Australia’s Foxtel Expands Original Production Effort, Sets Brian Walsh as Scripted Head

The thundering mud destroyed two lodges and ultimately claimed the lives of 18 people in one of the worst disasters Australia has seen.

Bruno Fernandes and Fred have taken to social media to share their reactions after Manchester United were made to settle for a draw against Aston Villa, despite taking a 2-0 lead.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBoutique West Australia film festival, CinefestOZ announced its 2022 program featuring 270 film screenings and events.In its 15th edition, the six day destination film festival will be held from Aug. 23-28, 2022 across 35 locations in Western Australia’s South West, famous as a top wine producing region. Veteran actor, Richard Roxburgh ( “Moulin Rouge,” “Elvis”) was named as chair of the Jury that will award a A$100,000 ($65,000) film prize for best Australian feature film or feature-length documentary.Competing for the prize is director Gracie Otto’s feature film debut “Seriously Red” (which screened at SXSW earlier this year) which stars the film’s writer Krew Boylan as a Dolly Parton impersonator.

Bruno Fernandes has told Christian Eriksen he is looking forward to playing with and learning from him after Manchester United signed the Danish midfielder on a free transfer.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentNew York-based real estate entrepreneur and producer Noam Baram (“Walking to Paris”) has joined forces with Italian film exec Augusto Pelliccia to launch Valiah Entertainment, a new production company that will tap into Italy’s generous film production incentives.The new outfit, called Valiah Entertainment, has also forged a joint venture with veteran Hollywood producer Mark Lipsky (“Coming to America,” “Beverly Hills Cop III”) whose WOF Entertainment will help finance the production and handle distribution of Valiah’s multi-picture slate.The first film out of the Valiah gate will be “The Curfew,” a rom-com directed by Australia’s Nadia Tass who is known for directing Australian cult comedies such as “Malcolm,” “The Big Steal” and more recently the doc “Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story.” Shooting on “Curfew” is planned to start this fall at Valiah’s studio facilities in Rome. The film centers on an utterly unremarkable man named Raphael Di Stefano whose mediocre life suddenly gets a jolt when women begin to find him utterly irresistible.

Bryan Cranston has confirmed that Your Honor, the Showtime legal drama in which he stars, will end with season two.The actor revealed the news while speaking to Dax Shephard on his Armchair Expert podcast.“I am [currently] preparing for the second and last season of Your Honor, which is a limited series that I did for Showtime,” said Cranston. “As they tell me, it got higher ratings than any other series they’ve ever had — and so, one more season of that.”Originally billed as a limited series, season one of Your Honor saw Cranston star as a respected New Orleans judge whose teenage son was involved in a hit-and-run, leading to an entanglement with an organised crime family.In addition to Cranston, the first season also starred Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name), Hunter Doohan (Truth Be Told) Hope Davis (Love Life), Carmen Ejogo (Selma), Isiah Whitlock Jr.

Naman Ramachandran British comedian, actor and screenwriter Jamie Demetriou, winner of four BAFTAs for Channel 4/HBO Max sitcom “Stath Lets Flats,” has inked a creative partnership with BBC Studios. The multi-year agreement will see Demetriou co-develop and co-produce new projects through BBC Studios’ production scripted portfolio and his own People Day Limited.In “Stath Lets Flats,” written by and starring Demetriou, he plays a chaotic but well-meaning Greek-Cypriot lettings agent. BBC Studios is the international distributor of the show and has introduced it to audiences in markets like the U.S., Canada, Australia and Greece.Jonathan Blyth, director of commercial and partnerships for comedy at BBC Studios, said: “Jamie is one of the most gifted and sought after comics in the country.

Netflix Greenlights Swedish Comedy ‘One More Time’ Starring Hedda Stiernstedt

Conversion practices survivors and Amnetsy International have called on the governments of Western Australia and South Australia to ban harmful and unscientific conversion practices. They have pointed to Victoria’s “ground-breaking legislation” as an example of how states can “address conversion ideology and practices in a fair and equitable way.” “10% of LGBTQA+ Australians are at risk of conversion practices. For decades, conversion practices have been responsible for causing irreparable harm to LGBTQA+ people,” said Amnesty International on its campaign page. Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan had last year promised the LGBTQI community that if reelected his government would enact a law to ban conversion practices. Amnesty International Australia, SOGICE Survivors and Ending Conversion Practices WA said they have requested a meeting with the WA Premier, Health Minister, and Attorney General, to discuss the issue. The WA government proposed to ban so-called conversion therapy by introducing legislation for a national code of conduct for unregulated health workers last year.

Former Coronation Street star Michelle Keegan wowed fans as she shared a new snap of herself Down Under. The Brassic beauty posed for a stunning photo while filming a new drama in Australia.

Basking in new motherhood! Sharna Burgess gave fans a first look at her and Brian Austin Green’s newborn son Zane’s face — and it looks like she’s loving being a new mom.

After releasing early in Australia last weekend, Universal/Illumination’s Minions: The Rise Of Gru is looking groovy at the international box office, adding $14.6M in 39 new offshore market openings across Wednesday and Thursday. Coupled with Oz’s first week, the running offshore cume through yesterday is $22.5M. A further 21 markets open today including the UK and Spain.

Danny Brown has alleged that Ninja of South African rap duo Die Antwoord sexually assaulted him in a nightclub in Paris.While appearing on Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer’s 2 Bears, 1 Cave podcast, Brown claimed that the incident took place during an afterparty following one of Brown’s shows that his DJ performed at. According to the rapper, Ninja – real name Watkin Jones – sat on his lap and began trying to hiss him.“I was a single, experimenting man at the time, but he was too aggressive,” Brown told Segura during the episode, claiming: “He sat on my lap, he started trying to kiss me and shit, doing weird shit, and I’m like, ‘Man, you tripping.'”After being shown a photo of Ninja, Brown confirmed that’s who he was referring to.

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Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterThe South by Southwest Conference is expanding beyond its longtime Austin, Texas home to Sydney, Australia.SXSW Sydney will host a seven-day celebration of technology, film and music from Oct. 15 to Oct.

Australia, which he’s reconfigured into a serialised television series.Titled Faraway Downs, after the cattle station that the film centres around, the six-part series will contain additional footage that was shot for the film but not used. It will feature an alternate ending – Luhrmann had previously said that three possible conclusions were shot for the film – along with an updated soundtrack.Though a release date for Faraway Downs has not yet been announced, a winter premiere has been earmarked.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBrian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment is adding firepower to two industry and talent development programs in the Asia Pacific region.One is the third edition of the Impact Australia screenwriter accelerator event which will operate an eight-week program from September. The other is the first edition of Emerge, a 20-week development program intended to raise the game of premium Taiwanese TV series.Impact Australia was founded by Grazer and Howard and led by CEO Tyler Mitchell. The event is delivered by Gentle Giant Media, the Melbourne-based production company headed by former Village Roadshow Entertainment Group executive Greg Basser.