Bafta and multi-award-winning Gavin & Stacey, starring Mathew Horne and Joanna Page, supported by a cast including James Corden, Ruth Jones, Rob Brydon, Larry Lamb, Melanie Walters and Alison Steadman, is set to return for a one-off special this Christmas on BBC One. The hit British sitcom, created and written by Ruth Jones and James…
Netflix Announces Paranormal
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Netflix has announced PARANORMAL, its new original Middle Eastern series. Based on Paranormal the best-selling books in the Arab world by late author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, that sold more than 15 million copies. PARANORMAL will be produced by both Mohamed Hefzy and Amr Salama, who is also the showrunner and the director, PARANORMAL is Netflix’s…
Free Dental Vans to Visit Victorian Schools
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Victorian school students will have brighter smiles and hard-working families will avoid hefty dental bills, thanks to free dental care being rolled out at all Victorian public primary and secondary schools. The Victorian Budget 2019/20 provides $321.9 million for the Andrews Labor Government’s free dental care, as promised, with the first school dental vans to…
Filming Underway on Christopher Nolan’s Tenet
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Filming has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Tenet,” being directed by Christopher Nolan. “Tenet,” which is being filmed on location across seven countries, is an action epic evolving from the world of international espionage. Nolan is directing from his own original screenplay, utilizing a mixture of IMAX® and 70mm film to bring the story to…
Series Nine Death in Paradise Filming Underway
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Filming of Death In Paradise series nine is underway in Guadeloupe with Ardal O’Hanlon reprising his role as lead detective DI Jack Mooney. Tobi Bakare (Officer JP Hooper), Shyko Amos (Officer Ruby Patterson), Don Warrington (Commissioner Selwyn Patterson) and Elizabeth Bourgine (Catherine Bordey) also return alongside new series regular Aude Legastelois (DS Madeleine Dumas). Produced…
Hawker College Receives Five-Star Actsmart Schools Accreditation
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Hawker College has been presented with a five-star Actsmart Schools accreditation for their outstanding work in improving sustainability and biodiversity of their school grounds. Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, Shane Rattenbury, said that the ACT is the only jurisdiction to have all schools signed up to the Actsmart Schools program. Hawker College first achieved…
Hamilton to Premiere at Sydney Lyric Theatre 2021
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Hamilton will make its Australian premiere at the Sydney Lyric Theatre in a new production beginning March 2021. Producers Jeffrey Seller and Michael Cassel together with creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, joined NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian in announcing the much-anticipated production today. Hamilton is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West…
Wade Jackson Waiting – The Van Duren Story Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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A big thank you to Wade Jackson for taking the time to answer some questions about his documentary Waiting – The Van Duren Story which is going to be screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.
Dan Clarke Saving Warru Interview – Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
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A big thank you to Dan Clarke for taking the time to answer some questions about his documentary Saving Warru which is going to be screened at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival.
ABC Kids Series Bluey gets Second Season
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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has welcomed the recent announcement that the ABC KIDS animated hit series Bluey, which has had over 75 million plays, will be back for a second season. “Australian families have well and truly welcomed the fun-loving Blue Heeler family into their homes,” The Premier commented “The show which is entirely created, written,…
No More Confusion about Mistake Creek
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A historical misnomer has now been removed from Central Queensland maps, as Mistake Creek officially disappears. Natural Resources Minister Dr Anthony Lynham today announced that the former Mistake Creek locality 70 kilometres from Clermont now would be known as Clermont. “Feedback from the community was that the locality’s isolation has resulted in emergency services being…
New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat to be filmed in SA
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South Australia will be the stage for “Mortal Kombat,” New Line Cinema’s highly anticipated epic action film, it was announced by the Premier of South Australia Steven Marshall. “Mortal Kombat” is a bold cinematic adventure based on the blockbuster videogame franchise. Bringing the legendary property to life on the big screen is a team of…
They Live
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Director John Carpenter Starring Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster Rated M Score 5/6 A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth. For those of you who might be interested They Live was based on the 1963 short story “Eight…
New Additions to ACT Threatened Species List
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Northern Corroboree Frogs, Swift Parrots, Regent Honeyeaters and two species of rare orchids are now listed as ‘critically endangered’ in the ACT to align with national listings. Seventeen other nationally threatened species have also been added to the ACT Threatened Native Species List across various categories. “I have changed the status of these species to…
Thurston More & Sempa The Great Playing Shows at MIFF
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Melbourne International Film Festival today announces two special live music events – with a performance by former Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore leading the charge. In an exclusive for Melbourne, the iconic art rock and experimental musician will grace the stage of the Astor Theatre, performing music that he composed to accompany four seminal works…
Avengers: Endgame
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Director Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo Rated M Score 5.5/6 After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War (2018), the universe is in ruins. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers assemble once more in order to undo Thanos’ actions and restore order to the universe. Sorry…
Minecraft Mini Melbourne
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The Victorian Andrews Labor Government has built a virtual world of Melbourne’s underground history and landmarks – including the Metro Tunnel – in Minecraft to help students hone their creativity and problem-solving skills. Minister for Education James Merlino and Minister for Transport Infrastructure Jacinta Allan launched a Minecraft collaboration between the Department of Education and…
Casting Announced for BBC One and FX Adaption A Christmas Carol
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BBC One and FX are partnering on a new adaptation of the timeless classic, A Christmas Carol. The three-part special is a unique and original take on the Charles Dickens’ iconic ghost story by Steven Knight (Taboo, Peaky Blinders) and a haunting, hallucinatory, spine-tingling immersion into Scrooge’s dark night of the soul. It will be…