ABC and Screen Australia have announced that filming has commenced in Sydney on Optics, a new 6-part comedy series from the brilliant creative minds of Jenna Owen and Vic Zerbst (The Feed, Nugget is Dead: A Christmas Story) and The Chaser’s Charles Firth. Written by and starring this dynamic trio, Optics is an Easy Tiger…
Lime Scooters Launched in Christchurch
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Lime has launched its latest seated scooters in Christchurch as the Garden City continues to see e-scooter ridership boom with 55% growth year-on-year. They have now joined Auckland as one of the few cities in the world to experience the new model after successful pilots in Nashville and Chicago. Alongside 55% year-on-year growth in Christchurch…
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Director Steve Pink. Starring Justin Long, Blake Lively, Anthony Heald, Lewis Black. Rated M. …
Melbourne International Film Festival Program Revealed
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Beloved cultural event, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF), has shared its impressive 2024 program of over 250 features, shorts and XR experiences landing across Melbourne, around Victoria and online Australia-wide this August. Running 8-25 August, this year’s film line-up boasts a world class roster of international features, an assembly of stellar World Premiere local…
RACV on Hook Turns
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An RACV poll has found that 44 per cent of Victorian respondents feel hook turns are the most challenging driving practice on Victorian roads. This was followed by parallel parking, reverse parking and three-point turns. Mostly distinctive to Melbourne, hook turns are right turns made from a left-hand lane, originally introduced to mitigate the hold…
Keep Running Heads to Budapest
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Zhejiang TV’s popular reality show Keep Running Season 12 recently brought a group of Chinese celebrities to discover Budapest in Hungary, delving into its landmarks and rich cultural heritage. The show showcased renowned actors like Li Chen, Zheng Kai and Sha Yi, alongside actresses Bai Lu, singer Zhou Shen, and pop idols Fan Chengcheng, Song…
Canberra Road Oval Renamed
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The remarkable career of one of Australia’s most celebrated football figures, Graham Arnold, was celebrated today by Sutherland Shire Council with Canberra Road Oval, the ground on which he first developed his skills and love for the game officially renamed in his honour. The oval, home to the Gwawley Bay Football Club, will now bear…
Australia Post Opens Gold Coast Parcel Post Facility
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Australia Post has officially opened its new $12 million Parcel Facility on the Gold Coast, cementing its long-term investment in the region. Built to accommodate increased parcel growth, the modern 15,087m2 facility will improve turnaround times and help process up to 6,000 parcels per hour, 75,000 parcels a day and up to 90,000 during peak…
Thin Ice VR Experience
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Thin Ice VR opens at the Australian Museum (AM) on 6 July, taking visitors on one of the world’s greatest against-all-odds adventures following in Sir Ernest Shackleton’s footsteps on the ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, was trapped in Antarctic ice and had to be abandoned by the crew; what followed is regarded…
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The best and the worst at an Australian Accent. According to Preply
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By Louise Carter. A study by language experts at Preply has analysed over 13,000 reviews of the most popular movies with fake Australian accents on IMDb spanning multiple decades and genres. They discovered which films have received the most complaints regarding the fake Australian accents performed, the results are in.‘’Authenticity in film matters because it…
Ice Maiden Makes World Premiere at Doc Edge
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With its World premie at New Zealand’s highly regarded DocEdge Film Festival, the thrilling new Australian documentary Ice Maiden will circumnavigate its way through Australian and New Zealand cinemas in August and September. “It has been exciting seeing our film get out to the world,” says director Nathaniel C.T. Jackson. “It’s really affirming that we…
I Still Like Star Wars but I Will not Watch The Acolyte
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Lovehoney’s Sexiest Song Playlist
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Music is the language of love, and we all know that a really great playlist can help to set the right mood. With this in mind, Lovehoney decided to find out which songs are the most popular for setting a sexy mood by searching Spotify’s steamiest playlists and finding which saucy songs appear most often.…
Hard Target #movietrivia
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Duchess of York Presents Sydney Documentary Director Award
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Liz Courtney, an award-winning Australian documentary writer and director renowned for her impactful films on climate change has picked up two major awards at the 2024 Women Changing the World Awards in London, presented by Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York. Sydney based Liz Courtney won gold in the Media Communications for her film work on…