Saoirse Ronan, Bill Murray: 'City of Ember' Oct 12, 2008
Ronan's talent is an inheritance from her father, Paul Ronan, an Irish actor who was in "The Devil's Own" and "Veronica Guerin." As a small girl, she would go with him to movie sets. She attends a nearby school when she is not making a movie. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Set Visit: Race to Witch Mountain - Part One Jul 17, 2008
Ciaran Hinds (Veronica Guerin, Munich) is the villain. During our visit to the shoot at the Pomona Convention Center in Pomona, California, IGN saw the expansive venue transformed for a sequence that takes place at a UFO enthusiast expo. (IGN FilmForce)
* World News Quick Take Jul 16, 2008
Behan, who played alongside Cate Blanchett in the movie Veronica Guerin, was taken for questioning after seeking treatment at a nearby hospital for a cut on his thigh. In an interview afterwards with the Web site of the newspaper Corriere della Sera, the actor said: I dont know whats happening or the reasons, because no one has explained anything to me. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Law, Depp and Farrell to replace Ledger in film Feb 20, 2008
Irishman Farrell has appeared in Pride and Glory, Veronica Guerin and American Outlaws. Reuters. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Saoirse Ronan shows skill beyond her years Jan 12, 2008
Ronan didn't do the child auditioning circuit but sent videotaped auditions she'd made with her dad, Paul, a well-known Irish stage actor who has appeared in the films "Veronica Guerin" and "The Devil's Own." He and his wife, Monica, and a friend are all eating with Saoirse, their only child. When she was a small child, they used to listen to her create elaborate fantasies with her dolls. (Boston Globe)
The week's best films Nov 19, 2007
Veronica Guerin (Joel Schumacher, 2003) 11. 10pm, BBC1. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Lead actress cheat sheet Nov 17, 2007
( "Elizabeth: The Golden Age ) Has won an Oscar (The Aviator), Golden Globe (Elizabeth) and two SAG Awards (The Aviator, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) out of a combined 17 nominations. In addition to playing Queen Elizabeth twice, shes also portrayed Bob Dylan, Katharine Hepburn, slain Irish journalist Veronica Guerin and even her own cousin (Coffee and Cigarettes). She is the only thesp to win an Academy Award for playing a former Oscar winner (Katharine Hepburn).... (Variety)
Cate's golden touch Oct 13, 2007
" The birth of her sons meant modest adjustments while they were toddlers; they enjoyed the attention of film crews, lived on sets that were like adventure playgrounds with departments full of willing and captivating babysitters. The boys even got used to Blanchett going into make-up as their mother and coming out as Irish journalist Veronica Guerin or Galadriel in Lord of the Rings. "All four of us are in a different place now," she says. "I mean, with the job in Sydney I'm lucky that my... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Queen of accents Oct 13, 2007
Cate Blanchett, who today reprises her role as Queen Elizabeth I in Elizabeth: The Golden Age (see review on page E4), has not only played House of Tudor, but also Irish in Veronica Guerin, German in The Good German and Kate Hepburn New England in The Aviator ... Irish: Veronica Guerin (2003). (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Cate Blanchett: Queen of the screen Sep 14, 2007
It's telling that her character often gives the movie its title, as with Elizabeth (1998), Charlotte Gray (2001) and Veronica Guerin (2003) ... Veronica Guerin (2003). (Independent)
Woman of the week Sep 11, 2007
She has played stage and screen roles as varied as Hedda Gabler, Katharine Hepburn, an elf queen and Irish journalist Veronica Guerin. She has an impressively wide-ranging CV, which has lead critics to compare her to great character actresses such as Bette Davis and Meryl Streep. (Scotsman)
Award favouriteCate Blanchett's Venice win adds to her illustrious film career Sep 11, 2007
Her CV reveals an eclectic list of roles, ranging from the flaky housewife in comedy Bandits, to elf queen Galadriel in the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy, to hard-hitting Irish journalist in Veronica Guerin. Indeed, the star's sure-footed command of any cinematic genre - in a career that has seen few flops - has established Blanchett at the top of many directors' wish-list. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
'They were telling me how to have sex' Jun 23, 2007
After the film's premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January - it will open in the US as Meet the Dwights on the all-important July 4 long weekend - Booth was recruited by Hollywood agent William Morris and flew to Los Angeles to meet Schumacher, director of Veronica Guerin and A Time to Kill. She will also play Germaine Greer in Hippie Hippie Shake, the screen adaptation of Oz magazine founder Richard Neville's memoir - which Greer has refused to read. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Bruckheimer's hunt for more doubloons May 24, 2007
That said, Bruckheimer regularly displays a certain seriousness of intent that sometimes clicks with audiences (Black Hawk Down), but more often than not doesn't (Veronica Guerin, King Arthur). Many critics dismiss his films out ofhand as loud, crass and everything that's wrong with big-budget Hollywood (Pearl Harbor, anyone. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
NonStop picks up Ghostwood May 19, 2007
"Ghostwood" is helmed by Irish director Justin O'Brien and stars Alan Devine ("Veronica Guerin," "King Arthur"), Patrick Bergin from "Sleeping with the Enemy" and Louise Osbourne from "Dr Doolittle" and "Murder She Wrote.". "Ghostwood" is executive produced by Ned Dowd, whose credits include "Apocalypto.". (Multichannel News)
'Saints' marching at Paramount Apr 18, 2007
Schumacher ("The Phantom of the Opera," "Veronica Guerin") was recently in theaters with Jim Carrey starrer "Number 23.". Sutter, an exec producer on FX cop drama "The Shield," is teaming with Art and John Linson on another FX series tentatively titled "Charming, CA," about outlaw motorcycle clubs. (Variety)
Killing the messengers, one by one Mar 9, 2007
Following the outcry in 1996 over the killing of the journalist Veronica Guerin, the government devised new laws to indict the leaders of the criminal drug gang who organized her murder. In Mexico in 2005, President Vincente Fox responded to protests by appointing a special prosecutor to investigate violence against journalist. (International Herald Tribune)
Blanchett's notes Jan 21, 2007
" If Blanchett is a little out of the Hollywood loop, perhaps it's because she still lives in Australia, where she grew up in Melbourne and graduated from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art. She did a stint with the Sydney Theater Company before making her feature film debut in Paradise Road (1997), and shot to stardom in such films as Oscar and Lucinda (1997), Elizabeth (1998), which earned her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress, The Shipping News (2001), Veronica Guerin (2003)... (Khaleej Times)
Actress too busy to worry Jan 20, 2007
" Challenges get her thespian blood pumping, especially those with accents attached. She has been regally British in Elizabeth, broadly New Jersey in Pushing Tin, psychically Southern in The Gift, fightingly Irish in Veronica Guerin. Blanchett can only focus on those native tongues she has yet to conquer: "Spanish and Vietnamese. " A role model Even while embodying unhappy characters, there is a palatable joy about Blanchett as she digs into disparate parts as if they were a banquet of rich... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Blanchett in bloom Jan 15, 2007
She has been regally British in Elizabeth, broadly New Jersey in Pushing Tin, psychically Southern in The Gift, fightingly Irish in Veronica Guerin. Blanchett can only focus on those native tongues she has yet to conquer: "Spanish and Vietnamese.". (USA Today -- Life)
