Australia’s Nine Entertainment Hobbled by Cyber-Attack

EXCLUSIVE: Australian theatrical distribution company Moving Story Entertainment has acquired a significant minority interest in Chaiflicks, the young streaming service launched by Neil Friedman and Heidi Bogin Oshin, who run Menemsha Films, and Bill Weiner, a former senior executive at New Regency.

Tomorrow X Together’s (TXT) Huening Kai has released a cover of Australian pop-rock band 5 Seconds Of Summer’s 2018 hit ‘Youngblood’.The singer flexes his vocal chops on his rendition of the song, which largely stays faithful to 5SOS’ original version.

MasterChef Australia became the runaway hit of the year. And now judges, Melissa Leong, Jock Zonfrillo and Andy Allen are dishing to WHO on their dish on their bond and why the show is a reality TV success story.WATCH BELOW: A look inside MasterChef Australia 2021Melissa Leong, 39'FROM DAY ONE WE’VE BEEN A TIGHT LITTLE TRIO’Your first season as the new judges on MasterChef was a huge success. How are you feeling going into your second season?It’s been really fun.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher got in a beach day!

Manori Ravindran International EditorChannel 4 format “The Write Offs” is getting local versions in Australia and Denmark, marking the first international deals for the Banijay-sold format.Originally created by Shine TV for Channel 4, “The Write Offs” finds former “Great British Bake Off” host Sandi Toksvig helping a group of adults improve their literacy.

In today’s Global Bulletin, “Minari” star Han Yeri signs with Echo Lake Entertainment in the U.S.; Beijing and Cairo announce hopeful in-person festival details; AMC Plus snags Berlin-set Cold War drama “Spy City”; Cineflix Rights will distribute Israeli cop drama “Manayek”; Deepika Padukone steps down as head of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image; Australia’s Screenwest unveils Rikki Lea Bestall as its new CEO; “The Last Five Years” gets a West End run; Harry Collet to star in mental health

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Australian federal government has extended two key film and funding initiatives.

Australia is one of the few countries in the world to have openly gay politicians, including a head of government. Politics In Colour is organising a conversation with three openly gay Members of Parliament – NSW Minister Don Harwin, NSW Liberal MLC Shayne Mallard and Independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich  – on April 15, 2021.

According to the callout, which appeared on mycastingnet.com, producers of season three are looking for “Sexy, young and single” Aussies, aged 19 to 32 years.

Christopher Vourlias Australia’s Goalpost Pictures and South Africa’s Quizzical Pictures are teaming up on the crime series “Detective Cooper” for South African broadcaster M-Net, marking the first TV co-production between the two countries.The series will be adapted from the book “A Beautiful Place to Die,” part of the multi-award-winning Detective Emmanuel Cooper book series by Australian-South African writer Malla Nunn (pictured).

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Married At First Sight star Lauren Huntriss has revealed she's looking into alternative ways to have children after fearing she'll never find the right man to settle down with.The reality star was matched with the season's "virgin groom" Matthew Bennet but didn't find love during the experiment, resulting in her leaving the show early.

Thandie Newton has revealed her real name is Thandiwe and says people have been spelling it wrong for 30 years. The actor, whose full name is Melanie Thandiwe Newton, said the “w” was left out of her name in her first film credit for the 1991 Australian film Flirting.

Lil Nas X lands straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Irish Singles Chart with Montero (Call Me By Your Name).

published in Evolutionary Systematics on Thursday, researcher Joseph Schubert described the newest member of the peacock spider group.“It has a really vibrant orange face with white stripes on it, which kind of looks like a clownfish, so I thought Nemo would be a really suitable name for it,” said Schubert, an arachnologist and taxonomist for Museums Victoria, in an article published on their website. The aptly named Nemo wasn’t easy to find either.

Australian broadcaster Channel Nine was the target of a cyberattack that saw the severe disruption of its live programming on Sunday, with the network now investigating whether the hack of its systems was "criminal sabotage or the work of a foreign nation." Over the weekend, hackers were able to bring down Nine's news production and current affairs services across Australia for more than 24 hours, with the network's website also affected.

Major Australian broadcaster Nine Network was the victim of a cyberattack on Sunday that took it off air for a period of time.