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USA Today
a day ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Michigan State football lands coveted 3-star Louisiana edge rushing target
Michigan State's recruiting heater has continued into the month of July, and the coaching staff has just landed another massive recruit in the 2026 recruiting class. Chris Addison, a Winnsboro, Louisiana native, is a 6-foot-3, 250 pound edge rusher that has made the decision to commit to MSU. Addison is an 89-rated, 3-star prospect that had a ton of solid suitors. The Spartans had to beat out Florida State and UCLA, and this proves to be a massive recruiting win for rush ends coach Chad Wilt. Florida State was perceived to be a lock to land the prospect, but the Spartans won out in this recruitment. This now marks 22 commitments in the MSU class, with Addison joining Kayd Coffman, Braylon Hodge, Cory House, Eddie Whiting, KJ Deriso, Brayden Thomas, Joey Caudill, Eliyjah Caldwell-Hardy, Christopher Knauls, Eli Bickel, Collin Campbell, Quinn Buckey, TJ Umenyiora, Jordan Vann, Fameitau Siale, Zachary Washington, Tristan Comer, Adam Shaw, Tyren Wortham, Samson Gash and Jeremiah Favorite in the recruiting class. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Cory Linsner on X @Cory_Linsner
Irish Post
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Post
Top Irish cast to join Love/Hate creator Stuart Carolan for darkly-comic crime drama, Tall Tales & Murder
A CAST of top Irish talent has been lined up for a new darkly-comic crime drama, which is being adapted for the small screen by Love/Hate creator Stuart Carolan. Tall Tales & Murder is based on Irish writer Caimh McDonnell's Dublin Trilogy, whch, despite its name, is a series of eight books that follows the exploits of former garda Bunny McGarry. British comedian Chris Addison has co-created the show with Carolan, while the series will star Love/Hate alumnus Aidan Gillen. Also among the cast are Irish stars Ella Lily Hyland (Towards Zero), Philippa Dunne (Derry Girls) and Packy Lee (Peaky Blinders). Two six-part series have been commissioned by RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland, in association with Screen Ireland, while the show is produced by Avalon. 'Dark and delicious' Carolan expressed his delight at working with Addison on the series, which began filming in Ireland this week and is set to premiere in 2026. "I've been a fan of the brilliant Chris Addison since The Thick of It — it's been incredible fun working with him to bring this insane story to life," he said. Addison will serve as director and producer on the series. As well as starring in The Thick of It, the comedian and writer will also be familiar to fans of TV panel show, Mock the Week, where he was a regular guest. The Tall Tales & Murder team (clockwise from top left) includes Ella Lily Hyland, Aidan Gillen, Philippa Dunne, Chris Addison, Stuart Carolan and Packy Lee (Image: BBC Media) Addison co-created the comedy series Breeders, directing several episodes, and received an Emmy nomination for his directorial work on the US sitcom, Veep. "I'm frankly giddy with delight to get to team up with the twisted and highly-original mind of Stuart Carolan to create this show," he said. "We've taken Caimh's wonderful novel as a jumping off point and ended up with what I like to think of as a dark and delicious screwball drama." Shining a light on modern Ireland Eddie Doyle, Head of Content Commissioning at BBC Northern Ireland, described Carolan and Addison as 'masters of their craft'. "Tall Tales & Murder is storytelling at its darkest, funniest and most surreal," he said. "We're looking forward to bringing audiences with us on this wild and thrilling ride from Stuart Carolan and Chris Addison, masters of their craft. "There's a fantastic cast already on board and we can't wait to work with Avalon, in association with Metropolitan Pictures, and RTÉ to take it from script to screen." Meanwhile, Rob Aslett, Executive Producer for Avalon, added: "Stuart's brilliant scripts have created a wildly-original crime drama that shines a light on a modern Ireland and we can't wait to bring this show to life with a fantastic cast led by Ella, Aidan, Philippa and Packy."
Sunday World
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
RTÉ announce new 'comedic crime drama' from Love/Hate creator
Tall Tales & Murder is set to premiere next year RTÉ have announced a brand new 'comedic crime drama' from the creator of Love/Hate Stuart Carolan. Tall Tales & Murder is a 12-episode series made in collaboration with BBC Northern Ireland and Screen Ireland. The show will have two six-part series. Filming for the new show began in Dublin this week, ahead of its premiere in 2026. News in 90 Seconds - 5th June 2025 Ella Lily Hyland, Aidan Gillen, Phillipa Dinne and Packy Lee are all set to start in the show, based on the Dublin Trilogy book series written by Caimh McDonnell. 'I've been a fan of the brilliant Chris Addison since The Thick of It - it's been incredible fun working with him to bring this insane story to life,' Stuart Carolan, Writer and Executive Producer, said of his co-creator. Addison, who will direct and executive produce the show, said he was 'giddy with delight' to team up with Carolan. 'We've taken Caimh's wonderful novel as a jumping off point and ended up with what I like to think of as a dark and delicious screwball drama.' David Crean, Head of Drama, RTÉ added: 'It's so exciting to be in production with this amazing Irish drama from Stuart Carolan and Chris Addison after a great development process. 'The scripts are fantastic, as is the cast. RTÉ is excited to be collaborating with such brilliant broadcast partners to bring this great series to audiences on a national and international stage. 'Tall Tales & Murder is part of an unprecedented slate of original Irish drama in production from RTÉ, which will deliver over 142 hours of original drama this year.'
Irish Times
05-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Aidan Gillen and Ella Lily Hyland to star new crime drama Tall Tales & Murder
Tall Tales & Murder, a new darkly comedic crime drama from the writer of Love/Hate, has gone into production in Dublin. The drama, which stars Ella Lily Hyland and Aidan Gille n, has been commissioned for two series by RTÉ and BBC Northern Ireland in association with Screen Ireland, with the first six-part run due to premiere in 2026. Tall Tales & Murder has been co-created by Stuart Carolan, the writer and creator of RTÉ's hit gangster series, and Chris Addison, who starred in political satire The Thick of It and has directed episodes of Veep and his Sky comedy Breeders. The series, which is based on the eight-book Dublin Trilogy series by Caimh McDonnell, will be made for RTÉ and BBC by British production company Avalon in association with Ireland's Metropolitan Pictures. READ MORE The one-hour episodes will be directed by Addison and Irish director Neasa Hardiman, with Avalon distributing the show internationally. Alongside Hyland – the fast-rising star of Netflix's Black Doves – and Gillen, who previously worked with Carolan on Love/Hate, the cast includes Philippa Dunne and Packy Lee. 'I've been a fan of the brilliant Chris Addison since The Thick of It – it's been incredible fun working with him to bring this insane story to life,' said Carolan, the writer and one of the executive producers of Tall Tales & Murder. Addison, who will executive produce as well as direct, said he was 'frankly giddy with delight to get to team up with the twisted and highly original mind' of Carolan to create the show. 'We've taken Caimh's wonderful novel as a jumping off point and ended up with what I like to think of as a dark and delicious screwball drama.' David Crean, who was confirmed as RTÉ head of drama this week after previously serving in the role on an interim basis, said the series had gone into production after 'a great development process' with Carolan and Addison. 'The scripts are fantastic, as is the cast. RTÉ is excited to be collaborating with such brilliant broadcast partners to bring this great series to audiences on a national and international stage.' Eddie Doyle, head of content commissioning for BBC Northern Ireland, described the series as storytelling 'at its darkest, funniest and most surreal', while Rob Aslett, executive producer for Avalon, said the scripts 'created a wildly original crime drama that shines a light on a modern Ireland'. McDonnell, who was born in Limerick and raised in Dublin, is a former stand-up comedian and television writer who published his first novel in the Dublin Trilogy detective series in 2016.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Michigan State featured in Louisiana edge rusher's top five schools
It is the peak season for recruiting in the 2026 recruiting class, with every team in the country looking to build out their latest recruiting class. Michigan State is in the thick of it with another prospect they look to add in their 2026 class. Chris Addison, a native of Winnsboro, Louisiana, attending Franklin Parish High School, is a highly ranked 89-rated 3-star prospect according to 247Sports. A 6-foot-4, 230 pound edge rusher, 247Sports ranks him as the No. 39 edge rusher in the recruiting class. The Louisiana product is one of two prospects from Franklin Parish that the Spartans are in heavy pursuit of, also making a strong push for Dezyrian Ellis as a safety. Advertisement In the terms of Addison's recruitment, he is officially down to five schools, naming a top five on Wednesday. Michigan State stood alongside Arizona State, Florida State, Tulane and UCLA in the top five schools for the edge rusher. Addison has already officially visited Arizona State, and has visits scheduled to UCLA (June 6), MSU (June 13) and Tulane (June 19) on the books. There is no visit scheduled to Florida State at this time. Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Cory Linsner on X @Cory_Linsner This article originally appeared on Spartans Wire: Michigan State football named in Chris Addison's top five
