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Steve Martin says he will no longer ‘seek’ acting work, suggests retirement

Steve Martin says he will no longer 'seek' acting work, suggests retirement

Hollywood veteran Steve Martin has said he’s “not going to seek” any more acting work, adding, “This is, weirdly, it.”

The 76-year-old US actor, who has been a mainstay in film and television for more than five decades, said retirement is on the cards after he wraps filming on the upcoming third season of his breakout Hulu series, Only Murders In The Building, co-starring Martin Short and Selena Gomez.

In an interview with The Hollywood ReporterMartin suggested it was becoming difficult to stay in the game at the back-end of his career.

“There’s a time in your career when people are dying to see you… Now is the time in my career when I’m the one who’s got to show up,” he said.

Martin added: “When this television show [Only Murders In The Building] is done, I’m not going to seek others. I’m not going to seek other movies. I don’t want to do cameos. This is, weirdly, it.”

Martin, who is nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor (Comedy) at this year’s awards for his work on the series, made his name in showbiz in the ’60s for his writing work on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hourbefore becoming a host on Saturday night Live.

After retiring from stand-up comedy, Martin successfully transitioned to the big screen in the ’80s, going on to star in hit films including Three Amigos, Planes, Trains And Automobiles, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, LA Story, Father Of The Bride, Pink Panther and Cheaper By The Dozen.

Over the years he’s won five Grammys, an Emmy, and was awarded the Honorary Academy Award in 2013, meaning he only needs to win a Tony to achieve coveted EGOT status (where you have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony).

Martin retreated from the public eye throughout the 2010s, in which he occasionally featured in various projects, before his resurgence in 2020 in Father Of The Bride, Part 3(ish) and 2021’s only murdererswhich he created alongside John Hoffman.

On the personal front, Martin became a father for the first time at the age of 67, welcoming a daughter, Mary, with his wife of 15 years, Anne Stringfield.

While he did suggest he’d reached the end of his career, Martin also didn’t close the door completely.

“My wife keeps saying, ‘You always say you’re going to retire and then you always come up with something’ … I’m really not interested in retiring. I’m not. But I would just work a little less. Maybe,” he added.

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Steve Martin says he will no longer ‘seek’ acting work, suggests retirement

Steve Martin says he will no longer 'seek' acting work, suggests retirement

Hollywood veteran Steve Martin has said he’s “not going to seek” any more acting work, adding, “This is, weirdly, it.”

The 76-year-old US actor, who has been a mainstay in film and television for more than five decades, said retirement is on the cards after he wraps filming on the upcoming third season of his breakout Hulu series, Only Murders In The Building, co-starring Martin Short and Selena Gomez.

In an interview with The Hollywood ReporterMartin suggested it was becoming difficult to stay in the game at the back-end of his career.

“There’s a time in your career when people are dying to see you… Now is the time in my career when I’m the one who’s got to show up,” he said.

Martin added: “When this television show [Only Murders In The Building] is done, I’m not going to seek others. I’m not going to seek other movies. I don’t want to do cameos. This is, weirdly, it.”

Martin, who is nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor (Comedy) at this year’s awards for his work on the series, made his name in showbiz in the ’60s for his writing work on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hourbefore becoming a host on Saturday night Live.

After retiring from stand-up comedy, Martin successfully transitioned to the big screen in the ’80s, going on to star in hit films including Three Amigos, Planes, Trains And Automobiles, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, LA Story, Father Of The Bride, Pink Panther and Cheaper By The Dozen.

Over the years he’s won five Grammys, an Emmy, and was awarded the Honorary Academy Award in 2013, meaning he only needs to win a Tony to achieve coveted EGOT status (where you have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony).

Martin retreated from the public eye throughout the 2010s, in which he occasionally featured in various projects, before his resurgence in 2020 in Father Of The Bride, Part 3(ish) and 2021’s only murdererswhich he created alongside John Hoffman.

On the personal front, Martin became a father for the first time at the age of 67, welcoming a daughter, Mary, with his wife of 15 years, Anne Stringfield.

While he did suggest he’d reached the end of his career, Martin also didn’t close the door completely.

“My wife keeps saying, ‘You always say you’re going to retire and then you always come up with something’ … I’m really not interested in retiring. I’m not. But I would just work a little less. Maybe,” he added.

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My Kitchen Rules 2022: Kate and Mary rocket to top of leaderboard

My Kitchen Rules 2022: Kate and Mary rocket to top of leaderboard

They talked a big game from the very first episode, but My Kitchen Rules’ most outspoken duo have proven they’re the biggest threat in the competition.

Queensland radiologists Kate and Mary, who on Sunday’s opening episode declared themselves a “threat” while Kate also had a dig at her fellow contestants taste palates, have achieved near-perfect scores for their main course and dessert from judges Manu Feildel and Nigella Lawson.

There were high hopes for the “fine-dining” friends, who only faulted on their barramundi entree which was inconsistently cooked and served without crispy skin.

British home cooking queen Lawson, who is Pete Evans’ replacement for 2022, said she understood where they were going with the entree, but that they failed on the execution.

“I eat barramundi a lot when I come (to Australia), it doesn’t exist where I come from,” Lawson told them.

She added: “I think you understood what you were trying to go for and it just needed a bit more acidity and a bit more salt to make it what you wanted to. You don’t want to drown flavors out, but you don’t want to be too timid.”

But the self-confessed “food snobs” bounced back with their main course, with their “perfectly cooked” quail praised by the judges and their fellow contestants.

And they went another step further with their dessert, a macadamia tart with poached pears and creme fraiche, which Feildel dubbed “textbook”.

Kate and Mary’s fellow contestants equally enjoyed their instant restaurant, giving them overall scores of 7s and 8s.

Meanwhile, the judges scored them a combined total of 87, which saw them rocket past Peter and Alice’s score of 54 on the leaderboard.

The winner of the instant restaurant round goes straight through to the semi final, with Kate and Mary potentially scoring high enough to finish on top.

“After our instant restaurant, I think the contestants are going to be double thinking what they do for their restaurants,” Kate said.

“We’re a threat,” Mary added.

My Kitchen Rules continues tonight on Channel 7 at 7.30pm

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My Kitchen Rules: Kate and Mary bring drama in 2022 season

My Kitchen Rules: Kate and Mary bring drama in 2022 season

After a two-year hiatus – and a judging reshuffle – My Kitchen Rules finally made its way back to screens on Sunday night.

The 12th season premiere of the Channel 7 cooking show saw the return of foundation judge French chef Manu Feildel, who was joined by British home cooking queen Nigella Lawson.

Lawson was announced as a new judge earlier this year after the network parted ways with original judge Pete Evans following a slew of controversies.

Following declining ratings in 2019 and 2020, which saw viewers criticize the format for overdoing it on the dramatics, Seven promised the series would be bouncing back to its core values ​​of “real food and real people” in 2022.

But it appears there’s still a little bit of room for some old-fashioned reality TV fighting, with one new contestant shaping up to be this year’s MKR ‘villain’ after criticizing everyone else’s tasting palates.

Kicking things off for MKR‘s debut episode were father-daughter duo Peter and Alice, who hosted the judges and contestants at their humble home in the small town of Chewton in Victoria.

Their menu charmed in writing, but the pair got off to a rocky start with their ‘Sunday Roast’ croquette entree.

While most of the contestants appeared to enjoy the dish for the most part, Queensland representatives Kate and Mary, who describe themselves as ‘fine diners’, weren’t too satisfied.

“Some of the other contestants really loved the croquettes, and perhaps that’s indicative of their kind of palates,” Kate said in a piece-to-camera.

Mary added, “I think they missed the thought of a good Sunday roast. I think they missed that completely.”

The judges ultimately echoed Mary’s take, telling Peter and Alice that their entree wasn’t entirely faithful to its title given they braised the beef cheek filling, as opposed to roasting it.

Bouncing back from their defeated state, the two then delivered a tasty main course of crumbed lamb chops with minted peas, with Feildel saying their meat was “cooked to perfection.”

But things plummeted from there, with their dessert – Grandma’s lemon delicious pudding – served woefully undercooked.

Lawson said she was “heartbroken” for the pair, adding, “I really wanted to see you with a smile back on your face.”

The group were equally shattered for Peter and Alice, particularly given the recipe was one passed down through generations.

“We really wanted them to do well after the entree,” NSW ‘fashionista friends’ Arrnott and Fuzz said. “On top of that, it was the added pressure of being a relative’s recipe.”

Elsewhere, Kate was a little less empathetic.

“I literally thought the whole time, grandma on the wall over there, she would not have been happy about that lemon delicious,” Kate said, later dubbing the dish “inedible.”

While most of the contestants gave Peter and Alice an overall score of 5s and 6s, Kate and Mary settled on the lowest score of 4. Meanwhile, the judge’s scored the pair an overall tally of 54.

Kate and Mary are slated to cook next on Monday night’s episode, with Kate saying she thinks the cohort will be “impressed.”

“I think we’re a threat,” Mary added.

My Kitchen Rules continues on Channel 7 at 7.30pm Monday

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Angourie Rice on Honor Society, breaking the fourth wall and the book she always travels with

Angourie Rice on Honor Society, breaking the fourth wall and the book she always travels with

Ever since Angourie Rice broke out in The Nice Guys as Ryan Gosling’s onscreen daughter, she’s been destined for big things.

Adept at a pithy retort as well as an emotional moment, Rice’s career has been seen her work with some huge names in front of and behind the camera.

Only 21, the Melbourne actor has already staked her place among Kate Winslet and Jean Smart on The Mare of Easttownnext to Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Sofia Coppola in The Beguiled and alongside Miley Cyrus in BlackMirror. She’s also made a mark in ensemble casts, as Betty Brant in Spider-Man: Far From Home and as ingenue Lisa in Ladies in Black.

Honor Society is her first lead role, exactly the challenge Rice was looking for. The teen rom-com features her as Honor, a high-achieving student who decides to take down her academic rivals in the hopes of getting into her dream school, Harvard.

One of those rivals is played by stranger thingsGaten Matarazzo.

On paper, Honor is not a sympathetic character given her scheming, but in Rice’s hands, she’s charming and relatable – and her conspiratorial fourth-wall breaks lets the audience in on her journey.

Rice talked to news.com.au about the challenges of her first lead role, staying grounded on set and how she related to Honor’s instincts to protect herself.

Is it surreal to keep going back to high school? How long do you think you’ll be content to keep playing teenagers?

I graduated [from high school] just over three years ago, so it does feel very fresh in my mind. Also, because I didn’t go to university, [these high school characters] are like the last experience in education that I had.

But there are definitely some really exciting scripts out there that are about young people who aren’t set at high school or college, and I’m excited for more of those for sure.

Are you happy to keep extending that ride for a little big longer?

Honestly, if I’ve learned anything is that as much as I try, I cannot control anything in the film industry. Whatever comes my way, we’ll see.

This character has so many fourth-wall breaks – she’s always speaking to the audience. Was it intimidating to play someone who is so deliberately trying to connect with the audience?

I was nervous to have that much dialogue and to be so switched on in those scenes.

Honor brings the audience in by talking to them, by making them part of her plan. She reels them in. Then the camera and the audience become her conscience of her. She feels judged by them because she’s making some questionable choices.

She reminded me a little bit of election‘s Tracy Flick on that she’s a little intense but not as intense or as unlikeable, even though her plan is some pretty heavy level sabotage of her peers’ future. What were those conversations like the filmmakers in terms of keeping the audience on Honor’s side?

That was important to me. I thought she’s got to be charming and the audience has to want to be part of her plan. Honor should talk to the audience like, ‘let me tell you a little secret and we’ll be a team against everyone else’. What’s exciting about her is that she’s charming, she’s funny and has a sense of humour.

And she’s able to learn and say sorry, to admit it when she’s wrong.

Every role you choose has a different aspect to it. What was new or challenging about Honor Society?

Definitely talking to the camera was a new and exciting challenge for me. Playing a lead – I really wanted to do that. And to map a character’s arc fully. She’s in scene one and scene 100 and every scene in between.

We see her, we see her entire arc and I really wanted to do that. I wanted to show this character change and grow and learn.

What was the experience like of playing the lead? You’re the first person on the call sheet, you’re almost kind of responsible for setting the tone, the energy and the work ethic of everyone beneath you on the call sheet.

It was nerve-racking and very scary. I did feel pressure. But really the thing that made it possible was my sister was there with me the whole time.

She would come to set three or four times a week, and it was great to have her there as an emotional support person.

It really helped to have someone, when you’re so in the world of [a character] and fixated on something, to have someone from home, who’s there reminding you to drink water and to stop talking about yourself, to go home and just watch movies.

For Honor, the book The Handmaid’s Tale is like her bible. I know you have Community Librarya podcast talking about books so what’s your bible that you carry with you?

It’s Pride and Prejudice. I usually travel with a copy just in case I need it. It’s like comfort food to me. I know the story so well, I’ve read it so many times. Every time I dive back in, it’s like coming home. Every time I read it, I find new things to laugh at or new things to learn.

How many times do you think you’ve read it?

Maybe seven or eight times. I read it again right now.

Have you ever pictured yourself playing Lizzie Bennett?

Absolutely! I feel like every Jane Austen fan has. Whenever you read Pride and Prejudiceno one is saying ‘I want to be Mary’.

There’s a line in Honor Society that really struck me. It’s at the beginning and it’s obviously part of where the character starts before she goes on her arc. She says, ‘To survive, I hide within myself’. Is that something you’ve ever done as somebody with a fairly high-profile job and public persona?

Definitely. It’s something that I really related to with the character because she puts up this facade to protect herself from people knowing who she really is, because what if they don’t like her?

I really related to that.

Yes, as a person with a public profile but also as anyone going through high school, anyone who has social media, anyone living a life as a teenager.

That’s what being a teenager is, it’s hiding who you really are because you are so anxious that people aren’t going to like you, and changing who you are to please certain people. That was one of the main things of the movie that really struck me when I first read it.

Honor Society is streaming now on Paramount+

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Commonwealth Games Day 4: Latest news, schedule, results from Birmingham

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Australian cycling star Matthew Glaetzer was robbed of a Commonwealth Games bronze medal in a decision labeled a “travesty”.

Glaetzer, who was made to sweat for over an hour while officials reviewed footage, had his bronze medal taken off him in a decision widely condemned by the cycling community.

The lengthy review deemed Glaetzer impeded Scotland’s Jack Carlin during the bronze medal sprint, a ruling which was slammed by Aussie cycling royalty Kathy Bates.

Bates, commenting for Channel 7, called the officials’ decision “a poor interpretation”.

“I don’t agree,” Bates said. “If they are going to be that picky they need every camera angle and they sure need a super zoom.

“I’m having nothing of it. The any time limit contact is when Jack Carlin swung back up the track and even touched Matt Glaetzer. If anyone got impeded it was Matt Glaetzer. But the judges, you have to respect their decision. I’m not sure I respect this one to be honest.

“I want to because I think rules are rules but I think this is a pretty crappy decision. I’m devastated for Matt Glaetzer. I don’t see how the Australians will accept this and don’t feel robbed. This is an absolute travesty in my mind. I don’t even think Jack Carlin will be pleased at that turnaround. You want to win fair and square, and that is the most ridiculous relegation I have ever seen.

“I’m very devastated for Matt Glaetzer. And I think it is a poor interpretation.”

Footage showed a distraught Glaetzer when the verdict was announced, while teammate Matthew Richardson celebrated his gold medal.

“You can see it in his face. This decision has just broken him, it is not fair in my estimation,” Bates said.

“He doesn’t have a right of appeal. It is probably why the decision has been taken so long because they were deliberating it, and certainly Australians were arguing as hard as they could and fighting the case for Matt Glaetzer.

“This is just absolute heartbreak for him. The look on his face from him, guys, there have been a lot of tears tonight at the velodrome for happy reasons and now sad ones.

“I won’t give my opinion. But I think what everyone in Australia is thinking right now and I think the same as that man on our screens. We are absolutely devastated having the bronze medal taken from him after the superhuman efforts of the last couple of days. Totally devastated.”

6:03PM FIVE ATHS STARS TO WATCH

Athletics starts at the Commonwealth Games today. Here is who to keep an eye out for—including an Aussie star.

WOMEN Kelsey-Lee Barber (AUS) – Javelin
The 30-year-old seemed set fair to finally land a Commonwealth Games gold — having taken bronze and silver in the last two editions — after she retained her world title.

The Olympic bronze medalist, though, contracted Covid-19 shortly after her world triumph but the team insisted she would make it to Birmingham.

Barber can take heart that her compatriot Jessica Stenson finally won the marathon title on Saturday despite having Covid less than a month before the Games

Keely Hodgkinson (ENG) – 800m

The 20-year-old should be the hottest of favorites to be crowned Commonwealth Games champion. She took silver in last year’s Olympics behind Athing Mu and then lost out by the barst of margins (0.08sec) to the American in the world final.

That defeat left her bristling.

“I’m definitely a little bit annoyed,” she said. “I have a lot of respect for her but I’m obviously gutted. I came here to win the gold and it didn’t happen.” After her silver de ella in Tokyo, Hodgkinson, who has put studying for a criminology degree on hold, was rewarded by a sponsor with a spin in an Aston Martin.

She felt that her Eugene performance did not merit a repeat but gold in Birmingham should be good enough for a second outing.

MEN Ferdinand Omanyala (KEN) – 100m

The African 100 meter champion could gain compensation at the Games after his world title challenge was shattered by only obtaining a visa to enter the United States at the last minute.

The 26-year-old bowed out in the semi-finals but said he had no regrets and was looking forward to competing in Birmingham.

“The challenge of life is intended to make you better, not bitter,” he tweeted. “Persistence and resilience only come from having been given the chance to work through difficult problems. No matter how much falls on us, we keep moving.”

Jake Wightman (SCO) — 1500m One of the surprises of the world championships when he took gold in a race being commented on in the stadium by his father and coach Geoff.

The 28-year-old became Britain’s first 1500m world champion since Steve Cram in 1983 and is keen to use it as a springboard for Commonwealth gold and then the European 800m crown in Munich later this month.

“It’s crazy. The time frame between coming back from the worlds and then going into the Commonwealths,” he said.

“It’ll be tough to kind of get myself back up, which is why I need to let myself chill out for a few days to get ready for the tough rounds again and get back into that championship environment.”

Emmanuel Korir (KEN) – 400m

The 27-year-old is the undoubted king of the 800m having added world gold to his Olympic crown.

Eyebrows may be raised as to why he would not attempt to make it a triple of 800m titles in Birmingham.

However, he is extremely confident in his abilities at 400m. He said after the world final that he knew he would win as with a slow first lap he was the best 400m runner in the field.

A further aid to his hopes is he is pretty fresh having only started his season at the end of June.

MUM’S BOOZY 6AM CELEBRATION

On the Gold Coast, in the early hours of Monday morning, a bottle of champagne was popped and passed around – punctuated by some swear words – to signify the arrival of a new sporting superpower.

As sisters Maddison and Teagan Levi stepped forward to accept their Commonwealth Gold, mum Richelle was uncorking the bubbly and getting ready for a big day of celebrating.

Her daughters had helped Australia to an upset semi-final win over New Zealand, and then a trouncing of Fiji in the final to secure gold.

It was a revival of the team’s 2016 Olympic triumph and ushered in a new era of Sevens superstars.

But before all of that? There was a euphoric celebration in the southern hemisphere that may not only have woken up a decent chunk of Queensland’s east coast, but also would’ve made mother Mary blush.

“Mum had a bottle of champagne ready at 6 in the morning — she was ready to celebrate and I think she’ll be on it all day celebrating,” a jubilant Maddison Levi said after Australia’s historic maiden Sevens gold medal win over Fiji.

“I don’t know if I can say it on camera (what mum said) but they were definitely happy.

There were tears of joy. It was a pretty emotional rollercoaster…. they’ve been with us through the highs and lows and to have two kids standing on that podium is pretty awesome.

“They definitely had tears. But lots of swearing, I can confirm.”

Maddison might have undersold the party going back home.

Richelle told Channel 7 later in the morning she was already two bottles of champagne down before 9am.

“Two bottles of champagne already done,” she said.

She was joined by at least one supporter wearing pajamas for a live cross on Channel 7 as the party raged into the morning.

Maddison and sister Teagan are the new face of women’s rugby in Australia, following the path trodden by teammates Charlotte Caslick and Sharni Williams, and earlier Ellia Green and Emilee Cherry.

Powerful, pacey, skilful. There’s a reason they’re among the most in-demand female athletes in the country – with AFLW and NRLW clubs lining up to steal them from rugby union.

“We got to stand next to each other, so it was pretty sentimental. We’ve achieved a Commonwealth Games medal, not many people can do that in their lives let alone have their sister side-by-side,” Maddison said.

But judging by smiles that lit up Coventry Arena stadium on Sunday night, the Levi clan is comfortable in rugby union right now.

“When I first started I aspired to be like Charlotte Caslick and the likes of Ellia Green and now that I’m in this role I’d love to inspire the younger generation because I think it’s such a great sport,” Maddison explained.

“The opportunities you get you can’t get with most sports. And to have younger girls look up to me and hopefully one day be standing side-by-side with girls you call your sister and be celebrating this moment is pretty monumental.”

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