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UNCOVERED: Mammy - The Untold Story

Workers' Comp Claim for "Exacerbation of Severe Mental Illness Due to Exposure of a Racially Insensitive Wooden Item"

"[S]he was told that a Mammy doll which depicts slavery was in the garage of the building where they worked.... [W]hen she saw the doll she was overcome with emotions because it was so humiliating.... [S]he could not control her emotions and could not think clearly."

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Who Was the First Black Person to Win an Oscar? Hattie McDaniel’s Legacy

Discover the powerful story of Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an Oscar in 1940. From a segregated ceremony to Sidney Poitier’s historic win.

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Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special review – Excruciating sitcom plummets to unimaginable new depths

1/5 Luckily, Brendan O’Carroll’s show is broadcast at around the time most people are safely unconscious

The Independent UK

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Harold Offeh: Mmm Gotta Try a Little Harder, It Could Be Sweet review – desire, despondency and disco divas

Offeh’s show blares and jostles with life as he mimics Mammy, listens to self-help advice and gets naked for Grace Jones’s anatomically impossible Island Life pose

The Guardian - UK

Mrs Brown's Boys 2025: release date, trailer and episode guide with Brendan O’Carroll

Mrs Brown's Boys 2025 sees the return of Agnes and all her clan.

WhatToWatch

How to watch Mrs Brown's Boys New Year's Special 2024 from anywhere

Here's how you can watch the Mrs Brown's Boys New Year's Special 2024 online, ready for when it airs on New Year's Day.

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Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas Special review: a new low – even Brendan O’Carroll doesn’t seem to give a feck anymore

It’s as if the show’s creator just fed some old scripts and storylines into an AI script generator, and sent the product off to the BBC without bothering to read it

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How to watch Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special 2023 from anywhere

Here's how you can watch the Mrs Brown's Boys Christmas Special 2023 online, ready for when it airs on Christmas Day.

WhatToWatch

Mrs Brown’s Boys review: Dismal material that does not elicit a single laugh

Uninspired and unoriginal, this is the kind of stuff that would shame a best man’s speech delivered by Sir Gavin Williamson, says Sean O’Grady

The Independent UK

Mrs Brown's Boys coming to Cardiff for new live shows - how to get tickets

Good old Mammy Agnes Brown, played by Brendon O'Carroll, is making a return to the BBC for a new series of Mrs Brown's Boys

Daily Mirror

Edinburgh Playhouse to host hit show Mrs Browns Boys Rides Again on tour

Agnes Brown and her dysfunctional family will be making their way to the Edinburgh Playhouse at Greenside Place in September, this year. This has excited residents of the city.

Edinburgh Live

Glasgow to host Mrs Brown Rides Again tour as OVO Hydro date announced for BBC show

Show creator Brendan O'Carroll is taking 'Mrs. Brown Rides Again' on tour around the UK this Autumn for the first time in over a decade – and they'll be hitting Glasgow at the end of August.

Glasgow Live

Yes, #OscarsSoWhite – but there are still plenty of reasons to celebrate contemporary Black film

When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for its 95th Oscars and three of the most celebrated films of the season – “The Woman King,” “Till” and “Saint Omer” – received no nominations, a familiar refrain of frustration rang forth.

The Conversation

Black Oscar winners over the years: the numbers. Just how bad is it in Hollywood?

There have been 54 black Oscar wins in 96 years

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Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick pays heartbreaking tribute to late mother on first anniversary of death

The Laois native lost his mother in 2022

The Independent UK

Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas special review: I tried to like it but it’s still worse than cranberry sauce and Whamageddon

The hackneyed sitcom tropes and weak lines just don’t work, even with a strong dose of Christmas cheer taken

Wales Online

‘Can you come with me, mammy?’ Heartbreaking last words of boy with rare skin disorder

Aaron Fynes was diagnosed with the painful skin condition epidermolysis bullosa (EB), also known as 'butterfly skin' and died in 1985

Irish Mirror

The life and times of Lynsey Bennett as CervicalCheck campaigner dies aged 34

The mother of two captured the heart of the nation

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Kara Walker artworks animating racist tropes of America acquired by National Gallery of Australia, but how will they translate here?

Following the recent acquisition of two provocative works by American artist Kara Walker, ABC's Daniel Browning questions how they might translate in an Australian context.

Daily Mirror

X Factor's Jedward – where are the Irish duo now? Louis Walsh feud and Eurovision stint

Since 2007 Jedward have been at the epicentre of pop culture. But where are the Irish duo now? From their huge feud with Louis Walsh, to the devastating loss of their 'mammy' and their reality TV stints

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Noelle, the review

The year's book, described in the year's best review

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Noelle, the interview

An interview with the author of the best book of the year thus far

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Noelle, the book

All week this week we cover the brilliant new memoir by broadcaster Noelle McCarthy. Today: a chapter from the best book of the year so far

Irish Mirror

Irish mammy has RTE's Ryan Tubridy giggling with hilarious drying story that would only happen in Ireland

Speaking on his radio show on Wednesday morning, he read out how the mammy had somehow ironed all the slurry into the man’s clothes and said: “The mammy had ironed the slurry into the shirts, into his trousers, socks and jocks

Belfast Live

Serena Terry opens up about the tragic loss of twin brothers

"I remember looking at Daniel at Patrick's funeral and I told my mammy that she would have to prepare for this in a few months."

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