Australian Woman Who Served In-Laws Poison Mushrooms Charged With Murder!

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The comedy “Colin from Accounts” tends to surprise viewers who tune in expecting one thing, and realizing it’s something else altogether. It’s a romantic comedy with a most unusual name (read on if you want to find out who “Colin” actually is) and has become a phenomenon first in Australia, then on the BBC in the U.K., followed by the Nordic region and now in the U.S. via Paramount+, where it premiered earlier this month.

A tragic accident happened at the first show of singer Robbie Williams‘ tour in Australia, causing a fan to lose their life.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Veteran actor Ciaran Hinds and Odessa Young have joined Euphoria star Jacob Elordi in the cast of premium Australian miniseries “The Narrow Road to the Deep North.” Production is now under way. An adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel by Richard Flanaghan, the five-part series is love story set against the backdrop of World War II. Production is by Curio Pictures with Prime Video releasing the title in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

Following a year of waiting for a new series to hit our screens, the 2023 celebs have finally entered the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle. After the official line-up was revealed earlier this week, viewers at home saw the campmates split into individual groups as they prepared to make their way into the jungle. And, as per I’m A Celeb history, entering the jungle wasn’t as easy as it sounds and each contestant underwent some sort of challenge.

A new group of celebrities will spend the next few weeks living in the Australian bush as a new series of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here gets underway.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here is back for another year with ten new celebrities heading to the jungle. The popular ITV show returns to Australia and is set to air nightly on ITV for the next three weeks.

There's set to be a new King or Queen of the jungle as I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here returns to screens. Ten new famous faces will be swapping their usual luxuries for camp life as they head to Australia.

He's used to being on stage in front of thousands but how will Marvin Humes fare when he's faced with creepy crawlies and stomach-churning Bushtucker trials? He is one of the ten new famous faces who will be swapping their usual luxuries for camp life in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here has given a first-look at the first three celebrity arrivals in camp as they're left stranded in the Australian outback. The hit ITV reality show returns to screens on Sunday (November 19) with Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly back as hosts.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Nicole Kidman is providing $50,000 of her own money for a TV industry award named in honor of an Australian executive who died earlier this year. The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) is to present the newly-created Brian Walsh Award for Emerging Talent at its annual award ceremony in February. The award aims to discover and nurture the next generation of Australian actors.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Australian and New Zealand indie distributor Umbrella Entertainment will launch Brollie, a free of charge, ad-supported streaming service later this month. It will lean on Umbrella’s library of classic content and claims to be the first free streaming platform specializing in Australian film and TV content.Brollie will launch on Nov. 23 with over 300 titles including: “Babadook” (dir.

The Hollywood strikes may have wreaked havoc on the broadcast networks’ fall plans but it also paved the way for a Paramount+ Australia series to snag an unprecedented berth on CBS starting Nov. 14.

What a truly gruesome Hollywood crime story…

Zack Sharf Digital News Director A police officer in Sydney, Australia has pleaded guilty to “carrying a firearm with disregard” for a colleague’s safety after he threatened to shoot another police officer who said he would reveal spoilers from Tom Cruise’s blockbuster sequel “Top Gun: Maverick,” the Australian Broadcasting Company reports. According to court documents, 30-year-old cop Dominic Gaynor took out his gun and pointed it “in the vicinity” of fellow officer Morgan Royston after Royston threatened to spoil the film.

The BBC's smash hit whodunnit set in the sunshine-laden fictional Caribbean island of Saint Marie is getting a twist Down Under.

The FADER’s transgender charity covers compilation FADER & Friends Volume 1 is out now, available exclusively on Bandcamp until December 1, 2023. 100% of the proceeds go towards the Transgender Law Center, Mermaids, and Rainbow Railroad.

Andy Cohen quizzed the impossibly tall Aussie actor Jacob Elordi about her on his podcast, Radio Andy.“Do young straight Australians care about Kylie Minogue?” Cohen asked.“She’s a national treasure, period,” Elordi said.The 15-second clip has launched a debate online, proving the generational divide in Australia is strong.Yes, Elordi gave Minogue the respect she deserved, but the comment section on the clip is a bloodbath of young Aussies claiming they have no idea who our princess of pop is.Next thing you know, the youngest generation will be claiming they don’t know the lyrics to The Veronica’s Untouched.“Young straight Australians don’t know anything about Kylie Minogue,” someone claimed in a very bold move.Jacob Elordi declares @kylieminogue a National Treasure™️!Another said they’d heard of her but couldn’t name a single song. Not one single song? What about All The Lovers or Can’t Get You Out Of My Head?Another young person claimed they’d never even heard a whisper of the pop princess.“Who? Genuinely never heard of this person or anything about them,” they claimed.Even more upsettingly, the young people admitting they do know who she is, claim it is thanks to their Mum and not Spotify.“As a young Australian, I had no clue who Kylie Minogue was until my mum told me,” one wrote.“My mum likes her,” another shared.While someone else said, you had to be a “certain age” to understand the power of Kylie Minogue.Minogue, of course, is an Australian icon; she’s released banger after banger after banger.

The Wiggles have responded to reports than an Australian city played their song ‘Hot Potato’ on loop near a homeless shelter.The ABC reported that the city of Bunbury had been blasting their song nonstop near the Graham Bricknell Music Shell, where a regular makeshift shelter had been established.Bunbury Mayor Jayson Miguel said that this use of ‘Hot Potato’ was intended to discourage “people to congregate permanently in an area and to deter antisocial behaviour”. Miguel further claimed that music had been playing near the shelter “for more than six months without incident”, saying it was a standard practise across the state.However, it was reported that the music was switched off on Thursday (November 2) following public outcry and an intervention from The Wiggles.“The Wiggles’ music is created to bring joy and happiness to children and families around the world,” a spokesperson for the band said.

Production expenditure on scripted screen production in Australia in 2022/23 was the second highest on record at $1.49BN (A$2.34BN) across 213 titles, according to Screen Australia’s annual drama report, but spend on Australian theatrical features declined by 54% from last year. 

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Ron Howard is heading into production at the end of November on survival thriller Eden, which was previously named Origin Of Species.