Geoffrey Rush Interview: Oscar Winner On Returning To The Festival Fray, Playing Groucho Marx & Winning His Defamation Suit: “It Was Bruising For Everyone Involved”

Mark Wright has been showing off his jet lag as he visits wife Michelle Keegan in sunny Australia.The former TOWIE star, 35, arrived on the other side of the world where wife Michelle, also 35, is filming BBC series Ten Pounds and documented his first few days in Australia. Mark’s trip comes just days after renovations on the couple’s incredible £3.5 million mansion in Essex was completed.The pair moved into the property in 2020 and since then have been spending time turning it from a house into a home and even set up a dedicated Instagram page for all things home renovation.

Mark Wright has posted his hilarious reaction to Love Island star Luca Bish claiming that he’s “punching” with his wife Michelle Keegan. The 23 year old contestant made the observant comment on last night's episode as he discussed whether he was also “punching” with partner Gemma Owen with fellow Islanders Adam Collard and Paige Thorne. Luca started the conversation by mentioning Mark and Michelle, both 35, as he said she was well out of Mark's league and that he was "punching” – which the trio all agreed to.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRising star Phoenix Raei joins Hugo Weaving as the lead of “The Rooster,” an Australian mystery drama film in which a small-town cop discovers the dead body of his best friend.The film, which has just completed principal photography in Victoria state, is directed by actor Mark Leonard Winter (“Escape From Pretoria”), making his debut as a feature director.As performers, Weaving and Winter have previously appeared together in “Measure for Measure” and “The Dressmaker.”Raei, who has recent credits in “Clickbait,” “Stateless” and “The Night Agent,” stars in “The Rooster” as the cop who confronts Weaving’s volatile character, a forest-dwelling hermit who was the last person known to have seen his pal. Other cast include: Helen Thomson (“Elvis,” “Top of the Lake”), Rhys Mitchell (“Cake,” “Upper Middle Bogan”), Bert La Bonte (“Surviving Summer,” “Five Bedrooms”), John Waters (“Offspring,” “Mystery Road”), Camilla Ah Kin (“Wakefield,” “Holding the Man”), Robert Menzies (“Little Tornadoes,” “Glitch”) and Deirdre Rubenstein (“Force of Destiny,” “Superwog”).“ ‘The Rooster’ is a gripping story about friendship and how hope can come from unlikely places.

EXCLUSIVE: After the most recent pic overachieved at box-office, New Line is ready to get back in to the arena on a new Mortal Kombat pic as sources tell Deadline, Simon McQuoid is set to return as director to the sequel to New Line’s hit 2021 action adventure. Mortal Kombat was McQuoid’s feature directorial debut and was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max during the pandemic in April 2021.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNew York-based real estate entrepreneur and producer Noam Baram (“Walking to Paris”) has joined forces with Italian film exec Augusto Pelliccia to launch Valiah Entertainment, a new production company that will tap into Italy’s generous film production incentives.The new outfit, called Valiah Entertainment, has also forged a joint venture with veteran Hollywood producer Mark Lipsky (“Coming to America,” “Beverly Hills Cop III”) whose WOF Entertainment will help finance the production and handle distribution of Valiah’s multi-picture slate.The first film out of the Valiah gate will be “The Curfew,” a rom-com directed by Australia’s Nadia Tass who is known for directing Australian cult comedies such as “Malcolm,” “The Big Steal” and more recently the doc “Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story.” Shooting on “Curfew” is planned to start this fall at Valiah’s studio facilities in Rome. The film centers on an utterly unremarkable man named Raphael Di Stefano whose mediocre life suddenly gets a jolt when women begin to find him utterly irresistible.

Former TOWIE star Mark Wright has given his fans a new glimpse of his and wife Michelle Keegan's stunning new £3.5million "dream" mansion, complete with an extra outhouse. The pair, both 35 years old, have been busy renovating the palatial Essex property into their dream home since 2020, and they've been keeping fans updated on its progress via a dedicated home Instagram account, named @wrightyhome.

TV personality Mark Wright has revealed the two items that will be banned from his newly refurbished home.The former TOWIE star, who recently opened up on his terrifying cancer scare as he said "you're not immortal", has spent months working on the refurbishment of the £1.3 million Essex mansion he shares with wife, actress Michelle Keegan.The pair have been keeping fans updated on the renovation process, regularly sharing details on their social media accounts. And earlier this week, the reality TV star turned football pundit posted a clip on his Instagram story, sharing that the carpet had finally been installed.

Amber Rose has some thoughts about Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s divorce.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Goran Stolevski-directed horror-drama “You Won’t Be Alone,” was Thursday named the best film at the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, Korea’s leading genre film event.The Australia-U.K.-Serbia co-production is set in Macedonia and stars Noomi Rapace in a 19th century tale about a young girl who is transformed into a witch. It premiered at the Sundance festival in January and recently played in Sydney.

Will Tizard ContributorSpeaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where he’s being feted with lifetime achievement honors, Australian actor Geoffrey Rush says that the prospect of playing Groucho Marx in Oren Moverman’s “Raised Eyebrows” is “scary,” but that he’s always enjoyed the challenge of complex characters.It is not a biopic, he says of the film – still in development – adapted from the book “Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House” by Steve Stoliar, which focuses on the last days of the legendary comic. “I describe it as a tragi-comedy about mortality,” he says.

Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has shared an update after the band were forced to cancel their recent show in Glasgow due to illness.The group pulled out of their scheduled performance at Glasgow Green on Tuesday (July 5) following headline dates in London and Dublin as part of their 2022 UK/Ireland and European tour.“We are working on rescheduling options for this show so please hold onto your tickets and wait for a further update,” they wrote in a statement. “We appreciate your understanding and patience.”Today (July 7), Rose shared a message on social media to thank fans for their messages of support.

Not here for it. Hannah Ferrier called out the online trolls who were judging her decision to return back to work nearly two years after giving birth.

An expanded and reimagined cut of Baz Luhrmann’s Australia is set to premiere on Disney streaming platforms as a six-part limited series.

Michelle Keegan has revealed her rock-hard abs whilst on a trip in Australia.The actress, 35, is currently filming the BBC drama Ten Pound Poms in the country, however she revealed that she had some time off work to explore and embark on a solo trip. Her husband Mark Wright, 35, is reported to be in Essex finishing the constructions of their mansion.