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It was for the church musical. I got the part of Mr Worldly Wiseman. We performed at a couple of shopping centres and I thought I’d made it.
communal [space] where we hang out together… 30 years ago it was chaotic, but now we just have our tea and sit around reading the newspaper.” Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith on the realities of being old rockers. NME I AU
“I am over 50 years old and [have] never seen as many people in a funeral. Rayan is the son of us all.” A mourner at the funeral of fiveyear-old Rayan Oram, who died after falling down a well in Ighran, Morocco, despite large-scale rescue efforts to save him. AL JAZEERA I QA
Oscar winner Cate Blanchett on hitting the big time in Hollywood, via Westfield.
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“I wasn’t sure he was understanding me. Then he said, ‘Well, will I oink?’” Dr Bartley Griffith, from the University of Maryland Medical Centre heart transplant program, on the reaction of a patient when offered a heart from a genetically modified pig.
“I just see the rings and something magical happens.” Dutch speedskater Ireen Wüst on making history by becoming the first athlete to claim individual gold medals at five different Olympics, Winter or Summer.
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“This is the biggest predation event on the planet. We haven’t seen things like this since dinosaurs were here, and probably not even then.” Robert Pitman, cetacean ecologist at Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute, on Australian world-first footage that confirms that a pod of killer whales can take down the world’s largest animal: an adult blue whale.
“I covered this part with my hand and the rest with my body, so it looks like a normal library book. And I ran in and put it on one of the shelves – and then read a book. So I didn’t look suspicious.” Dillon Helbig, eight, on how he slipped his hand-written storybook The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis onto the shelves of his local library in Boise, Idaho, only for it to become an in-demand title, with 125 people on the waiting list. NPR I US
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“We’re not spring chickens anymore. We all have our own little rooms and we have a
“The problem with being so motivated to have such a ripped body when I was young was that I built a rod for my own back… You’ll never see me walking around a beach with my top off. Or on stage. Maybe for a laugh, but it’s unlikely.” 90s popstar Peter Andre on packing away his six-pack in middle age. THE GUARDIAN I UK
“If you’re a six and they’re a 10, it might not be your looks that they’ve been charmed by, it might be your access to classified information.” Senator James Paterson on revelations that international spies are using dating apps to recruit Australians who have access to sensitive government secrets. Swipe left! NINE I AU
“DC is the kind of emo comic. There’s a nihilistic side to it. Even the artwork is really, really different. So, hopefully, there are a lot of sad people in the world.” Actor Robert Pattinson on his new Batman, the emo that Gotham deserves, but perhaps not one it needs right now. GQ I US
