Netflix’s Oscar nominated short movie is only 30 minutes long but has everyone gripped

The Wonder, based on the book of the same name by Emma Donoghue.As shared by The Hollywood Reporter, Pugh will play the lead role of Lib Wright, an English nurse who, in 1859, travels to a small Irish village where she witnesses an 11-year-old girl live for months without food.As the girl, named Anna O’Donnell, begins to attract attention from the media and tourists, she and Wright, as Donoghue describes on her website, “transform each other’s lives”, telling the story of “a psychological

There was good news for the Irish as the BAFTA TV awards were announced as Normal People picked up a total of seven nominations.

“Fleabag” actor Andrew Scott is taking a starring role in a new movie centring on the Oslo Peace Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Despite previous outrage that streaming service Netflix could have films nominated for Oscar Awards, this year the site has proven once again that its movies can play with the big boys.

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Any plans we had for sleeping tonight have been thrown out the window after the trailer for the third The Conjuring movie dropped. And there’s an Irish actor at leading the cast.

Angelique Jackson Cartoon Saloon, the Oscar-nominated Irish independent animation studio behind Apple TV Plus’ “Wolfwalkers,” has signed with CAA.Formed by creative heads Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey and Paul Young in 1999, the five-time Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Emmy-nominated studio will now be represented by the agency.“Wolfwalkers,” directed by Moore and Ross Stewart, is nominated for the best animated feature Oscar at Sunday’s 93rd Academy Awards.

If Anything Happens I Love You challenge. The rules were simple—to participate, TikTokers had to film themselves before and after watching an animated short on .

After controversy prompted the reigning Mrs. World titleholder to resign, Kate Schneider from Ireland has been crowned the new winner.

Facebook.Jurie, who is also Sri Lankan, was accused of injuring De Silva in the televised pageant. Four days later, she was arrested on charges of “simple hurt and criminal force” and later released on bail.Jurie said she was standing against “injustice” and that the pageant was “tainted.” She said she wanted to ensure that every contestant had an equal opportunity.Mrs.

EXCLUSIVE: WarnerMedia has revamped its content innovation hub WarnerMedia OneFifty, relaunching a redesigned platform focused on highlighting new content and projects from underrepresented creators. The new site features a bulked up content acquisitions and projects slate, including its recent acquisition of Tomer Shushan’s White Eye, which has just been nominated for the Live Action Short Form Oscar.

EXCLUSIVE: Following its Oscar nomination, Elvira Lind’s short film The Letter Room has been racking up the sales. The movie, which stars Oscar Isaac and Alia Shawkat, has sold to France and Germany (ARTE France), Spain (Telefonica), Denmark (TV2), Russia (Shot TV), Poland (New Europe Film Sales), Airlines (JetBlue) as well as an international deal with Kanopy for the educational circuit.

In the Oscar-nominated documentary short A Concerto Is a Conversation, acclaimed composer Kris Bowers traces a line from his family history to the premiere performance of his original concerto "For a Younger Self" at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in 2019. Following that line is Horace Bowers Jr., Kris Bowers' 91-year-old grandfather, who sits down with his grandson to tell the story of his journey out of the Jim Crow-era South in the pursuit of his American Dream.

Regé-Jean Page may have bid farewell to Bridgerton but fear not, there’s a new hunk on the scene to get excited about and you’ll be glad to know he’s Irish.