THERE was a buzz in a Manchester hospital this afternoon as Coronation Street producer Damien Harte began searching for the next child actor to fulfil a life-long role working at the now 62-year-old program, WWN has learned. With parents watching on from the side, Harte went from bed to bed checking the babies for potential… Read more »
IRISH rock group U2 have recently received the prestigious lifetime artistic achievement honour from the Kennedy centre for performing arts, putting them at the top of the totem poll when it comes to honours bestowed on an Irish artist of any kind. But where do the individual members rank against each other? While those at… Read more »
FOR years, low-budget festive TV movies from companies such as Hallmark or Netflix have presented a world where Christmas makes the impossible possible for recently-unemployed singletons who find themselves back in their hometown for the holidays, where love and opportunity awaits. This is, and always has been, lies. If you’ve just lost your job, then… Read more »
UNCONTROVERSIAL, even tempered and always tethered to reality Kanye West has finally, after many attempts, eclipsed the horrors of interrupting Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAS. “Personally I don’t think engaging in rampant antisemitism and declaring your adoration for Hitler is AS bad as ruining Taylor’s big moment, but we’re all entitled to our opinions,”… Read more »
“SHITTY fecking Christ on a pedalo!” panicked local music hipster Grainne Folan as it dawned on her that Spotify’s annual ‘Wrapped’ end of year summary of users’ listening habits was nearly upon the world but she has spent the majority of the year listening to chart hits. A chance for many people to showcase how… Read more »
SPEAKING yesterday in an interview at the Economic Club of Chicago veteran director Martin Scorsese not only admitted admit that he enjoys Lisa McGee’s iconic sitcom Derry Girls but word reaches WWN that he’s actually hard at work on a movie version that is part sequel, part reboot, all Scorsese. We got a peek at… Read more »
IT’S the question everyone is asking themselves ahead of the annual Toy Show. While the RTÉ mainstay can be enjoyed without the accompaniment of substances, WWN felt the need to road test the experience for its reader by watching old Toy Shows back under the influence of every substance known to man. Here’s how it… Read more »
ON THE Day of a Toy Show when media exposure to the annual RTÉ extravaganza is at its most sycophantic and uncritical WWN has taken the brave step of challenging the consensus by shadowing a local Waterford man who hates the Ryan Tubridy fronted affair with every fibre of his being. WWN met with Eamon… Read more »
THE EDITORIAL BOARD of WWN condemns in the strongest terms Tánaiste Leo Varadkar’s decision to leak the news of WWN’s new book ahead of its publication date today. The book is now available to order online or over the phone at all good local and independent book shops that would appreciate and value your business,… Read more »
