retirement

George Negus Contemplates Life As A Grey Nomad

10:44AM Jess McGuire | Well, George Negus isn’t exactly planning on packing up a caravan and travelling around this big old country of ours, but he is beginning to consider winding down his workload in anticipation of old age, or something. As he marks a milestone of 40 years in the media, veteran Australian journalist George Negus says he’ll consider winding down “in the next few years”. More »

Breaking! Joaquin Phoenix Quits Acting Forever To Pursue Garage Band Dreams

8:46AM Kyle Buchanan | Though Joaquin Phoenix was once famously saved from a car wreck by wacko auteur Werner Herzog, apparently there’s one aspect to the actor still in dangerous need of resuscitation: his love of acting. While attending a Paul Newman charity benefit last night, Phoenix told Extra that he’s done, finished, finito with doing films, and he’s got one shaky reason why: More »

It’s Nice To See John Howard’s Been Keeping Himself Busy

10:26AM Jess McGuire | Reader Rach emailed us a link to the following picture, saying “Well, at least we know the former Prime Minister now has a lucrative career in modelling.” It’s fair to say that we were slightly hesitant about clicking and learning just what John Howard has been doing with his spare time (please, no porn… please, no porn…) but finally we mustered up all the courage we could, tapped the aforementioned link, and discovered this. Bless him, it’s lovely to see him looking so happy after such a disastrous end to his long political career. Also nice to see he’s finally ditching the green and gold tracksuit set. Retirement from politics doesn’t mean retirement from life – give this modeling malarkey a fair crack. We look forward to seeing you donning Target-brand winter casuals when the next catalogue arrives in Defamer Australia’s mailbox. More »

Sean Connery Politely Explains Why He’s Too Old For This ‘Indy 4′ Shit

4:27AM Defamer Hollywood | IndianaJones.com is currently boasting some big cast gets for Indy 4, the wildly anticipated summer ‘08 release which promises to do for arthritic archaeo-adventurers what Rocky Balboa did for steroid-abusing former heavyweight champions – i.e., show ‘em that Hollywood has no problem employing the elderly if they sense there’s some money to be made. Among the announced actors are Cate Blanchett, John Hurt, and Biggest Star in The World For Two Heady Weeks in April Shia LaBeouf. Sadly, however, an official statement penned by Professor Henry Jones himself, aka Sean Connery, informs us that the series’ fourth installment will contain none of The Last Crusade’s snappy father-son banter: “I get asked the question so often, I thought it best to make an announcement. I thought long and hard about it and if anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film. I love working with Steven and George, and it goes without saying that it is an honour to have Harrison as my son.” More »