Steelers quarterback in favour of NFL game in Dublin to honor Dan Rooney?s legacy (IrishCentral)

Ben Roethlisberger backs plans as he attends Independence Day party in capital

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PATRICK COUNIHAN,

IrishCentral Staff Writer

Published Friday, July 5, 2013, 7:19 AM

Updated Friday, July 5, 2013, 7:48 AM

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Steeler's Dan Roethlisberger honored former US ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney at Dublin July 4th celebrations

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Pittsburgh Steelers quarter-back Ben Roethlisberger led the July 4th celebrations in Dublin then welcomed any opportunity to return for an NFL game at Croke Park.

Roethlisberger was one of 2,300 people who enjoyed the annual US Independence Day celebrations at the US ambassador?s residence in the Phoenix Park.

He spoke to local sports media before the event when he said he would be ?delighted? to play an NFL game at the home of the GAA as a tribute to Steelers owner Dan Rooney, a former US ambassador to Ireland

Roethlisberger said: ?I would like it for him. That?s how much he means to me and I think everyone on our team would say that.

?Even if guys said they would never want to play in London, 100 percent of the guys on our team would say they would play in Dublin for Mr Rooney. I?d do it for him

?People always ask me what makes Pittsburgh special, why the tradition, why the history, why the most Lombardis? To me it starts at the top, that?s him, Art his son and his family.

?When he was in Pittsburgh, we saw him every day. When guys come to our team, and they sit down, they always ask are you owners in here all the time, they don?t ever see their owner.

?For us to see our owner every day whether out at practice, just working out and them saying hi to you, sit down and have lunch with you.?

Rooney joined Roethlisberger at the annual garden party hosted by charg? d?affaires John Hennessey-Niland who told the Irish Times: ?We have thousands of people here today, we wish we could have more.

?We welcome our sponsors, people who work in the Irish-American community, representatives of business, the arts, culture.

?Everyone that we have a relationship with, we want to invite them to have an opportunity to be part of our special day.?

The paper reports that guests were met by parachuters who descended onto an American-style football field with all the trimmings: football posts, giant television screens for live coverage and playbacks, and bleachers.

An Irish-American Flag football game followed between the Dublin 8s and the Phoenix Park Pirates comprised of embassy diplomats and Marines, local Gaelic football, rugby and soccer players.

The event is designed to celebrate the relationship and economic ties between the US and Ireland.

Hennessey-Niland added: ?It?s a great way to celebrate freedom, it?s a great way to celebrate independence. It?s a great way to celebrate the relationship between two great countries.?

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Monty Python members lose 'Spamalot' lawsuit

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Eriq Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter

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"Spamalot."

Mark Forstater, a producer on the 1975 film, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," has gotten a UK High Court to acknowledge that he's owed a larger share of profits from "Spamalot."

The Tony Award-winning musical came out in 2005 and was penned by original Monty Python member Eric Idle. It's described in marketing as "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film about the Arthurian Legend, and in his lawsuit, Forstater said that he was due money on "spin-offs" under a 1974 agreement between him and the Pythons, including Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese,Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam.

During a trial late last year, Forstater's lawyer said his client was the "seventh Python" for purposes of profit-sharing, and that the other members couldn't unilaterally reduce his share. On Friday, a UK high court judge agreed with Forstater over contentions by the other Pythons that the producer was being ungrateful.

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According to the agreement that Forstater signed in 1974 to become a producer on "Holy Grail," he got a ?5,000 fee plus a share of profits. The contract included consideration of "merchandising" and "spin-off rights" but had some special provisions for instances when the Pythons contributed materially to the making of the work.

In certain of these special instances, 50 percent of revenue from exploitation -- the "Top Half" -- would first go to a film company set up by the Pythons before the residue of money would be then put into a pot for division among all profit participants. In Forstater's lawsuit, he argued he was entitled to a 1/7 share of the Top Half generated by "Spamalot," and that as a result of accounting moves, he should have gotten twice as much in money and only paid half as much in expenses. Forstater has estimated about $400,000 in damages.

In looking at the case, the judge has to rely on testimony about an agreement made nearly four decades ago, and a trial, the surviving members testified.

Terry Jones was one of the two members (along with Gilliam) who once wanted Forstater's participation on the film, but also said that "Python is very jealous" and that he had no idea why Forstater would get a share of the 50 percent.

Eric Idle said he now disliked Forstater. The judge notes that the Spamalot writer "undoubtedly regarded Mr Forstater as ungrateful."

Michael Palin's recollection was "hazy," according to the judge, but Palin kept an invaluable diary during the making of "Holy Grail" that proved informative as well as funny as hell. For example, he wrote in October 1973 about the "seething jealousy and rivalry below the surface" among various producers fighting for their shares. Later, in November 1974, he recounted a meeting where as Forstater "ran through the clauses [of a contract], it was increasingly clear that we be were being asked to sign away our copyright on the film ? which is tantamount to signing away every bargaining counter Python ever had."

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Then, there is this gem from Palin's diary in the middle of 1975 where the Python member reacts to Forstater?s persistent requests for more money:

"....as we are a soft lot and not at all businesslike, I think it would be in the finest traditions of Python irrationality if we gave Mark an extra ?1000 and a silver tray with some cut glass sherry glasses and told him to stop writing to us for more money. Beyond that even I am not prepared to go. Oh, all right, some cheese straws to go with the sherry glasses.?

Ultimately, after the judge recounts the maneuvering and bickering of "Holy Grail" participants in almost Pythonesque absurdity, he comes to his conclusion that in the mid-70s, as opposed to now, "there was a consensus that Mr Forstater should be entitled to a 1/7th share of the Top Half."

The judge adds, "As I assess the evidence the Pythons continued at that point to be 'a soft lot and not at all business-like' and to be genuinely enthused at having secured the services of Mr Forstater: and Mr Forstater continued to be concerned that he got the maximum from his relationship with the Pythons and that what he had obtained should not be whittled away. So the consensus was intended to be recorded..."

Here's the full ruling.

The exact amount of money due to Forstater is still to be determined.

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/monty-python-members-lose-lawsuit-over-spamalot-profits-6C10547239

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I liked the invitations that I designed for this one a lot. They were based on the look of a topological map.

Brandon?s sister, Portia, assisted me again on the day of the shoot. The baby onesies on a clothes line is one of her tried-and-true baby shower decorations. Portia and I were a lot better at the whole food styling thing the second time around.

All photography was done by Tyllie Barbosa in her studio again. Here?s the sweets table. (Those salted caramels were from Trader Joe?s, and now I want some.)

Another diaper cake masterpiece, if I do say so myself. We also filled a vintage baby carriage with diapers, because why not? (That may have been a strange choice on my part.)

Please take a moment to admire the decoupage here, because that was Brandon?s contribution. I was scrambling to get everything done, and he helped out with covering BABY kraft letters with vintage map wrapping paper and Mod Podge.

Also, I want to thank Yearbook. They?re one of my favorite local shops, and they let me borrow the amazing vintage globes you see throughout the photos for the shoot.

You can find more images from the Welcome to the World Baby Shower on Pinterest. The Comic Book Baby Shower can be seen here, and I?ll be sharing photos from the last of my three themes soon.

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