Robert Downey Jr. ‘eyeing’ retirement

November 21st, 2009 ROBERT DOWNEY JR. will consider retirement if his upcoming SHERLOCK HOLMES movie flops.

October 20th, 2009 LONDON - Johnny Depp and Megan Fox have topped Empire magazine's 'Sexiest Movie Stars Of All Time' list. The 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' star defeated 'Twilight' star Robert Pattinson and Robert Downey Jr, reports the Daily Star.

September 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood movie bosses are reportedly planning a second Sherlock Holmes film even before the first instalment has hit the big screen. The film's trailer has received mixed reviews by critics but movie chiefs are rounding up writers to draft a script for a follow-up to the Arthur Conan Doyle tale, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

September 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Rapper Jay-Z says he will never announce his retirement again but will slip away quietly from the music world when he is done making enough music. The hitmaker had declared in 2003 that The Black Album would be his last work.

August 17th, 2009 LONDON - He has threatened to retire at least twice before and now Hollywood actor Hugh Grant is talking about quitting acting yet again. Blaming a string of stage fright attacks, the 48-year-old actor says he is ready to give up his day job at last.

August 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that he avoids watching fight sequences in films.

July 25th, 2009 Robert Downey Jr. shows off 'Sherlock Holmes'SAN DIEGO — Robert Downey Jr.

July 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Robert Downey Jr. is set to star in the new film 'Due Date,' which is to be directed by Todd Phillips for Warner Bros, it has emerged.

July 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Robert Downey Jr., who plays a superhero in the new film 'Iron Man 2', has revealed that the film is horny. However, the actor, who plays inventor Tony Stark and his title character alter ego, insists that it does not necessarily mean that kids can't watch it.

June 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor Robert Downey Jr. is said to have stopped shooting on the 'Iron Man 2' and rushed to the aid of a movie extra after he was injured by a rampaging robot.

June 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Hugh Hefner has confessed that he cannot tell apart his twin girlfriends- Karissa and Kristina Shannon. Speaking at the recent Playmate of the Year party at The Palms in Sin City, the Playboy mogul said that he still could not differentiate between the 19-year-old twin beauties.

June 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Australian men risk being lonely and isolated in retirement unless they create social and leisure circles before giving up work, a new survey has found. Dr Joanne Earl, the report's co-author, found that men prepare for their financial security in retirement but ignored plans for their happiness.

May 8th, 2009 LONDON - Spanish singer Jose Carreras, who with Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo formed the 'Three Tenors', the most famous trio in opera history, has announced his retirement. The 62-year-old leukaemia survivor has said that he can no longer meet the gruelling demands of the roles.

May 6th, 2009 LONDON - Hugh Hefner has given Robert Downey, Jr. his stamp of approval to portray the Playboy mogul in a planned biopic.

May 5th, 2009 LONDON - Playboy chief Hugh Hefner has given Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr. his seal of approval to portray the men's magazine boss in a planned biopic.