome So how are you both? Mr Chrome: We’re grand but our manager Coco doesn’t tell us things ‘til the last minute, he told us we were coming up here
‘Expected wait time: 2 and a half hours’. That’s longer than your average blockbuster or, as a friend of mine likes to put it, the same as five episodes of Home and Away played back
This summer I turned 20, which was pretty devastating to me. Dropping the ‘teen’ at the end of my age signalled something that I had feared since I was a child. I was growing up.