Issue #A03 • ships from Jan 18 2006
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In 132 pages…

2006 Preview: The Top 50
• We give the low-down on what to look out for and what not to miss in 2006, with the definitive list of upcoming TV, films, DVDs, books, albums, games…

The only thing you’ll need to worry about is making enough time for all of them…

And if that’s not enough, then let the talent speak for themselves, we interview
• Director Bryan Singer on Superman Returns
• The new Doctor David Tennant on Doctor Who: Series 2
• Orlando Bloom on Pirates of the Caribbean 2
• Comedian Simon Pegg on his next film parody, Hot Fuzz
• Actor John Simm on his new TV series Life on Mars

Desperate Housewives
• We talk to James Denton, who plays Susan’s love interest Mike, about the second year of the delectable show, and how he’s coping with the unprecedented public attention

Jennifer Aniston
• The actress reveals to The Works that she has lost none of her optimism or her energy when we met with her to discuss her new romantic comedy Rumor Has It

Corinne Bailey Rae
• We love her, and we reckon it won’t be long before you do too. With a début album brimming with distinctive, soulful tracks, we introduce you to the singer behind the voice…

ER
• We met with stars Goran Visnjic and Linda Cardellini to discuss the show’s incredible endurance

Munich
• We look back to the 1972 Olympics and the harrowing events that inspired Steven Spielberg’s new film

Nick Frost
• The actor discusses his first leading TV role in the new BBC Sci-Fi comedy Hyperdrive, and why he loves to watch himself on TV!

Lisa Kudrow
• The actress on her new sitcom The Comeback and how she’s adjusting to life after Friends

Shameless
• It’s all about the kids in the third series of this tv drama, as young star Gerard Kearns tells us

Cleaver
• Author Tim Parks on his provocative new novel that scorns both the media and our modern lifestyles

• Picture Previews of The new TV series Mayo, the upcoming disaster film Poseidon, plus the latest on the musical waves group Travis are once again creating

• Entertainment, as we see it…
  The five novels we’d like to see adapted for the big screen

• This issue our regular columnist discusses the current state of the British music scene

• So you think you know entertainment…
  Ten questions to test your knowledge

• Through the years on ER

• The making of a scene…
  We take a closer look at the Doctor Who Christmas Special

• What you were watching, reading and listening to in…
  1988

• Idle banter with the icons of entertainment
  Nighty Night’s Julia Davis on her monstrous character Jill

• The classic TV moments we all talked about
  The tense episode of The West Wing written in the aftermath of 9/11

• TV
  Desperate Housewives – Season 2
  Grey’s Anatomy – Season 2
  Lost – Series 2
  PLUS: All the brand new dramas launching in the US…
  
  
• Movies
  Munich
  Proof
  Derailed
  PLUS The hottest new Stateside releases reviewed
  A complete guide to the month’s films
  
  
• DVDs
  Pride & Prejudice
  The Brothers Grimm
  Red Eye
  And more!
  
  
• Computer Games
  Star Wars: Empire at War
  Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  The Chronicles of Narnia
  And more!
  
  
• Music
  Mohair – Small Talk
  Alexis Strum – Cocoon
  Sparks – Hello Young Lovers
  And more!
  
  
• Books
  Cleaver – Tim Parks
  The Night Watch – Sarah Waters
  Ordinary Heroes – Scott Turow
  And more!
  
  

• Our essential guide to the entertainment you should not miss over the coming month
  
  

• We contemplate the success of Doctor Who, plus pay homage to the late John Spencer…
  
  

• If you have any comments to make on the world of Entertainment then contact us at: theworks@visimag.com
  
  

Images taken from this issue are copyright or courtesy of: ABC, Warner Bros, EMI

All other contents © Visual Imagination Ltd 2006. Not for reproduction

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