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After treading the boards in some of Aqstralia's biggest musicals, Rutherford-bred performer DAVID BARRIS is heading off to try his luck in the Big Apple, but not before a Newcastle cabaret swansong.

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The conclusion to Peter Jackson's walking epic might be on one of the grandest scales imaginable and contains some of the most jaw dropping special effects in recent memory but also one of the big­gest plot holes - I mean, Gandalf had a giant bird - couldn't he have just flown over Mount Doom and dropped the ring in, saving little Frodo Baggins and co all of that needless walking?

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Here's one for fans of sonic brutality everywhere . On the eve of their new album, A Skeletal Domain, the towering gods of death metal, Cannibal

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With all their trademark blistering riffs, turbulent drums, ruthless and razored vocals, the bludgeoning force of Cannibal Corspe will strike like an ice pick to the back of your head.

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RIDE ALONG Out Now RATEDMA

While it does seem strange that the grand­daddy of gansta rap - a man who with his posse NWA put the infamous phrase "f**k tha police" to tape should star in a buddy cop movie - it's a pleasant enough distrac­tion nonetheless.

When a fast-talking guy (Kevin Hart) joins his girl­friend's brother (Cube)- a hot-tempered cop to pa­trol the streets of Atlanta, he gets entangled in the officer's latest case. Now, in order to prove that he deserves his future bride, he must survive the most insane 24 hours of his life. While it is derivative and there are much better films in this genre, if you're looking for a bit of a weekend distraction, you could do a lot worse than this.

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utherford might seem a long way from the brigb1 Iigltts of the Big Apple but DDt fur stage actor and singer David Ranis.

After treading the boards in some of Australia's trlggest musicals - Miss Sai,gon. Widced and Legally Blonde fur example - Harris is set to pack up stumps and move to New Ymk city to try his luck on Broadway. He'll be arriving in style as weD. with a gig already booked. at the prestigious New York cabaret venue 54 Below Qocated undemeath the legendary Studio 54) with. New York oomposer Scott Evan Davis.

Speaking to 7E during a break in rehearsals fur his Iatest role as The Baker in the VktmianOpera~ production of Into the Woods, Harris said while the prospect of moving halfway around. the world was a tad scary. it represented the fulfilment of along-held dream..

"It is a little daunting - I mean, relocat­ing to another country is something that is never easy but it's something that Pve always wanted to do and I'm extremely excited about it." Harris said. "I performed with Scott Evan Davis

at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and he invited me to sing with. him. at 54 Below in September, which is a pretty good way to

arrive in New York. but after that it will be a case of just seeing what happens.'"

Before he jets off however, Harris wiD be bringing his intimate, autobiographi­cal cabaret show - Time i!; a Troveller - to Newcastle and he said he couldn't leave the country before performing ooce more :in his old stomping ground.

"It's really great for me on a personal. note because it's where I grew up so it's extra nice to be able to bring my own story backtomyhametown.

"H is a litt1e bit of a last lrurrah, but that doesn"t mean that I won"I: be back at every opportunity."

Time is a Traveller, whkh played to five sold out crowds in Sydney earlier this year. sees Harris at his most candid and persooal. The show weaves together songs and -.. that have shaped Ills """"" • from the embanassment of Ills first school musical, In talent quests at RSL clubs and the blghs and lows ofbeing """ of Australla's best-lDved I:beatIkBlleadiDg meo.

When Harris was cutting his teeth on the playground of RutheIfmd Teclmology High, he had no idea that he would, one day, be treading the boards in some of the most instantly recognisable stage shows in recemmemory.

"I didn't come from a musical family. "My mum worked for my unc1.e's aircon­

ditioning company and my father was a truck driver. Singing wasn't something that was considered cool growing up,

Relocating to another country is something that is never easy but it's something that rvealways wanted to do

either. it was just sometbiDg that I kind of fellinto."

"'I enrolled in architecture at universtty and left after a very short time because it just wasn't for me. I anditioned for the very first production of Miss SajgDn and I remember thinking, wouldn't ft be great to do this. but never thought it would come to fruition.

"'I didn't get into NIDA or any perfor­mance cowses. but in the same :year I left. urn. I made the '-list fur The Boy From Oz wfth Todd McKinney and someone pulled out and I was in and that was that - I thank that person """'Y day."

Since landing that plum role in the Boy ftum Oz, Ranis has been ootOinated fur fourHelpmannawanlsforbisportIayalsof Ollis in Miss Sai,grm. Fiyero in Wicked and Emmett in Legally Blonde but is equally comfortable in cabaret. concert and album mode. He said that the ability to work across a number of different mediwns helped lreep the creative jukes fklwing.

"They defiDilely all hold their own charms .... he said. "I rea1ly love musicals - just the grand

sca1e of tt all and bemg able to reelly delve into a character but cabaret is also great because you can lose that fourth wall and have a chat with the crowd and have a bit of a yam and the concert arena is a completely different kettle of fish altogether. But. to be able to cross over rea1ly keeps t:bingo fresh and the creativity flowing."

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I t's a pretty telling statement of intent that iconic Aussie pub rock outfit The Chiorboys' first single was titled Never

GonnaDie.

STEPHEN BISSET

Thirty seven years since the band's incep­tion they are showing no signs of shuffling off this mortal coil with the band bringing a special acoustic show at Lizotte's this weekend - not to mention a slew of activity slated for the band this year.

"I reckon that, when we recorded that song [Never Gonna Die], 1 pretty much knew that 1 was never gonna die;' front man Mark Gable told TE.

''We were pretty young and stupid at the time and at that age you think you're pretty much impervious to everything - you can smack into things, have things smack into you, and the like and you just bounce back - also, if you did happen to die it would be a glorious death like an assassination and all the kids would weep that their people's poet was dead. Honestly, though it is pretty amazing that we are still around and having as much fun as we are?'

When it comes to fun, Gable said that was pretty much the modus operandi for the Chiorboys these days, as people who attend the acoustic shows will be able to attest.

"It's basically going to be a heap of fun - it's not like working at all. We'll just be rocking up with our acoustics, making a few "woohoo" noises and cracking a

few jokes - 1 like to tell jokes onstage - 1 don't think they're funny, but 1 get a few laughs from the crowd from time to time so it's okay:'

Aside from playing their obligatory hits like Run to Paradise and Boys Will Be Boys Gable said they would also be throwing in a few acoustic renditions of some of ACI DC's classic numbers as the band will also be performing a series of AC/DC tribute shows in honour of Bon Scott's 40th anniversary of joining the band.

"Yeah we're doing these tribute shows later in the years and we'll be playing High Voltage and Highway to Hell back to back so we thought it would be good to throw in a couple in the acoustic show - and 1 can tell you working up an ACIDC song on acoustic isn't as easy as you might think;' he said.

"I mean Newcastle is a working class town that always appreciates a bit of Acca Dacca - or at least it used to be. What happened to the good old days of walking down Hunter Street and getting the s**t kicked out of you by some guy called Roy who worked at the steel mill? It's all very trendy now:'

Gale said the Chiorboys were currently undergoing a bit of purple patch with two quite unique new albums slated for this year.

"Yeah it's pretty exciting - the first one is a pub rock instrumental album and the second one is all about Australian culture in the 1970S - so there's no shortage of activity for the Choirboys:'

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When a half-Chechen, half-Russian, brutally tortured immigrant turns up in Hamburg's Islamic community, laying claim to his father's ill gotten fortune, both German and US security agencies take a close interest: as the clock ticks down and the stakes rise, the race is on to establish this most wanted man's true identity - oppressed victim or destruction-bent extremist? Based on legendary crime author John Ie Carre's novel, A Most Wanted Man is a contemporary, cerebral tale ofintrigue, love, rivalry, and politics that prickles with tension right through to its last heart-stopping scene.

Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Defoe and Robin Wright.

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If edge-of-your-seat action thrill­ers are up your alley, then you'll want to check out this latest flick from notable French director Luc Besson (Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element).

Positing the question "what could humans achieve if they were to use 100 per cent of their brain?", Lucy tells the story of a woman who is unwittingly dragged into the criminal underworld and, when she inadvertanly ingests a new drug that gives her supherhuman powers, she has the ability to turn the tables on her oppressors, transforming into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

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Deliver Us From Evil [Rated MA] 2.5/5 Reviewed at Event Cinemas Glendale by Stephen Bisset

While this latest in the long line of exorcism flicks does contain a couple of genuine scares, they are , unfortunately, not enough to save this backstory heavy, mediocre horror/procedural crime thriller. Aussie Eric Bana, hamming it up with a bad New York accent, stars as a tough and sceptical cop who begins investi­gating a series of increasingly creepy crimes with a basis in the paranormal. Bana hooks up with a hard drinking priest (Edgar Ramirez in a credible performance) who is schooled in the art of exorcism and the pair set about combatting a spate of demonic possessions that are terrorising the city.

While some of the scares do work well, a reliance on cliche and forshadowing music or repeated imagery pre-empting a lot of the tension, left this film lacking.

If you're looking for a decent "based -on -a-true-story" paranor­mal flick, check out The Conjuring, director Scott Derrickson'S previous effort The Excorsism of Emily Rose.

The Rover [Rated MA] Reviewed at Tower Cinemas. Newcastle by Amelia Parrott

If audiences were after yet more examples of why Guy Pearce is Australia's most underrated actor, David Michod's latest offer­ing, The Rover, delivers in spades.

This intense drama, set 10 years after the collapse of the global economy in outback Australia, follows Eric (Pearce), a hardened loner searching for his stolen car.

While on the road, Eric picks up Rey, (Robert Pattinson) the brother of one of the crooks who stole his Commodore.

The dialogue may be limited but that doesn't get in the way of an intriguing relationship forming between the duo.

This film is Australian cinema at its very best. The direction, performances, cinematography, music are all absolutely fault­less. And the story, co-written by Aussie actor Joel Edgerton, is subtle, yet at the same time, edge-of-your-seat-Ievel fascinating.

If you can handle a fair bit of violence and Pattinson's near­indecipherable American drawl, get yourself to see The Rover quick smart.

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Newcastle three-piece Sil­verhair are a slick rock and roll outfit comprising three extremely experienced musos playing all the platters that matter from the 1970S and '80S with a decent smattering of the popular rock hits of today to suit almost any audience at almost any venue.

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MUSIC Fingers crossed A massive "fingers crossed" is definitely in order for two

Newcastle DJs/producers who will be trying their luck in the finals of the 2014 Your Shot DJ Competition in Sydney this weekend.

King 01 country returns Up and comers Tyler Cave and Jacob Atkinson - aka Show

and Tell- will be perfonning along9de a slew of up and com­ing EDM talent and vying for some pretty amazing prizes.

When it comes to a decent foot in the door, they don't come much better than a spot on festivals like stereosonic and BPM and a DJ mentoring session with none other than Tiesto.

So, if you want to support local EDM, then make the get along to the Greenwood Hotel, 36 mue Street North Sydney on Saturday, August 2 and show your support for Show and Tell.

Good luck, guys.

Lets get this party started

While the music of Pink and Oz rock icons The Divinyls might not necessarily go hand in hand, but they certainly will this weekend when two tribute shows - The ffitimate Pink Show and Totally Divinylz - hit Edgeworth Sport and Rec Club this weekend .

Bursting onto the scene in 2009, The ffitimate Pink Show has received accolades from many die hard Pink fans as being the most legitimate perfonnance, in comparison to the lady herself. With a seven-piece live band, the ffitimate Pink Show has reproduced the live sound of Pink, like no other.

Totally Divinylz is a hard hitting, pure rock tribute to the amaz­ing Australian rockers the Divinyls. Covering the most popular

A fter a mammoth sold-out Australian run in 2012, no fooling icon of American

country music, Kenny Rogers, is heading back our way and will be bringing what promises to be a hit-filled show to the Newcastle Entertainment Centre in January.

Over the course of a mammoth career, Rogers has become some­what of a hit machine, with such iconic numbers as The Gambler, Reuben James, Ludlle, Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town, She Believes in Me and the duet with Dolly Parton Islands in the Stream and racking up more than 120 million album sales into the bargain.

hits from this highly successful 80'S band, this tribute show is an authentic representation of the guitar driven sound of the Divinyls, delivered live on stage. With well-known hits such as Pleasure and Pain, Boys in Town and I Touch Myself, this tribute show gets the crowd up on the dance floor and screaming for more.

Catch The Ultimate Pink Show and Totally Divinylz at Edgeworth Sport and Ret Club on Friday, August 1.

Since his last visit to our shores, Rogers certainly hasn't been rest­ing on his laurels, releasing his thirty second album - You Can't Make Old Friends - which hit the US top ten country albums charts - his twenty second album to do so. He has also been honoured with an induction into the American Country Music Hall of Fame (and upcoming biographi­cal museum exhibition until June 2015) and the Willie Nelson lifetime achievement award - his sixth Country Music Association Award. He also made his first appearances at Morocco's world

music Festival Timitar and the largest outdoor arts spectacle, the Glastonbury Festival, playing to over one hundred and thirty thousand enthusiastic fans.

Newcastle Entertainment Centre on Wednesday, January 28 2015 with support from Adam Harvey and Beccy Cole.

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A sense 01 place A fter cutting his teeth as frontrnan

with brooding Maitland-based rockers Sketching Cato, Dave

Wells has stepped out from behind the safety net of a band with his debut solo EP, Carrington Street.

Named after the Maitland Street on which Wells grew up, the EPis a beautifully lilting folk-rock-esque effort that bristles with an unmistakable sense of place and a feeling of nostalgia that never comes off as overly sentimental or mawkish.

''With the lyrics, 1 really wanted to capture some vivid memories of where 1 grew up and the aim was to try and paint a picture in the listener's mind - it's a nostal­gic snapshot of memories and events that happened as a kid growing up?'

While it is an EP that revels in personal experience, there is a universality in those songs that could be applied to most people's lives.

While the initial idea, when formu­lating the EP, was to create a kind of folk-driven singer-songwriter vibe on Carrington Street, Wells' vision eventu­ally expanded to include a full band dynamic.

"I was working on the songs for about 12 months before the other guys [ Alasdair Caveney - bass, Scott Emblen - guitar, Tim Wells - drums] came into the fold.

"At fIrst it did feel a little bit strange but the boys have really put a lot oflight and shade on those songs which was just brilliant.

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A very Joyful noise

The universality of music and its joyous, celebratory nature will be on full display at the Civic Theatre

this weekend when the Soweto Gospel Choir comes to town.

Since it's formation in 2002, the Soweto Gospel Choir have brought joy into the lives of countless people around the world and have collaborated with artists as diverse as U2, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Robert Plant, Celine Dion, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Peter Gabriel and Andre Rieu. Not bad for a choir who performed their first ticketed show at the Frankstown Arts Centre in Victoria in 2003.

Tenor and musical director Diniloxolo "Milton" Ndlakuse told TE that audi­ences could expect to be dancing in the aisles.

"It is definitely a celebration;' he said. "Music is just so universal and this

choir - we sing in six different South African languages - is a great example of this. The costumes also help to reflect the joy, happiness and peace that comes through in our music?'

Following the recent passing of Nelson Mandela ( who was one of their biggest fans), the choir has participated in services around the world celebrating and commemorating his life included the televised memorial service held in Soweto attended by President Obama and world leaders and a memorial for the Mandela Foundation in New York with

President Clinton and Morgan Freeman . In recognition of Mandela's passing

the choir will dedicate their Australian shows to his memory.

Ndlakuse, who has been with the choir since 2007, said there had been too many highlights to mention them all but performing with the likes of Bono was definitely up there.

"It was quite daunting for me because, in Soweto, the choir is so popular - it's like auditioning for Pop Idol or X-Factor;' he said. "I was very nervous, but luckily I got the job - it's been a very exciting adventure?'

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The sixth sense A fier discovering a gift to reveal the

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Mitchell Coombes has parlayed his talents into quite a successful career. With regular appearances on Channel Seven's Sunrise and The Morning Show, a weekly column in That's Life magazine and two best­selling books in Sensing Spirit and Sensing Psychic, Coombes, the 2011 Australian psychic of the year, has become one of Australia's best-known seers.

Coombes will be bringing his show, An Evening With Mitchell Coombes to Wests this month and he said the prospect of doing his thing in front of the home crowd was an exciting one, particularly after his sold-out Newcastle turn last year.

"I can't wait;' he said of the show. "I've always had a lot of support in

Newcastle - I have a lot of Newcastle clients and my office is in Charlestown and given that I do a fair bit of touring both here and overseas, it's always great to come back and share my experiences with local audiences.

"I also just love the energy in Newcastle -there seems to be a real open mindedness to the people that is just great?'

Coombes said the show would be similar in format to that of US medium John Edward and he will be passing on messages from audience members' departed loved ones.

"I would say that I'm almost like a

switchboard operator to the other side;' he said.

"I'll be getting messages from people's departed siblings, children, parents, friends. It's a very gratifying and humbling experience to be able to reach out to people in such a way?'

Coombes, who said that psychic ability has been a long standing trait in his family, first started seeing spirits at the age of three.

"It definitely runs in my family - I'd say psychic ability goes back around 400 years in our family. My nana taught me how to read tea leaves when I was six, but from the age of three I started seeing what I thought were little green people at the foot of my bed, which turned out to be spirits. At the time I thought that everybody could do this?'

Coombes said he has since developed a modicum of control over his gift.

"When it started it was pretty hard to control it but now I'm definitely better at it. I'd say it's kind of like me being a taxi driver who puts up a sign saying I'm ready to take a fare?'

He added that he believed everyone had psychic ability it was just about recognis­ing the signs.

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Hlp Hop Hooray

W ith a number twelve slot on the about. com 25 best rap groups of all time list and a

nod from MTV who dubbed them" the most melodic hip-hop group of all time" there's no denying Cleveland, Ohio's biggest hip hop export Bone Thugs n Harmony's credentials.

With more than 40 sold-out Austral­ian shows under their belt since 2010, the Grammy award-winners are head­ing back our way, but this time, with Newcastle in their sights.

In addition to the concerts, the group will be continuing talent search on a quest to discover the best un-signed Australian talent, from all genres, with the aim to sign them to their new record label. To solidify the presence of the label in Sydney including the grand openillg of a Sydney TL/Bone Thugs retail out -let

officially opening while they are here this coming August where infamous Lopez Records' store in Sydney will officially become a TL/Bone Thugs n Harmony store and studio.

"I believe it's very important for an artist or anyone who is trying to be successful at launching a record label to be very hands on and involved with the calibre of artists they're pursuing;' Krayzie Bone said.

Aside from the talent search, the lads have partnered with the website gigge­ctin.com to offer up and comers in each city on the tour, inclucling Newcastle, to open for the hip-hop legends. So, head over to www.giggectin.com/gigs/bone­thugs-n-harmony-newcastle.

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Arguably Australia's biggest expo­nents of beefcake - the Sydney Hotshots - are back with a new

show, Six Pack Sensation Extravaganza. The show is a two hour celebration and

a montage of tremendous acts - includ­ing fiery firemen to tame the tempera­tures, a seductive smooth officer, and suited gentleman and when the crowd gets too rowdy, policemen in uniform arrive to take control. Not to mention with exceptional assortments of lights, action, sex appeal, in an incomparable Las Vegas style.

Although the fun doesn't stop there as the lads grab their hats, boots and saddles and mosey on down to the Wild Wild West.

Renowned countrywide The Sydney Hotshots is the only national male revue touring act and has remained on top of the game for the past 19 years. Currently preparing for their international debut next year, Hotshots director, Paul Reyn­olds, said that the key to the success of the group is their attention to detail, the constant evolution of the show and their love of performing.

"The guys spend hours perfecting their moves, training to stay in shape and researching new ideas and songs;' he said.

"I believe that it is this sort of ethic, the

love for the show and the audience and the level of professionalism our guys bring to the show that makes the Sydney Hotshots so successful?'

Hours of training goes into ensuring that each performer is in peak shape for the show. Under their intense train­ing schedule and with more than 300 shows a year, it is no wonder individual members are sought out for fashion shoots, modelling opportunities and acting jobs. Despite an estimated annual audience of over 250,000 women, the men are down to earth fun-loving guys that just love ladies and performing.

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