Lee Grant's Outtakes Nov 11, 2008
Family matriarch Rose (fabulous Fionnula Flanagan) loves her boys equally, but not so much their wives. How can you be married to a woman who doesn't have parmesan. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
'Office' party Jul 24, 2008
The award-winning gangster-politico drama, starring Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke, Annabeth Gish, Fionnula Flanagan, and Boston's own Brian Scannell, begins filming its third season on Monday; eight more episodes are on order from Showtime, according to the Rhode Island Film & Television Office. Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri, in a press release yesterday, said the show's decision to return to the Ocean State "is a tribute to a good story and a great place to tell it." Providence Mayor David... (Boston Globe)
Separate Bloomsdays for theater and radio Jun 16, 2008
Then after a musical interlude by the soprano Judith Kellock, the event will conclude with a reading by Fionnula Flanagan of the book's ending episode, Molly Bloom's drifting nighttime thoughts. WBAI's broadcast will also feature the Molly Bloom monologue, read by the Irish actress Caraid O'Brien. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
A specter and a spectacle Apr 18, 2008
MacDonald started the group with a few friends and then got a slew of celebs signatories, including actor Ed Burns, writer Jimmy Breslin, Black 47 singer Larry Kirwan, Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly, mightiest Bosstone Dicky Barrett, Jill Cunniff of the late, great Luscious Jackson, "In the Name of the Father" assistant director Terry George, actresses Karen Duffy and Fionnula Flanagan, and author Thomas Cahill. MacDonald said his mother demanded that her name be added. (Boston Globe)
Public radio Nov 17, 2007
A. Chekhov, An Enigmatic Nature, read by Fionnula Flanagan; Edna O Brien, Brother, read by Fionnula Flanagan; Tobias Wolff, Awaiting Orders, read by Michael Cerveris. 10 p.m. In Other Words. (Montana Standard, MT)
Brits put on American accents Nov 2, 2007
Ireland and Northern Ireland: Paula Malcomson ("Deadwood"), Aidan Gillen ("The Wire"), Fionnula Flanagan and Brian F. O'Byrne ("Brotherhood"), Kerry Condon (J.J. Abrams' forthcoming HBO medical drama, as yet untitled). Australia: Rachel Griffiths ("Brothers & Sisters"), Julian McMahon and Portia de Rossi ("Nip/Tuck"), Jason Clarke ("Brotherhood"), Emilie de Ravin ("Lost"). (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Film Review: 'Slipstream,' a befuddled satire tries too hard to be avant-garde Nov 1, 2007
" "Everything's a movie," snaps Bette Lustig (Fionnula Flanagan), an actress in the troubled film Felix has been desperately rewriting. She and Felix have been languishing along with the unhappy cast and crew on the project's dilapidated set in the Mojave Desert, built years ago (according to the "Slipstream" production notes) for a Dennis Hopper film. Their exchange encapsulates the single idea bandied about in "Slipstream," which Hopkins wrote and directed and for which he composed the score.... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'Saw IV' looks to carve up box office Oct 26, 2007
It also stars Christian Slater, Fionnula Flanagan and John Turturro. Warner Bros. (Variety)
'Dexter' and 'Brotherhood' are in fine form Sep 29, 2007
Starring: Jason Isaacs, Jason Clarke, Annabeth Gish, Ethan Embry, Kevin Chapman, Fionnula Flanagan, Brian F. O'Byrne. On: Showtime. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Casting notes Apr 29, 2007
Brotherhood, which is shot in Providence, also stars Annabeth Gish, Ethan Embry, Kevin Chapman, Fiona Erickson and Fionnula Flanagan. It recently won a George Foster Peabody Award in the entertainment series category. (MSNBC -- Movies)