Australian LGBT Comedy ‘Metro Sexual’ Lands U.S., Canada Streaming Deals

ITV have announced that the 20th series of I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! will be filmed at the historic Gwrych Castle, Abergele in North Wales. With views of the beautiful Welsh countryside, Gwrych Castle is nestled in a tree lined hillside overlooking the Irish Sea.The atmospheric ruined castle with its sprawling design and turrets is spread across 250 acres of gardens and grounds.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterDirty Hit, the U.K.-based indie label that is home to the 1975 (pictured above), Wolf Alice, the Japanese House, beabadoobee, Rina Sawayama, and more, is expanding with the launch of a new office in Los Angeles and an Australian arm.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorMTV Launches BLM Shorts MTV International is today launching a short-form series to support the Black Lives Matter movement, featuring the likes of Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock. Pinnock and other names, including Munroe Bergdorf, Ray BLK, Nathan Henry, Duckie Thot, Serious Klein, will explore issues impacting Black youth and speak about their own experiences and what it takes to create positive change.

Hugh Jackman and Margot Robbie are among several celebrities announced as ambassadors for a new anti-racism campaign, DoMore, launching in Australia today (August 26).According to a press release, the DoMore campaign is “a call to action for all Australians to be allies”.The DoMore Australia launch video features personal messages from other ambassadors, including NBA star Ben Simmons, actors Miranda Tapsell and Samara Weaving, tennis icon Nick Kyrgios and more, who address the Australian

Zac Efron reportedly cancelled his flight home to Los Angeles after he was granted a visa extension from three months to twelve months in Australia.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorNBCUniversal Global Distribution has signed a wide-ranging, multi-year output deal with Stan, which will see the streamer become the exclusive Australian home of new shows from Sky Studios, NBCUniversal International Studios, and Peacock content produced by Universal Studio Group.Also included within the deal are DreamWorks Animation TV shows produced for Peacock and NBCUniversal’s children’s programming, while Stan will also have access to NBCUniversal’s

Naman Ramachandran Australian streamer Stan and NBCUniversal Global Distribution have announced a long-term, exclusive content partnership that will see Stan become the Australian home of new productions from Sky Studios and NBCUniversal International Studios, as well as Peacock content produced by Universal Studio Group.Stan will also become the exclusive home of new DreamWorks Animation TV shows produced for Peacock, in addition to NBCUniversal’s children’s programming, scripted and

Celebrity cockatoo Biggy Pop – best known, of course, for being the owner of musician Iggy Pop – has announced that he has become the founding patron of the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital in Australia.In a statement, Biggy says: “I’m a bird, and a real wild one, and I have many cockatoo cousins in Australia. I was so distressed to hear that 180 million birds died in the catastrophic bushfire crisis that killed over three billion native animals in Australia.

Over the past three years Mosaic Brands has been reducing the amount of long lease rental terms for stores, with almost half set to expire by the end of this year. “The retail rental market in Australia is not paused because of the pandemic – it is fundamentally changed for the future,” managing director and CEO Scott Evans said.

Iggy Pop‘s feathered friend Biggy Pop has been named the founding patron of Australia’s Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital.In a statement on the animal foundation’s website, Biggy – an Instagram star in his own right – gave his reasons for accepting the appointment.“I’m a bird, and a real wild one, and I have many cockatoo cousins in Australia,” he said.

Repeats of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" are currently not airing on Australia's popular Nine Network television channel. A spokesperson for the network confirmed the news in a statement to Fox News on Monday.

It seems when things couldn’t get any worse in the world of The Ellen Show, it has caught another blow. After the firing of three producers amid the set of the television talk show as a ‘toxic workplace”, Channel 9 has pulled the show from being aired on their usual space. “We are resting Ellen repeats on Nine and have replaced it with Desperate Housewives.”However, a spokesperson for the network is denying that the show has been removed completely, as the repeats that are currently being aired

Variety, it has been claimed that staff will now get ‘five [additional] paid days off to use at their discretion, birthdays off, and paid time for doctors appointments and family matters.’It was also reported by the publication that Ellen’s apology has put staff more at ease as they return to work in September, while also giving them better morale at the workplace.Ellen DeGeneres has taken full responsibility for the accusations, although none of them was directed at her, mainly it was the

Dancing With the Stars pro Sharna Burgess wouldn’t mind joining another one of ABC’s popular reality franchises if given the opportunity.The dancer, 35, was offered a spot as the lead of Australia’s version of The Bachelorette before the coronavirus pandemic put the entertainment world on hold. At the time, the Australia native was “on the fence” about the offer.“I was initially like, ‘Sure.’ I mean, that could be fun.

The store was unable to find a buyer, so over 200 staff members have lost their jobs. Coronavirus has had an extremely negative impact on retailers in Australia.

Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem is opening up about some health struggles that nearly sidelined her career.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine and have been staying in Australia since the end of July, and have been enjoying being back in their in New South Wales. The celebrity couple have been busy working on their respective projects, with Keith currently promoting his upcoming album, The Speed is Now, Part 1.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Editor's note: contains references that some readers may find offensiveA cartoon in Australia's biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerTony Ayres Productions (TAP) is developing The Fires, a six-part anthology series drawing on the experiences of those directly affected by the Australian megafires of last summer.The company, which has an exclusive deal with NBCUniversal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, has ABC already on board with the series in Australia.The creative team includes Tony Ayres (Clickbait, Stateless, The Slap), Andrea Denholm (Wrong Kind of Black, It’s