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...like the initial response from what somebody’s thinking. It can be something completely different from what I was trying to do.” In addition to the portraits, Elswick has included her recent multimedia pieces, which focus on the contemporary ties between African and Irish culture. One piece includes a picture from a newspaper article about the first school comprised of only African immigrants in Ireland cut into the shape of a shamrock and framed by a school shaped house. Another piece uses both fabric and paint to depict an African woman wearing a heart shaped...
...joint acceptance speech by Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke, who were both chosen for best actor by the BSFC. Mickey Rourke clutched his small, sweater-clad dog to his chest as Penn expressed his gratitude for the award. “We want to thank you for being indecisive Irish men and women,” Penn said. “Discerning indecisiveness.” Following that surprise celebrity appearance was a screening of the BSFC’s Best Documentary of 2008, “Man on Wire.” Structured as a heist film of sorts...
...city, Asian American representation in Boston politics has been nonexistent. Yao commented that if Yoon were to win, it would mean a lot symbolically for the Asian community in Boston. “Mayor Menino was the first Italian-American mayor, though Boston has a history of Irish mayors,” said Yao. “This would be a big deal. It would symbolize the new diversity in Boston, of the minority becoming majority.” —Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Shan Wang...
...that during the ceremony at London's Royal Opera House, Slumdog Millionaire picked up seven awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Danny Boyle, Winslet won the Leading Actress award for her role in The Reader, and the Original Screenplay prize went to the Irish hitman comedy In Bruges. Echoing the sentiments of their American brethren, the British Academy voters also gave Leading Actor kudos to comeback king Mickey Rourke for his role in The Wrestler (his expletive-sprinkled acceptance speech getting some of the night's biggest laughs), honored the late Heath Ledger's turn as The Joker...
...will pair film screenings with a three-course dinner and wine every Sunday, from Feb. 15 through May 17. Dinner will be served al fresco on the hotel's patio, along with showings of An Affair to Remember (Feb. 15), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Feb. 22) and the Irish love story Once (March 1). The meal begins at 6 p.m., and showtime is at 6:30 p.m. Nine Thirty, 930 Hilgard Avenue...