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George Clooney This article is more than 2 years oldGeorge Clooney joins reboot of classic sci-fi series Buck RogersThis article is more than 2 years oldStar to be executive producer, with reports new series will go back to character’s first appearance in 1928 story Armageddon 2419 AD George Clooney could be heading to outer space once more after it was announced he had joined the team putting together a reboot of the classic sci-fi series Buck Rogers.

Tennis This article is more than 1 month old‘Healthy’ Ajla Tomljanović confident she can contend at Australian OpenThis article is more than 1 month oldAustralian full of confidence as she returns from knee surgeryInjury interrupted career-best form at grand slam events Done with moping, Ajla Tomljanović is convinced “special things can happen” this summer when Australia’s returning tennis star strives to right the wrongs of a depressing 10 months out of the game.

Jai at the Umred Karhandla wildlife sanctuary. The animal has not been for three months, sparking a huge search. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesJai at the Umred Karhandla wildlife sanctuary. The animal has not been for three months, sparking a huge search. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesIndia This article is more than 7 years oldIndia launches huge search for Jai, the nation's famous tigerThis article is more than 7 years oldIndian newspapers carry daily reports on speculation about whereabouts of tiger, with millions following search online

BooksReviewCharlotte Higgins on what the Greeks and Romans did and didn't do for usWhen Natalie Haynes was a teenager, her head was turned. She read the second book of Virgil's Aeneid, the Roman poet's astonishing account of the fall of Troy. Instead of taking science A-levels and becoming a vet, she studied Latin, Greek and ancient history and took a degree in classics. Her passion for Virgil is still ardent. You should read Aeneid book four (the tale of Queen Dido's fall) because, she exhorts in The Ancient Guide to Modern Life, it "

TheatreReviewRoyal Exchange, Manchester Making dynamic use of a sparse stage and a spinning neon sign, Atri Banerjee’s adventurous production gives new shape to Tennessee Williams’ play You mess with The Glass Menagerie at your peril. Although experimental in form, with its tang of European expressionism and its dreamlike treatment of memory, the Tennessee Williams classic is as delicate as one of Laura Wingfield’s glass animals. Nothing is out of place.

The rural networkCrocodiles This article is more than 8 months oldAuthorities still baffled by headless crocodile found on north Queensland beachThis article is more than 8 months old WARNING: IMAGES MAY DISTURB SOME READERS Wildlife photographer who examined the reptile says its head was ‘obviously surgically removed’ Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter Join the Rural Network group on Facebook to be part of the community The mystery of a headless crocodile found on a beach in far north Queensland has baffled authorities and set the internet buzzing with theories of an interspecies face-off, but experts say it’s likely a human took the animal’s head.

AFL This article is more than 3 months oldCollingwood call on AFL to issue clubs more grand final tickets as members miss outThis article is more than 3 months oldMagpies CEO says clubs’ allocation should rise from 17,000 to 20,000MCG atmosphere likely to be quieter due to corporate ticketsCollingwood’s chief executive has called for the AFL to provide clubs with more grand final tickets, after this week’s allocation process prompted anger and disappointment from members who missed out.

My family valuesFamilyInterviewDonny Osmond: ‘I told Dad I planned to marry. He said: “There goes your career”’Interview by Roz LewisThe singer on growing up in a religious show-business family, lightening up as a dad and being married for 39 yearsI am the seventh of nine children, so when I arrived, there was already Virl, 12; Tom, 10; Alan, eight; Wayne, six; Merrill, four, and Jay, two. We first lived in Ogden, Utah, in a rural area – it had plenty of fields around it and there was a cow and other animals.

GardensGive your home instant kerb appeal with these colourful displays – and there’s one for every spot My house has had so many renovations that it has been left with the characterless exterior typical of a face that’s had all its wrinkles removed. On top of that, there is no front garden because it sits right on the pavement of the main route out of town. In another life, I might chip away at the plaster until its lovely old stone was revealed, but time is short and flowers are plentiful.