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Tonight s top telly includes the final of The Masked Singer, more chat on The Tommy Tiernan Show, the last of the blind auditions on The Voice UK, and some cracking movies . . .
Pick of the Day
The Masked Singer: The Final, 7.30pm, Virgin Media One
Joel Dommett hosts the final of the daft but oddly entertaining singing contest in which the panel and the studio audience must guess the last three famous faces behind the elaborate costumes.
Regular panellists Rita Ora, Jonathan Ross, Davina McCall and Mo Gilligan are joined by last year s winner Nicola Roberts, while all 12 of this year s masked singers will be returning for a grand finale.
With feature animation
Wolfwalkers looking likely to be Cartoon Saloon’s fourth nomination for their fourth feature film (their fifth in total including the short animation
Late Afternoon), actresses Saoirse Ronan (looking for a fifth nomination for
Ammonite) and Jessie Buckley (
, writer and actress Clare Dunne a contender for
Herself, and even Jamie Dornan a possibility for
Wild Mountain Thyme (according to some US trades), Ireland is hopeful for more Oscar success.
We have a rich history with the Oscars. Our industry has consistently boxed above its weight in its film and TV output over the years and this has been reflected in our success at the most highly coveted international annual award ceremony.
For the viewer, it makes for an uplifting, unforced, scenic, and hugely fulfilling joyride.
Tiernan has the nose of the prospector, knowing instinctively where to mine for nuggets.
He is fearless, unafraid to open doors even when he has no clue what lurks on the other side: landmines, diamonds, banality, chaos.
Some of the great treasures are found when he wonders down these unfamiliar, less-travelled lanes.
Critically, he possesses the emotional intelligence to adjust to the changing landscape of the conversation.
At the outset of their chat, it was plain that Fricker did not want to be within a million miles of the studio; by the end, happily running free in the forest of superior conversation, she did not want to leave.
(Image: FilmMagic)
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We’ve always punched above our weight in La La Land.
But despite an abundance of past and present talents there have only ever been two Irish-born actors to win Oscars.