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Iris^ Bre^fast every Sunday $9.95
Irish Dancers will return in full swing after the Summer break
* There's a hooley on at Hannigans House on SATURDAY, JULY 22nd, and you're all invited.
* The popular group MURPHY'S LAGH will be there
* All you can eat buffet for $25
* "By special arrangement stay at" Holiday Inn - Walnut Grove - $39.50 per person sharing
Listen to CELTIC VOICES RADIO SHOW on Saturday mornings from 8-9 a.m. On 96.1 FM for your chance to win an evening for two
* Great food served with Irish Hospitality - Open everyday for Lunch and Dinner from 11:30 a.m.
1* Patio Now Open - BBQ's
Let European trained chef / owner Declan Hannigan help you plan a gourmet menu for your wedding, anniversary, banquet, birthday or for any of those special events.
Call us for more information and reservations
Located under the tower by the river in historic Fort Langley (next to the pub)
9277 Glover Road, Fort Langley - (604) 888-6669 Visit our website at: www.riverrest.bc.ca
Meet with Friends Old and New at Vancouver's Favourite
Neighbourhood Gathering Place and Irish Music House
* ENJOY OLD COUNTRY CHARM, MUSIC, *
COMFORT FOOD WITH ALL THE IRISH STANDARDS ON TAP --*---
WED. - The Athenry Seisiun with Mary and Peter . ; ^
THURS.- Last Thursday of every month ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL ^f^acd
- Irish. Scottish variety performance night, hosted by Lorraine Smith and ^ Robert Stuart of (George V Pub, Hotel Geotgia fame) . Jo*uS FRI. & SAT. - SUMMER LINE-UP
- Danny Bums & The Irish Ballad Band, Across the Sea & Skystone - Alan Mullen, Resident Step-dancer and the Stewart School of Irish Dance
SUMMER FOOD FEATURE Tipperary Beef Ribs with horieyAvhiskev sauce
HOLLYWOOD PROFILE
A Fresh New Scottish Face
By ROBERT WALDMAN
T usually take years for new actors to make it in Hollywood. Yet, one of Scotland's latest celluoid exports, Dougray Scott, is on a fast track to superstardom, thanks to his starring role in the latest Mission Impossible blockbuster M:I-2.
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Under the watchful eye of co-producer Tom Cruise {Risky Business), Scott gets the opportunity to go toe-to-toe with Hollywood's golden boy in a winner-take-all battle royale sure to make audiences ask: Who is this new acting sensation?
For the answer, all one has to do is look at this charismatic actor's track record. Much of Scott's success lies in his breakthrough performance as Drew Barry-more's love interest in the Cinderellaesque fantasy Ever After. Beneath the costume, pomp and ceremony, the actor who played Prince Henry showed many dashing qualities indeed.
Born November 25, 1965 in Fife, Scotland, as Stephen Scott, Dougray earned his acting stripes at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, arriving there in the late 1980s.
Recognized by instructor and peers alike, the newcomer was quickly given the most promising drama student award. Chances are that other awards will soon be following this talented actor as he gets meatier and meatier roles.
Like so many other actors from across the Atlantic, Scott took up classical theatre as a student and acted in numerous off-West End productions.
Some of the regional plays he participated in include Wallace, for the Scottish Theatre Company, Welcome Home for the Old Red Lion theatre, Harper Lee's famous To Kill A Mockingbird for the SNAP Theatre Company.
Other companies where Scott honed his craft included The Almieda Theatre, The Traverse Theatre and the Hampstead Theatre. Feature plays included This Island's Mine, Indigo, The Power and The Glory, The Rover and Unidentified Human Remains and The True Nature of Love.
Television soon beckoned and Scott became a regular on the popular Soldier Soldier series-Cast in the pivotal role of Major Rory Taylor, the newcomer proved an instant hit among audiences-Networks have seen potential in this good-looking hunk and many
shows quickly followed. Among Scott's TV appearances were NBC's Arabian Nights, The BBC's Crow Road, Kavanagh. QC, Zorro for Spanish TV. and Taggard: News of Vipers for Scottish TV and Tell Tale Heart and Stay Lucky for Yorkshire TV
Perhaps this man's greatest popularity hails from movies. One of his first tastes of celluloid success came with Twin Town, in which he played corrupt cop Terry Walsh.
Besides starring in Twentieth Century Fox's fantasy hit Ever After: A Cinderella Story, Scott also was on the credits for director Mimi Leder in the Steven Spielberg epic Deep Impact.
Other parts quickly came, including stints in Black Beauty, Princess Craboo and many more. No role, however, has gained Scott as much popularity as Sean Ambrose in M-.I-2.
Director John Woo makes Ambrose look like an elegant madman bent on taking over the role in the best Bloefeld tradition. Scott turns in a credible, totally believable roguish performance as the bad guy opposite cocky hunk Tom Cruise.
Cast as the villain, Scott is both elegant, seductive and brutal as he tries poisoning the world only to enrich his personal wealth. Plenty of firepower with fists flying and unbelievable stunts ensure Dougray Scott will be belting it out with countless other young turks bent on conquering Hollywood.
After round one, Dougray Scott looks like he's landed numerous punches and could well be on his way to a phenomenal career. So much in demand is this bonafide hunk that he was cast to play Wolverine in the highly anticipated X-Men opposite Patrick Stewart.
Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts prevented him from taking on the role. Now the father of twins, a boy and girl born in 1998, Scott also lends his considerable vocal support for the Hibernia Football Club. Call him a man of many passions.
Bond Joins Forces With the IRA
DUBLIN - Dublin is likely to be the setting for the new James Bond film, with the IRA taking centre stage. Insiders have revealed that Bond star Pierce Brosnan has asked that his next movie be set in his native Ireland with a fully decommissioned IRA allying itself to its former enemies, the British security forces.
The plot will see the republican organisation helping agent 007 shake and stir dissidents bent on ruining the fragile Northern Ireland peace process. Having maintained its ceasefire, the IRA joins the secret service in the fight against dissidents who are holding the British prime minister hostage.
Angela's Abode -Tourists Welcome
LIMERICK - A replica of the slum dwelling where writer Frank McCourt grew up and which he later described in best-selling memoir Angela's Ashes has been opened as a tourist attraction in Limerick
The squalid two-up two-down home, complete with flaking plaster, overflowing open drain and puddle on the kitchen floor make up the new exhibition.
The sound of running water and children playing recreate the feeling of living in one of the dilapidated buildings that inspired the award-winning book which later became a big screen blockbuster.
McCourt's depiction of Limerick as being full of cold, cramped houses in rat-filled streets where malnourishment and disease were rife, caused a storm of controversy in the town when it was published four years ago.
Many older residents said it was inaccurate and insulting and that the extent of the poverty was exaggerated. Earlier this year, two Limerick-born men now living in New York organized a book burning in protest.
But John King, from Shannon Heritage, believes the replica home will attract tourists to the town. "The place is split down the middle between those who are fans of Angela s Ashes and those who hate it. We took the attitude that no matter what image it presents, Limerick can still be a winner.
"Given the global success of the book and film, it seems the most sensible way to get people to come here." He said McCourt has been "very supportive" of the exhibition. "We want to show how Limerick has risen from the ashes to become the attractive and vibrant place it now is," said King.
Rare Historical Film Sold
DUBLIN - Rare archive newsreel film footage of the 1916 Easter Rising was purchased by a private Irish investor at a recent auction in Dublin. The film, taken by freelance cameramen and compiled by a private collector, includes previously unseen footage of the Easter Rising.
Ian Whyte, a director of Whyte's auction house in Dublin, said the newsreel, which runs to three hours, was in "excellent condition and over half of it was unique." The film also featured scenes at the wedding of Sean Mac Eoin attended by Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins. It is understood that the purchaser intends to show the film commercially.