Issue #A05 • ships from Mar 29 2006
News-stand Price • UK £3.50 / US $5.99

In 132 pages…

Doctor Who
• It snared almost 11 million viewers in its first run, lost a doctor, then gained another one. And now it’s back for a second series. We spoke with actress Billie Piper, aka Rose, on playing opposite newcomer David Tennant, her attitude to fame, and her next acting project, The Ruby in the Smoke adaptation

Superman Returns
• We delve into Bryan Singer’s superhero vision to discover if Brandon Routh can fill the role and if this latest addition will return Superman as the most beloved comic book hero

Jack Johnson
• The singer reveals to us how his songs are written with one main objective in mind: to hide the fact that he can’t sing in key!

House
• Hugh Laurie tells us why his character Dr Gregory House isn’t ‘a complete bastard at all’, and even goes so far as to brand him his hero. We’re just a little concerned…

Green Wing
• The hilarious hospital comedy is finally back for another dose. We may have been waiting 18 months, but the cast insist Series 2 is going to be even more risqué and outlandish than its predecessor. You’ve been warned…

What the Stars Watch
• We’re watching them, but who are they watching? Eva Longoria, Steve Carell, Ricky Gervais, Patricia Arquette, Hugh Laurie, Simon Cowell and Luke Perry are just some of the stars who reveal what they never like to miss on TV

Six Feet Under
• We join creator Alan Ball to mourn the demise of the fantastic show about life and death, and also to celebrate the five years of superb drama it delivered.
RIP

Too Close to Home
• We investigate Hollywood’s desire to confront 9/11 head on. But is it too much, too soon?

Public Symphony
• One half of the duo, Dobs Vye, discusses the band’s sparkling début album

Pauline Collins
• The actress on her welcome return to Doctor Who

PLUS...

Timothy Spall
• On his latest roles in Jimmy McGovern’s new drama The Street and playing the lead in Pierrepoint, a biopic of the last hangman

Amy Adams
• The Oscar-nominated actress discusses why being the outsider has its rewards

Kenneth J Harvey
• The Canadian author on his novel Inside, a compelling portrait of a man hurled back into the outside world after being incarcerated for 14 years

• Picture Previews
  of upcoming serial killer drama Dexter, the second series of Life on Mars and M Night Shyamalan’s latest Supernatural offering Lady in the Water

• Entertainment, as we see it…
  The 5 film franchises that should be revived

• This issue, our regular columnist discusses the onslaught of reality TV

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

• Through the years… Morrissey

• The Making of a Scene…
  We take a closer look at The West Wing’s funeral scene of Leo McGarry (John Spencer)

• What you were watching, reading and listening to in…
  1976

• Idle banter with the icons of entertainment
  Ricky Gervais on his animated incarnation in The Simpsons

• The classic TV moments we all talked about
  The dinner scene from Season One of The Sopranos

• TV
  Big Love
  Green Wing – Series 2
  The Street
  PLUS: All the brand new dramas launching in the US…
  
  
• Movies
  Paradise Now
  Rent
  The Squid and the Whale
  PLUS The hottest new Stateside releases reviewed
  A complete guide to the month’s films
  
  
• DVDs
  Brokeback Mountain
  King Kong
  The Producers
  And more!
  
  
• Computer Games
  BLACK
  Dragon Quest: Journey of the Cursed King
  Kuon
  And more!
  
  
• Music
  Pink – I’m Not Dead
  Public Symphony – Public Symphony
  The Zutons – Tired of Hangin’ Around
  And more!
  
  
• Books
  A Long Way Down – Nick Hornby
  The Perfect Man – Naeem Murr
  The Sea – John Banville
  And more!
  
  

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

• The latest on Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball’s new vampire series
• The West Wing’s Aaron Sorkin’s new drama starring Matthew Perry
• Plus pictures from Elton’s Oscars party
  
  

• 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: Warner Bros, Fox Network

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

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