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Ahead of the Dark Crystal tour NYC-based hyperpop icon umru gets things heaving with unreleased goodies & Aussie heat!Estonian-American producer umru has been pushing boundaries in the electronic pop landscape for a hot minute, clocking up collabs with heavyhitters like Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek and Rebecca Black (just to name a few) as well as dropping plenty of delicious original tunes.They've recently jumped on remix duties for artists including our local queen Ninajirachi and oklou but we've also been loving their track 'Poplife' with underscores. Check it out here:You'll be able to catch them Down Under later this month performing alongside Ninajirachi and MGNA CRRRTA but first they're hitting the decks exclusively for triple j.
umru returns to the Mix Up airwaves for the first time since 2023 with a genre bending set to help you turn up on your Saturday. Don't miss!
Upcoming Gigs
22 Aug – Industrique, Naarm/Melbourne
22 Aug – Industrique, Naarm/Melbourne 23 Aug – Manning Bar, Eora/Sydney
23 Aug – Manning Bar, Eora/Sydney 28 Aug – Outpost, Meanjin/Brisbane
28 Aug – Outpost, Meanjin/Brisbane 29 Aug – Goodwill Basement, Boorloo/Perth
29 Aug – Goodwill Basement, Boorloo/Perth 30 Aug – The Lab, Kaurna/Adelaide
Track list
Fatshaudi & umru — dreams (original demo)
Lovefear — Pa Gossamer
Lipstick Music — Run Right Back
Justin Bieber — ALL I CAN TAKE
Jim Legxacy — d.b.a.b.
Girl Tool — Circadian Rhythm
Chuquimamani-Condori — Parker w/ JCC E DJ edit
Nick Leon & Ela Minus — Ghost Orchid
Chino & Di Genius — clap it n drop it (Dj sowasop sowamix)
DJ Narciso — Não Quero
Cortisa Star — EVIL ASF (prod. umru & Matt Marvin)
hvxeem & Sidney Phillips — stalkers
Doss — ID
River Moon — ID (prod. umru & underscores)
biblemami — I'm Sorry (ft. Sidney Phillips)
umru & EQ — ID
GRRL — ID
VV Pete, Brodinski & Utility — GO DUMB
TAAHLIAH, Petal Supply & umru — ID
Stina Nordenstam — Dynamite (kmoe edit)
Dubbel Dutch — Heat Waves
d.silvestre — OQAMQ
Doss — ID
d.silvestre & MC Du Red — ELA TRAVA
Ninajirachi — London Song
umru & Ouri — ID
Charlie Shell — HITZ 4 THE HOOD (ELI B-LINE DUB)
bastiengoat — Liquor Store Lime
umru, bbafricka & warpstr — ID
Cortisa Star — Up (dudda bootleg)
GRRL — ID
Gabby Start — Blasé (umru edit)
XQZ ME — WERK
james K — Blinkmoth (July Mix) (Special Guest DJ VIP Remix)
Miss Jay & Girl Tool — WALK
Chuquimamani-Condori — Breathe Kullawada Caporal E DJ edit
Oklou — choke enough (jamesjamesjames remix)
Kim Dotcom — Party Electricity (ft. Amari)
umru & Jacques Greene — 1st Light (Ninajirachi edit)
umru & underscores — Poplife
Burna — Alarme
TNGHT — Goooo (Recluse Redrum)
Ninajirachi & MGNA Crrrta — Angel Music (umru remix)
leroy — LIKE WATCHING A ZOMBIE TURN
Sidney Phillips — IGET In My Pocket
daine — payphone (prod. Darcy Baylis, Lucy Blomkamp, Lonelyspeck & LAN Party)
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‘Aggressively provocative': Test screener for Margot Robbie's ‘Wuthering Heights' film gets mixed reviews
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‘Aggressively provocative': Test screener for Margot Robbie's ‘Wuthering Heights' film gets mixed reviews

Don't miss out on the headlines from Upcoming Movies. Followed categories will be added to My News. Wuthering Heights devotees are in for a rude shock, it seems. The beloved 1800s novel written by Emily Brontë is yet again being adapted for the screen, with Australian actress Margot Robbie and fellow Aussie Jacob Elordi in the lead roles of Catherine and Heathcliff. Directed by Saltburn filmmaker Emerald Fennell, the upcoming feature film has already copped significant controversy after photos emerged from the set earlier this year, with many taking issue with Robbie's age, her costume and styling, and even with her face looking too 'modern' for a story set in the late 1700s. Now, a test screener hosted in Dallas, Texas, is said to have generated a deeply mixed reaction among viewers, described as 'aggressively provocative' and 'tonally abrasive'. Never miss the latest entertainment news from Australia and around the world — download the app direct to your phone. Margot Robbie pictured on set of 'Wuthering Heights' in the UK in March. Picture: BACKGRID According to movie website World of Reel, 'There's hypersexualised imagery — far more explicit than any previous adaptation of this material.' The outlet further claims, 'The film opens with a public [redacted] that quickly descends into grotesque absurdity, as the condemned man ejaculates mid-execution, sending the onlooking crowd into a kind of orgiastic frenzy. A nun even fondles the corpse's visible erection. 'Later, a woman is strapped into a horse's reins for a BDSM-tinged encounter. There are several masturbation scenes shot in that now-signature Fennell style — intimate, clinical, and purposefully discomforting.' The publication cites an attendee saying Robbie and Elordi have 'great chemistry', but described the characters as 'unlikeable'. Australian actor Jacob Elordi plays Heathcliff in the film. Picture:It's not usual for reviews to emerge from highly-confidential test screenings, which are traditionally held by production companies to gauge audience reaction prior to the film's completion and ultimate release. Production on Wuthering Heights, which took place in the UK, officially wrapped in April. And a warning, some story spoilers below. The book – considered one of the most famous pieces literature ever written – follows the doomed romance between Catherine and Heathcliff, whose passionate love story is marred by societal constraints. Juliette Binoche alongside Ralph Fiennes in the 1992 version of Wuthering Heights. Forgotten Film That Launched Margot Robbie's Career Video Player is loading. Play Video This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. 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This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. 01:28 SUBSCRIBER ONLY Forgotten Film That Launched Margot Robbie's Career more more began when she was cast in two films in the late 2000s before she ever set foot in Ramsay St. Take a look at where Margot's career...... ... more Amid the backlash when Robbie – a three-time Oscar nominee – was cast, many took issue with the actress' age. At 35, the Queensland-born star is some 16 years older than Catherine. While it's certainly not uncommon for mature actors to portray younger characters, much of the tragedy of the novel lies in the premature nature of Catherine's death during childbirth, as Heathcliff lives on tormented to have lost her before they have a chance to be together. Others also felt Robbie didn't quite capture a 17th-century woman, with one critic claiming she looks 'straight out of Sephora'. 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Johnny Depp, Amber Heard: Grim new details of Gold Coast fight
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Don't miss out on the headlines from Books. Followed categories will be added to My News. The tempestuous relationship of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard comes under the microscope in a new book by journalists who covered the A-list couple's courtroom battle. This extract from Hollywood Vampires dives into that infamous night of mayhem in Australia when everything came to a head. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard were still celebrating their nuptials when Johnny's freelance butler Ben King pulled into the palatial carport at Diamond Head, a colonial estate and riverfront mega mansion on Australia's Gold Coast. Soon the newlyweds would arrive at the estate. There was no time for a honeymoon after their February 2015 wedding; both Johnny and Amber were due back at work to start shooting their new films. Diamond Head's owner, Aussie motorcycling champion Mick Doohan, was away on tour. I spy trouble on the horizon … Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow with Orlando Bloom as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Mick had previously rented his place to Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Pink. Now the mansion would be Johnny and Amber's home for several months while Johnny filmed the fifth instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Dead Men Tell No Tales. The film would be shot exclusively in Australia after the Australian government offered Disney $20 million in tax incentives. It was the largest international feature film shoot in the country's history and the newest instalment would be an emotional exploration of Jack Sparrow's backstory. At Diamond Head, Ben scoped out the movie theatre and gym then entered the primary suite. He was surrounded by stacks of suitcases containing everything Johnny and Amber would need for their home away from home. There was a box filled entirely with candles. Several more suitcases were filled with art supplies. Then he unpacked and hung Johnny's clothes, mostly an assortment of tattered, patched, and stained bohemian garb. Gold class … Mick Doohan's Diamond Head home, rented by Depp and Heard. 'Stained bohemian garb' … Amber Heard and Johnny Depp in March 2014. Nathan Holmes, Johnny's long-time assistant, had arrived earlier in the week. Between him and Ben, everything had been taken care of for Johnny and Amber's arrival. Nathan rented go-karts for the racetrack outside. He also found an art teacher for Amber because she wanted to take painting classes. The two men were soon joined by Chef Russell. Johnny arrived in Australia first and Amber a couple of weeks later. Immediately they began to fight. According to Johnny, Amber was 'irate' and 'possessed' over discussions of a postnuptial agreement following their failure to execute a prenup before the weddings. He said Amber believed he was trying to 'trick her' into receiving nothing from the postnup and complained that she wasn't even listed in his will. Without a pre- or postnup, per California law, Amber would automatically be entitled to 50 per cent of everything Johnny made during their marriage if they split. STREAM FREE ON TUBI: DEPP/HEARD DOCUMENTARIES On the evening of Friday, March 6, Johnny and Amber were snuggled under a blanket to watch TV when Chef Russell said goodbye for the weekend. He reminded the pair that he'd prepared meals for the weekend that only needed to be reheated. On Sunday, Malcolm Connolly, Johnny's bodyguard got a call from Jerry Judge, Johnny's head of security. 'Something's happened with the boss, man,' Jerry said. 'You need to extract him. Just extract him, take him out of there.' 'Something's happened with the boss' … a photo released by Johnny Depp's lawyers showing him in hospital with an injured finger. Picture: Schillings 'You f**k off with your guys' … Amber Heard during the acrimonious 2022 defamation case between the couple at Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Virginia. Malcolm and Johnny's driver raced to Diamond Head. When he walked in the door, Amber was wearing a cardigan and a shiny slip, and screaming at Johnny. Johnny screamed back at Amber, clutching one of his fingers. 'She cut my finger clean off …' Johnny said. 'She slapped me with a vodka bottle.' He leaned over to Malcolm showing him the injured appendage. The claims were later disputed in court. Malcolm looked at Johnny's finger and thought, 'This looks like a captain cigar, like what you see in the cartoons.' He said to Johnny, 'Let's move, get in the car.' He crossed over to Johnny and pushed him toward the door. Johnny and Amber continued to argue as Malcolm tried to pull Johnny away and into the car outside. 'Johnny, that's all you do. You f**k off. You f**k off with your guys. You're a fucking coward, you big man,' Amber screamed at him. Johnny kept running back up the stairs to continue the fight, begging Malcolm, 'Let me stay for a few more minutes.' Finally, Malcolm pulled him down the stairs and out of the house. He put him in the car and walked around to the other side to sit behind Johnny in the back seat. Trashed … inside the mansion after that night. Damage … another room in the prestige home. 'Johnny, LET'S GO!' Malcolm demanded. With Johnny in the back seat wailing, Malcolm and the driver raced back to Malcolm's apartment in Broadbeach. 'It's going to be all right, boss,' he reassured Johnny. The driver parked in the underground garage and Malcolm snuck Johnny inside through a back passageway. As Malcolm washed Johnny's bloody hand, he could see the bone sticking out of his finger. There was dirt and paint in the wound too. He sat Johnny down on his bed and phoned Nurse Debbie Lloyd who, along with Dr Kipper, a specialist in addiction care, had been engaged by Johnny's team the previous year. Both had flown out to Australia and were installed in apartments near the mansion to be on call. 'Get here fast,' he said. Johnny moaned behind him. Kipper and Debbie arrived at Malcolm's apartment, took one look at Johnny's hand, and drove him to the hospital. Inside the ER, Johnny, still wearing his sunglasses, laid on a stretcher, his bloody finger wrapped in a green napkin laid on top of a large fabric pad. Malcolm stood next to Johnny, fuming. 'I stood on top of a chair and I took pictures of him. I had enough.' 'Clear trail of blood leading from one bedroom to the next' … Ben King. 'Looks like a captain cigar' … Johnny Depp displays the middle finger of his hand during his defamation trial against Heard in Fairfax, Virginia, April 20, 2022. Malcolm wanted to document Johnny's injuries. 'Every time I see him, he's got marks or scratches. It really was dangerous, man, dangerous. I thought I could show up one morning and he'll be dead.' Back at the Diamond Head mansion, Dr Kipper and Nurse Debbie tried to locate Johnny's missing fingertip. There was still time to stitch it back on. At some point that morning, Amber's cell phone had been positioned on the first floor near the front entrance. Still actively recording audio, it captured Dr Kipper and Nurse Debbie's conversation. When questioned about it later, Amber explained that Johnny 'took her phone and pressed record' before security got there. The recording would eventually become a significant piece of evidence at trial. Amber would later assert that on that Sunday morning, she was fresh out of a 'three-day hostage situation,' in which Johnny inflicted grievous bodily harm on her, including rape with a glass liquor bottle. But on the recording, in the presence of her doctor and a nurse, Amber didn't mention any of the bloodied cuts and gashes covering her arms or her 'shredded' feet caused by several broken glass bottles. Amber Heard showing injuries said to have been sustained during a separate incident at the couple's Los Angeles penthouse. It was released by a London court during Depp's unsuccessful libel suit over a 2018 article that said he had physically abused his ex-wife. Johnny Depp seen with a bruised face in March 2015, in a picture released by Fairfax County Court. He won his US defamation case against Heard over claims of abuse, though the jury also ruled he had defamed her via statements made by his lawyer in the press. As the medical team tried to find Johnny's finger, Amber became fixated on returning to Johnny and being by his side, but Dr Kipper wouldn't hear it. Amber sobbed in the background – 'He needs me right now! Me!' - while Kipper and Debbie discussed what meds to give her to calm her down. Jerry Judge urged Amber to go back home to Los Angeles, but she remained reluctant. She believed the relationship would be over if she did. 'I can't leave, I can't leave. It'll be the end if I leave,' she said. While Amber was sequestered upstairs, Jerry Judge called Christi Dembrowski, Johnny's sister and business partner, filling her in on what had happened that morning. The audio recording captured his end of the conversation. 'There's been bottles thrown, and she – she admits to me she threw the first – she threw a bottle at him.' Amber would claim Johnny was out of his mind on drugs, having taken ten ecstasy pills at once, as well as cocaine and liquor. She said she'd watched him smash a wall phone into pieces and lose his fingertip that way, though no evidence was found of a smashed phone. Plans were made for Amber to fly back to Los Angeles early the next morning, March 9, 2015 and Ben King returned to Diamond Head to find the rental home wrecked. Ben said that when he walked through the aftermath, there was a clear trail of blood leading from one bedroom to the next, and in and out of several bathrooms. Inside one bedroom, the bed linens were covered in blood, and there was also a bloody iPad and a blood-smeared guitar. Wave of allegations … Amber Heard during her former husband's libel case. Finger-pointing … Depp outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Both Johnny and Amber later claimed to have been hiding from each other in various rooms of the house. Ben followed another trail of blood to the downstairs bar, which was set back from a pool table, lit with blue lighting. On the floor was a bloody paper towel sitting next to cans, bottles, and broken glass. Inside the towel was Johnny's fingertip. Ben went upstairs and placed the flesh inside a zip-lock bag and put the bag in a bowl of ice inside a plastic container. The fingertip was rushed to the hospital to give it to the doctors, but according to Ben, 'The fingertip didn't find its way back to his finger, because it was too late.' In the end Ben escorted Amber back to LA. On the ride to the airport, Amber talked on her phone to several people, one of them Johnny. She'd later testify that he called her from the hospital to ask if he had 'killed it,' meaning the relationship. As they taxied down the runway, Ben asked the question that had been burning into him. 'What happened to the house?' Landlord to the stars … Aussie motorcycle legend Mick Doohan. He said Amber turned to look at him. 'Have you ever been so angry with someone, you just lost it with them?' Meanwhile, Jerry Bruckheimer's production company, JBF Inc., needed a story to give the public explaining why production on Pirates 5 had come to a halt. Three days after the finger incident, a press release with their 'official' story was released: 'Pirate steers off course! Johnny Depp injured his hand GO-KARTING at motorbike champion's luxury estate – forcing the star to fly home.' Photos showed Johnny boarding his private jet, flashing a gold-toothed grin for the paparazzi. He held his injured hand like a sock puppet against his chest, his forearm and hand sheathed in black skull-and-crossbones fabric that was sloppily wrapped up with silver duct tape. Soon he'd be on an operating table in Los Angeles for a skin grafting, in which skin from another part of his hand would be used to cover the portion of his finger that had been severed. A pin would also be placed in the broken bone. After the operation, Johnny posed for a picture, flipping off the camera with a massive middle finger bandaged up in pink gauze patterned with little purple hearts. As for Disney, they lost US$350,000 for every day that the production was shut down. Deep dive into a troubled time … Hollywood Vampires. This is an edited extract fromHollywood Vampires: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and the Celebrity Exploitation Machineby Kelly Loudenberg and Makiko Wholey. It will be published in Australia by HarperCollins on August 12. Want to go further into the Depp/Heard story? Watch for free on Tubi: Documentary – Depp vs Heard: All the Line Docu-series – Surviving Amber Heard Dramatisation – Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial Originally published as 'Trail of blood': New book walks through horror night at Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's Aussie mansion

Ronan Keating: Returning The Voice Australia coach says this year's stars are ‘best I've ever worked with'
Ronan Keating: Returning The Voice Australia coach says this year's stars are ‘best I've ever worked with'

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Ronan Keating: Returning The Voice Australia coach says this year's stars are ‘best I've ever worked with'

From auditioning as a 16-year-old for a spot in Boyzone, to arena shows, going solo, and championing the next wave of singers around the world, life has been one big rollercoaster for returning The Voice Australia coach Ronan Keating. In the nine years since he last swivelled his red chair Down Under, the Irishman has enjoyed stints on the UK Kids and Germany's versions of the hit talent show, but insists the industry stars mentoring this season is unparalleled. Keating first rubbed shoulders with Spice Girl Melanie C 30 years ago, has known global singing icon Richard Marx for two decades as a collaborator, and was quick to recognise the talent of Aussie singer Kate Miller-Heidke upon their recent introductions. 'For me, the bunch this year is by far the best bunch I've ever worked with of all the shows I've done,' he told The Sunday Times. 'The talent, the legendary status, just the fun that we're having as coaches together and the chemistry between us all has been brilliant.' Asked to place a blanket over the foursome's collection of mastered genres, Keating suggested Marx, Mel and himself were cut from a similar pop-embossed cloth, while Miller-Heidke brought a unique folk flavour that had permeated into the group. With his career rooted in shared success, and his long-time pals cut from a similar pop-embossed cloth, the singer pondered how the quartet might stack up on tour together, with Miller-Heidke's folk flavour also thrown in the mix. 'I think we could definitely meet somewhere in that kind of pop folk feel, which would be pretty bloody cool,' he said. 'I think we could call ourselves Folk Up.' Now 48, it's a little frightening to think Keating's solo chart-topping singles When You Say Nothing At All, and If Tomorrow Never Comes, were released in the late 90s and early 2000s. And if that doesn't make you feel old or nostalgic, it underscores the speed in which emerging stars are forced to grow up amid the music industry's maelstrom of overnight travel, endless touring, and constant media commitments. A recent documentary aired on Channel 7 highlighted the star's journey from starry-eyed, blonde Dublin teen with charm to international music headliner as a key figure in Boyzone's success. While image, charisma, and saleability arguably held the same value as talent itself at the turn of the century, the industry veteran hopes Australia's newcomers can strike the right balance. 'It's not just about a great voice. You're looking for character, you're looking for a voice that you could absolutely pick out on the radio and say that is x, y and z — that is who that is,' Keating said. 'So to be defined like that is really what we're trying to find.' Nowadays, being a unique performer is rarely enough. Artists are encouraged to maintain an active presence online, drip feeding fans a trail of their whereabouts or latest projects. But the singer insists there's no blueprint to making it big, and offered advice for the next generation: 'Don't follow the crowds'. 'As an artist, you have to be unique. So if you're copying what someone's doing on social media, you're already too late,' he said. Tied to Australia by more than just his career, Keating shares children Cooper and Coco with his second wife Storm, an Aussie TV producer whom he met in 2010. Marrying in 2015, the pair seek any opportunity to return Down Under when their jet-setting schedule permits. 'When I was asked to do The Voice, I thought, absolutely, great for me to be down with the family,' Keating said. 'And I love the culture, I love the people, the climate, the food. There's just so much to love here.'

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