National and international stars hit city
HOLLYWOOD A-listers Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have arrived on the Gold Coast in time to make a possible appearance trackside at this weekend’s Gold Coast 600.
The couple, who welcomed their first child, daughter James, in December, flew into Brisbane last Saturday.
They are believed to be keen to see the V8s navigate the infamous “concrete canyon” street circuit in Surfers Paradise before Lively begins filming her starring role in the shark thriller The Shallows next week.
Described as Jaws meets 127 Hours, The Shallows casts Lively, 28, as a young woman forced to battle a sadistic shark that traps her on a buoy 20m from shore.
The film will be shot in Village Roadshow Studios’ water tanks and on location on an island off the coast of NSW.
Green Lantern actor Reynolds, star of Marvel’s highly anticipated new film Deadpool, is expected to spend more time on the Coast in the next couple of years if Queensland entices Marvel Studios here blockbusters.
Celebrity race fans including Broadwater Parklands concert headliners Cold Chisel and support act Darren Middleton, best known for his guitar work with Powderfinger, are expected to take in race action.
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Channel 10 is flying a swag of race-loving stars up from Sydney and Melbourne for race weekend.
The Biggest Loser’s Shannan Ponton, The Living Room’s Barry Du Bois, Bondi Rescue’s Maxi, Deano, Max Ayshford and Harrison Reid, Big Bash League cricket’s Adam Gilchrist and RPM’s Brendan Jones will all be trackside in corporate boxes.
Many of the celebs are expected to check out Club 600, in the heart of the Castrol Gold Coast 600 on MacIntosh Island, while they’re in the precinct.
Tim Dormer will host the party precinct’s big weekend of cool tunes from female DJs Sax on Legs (today), globetrotting local party starter Brooke Evers (tomorrow) and Courtney Mills (Sunday).
ARIA-winning rockers Birds of Tokyo and former X Factor favourite Nathaniel will perform live for the exclusive Sea FM outside broadcast trackside this morning during Galey, Ross and Charli’s Breakfast Show.
And it is rumoured that father and son favourites Wally and Lincoln Lewis are planning a trip to the track on Sunday to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday.