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Michael Redmond is better known as Father Stone from Father Ted; the polite but boring priest that likes nothing better than to sit in Ted's house for weeks on end, never saying or doing anything. But who is the man behind the moustache? Find out here, in Oxygen's exclusive interview!

Jeff Wayne brings his updated version of his Musical Version of the War of the Worlds to the o2 on November 29th. Starring a Kaiser Chief, a Wicked actress, and a hologram of Liam Neeson! Click the link for details!

Linking to Bill Bailey: Dandelion Mind PR

The Grand Canal Theatre is celebrating their rebranding as the Bord Gais ENERGY Theatre by putting Bill Bailey on! His show Dandelion Mind is wafting along the breeze to land gently in front of your eyes on May 31st. Click the link for more details!

Ireland is the new home for production for Disney's new animated feature Randy Cunningham: Sixth Grade Ninja. Oxygen's friends Boulder Media are working on it, and it'll be shown on Disney's XD channel, which is named after an emoticon of an incredibly happy face. Click here for more details.

Linking to Women in Horror Month Feature

Women in Horror Month has just wrapped up; here's a little piece for anyone who missed it. Stay tuned for interviews from Shannon Lark, Hannah Neurotica and Heidi Honeycutt!

Linking to The Human Body Exhibition Interview

The Human Body Exhibition is here in Dublin for its world premiere. So is it morbidly voyeuristic, or a viscerally educational experience? Tanya Branagan and Paul Morrissey went along to meet Cheryl Mure to find out....

The Human Body Exhibition makes its European debut at the Ambassador Theatre from February 2nd. If you've ever wondered what all the gooey, squishy things inside you look like, now's your chance to see them on the outside! Please note that this is a different exhibition than the Bodies show that was here a few years ago, and these bodies were donated legally. Click here to enter our competition for two tickets!

The Amazing World of Gumball is a new Cartoon Network show co-produced by Irish animation company Boulder Media. Paul Morrissey interviews their founder, Robert Cullen.

Eirtakon is Ireland's oldest and best anime convention. Check it out from November 11th to 13th, and read our preview first!

Avengers Assemble

Avengers Assemble is the eagerly
awaited superhero melée free-for-all
film frenzy from Joss Whedon. Starring
Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man,
Scarlett Johannson as a sexy lady,
and Samuel L Jackson as himself.
Review by Tanya Branagan!

Albert Nobbs

Albert Nobbs stars Glenn Close as
a woman passing as a man in 19th
Century Ireland. After she sets her
sight on a young woman, she finds
herself trapped in a prison of her
own making. Or was it society's fault?
Tanya Branagan finds out.

Titanic 3D

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of
the tragic sinking of a cruise ship that
caused the deaths of 1514 people,
they've made a 3D re-enactment in
which the horror and tragedy is
over-shadowed by a pasted-together
"love story". Review of Titanic 3D
by Elaine McDonald.

The Cabin in the Woods

The Cabin in the Woods is Joss
Whedon's fantastic new subversion
of the classic sexy kids in cabin
slasher flick. A must for comedy or
horror fans. Check out the review by
Tanya Branagan!

Linking to The Cabin in the Woods Review

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games is the most
anticipated action/thriller/children's
book adaptation to hit the cinemas
this year. Does it leave you hungering
for more? Games? Tanya Branagan
watched and judged.