Tuesday, October 30, 2012

"Sex in the City's" Sarah Jessica Parker made a surprise visit to Woodlawn's Irish Center - she just can't stay away from Irish people

SJP pops in to the Aisling Irish Community Center
SJP pops in to the Aisling Irish Community Center

Sarah Jessica Parker made a surprise visit to the Aisling Irish Community Center (990 McLean Ave. in Yonkers) to find out more about the center's programs and services for people living in Yonkers and Woodlawn.

The "Sex and The City" star was impressed with the work of the center and promised to visit again when she stops by to pick up Irish products in the shops along McLean Avenue.

Later, when interviewed on "Access Hollywood," the Emmy-winning actress spoke about her trip to McLean Avenue and how she met a lovely nun: Aisling Center's own Sister Christine!

Read more: ‘Sex and the City’ star Sarah Jessica Parker visits Irish neighborhood in Yonkers

Saturday, October 27, 2012

The Rubberbandits wonder if Christ haunts the Eucharist in new promo video for Science Week 2012 in Ireland - VIDEO

The Rubberbandits on Science
The Rubberbandits on Science
They’re at it again! Limerick’s pride, The Rubberbandits, are promoting Science Week 2012 in a new hilarious video in which they interview an immunologist from the Department of Biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin.

The lads - Blind Boy Boat Club and Mr Chrome - sat down with Dr. Luke O’Neill in order to get to the bottom of the age-old question - does Christ himself haunt the Eucharist served at Mass?

“Do you think that one day science can prove that Communion wafers are haunted with the ghost of Christ?” the lads asked the amused doctor.

In the video posted on their YouTube channel, the lads introduce the video writing, “We made this video for science week. The economy is in a terrible state, a good solution to this is for you to become a scientist and get pure innovative. So watch our guide to Chemistry, listen, learn and then go to your nearest scientist recruitment center.”

See if they find out their answer about the Eucharist and Christ, and learn a little more about science, in the video below!

Friday, October 26, 2012

Two young Irish boys perform a spectacular cover of Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love,’ goes viral on YouTube - VIDEO


Shyand and Rob singing "We Found
Love" by Rihanna
Two boys from Kildare, Shyand aged 16 on guitar, and Rob aged 11 on vocals, have been making waves on the Internet this week after posting a stunning rendition of pop-star Rihanna’s massive hit ‘We Found Love.’

In the video, one boy strums on the guitar while the other sings. The two added their own touch to the song by inserting a bit of a rap into it.

This is the second time that Rihanna’s ‘We Found Love’ has been making news in Ireland - just over a year ago, the Barbadian pop-star filmed the video for the song in Northern Ireland.

Read more: Rihanna video ‘We Found Love’ shows why Irish farmer was upset

Check out the video here:

Thursday, October 25, 2012

‘Taken’ star Liam Neeson delivers dramatic reading of Justin Bieber’s ‘Boyfriend’ -VIDEO

Liam Neeson & Justin Bieber
“Taken” star Liam Neeson performed a dramatic reading of pop star Justin Bieber’s “Boyfriend” song.

Neeson appeared on the U.K. show The Jonathan Ross show, where he was asked to do a dramatic reading of the single from Bieber’s newest album. Although the episode aired last September, Neeson’s video is now going viral over the internet and twitter.

Bieber, who was also a guest on the chat show, seemed to like the Irish actor’s rendition of his hit song.

Neeson joined the late night chat show with Bieber himself, sports presenter Clare Balding, and The Killers, who gave a live performance. Bieber tried to avoid talking about his relationship with Selena Gomez and confessed that he could play Christian Grey in the upcoming film of “50 Shades of Grey.” He told the host, “They actually want me to be in the movie.”

Neeson was last seen on the big screen in “Taken 2” which was released at the beginning of the month.

Watch Neeson’s dramatic reading of “Boyfriend” below:

Friday, October 19, 2012

FAIL! Is this the funniest video in years? -- The iceman cometh and falleth on his butt

The daredevil before his nasty fall

This poor German diver  got more than he bargained for when he decided to take a winter swim .

It sounds like he’s cursing in German so we won’t hold that against him given what happened!

Enjoy this weekend light moment!

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

'You're nearly three, you should toughen up': Gabriel and Delilah O'Donoghue become internet hit - VIDEO

Four-year-old Delilah O’Donoghue’s earnest lecture on
behavior to her two-year-old brother Gabriel
A funny exchange between two young siblings in the UK has gone viral.

After Lee O’Donoghue captured his four-year-old daughter chastising her two-year-old brother on his smartphone, he uploaded it to YouTube, thinking friends and family would find it amusing.

But Delilah’s lecture to her two-year-old brother Gabriel in which she tells him to ‘toughen up’ has become an internet sensation.

The 65-second clip shows Gabriel receive a scolding from his older sister for spitting on another child in the playground.

“I’ll keep remembering you being about two and I’ll tell my friends that too,” she tells Gabriel.

“You’re nearly three, you should toughen up a bit.”

She tells him: “When Mum and Dad said you don’t do that, you don’t do that... and you don’t spit.”

O'Donoghue, a company director from Balsall Common, West Midlands, said he was watching from a distance and thought it was comedy gold.

“I watched from afar until I realised he must be really getting it from her,’ Dad, Lee told the Daily Mail.

“In classic Delilah style she decides to give it to him straight.”

The clip was uploaded last Tuesday and has had over 1.4 million views in the past six days.

You need to toughen up bit. CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE YOU TUBE CLIP.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Irish spoof mocks Facebook’s earnest first-ever advertising campaign about chairs – VIDEO


Facebook ad gets punked Irish-style!
Facebook ad gets punked Irish-style!
It’s no surprise that someone poked fun at Facebook’s first ever major advertising campaign and we must admit it’s even less of surprise that the culprits were Irish.

Facebook launched the advertising campaign to celebrate reaching one billion users, but it seems obvious to us that the Wieden + Kennedy created “Chairs are like Facebook” is pretty easy to mock.

Do you see?... You share chairs, well really big chairs.

You can see why Irish funny folks Dónal Mulligan, Cian Markey, and Richie Nolan felt they needed to put together this spoof.

In their blurb they simply state, “We saw Facebook's ad, celebrating a billion users, and felt it was missing something.

“You're welcome, Mark Zuckerberg!”

For full effect it’s best to look at Facebook’s own advert before checking out the very effective spoof. Here are both:

Here’s Facebook’s real advisement:


Here’s Irish spoof uploaded by Dónal Mulligan: