Tel Aviv to Host Eurovision 2019 Tel Aviv has been selected as the host city for the 64th Eurovision Song Contest in 2019. The decision was taken by the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) Reference Group (the executive board for the Contest) after Israeli public broadcaster KAN were asked to present at least two potential candidate…
Showbags checked ahead of Perth Royal Show
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Children will be spoilt for choice when more than 260 showbags go on sale at this year’s Perth Royal Show, following a product safety tick of approval from Consumer Protection. Each year, the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia (RASWA) invites Consumer Protection inspectors to conduct the pre-show checks, ensuring the showbags’ toys and novelties…
4.4 Million Books Read in Premiers’ Reading Challenge
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Children and young people from across Victoria have devoured thousands of books over the past few months as part of the Premiers’ Reading Challenge. Minister for Early Childhood Education Jenny Mikakos and Minister for Education James Merlino today congratulated more than 266,950 participants from 965 local schools, 1,947 early childhood services and homes across the…
Hiroyuki Sakai Serving up Queensland Produce at La Rochelle
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Star of the hit cooking show Iron Chef, Hiroyuki Sakai, has put fresh Queensland grown ingredients at the front and centre of the menu at his Japanese restaurant. In partnership with Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA), Queensland Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries Minister Mark Furner hosted an industry lunch in Tokyo yesterday at Iron Chef…
Filming Starts on Poldark Season 5
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The fifth and final series of Poldark has started filming for BBC One and writer Debbie Horsfield can at last reveal how she will be approaching the new season. The Poldark saga was created over 12 novels by Winston Graham. After the seventh novel, The Angry Tide, on which series four was based, Winston Graham…
Filming Starts on BBC One Drama Gold Digger
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Julia Ormond (Sabrina, Legends of the Fall) and Ben Barnes (Westworld, The Punisher) have begun filming the distinctive domestic noir drama Gold Digger, produced by Mainstreet Pictures coming soon to BBC One. They are joined by an impressive line-up of British talent in this six-part series about a woman falling in love with a much…
Entries for 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Now Open
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The Japan Media Arts Festival Executive Committee is now accepting entries for the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival. All artists around the world, without distinction as to professional, amateur, independent, or commercial, are invited to submit their works to the four divisions — Art, Entertainment, Animation, and Manga. Eligible are works completed or exhibited within…
Cameras Rolling on Just Mercy
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Principal photography began this week on Warner Bros. Pictures’ inspiring drama “Just Mercy,” based on the award-winning nonfiction bestseller by Bryan Stevenson Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Published in 2014 by Spiegel & Grau. The film stars Michael B. Jordan (“Black Panther,” “Creed,” upcoming “Creed II”) and Oscar winners Jamie Foxx (“Ray,”…
Australia’s Most Expensive Coin Unveiled in Perth
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Western Australian Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Johnston recently unveiled The Perth Mint’s most exclusive and valuable collectable coin to date. Valued at $2.48 million, the Discovery coin weighs in at two kilograms and was inspired by the holey dollar, which was introduced as Australia’s first official currency in 1814. “The Discovery coin showcases our…
Terra Formars
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Director Takashi Miike Starring Rinko Kikuchi, Rila Fukushima, Shun Oguri Rated MA Score 4.5/6 In an attempt to colonize Mars, 21st century scientists seed the planet with algae to absorb sun light and purify the atmosphere, and cockroaches who in turn spread the algae as they feed. 500 years later, the first manned mission to…
Mile 22
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Director Peter Berg Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais Rated MA Score 4/6 An elite American intelligence officer, aided by a top-secret tactical command unit, tries to smuggle a mysterious police officer with sensitive information out of the country. This is the fourth time that Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg have worked together. There…
Merchant Navy Day – September 3rd
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Yesterday (September 3rd) as Merchant Navy Day, and recognises Australian service and civilian personnel who served on merchant vessels for more than a century. It should be noted that Merchant Navy Day falls on 3 September each year, the anniversary of the sinking of the first British merchant vessel in the Second World War in…
Victorian Government Net Swap Program
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From this Friday, recreational fishers with opera house nets can swap them for wildlife friendly open-top lift nets for free at any one of 45 tackle stores throughout Victoria. Minister for Agriculture Jaala Pulford announced the buy-swap initiative today in Ballarat, which will help raise awareness of the impending ban on opera house nets in…
Royal Melbourne Show Getting the Okay from Safety Inspectors
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Product safety experts have examined 341 show bags set for the Royal Melbourne Show and removed dangerous items to ensure there are no nasty surprises for show-goers. Minister for Consumer Affairs Marlene Kairouz was joined by students from St Margaret Mary’s Spotswood Primary School today, who were given the chance to road test the show…
Short film Armour apart of Woolmark’s New World Wool Campaign
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Natasha Liu Bordizzo stars in Armour, a short film written and directed by Ben Briand as part of The Woolmark Company’s ‘New World Wool’ campaign, marking 50 years of successful Australian wool trade with China. Filmed primarily in the iconic landscape of rural Tasmania, well-known as a top producer of Merino wool, beautiful romanticism collides…
Australian Cast Announced for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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Producers Sonia Friedman, Colin Callender and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions are delighted to confirm the cast of the Australian premiere production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The Australian cast of 42 performers will be led by Gareth Reeves as Harry Potter, Paula Arundell as Hermione Granger, Gyton Grantley as Ron Weasley, Lucy Goleby…
Netflix to Stream The Rise of Phoenixes
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Netflix has announced that it will stream new Mandarin series The Rise of Phoenixes in over a dozen languages to members around the world starting 14 September 2018. The series features iconic names in the Mandarin movie industry including Shen Yan and Liu Haibo (Chinese Style Relationship) as directors, William Chang (The Grandmaster, In the…
2018 Hear For You Film Festival Winners Announced
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The winners of Australia’s first film festival by deaf teenagers, the Hear For You Film Festival, have just been announced. The inaugural national Film Festival, supported by Australian Hearing, is the first of its kind in Australia and is an opportunity for any deaf or hard of hearing secondary school students to script, shoot and…