HMAS Supply is one step closer to supporting Australian and partner nation ships after successfully completing the first Replenishment at Sea (RAS) for the Supply Class. HMAS Supply, the Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR), transferred fuel to HMAS Anzac off the east coast of Australia recently. Commander of the Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Mark Hammond congratulated…
Victoria Justice and Adam Demos to Star in Untitled Romcom for Netflix
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Victoria Justice (Afterlife of the Party, California King, Victorious) and Adam Demos (Sex/Life, Falling Inn Love) are set to star in an untitled Romantic Comedy for Netflix directed by Stuart McDonald (Summer Heights High, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) and written by Elizabeth Hackett and Hilary Galanoy (Love, Guaranteed, Falling Inn Love). The film is about how a…
Dot and the Kangaroo
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Director Yoram Gross Starring Barbara Frawley, Joan Bruce, Spike Milligan Rated G Score 6/6 A young girl gets lost in the Australian bush and befriends a kangaroo. For those of you who might be interested, before we get to far into things a little history. Dot and the Kangaroo was originally an 1899 Australian children’s…
AIS Congratulates Australian Olympic Team
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Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) CEO Peter Conde said the success of the Australian team at the Tokyo Olympic Games is a testament not only to our outstanding athletes and coaches, but also the collaboration and teamwork within the nation’s high-performance sector. Australia finished the delayed Games in Japan sixth place on the medal tally…
Sony Announces Purchase of Cruncyroll
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Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (SPE) and AT&T Inc. have announced that SPE has completed its acquisition of AT&T’s Crunchyroll anime business through Funimation Global Group, LLC. Funimation is a joint venture between SPE and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.’s subsidiary, Aniplex Inc. The agreement was first announced in December 2020. Crunchyroll is a premier anime…
2021 Irish Film Festival Australia Announces Online Program across Australia
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In 2021, the Irish Film Festival Australia will offer audiences across the country an incredible line-up of Ireland’s best feature films and compelling documentaries, online for the second consecutive year. Films from both emerging and established Directors focus on a full range of genres including family-friendly animation, comedy, moving drama, musical biopics and even a…
August 21st is World Honeybee Day
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We all know how important Honeybees are to the environment. This August 21 is World Honeybee Day, and that means there’s no better time to celebrate all things honey, honeycomb and honey-inspired! While there’s no doubt that this delicious ingredient is the true ‘liquid gold,’ what many people don’t realise is that honey is incredibly…
The Killing of Two Lovers Coming to Australian Cinemas September 16
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Pivot Pictures is excited to announce the highly anticipated indie thriller The Killing of Two Lovers will release in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart and Brisbane cinemas on 16 September 2021 (Sydney TBC). The Killing of Two Lovers follows David (Clayne Crawford), who desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from…
Long Story Short
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Director Josh Lawson Starring Rafe Spall, Zahra Newman & Ronny Chieng Rated M Score 4/6 Teddy wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping forward to the next year of his life. I don’t remember seeing any trailers for Long Story Short, I just kind of stumbled across…
SBS Announces True Colours
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SBS, National Indigenous Television (NITV) and Screen Australia have announced the award-winning cast and creative team behind its new original fiction commission True Colours, as filming commences in the breathtakingly beautiful Macdonnell Ranges, east of Mparntwe (Alice Springs). Rarriwuy Hick (Redfern Now, Cleverman, Wentworth) spearheads a talented ensemble playing Detective Toni Alma, who is assigned…
Acorn TV and Screen Australia Announce Darby and Joan
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AMC Networks’ Acorn TV and Screen Australia have announced a new, eight-episode Australian romantic mystery series Darby and Joan from CJZ. Staring Emmy®-nominated and Logie-winning actor Bryan Brown (Bloom) and Emmy-winning actress Greta Scacchi (War & Peace) as two lone strangers trekking on the road – a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his…
Sydney Freeland to Direct Rez Ball
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Sydney Freeland (Drunktown’s Finest, Deidra & Laney Rob a Train, Reservation Dogs) is set to direct the coming-of-age sports drama Rez Ball about Native American basketball produced by Wise Entertainment and The SpringHill Company is heading to Netflix. Inspired by Michael Powell’s critically acclaimed nonfiction sports novel Canyon Dreams, as well as the groundbreaking New…
Maggie Gyllenhaal makes feature film directorial debut with The Lost Daughter
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Academy Award nominated actor Maggie Gyllenhaal make her feature film directorial debut adapting best-selling author Elena Ferrante’s 2006 novel The Lost Daughter, staring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson, and Paul Mescal. “I’m thrilled to be working with Netflix again. They have supported so much of the work I am most proud of, and this…
Kerry Washington to Produce Adaption of Diane Cardwell’s Memoir
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Kerry Washington is set to star In and will produce the feature film adaptation Of Diane Cardwell’s memoir Rockaway for Netflix. The film is a co-production with Liza Chasin’s 3dot Productions, Kerry Washington’s Simpson Street, and Aevitas Entertainment. Washington also stars in the upcoming Netflix film The School For Good And Evil. Published by Houghton…
Super Mario Bros
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Director Annabel Jankel & Rocky Morton Starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo & Dennis Hopper Rated PG Score 3.5/6 Two Brooklyn plumbers, Mario and Luigi, must travel to another dimension to rescue a princess from the evil dictator King Koopa and stop him from taking over the world. Pausing for a moment, Super Mario Bros was…
August is Pet Dental Health Month
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Veterinarians help protect pets from dental disease by examining a pets’ teeth and mouth during check-ups, and by performing professional dental procedures to treat and prevent dental disease. With Pet Dental Health Month this August, the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) is reminding pet owners to book regular pet dental health checks with their veterinarian. “Dental…
Sweet Tooth Renewed for Second Season
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Netflix has renewed Sweet Tooth for a second season, consisting of 8 1-hour episodes. Season 1 of Sweet Tooth premiered June 4, 2021; 60-million-member households chose to watch it in its first four weeks. Sweet Tooth is based on the DC comic book series by Jeff Lemire. Jim Mickle will serve as Executive Producer, Writer,…
Orange Door Networks Across Victoria by end of 2022
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The Andrews Labor Government is on track to open every Orange Door network across Victoria by the end of next year – ensuring families can access coordinated family violence and child wellbeing support no matter where they live. The Minister for Prevention of Family Violence Gabrielle Williams has announced an Orange Door site has now…