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Terry Norris and Julia Blake.

Julia Blake and Terry Norris last night received the 2018 Equity Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony at the Arts Centre Melbourne.

The award presented by Foxtel recognises the couple’s careers spanning more than five decades and their support of Equity campaigns, particularly the battle for Australian stories on screens and stages.

Previous recipients include Peter Carroll, the late Bob Hornery, Maggie Dence, Ron Haddrick, Jill Perryman, Kevan Johnston, Toni Lamond, Grant Page, Anne Phelan and Noeline Brown.

Equity president Chloe Dallimore described the husband and wife duo as an incredibly popular choice among Equity voters, stating: “Julia and Terry are deeply respected luminaries in our industry. What shines through most is their unswerving commitment to support others, especially our younger performers.

“Their tireless lobbying and campaigning efforts means that many of the working conditions we enjoy today are thanks to their hard work. We...

Martin Sheen is set to begin filming in for ‘Stella Days’ in Fethard, County Tipperary not far from where his families home town. Sheen’s mother, Mary Anne Phelan, emigrated to the United States from that area and Sheen still has residents in the village of Kilbarron. Sheen spent a great deal of time in Ireland four years ago when he completed an Arts degree from the National University of Ireland, in Galway City. The actor who has starred in such hits as “Apocalypse Now”, “Wall Street” and “The West Wing” is set to start filming over the coming weeks. “Stella Days” tells the story of a newly-arrived parish priest (Sheen) who wants to open a cinema in the small town in the 1950s. His plans attract opposition from his bishop and some locals who fear the effect this outside influence might have on their way of life. Thaddeus O’Sullivan,...

London, Oct 31 – Charlie Sheen is apparently contemplating rehab with family in Ireland to get clean and sober after his latest cocaine and booze-fuelled rampage.

Sheen, 45, has a network of relatives on the Emerald Isle thanks to his grandmother Mary Anne Phelan, who emigrated to the States from County Tipperary.

His father, veteran actor Martin Sheen, who returned to Ireland four years ago to complete an adult university degree course, begged him to take advantage of family ties there.

And yesterday Sheen’s cousin Teresa Phelan said he would be welcome to stay with her in the village of Kilbarron.

“It’s a much quieter life down here and he could walk around without being bothered.