Johnny Depp plans to quit acting soon. The 50-year-old star rose to fame in his early twenties with roles in A Nightmare on Elm Street and 21 Jump Street
Johnny Depp: Retirement not far away
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New adventures in pioneers’ footsteps
Jamie Fitzgerald is one half of the intrepid duo retracing the steps of some famous Kiwi explorers in First Crossings.
Like a female James Bond
“It’s non-stop at the OK Corral here,” enthuses Essie Davis in the few minutes she has spare to talk while shooting season two of the Australian smash-hit drama Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. So hectic has been her schedule that finding a time for a chat with the Tasmanian actress has proved to be a major challenge
Album review: The Weight Of Your Love – The Editors
THE WEIGHT OF YOUR LOVE The Editors (Liberation) From humble beginnings as music students at Staffordshire University, The Editors have grown into a fullblown stadium band with a big sound to match.
Album review: Tiden – Roedelius Schneider
TIDEN Roedelius Schneider (Yellow Eye) As someone who was obsessive about the electronic explorations of Amon Duull, Cluster, Faust, Tangerine Dream and Can, the Hamburg based German label The Bureau is paradise regained. It’s been re-issuing old classics as well as potentially new ones
Album review: Gargantua – Ash Grunwald
GARGANTUA Ash Grunwald (Shock) While the Living Dead’s Scott Owen and Andy Strachan might provide the “bang and clang” as the hired guns for Australian guitar maestro Ash Grunwald’s latest project, he’s the one everyone in Australia has been making a noise about for well over a decade. And while Grunwald, who has done stints as a radio DJ, is a capable enough vocalist, what he lacks in the wizened old voices of blues greats, he makes up for with a steaming repertoire of guitar licks
It’s time to play Cast the Clintons!
It’s time to play Cast the Clintons! US broadcaster NBC says it will soon air Hillary, a major miniseries starring Diane Lane as the first lady-turned-secretary of state. Not to be confused with Rodham, the still-in-development movie about Hillary in her 20s, with a bevy of young stars in play for the lead role.
The Real Housewives of Melbourne are coming
Are you feeling expensive The Real Housewives of Melbourne is coming next year. The first series will be comprised of ten, one hour episodes and is being produced by Matchbox Pictures (those of Underground, Next Stop Hollywood and The Straits) in conjunction with Foxtel
Pakistan’s butt-kicking burka-hero
Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes – one who shows a lot less skin. Meet Burka Avenger: A mild-mannered teacher with secret martial arts skills who uses a flowing black burka to hide her identity as she fights local thugs seeking to shut down the girls’ school where she works
The Voice mentors aren’t looking to find a star
The mentors on The Voice may be superstars, but the consensus is it’s not on them that the singing competition show has failed to find big stars such as themselves. Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green and the show’s host and producer Carson Daly addressed journalists at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.