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First Published: The Irish Times, Saturday, February 7, 2009
HE DOESN’T SAY who the actress was; he’s too discreet to name names. But Gabriel Byrne does a mean imitation of her Hollywood twang, and an even meaner imitation of her horror-struck visage. He was on a film set, “quite a while ago now”; back, perhaps, when [...]

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First Published: The Irish Times, July 21, 2007
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL SMILES a smile of polite, determined detachment. I’ve just asked her how she is. And I’m not entirely sure she has actually answered me. Possibly, all she’s offering is this look almost of amusement; why, it seems to say, would I bother to ask her such [...]

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