Swing when you're happy
My old friend Jason O'Callaghan plays a sell out show of his Irish Rat Pack concert in Vicar Street tonight. Now living full time in Cannes, Jason has also recently completed his book 'Behing the Velvet Rope - Confessions of a Gossip Columnist', which we can expect later this year.
For many years Jason was at the top of the heap as gossip columnist for The Sunday Independent, and latterly Showbiz Editor of the late WHO Magazine. He also established ShowBizIreland.com with Ray Senior. What he doesn't know isn't worth knowing.
Tongues have been wagging and heads worrying however, as the socialites of Dublin fret over their most intimate secrets reaching a wide audience. Fear not though, as Jason informed me that only major celebrities have made the grade. His tome will be an unedited version of his run-ins with the hoi polloi, such as why a top model hurled a glass at him, what happened when he infiltrated a party the Taoiseach hosted and why Bono really dislikes him. It's the stuff the SIndo were afraid to write and will appeal to an international audience. Can't wait!
Congratulations to Ireland AM presenter Maura Derrane and her politician husband, Deputy John Deasy, who will tie the knot in a lavish ceremony this weekend in Italy. The pair have been planning the Rome wedding for months, with many friends and colleagues expected to attend.
