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Perth Now
5 hours ago
- Perth Now
Tom Holland doesn't want to be overworked as an actor
Tom Holland is wary about "overworking". The 29-year-old actor has a busy year in store in 2026 with movies The Odyssey and Spider-Man: Brand New Day both scheduled for release and he has suggested that he will "take a bit more time off" the following year as he looks to manage his workload. Tom told GQ magazine: "I feel really blessed to be at a point in my career where I can take time off, reset, and come back ready to go. "You can't be in every movie, and you can't do your best work when you're burnt out. "What I've learnt is that it's important to set boundaries - to be mindful about overworking. I've got a slightly busy year next year, and then I'll probably take a bit more time off in 2027. We'll see." Holland has been tipped as a potential replacement for Daniel Craig as James Bond and admits that playing 007 would represent the "pinnacle" of his career. He said in conversation with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay: "Dude, I mean every young British actor, it's the pinnacle of working in our industry. "I already consider myself to be the luckiest kid alive you know, I could not have dreamed to have the career that I have." Tom - who is in a relationship with his Spider-Man co-star Zendaya - revealed earlier this year that he intends to quit acting once he has had children as will be happy spending time with them and playing rounds of golf. He told Men's Health magazine: "When I have kids, you will not see me in movies anymore. "Golf and dad. And I will just disappear off the face of the earth." Tom previously took a year-long sabbatical as he felt he "needed" a break from acting work after appearing in the TV series The Crowded Room. He said: "It was just something I needed to do. I had been acting flat out since I was 11." The Uncharted star recalled that the highlight of his time away from the spotlight was coming out on top in a golf tournament with two of his brothers and English pro Tommy Fleetwood. He quipped: 'It was the best day of my life. I called my lady and was like, 'Listen, I'm thinking of turning pro.'"
News.com.au
a day ago
- News.com.au
Buy the Outback Wrangler's house – get a pet croc
Outback Wrangler Matt Wright is offering to throw in a 4.5m saltie named 'Spicy' with the sale of his Darwin home. Though not a first in the Top End, the snappy inclusion doesn't pop up often in the Territory market. In an Instagram reel posted Friday morning Wright made the offer to include the saltwater croc, who already has his own pen on Virginia property. 'If you really, really want the place, I'll even leave ya with Spicy,' he said. 'If you really want the place, you get him with it.' Own your own fairway minutes from prime fishing for under $700k During the online video, Wright gave a tour of the 'cracking place' with commentary. He proudly showed off his crazy pave driveway – twice. 'Look at those amazing crazy paves – heart, sweat and tears went into that,' he said. And revealed a view of the croc pen from his upstairs balcony. 'That's where the big dog hangs out, down there,' he said. Wright invited his followers to an open home on Sunday – though not everyone would be welcome. 'There is a home invasion this weekend,' he said 'You're welcome to come on the Sunday. 'One condition – no media or tyre kickers. 'We don't want them kicking around.' The property at 124 Virginia Rd, Virginia, is for sale with a price guide of $1.39m through Ryan Rowsell and Andrew Harding of Ray White Darwin. An open house is scheduled for Sunday, August 3, from 10-11am. Wright and his wife, Kaia, bought the block nine years ago and transformed the house from a typical Darwin elevated into a minimalist masterpiece. Mrs Wright said the home now felt like a modern treehouse with walls of glass and sleek open spaces. 'You feel like you're up in the mahogany trees,' she said. 'It's so light and uplifting.' Mrs Wright said she was inspired by brutalist architecture and raw materials and wanted to create a no fuss home of concrete, timber, glass and natural textures. 'We had to work with what we had, which was an old Darwin elevated home,' she said. 'So I wanted to get rid of the louvres and simplify the house.' The home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a self-contained unit downstairs and high-end finishes and fixtures including Taj Mahal stone and quartzite benchtops, venetian plaster and Murano glass.
ABC News
a day ago
- ABC News
Pop-up piano rescued from Nyngan floods strikes a new chord in Cobar community
A piano rescued from the 1990s Nyngan floods is striking a chord in a mining town in outback New South Wales. The upright piano has been installed in an open arcade next to the town library in Cobar for locals and travellers to stop, play and connect through music. It is part of the ABC's Pop-Up Piano project — a national initiative in collaboration with musical composer and artist Yantra de Vilder and Piano Plus Australia — to bring creativity into public spaces and celebrate the ABC series The Piano. Out of 400 nominations across the country, Cobar is one of 20 towns selected to receive a donated piano. Dr de Vilder, who has installed pianos in public places for more than a decade, said Cobar's community spirit and regional location made it a stand-out. "When you think of a library, you think: 'Shhh, be quiet', but the library said: 'No, we want a piano, the community wants this,'" she said. "There was also a lot of grassroots community support for Cobar, and we also wanted to do something in a regional location that's a little far flung than the Blue Mountains or Darling Harbour." The piano's presence in the remote mining town with a population of about 4,000 people began when local music teacher Judy Toomey shared the nomination link online on a community social media page, sparking a wave of community support. "Apparently, the nominations said such nice things about Cobar, they couldn't possibly pass it up," Ms Toomey said. Ms Toomey said the project was already sparking connections in the community. "One Saturday, I was playing and a lady walking past asked me if I knew a song," she said. "I started playing, she joined in singing, and she was amazing. "I started crying, and I looked at her and she had tears in her eyes too. For library manager Jane Siermans, the piano's journey from the 1990 Nyngan floods to its new home 130 kilometres west in Cobar gave it a unique local resonance. On April 23, 1990, the Bogan River peaked at 5.3 metres, breaching Nyngan's levee and submerging the entire community in a flood that was later deemed a one-in-250-year event. Despite residents' efforts to place 150,000 sandbags to reinforce the levee, the disaster forced the evacuation of 2,500 people in one of the largest airlifts in Australian history. "The expert who came and tuned the piano said it was not in the floodwater, and must have been lifted up somehow because it wasn't water damaged," Ms Siermans said. "It's fitting; it does mean we've ended up with a piano that has a local connection." The piano was officially launched in Cobar on Sunday. Cobar local Anthony Mitchell played a five-minute medley from Pirates of the Caribbean at the piano's launch concert. The self-taught pianist continues to make the piano a regular stop. "I don't use sheet music, I can't play with it at all. I just either hear it and play it or look it up on YouTube," Mr Mitchell said. "Every week I'll be using this piano. It's just a beautiful instrument, 88 keys, there's nothing like it." Fellow Cobar resident and singer Lillian Simpson said the project had struck a chord with residents and visitors alike. "It's being played every day, not just by locals but by travellers too," she said. Local mum and pianist Cathy Francisco said the piano had given her a reason to reconnect with music. "I've been playing for 20 years, but obviously life, growing up and having kids, put it on the backburner for a while," she said. "But now the kids are older and I'm spending more time getting back into music again." At the piano's launch, she played the 1982 theme from The Man from Snowy River. "The town just needs more musical opportunities," Ms Francisco said.
