Have you missed any of this week’s entertainment news? Pop the kettle on, get the biccies out and relax for the next while as Niamh Geaney brings you all your telly goss, shows you the TOP 5 events happening in Ireland right now, tells you what ’s smoking’ hot in the cinema this week and brings you all the goss from Sile Seoige! Who knew the set of lungs she had on her?!
If you’re a fan of HBO series, Girls, then chances are you’ve wondered what our four New York ladies and their abundance of emotional baggage would be like on the silver screen.
The answer to that question is, as we all know, ‘amazing’.
Here are just a few reasons why we need Hannah Horvath and her motley crew to do their dysfunctional thing in a cinema near us soon.
1. We might get more than a three minute rap out of Marnie.
She has so much more to share with us, right?
2. We may find out exactly why Shoshanna doesn’t love her grandmother.
It’s been bugging us for years.
3. Maybe Jessa or Shoshanna will be ‘the wound’ in the movie version.
Ooooh.
4. Maybe Marnie and Charlie will finally have their ‘little brown babies’ together.
Well, we can dream!
5. We might find out what else ‘all adventurous women’ do.
We need to know so we can be a big, brave, adventurous one, right?
6. We might just find out if Hannah truly is the 'voice of her generation'.
Although, we kind of already know.
7. We'll definitely learn if liking someone’s 'quirky online presence' will make up for passing them an STD.
Who doesn’t need schoolin’ on that matter?
8. Maybe Hannah will discover that the point of friendship is to be 'interested in what your friends have to say.'
That'd be handy.
9. Maybe Jessa and Marnie will finally convince Hannah to wash her forehead before a big night out.
Despite Jessa thinking she doesn't want to.
10. Perhaps Hannah will learn how to behave at funerals.
She won't, will she?
Come on Hollywood, make it happen.
Your Snapshot Catch-Up show is here, full to the brim with entertainment goodness presented by the ever lovely, if not a bit kooky Niamh Geaney.
On Wired this week, where we round up all the telly goss, Niamh was joined in studio by TV crazy Conor Behan and Ciara O’Doherty where we talk Ed Sheeran PR stunts, give you the inside goss on a hit Irish reality TV show and take a look on what to watch this week.
Your weekly event guide The Line-Up has picked some stellar events not to be missed from an adult-only panto that’s as whacky as it sounds, comedy with Panti to artisan food in Tipperary. All that and much more!
Pic ’n’ Mix rounds up the hits and misses of the cinema this week from tense adventure thrillers and epic blockbusters to comedies.
On this week’s Spotlight Niamh Geaney catches up with the Hot Sprockets ahead of their headline gig in Vicar Street. Of the five piece, Wayne, Tim and Franky divulge their pert bottom secrets, film adventures and their connection to Lily Allen’s Dad.
Enjoy!
There is a common misconception that our beloved Friends characters Ross and Rachel were absolutely made for each. Yes, it took them a while to both get there, but when they did, it was perfect, blissful, a match-made-in-heaven and so on and so forth.
Eh, wrong.
Here are just five reasons we think this whole made-for-each other belief is totally out of whack.
1. Rachel decided she liked Ross when she saw video evidence that he was mad about her.
Did she genuinely like him or did she really, really like the fact he really, really liked her? Oooh, interesting decision.
2. He almost sabotaged her career by acting like a lunatic and constantly showed up in her new workplace.
Is that the actions of someone who’s ‘made’ for someone else? Dear God, no!
3. When did they actually seem happy together?
If they weren’t bickering about Rachel’s co-worker Mark, they were disagreeing about how they visualised a future together. Just a little something to ponder.
4. OK, this is kind of a biggie, but girls, he did cheat on her mere hours after they decided to take a small step back from their relationship.
Does the person who’s ‘made for you’ jump into bed with someone else after an argument? We hope not!
5. Em, girls, she agreed to marry Joey.
If you’re made for someone, do you accept what you think is a marriage proposal off their best friend mere hours after you gave birth to your supposed soulmate's child? Eh, we think not.
So, he wasn't her lobster, he did not have her best interests at heart, they weren't exactly fun to be around, he cheated on her and she said yes to someone else.
Sorry to say it ladies, but the Ross and Rachel fairytale is just that; a fairytale. Sob!
An Irish reporter has found himself on Russell Brand’s hate list after questioning him about how much he is paying for rent.
The reporter, who works for Channel 4, posed Russell the question: “How much did you pay for your place?” Russell goes on to inform him that he is renting.
Not letting Russell play the question down, he then asks him what he is paying in rent. Russell then begins to look increasingly uncomfortable, before going on to lose his temper and call the reporter a 'snide'.
Did the reporter have a point or did he cross a line by asking him about his home?
UPDATE: Russell has since released a YouTube video explaining his reaction to the journalist in the above video. Admitting his overreaction to the incident, he goes on to explain why he felt the question about his rent was irrelevant to the topic in question.
On this week’s Wired Niamh Geaney is joined in study by TV Fanatics Conor Behan and Ciara O’Doherty. We look at the classic that is The Late Late Toy Show; just a PR stunt for Ed Sheeran? We take a look back at Connected with some inside goss dished out. Another week, another soul crushed in the X Factor (or 8 souls in this case). We look at why Andrea is falling behind and who is set to win. For this week’s pick of the week we’ve chosen an eye opening program involving Bressie which airs tomorrow night on RTE 2. All that and much more, check it out!
Join us back here tomorrow for The Line-Up, your weekly event guide.
She has been on the show for 13 years, so it’s only natural for the Emmerdale cast to be upset over Sammy Winward’s shock departure from the show.
The actress, who found fame playing the role of Katie Addyman in the popular soap, reportedly announced that she is to quit the show next year.
Referring to 29-year-old Sammy’s popularity with cast, crew and fans alike, a source told The Sun: “Sammy is the Michelle Keegan of Emmerdale so everyone is gutted that she’s leaving.”
“She’s hugely popular and her character has been a big part in the show overtaking Eastenders,” they added.
While Sammy is reportedly keen to take up other acting opportunities, fans need not despair just yet, as the actress has supposedly asked for her character to be kept alive after her exit.
Sammy was just 15 years old when she joined the soap as stable manager Katie. She went on to have a rather complicated romantic relationship with character Andy Sugden, and has been at the centre of some of the show’s biggest plotlines.
While fans will no doubt be sad over Sammy’s departure from the show, it will be exciting to see what’s next for her!
1. Heartbreak High
This was like Home & Away for those whose parents wouldn't allow you to watch Home & Away – and Ada Nicmondeau was in it!
2. California Dreams
Now this one is sooo underrated, this show brought us from Mullingar to California in one intro…
3. Girls in Love
Short lived but it really opened are eyes to boys before we started our teen years.
4. Custer's Last Stand-Up
Back before George McMahon became Mondo and headed to Carrigstown, he was Custer and he did stand-up.
5. Sweet Valley High
We didn't just watch the TV show – we also read ALL of the books (seriously, there's about fifty).
6. Alex Mack
Alex Mack was like Sabrina's less popular but equally as magic little sister.
7. Round The Twist
Remember the episode with the spaghetti-eating competition? Gross.
8. Are you Afraid of the Dark?
The show that made us sleep outside our parents' bedroom door for days when we were 12.
9. Taina
She never did get to see her name in lights did she? Poor Taina.
10. Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
The show that first introduced us to the beeeeautiful Ryan Reynolds
The story of Irish couple, Brendan and Maeve, will warm even the coldest of hearts this Christmas.
Maeve, who moved to London for work, was struggling being away from home, family and loved ones, so Brendan knew a big, romantic gesture was needed and man, did he deliver on it.
In a bid to make the transition for his girlfriend easier, Brendan presented the lovely Maeve with something so stunning that the only reply she could muster was “Are you having a laugh?”
Romantic, touching and classically Irish!
What will you be watching this week then? Your Snapshot host Niamh Geaney sits down with two of Ireland’s biggest TV fanatics Conor Behan and Ciara O’Doherty to suss out what’s really worth watching this week, what the hell is going on with the X Factor, the battle of the Toy Show’s (where else would you get it?!) and delve into the life of the upper classes- no ham sandwiches to be seen there, well maybe crust-less one’s…
Join us back here tomorrow for our festive themed edition of The Line-Up, where we pick some of the best Christmas markets and festivities around to bookmark in your diary.
Just when you thought Beyoncé couldn’t pull any more surprises out of the bag, she goes and does this.
We all got pretty excited when we heard a snippet of her new song, 7/11, but we couldn’t have predicted what was to come in the video.
Well, aside from the fact that it’s Beyoncé and everything, there’s good reason for the fact that it has already racked up over two million views after only just being uploaded to YouTube – it’s a homemade video that the star filmed herself, using her iPhone.
Yes, the richest, most famous singer in the world created a home video for her new single.
If you think that’s pretty amazing in itself, just wait until you see her in action in the three-and-a-half-minute-long movie.
From dancing around in her underwear to goofing around with her girlfriends, she just took things to a whole new level.
Check out the video, below.
Are you obsessed yet?
Uh-oh. Made in Chelsea stars Jamie Laing and Spencer Matthews are in trouble.
The boys have been blasted by a charity for their ‘disgusting’ behaviour during a recent public appearance.
The reality stars were booked to appear at a function for the Harry Cunningham Trust in Devon last weekend, but left guests and organisers disappointed when left less than an hour after their arrival.
Event organiser Niki Cunningham was particularly scathing in her comments about the guys, telling the Exmouth Journal: “They spent around 30 minutes mingling with our guests and then they came to me and said they’d need to get the last train home as they had filming in the morning.”
“They said they’d need to leave in about 20 minutes which was halfway through my presentation – so rude,” she added.
Revealing that boys had been paid £4,000 to make the appearance, Niki slammed their behaviour as ‘disgusting’.
Oh dear, that’s not the sort of ungentlemanly-like behaviour we would expect of fine Chelsea men!
