David Jones taking action with Australian store closure plans as sales plummet

Tim Dams AMC Networks’ streaming service Sundance Now has acquired U.S. rights to acclaimed Tim Minchin-starring Australian drama “Upright” from distributor Entertainment One (eOne).Produced by Lingo Pictures, “Upright” follows a shabby musician, played by Minchin, who has to drive across Australia with nothing but a piano, and finds his baggage increases when a runaway girl comes into his life.The eight-part series premiered last year on Sky Atlantic in the U.K.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorAMC Networks streaming service Sundance Now has picked up its second international drama in as many days after taking the U.S. rights to Tim Minchin’s Australian show Upright.The eight-part series will premiere on August 6 and tells the story of Lucky Flynn (Minchin) as he travels across Australia to see his dying mother with just an upright piano for luggage.

Since flying in from Australia, where he was recording The Voice, Boy George has spent lockdown living alone at a rented flat in London’s Soho while his own home is being refurbished. Nine years ago, OK! was invited to his characterful Gothic abode in the capital.

The Australian Dream, a feature-length documentary from Dogwoof.The Australian Dream is a documentary that uses the remarkable and inspirational story of Indigenous AFL legend Adam Goodes as the prism through which to tell a deep and powerful story about race, identity and belonging. The film unpicks the events of the 2013-15 AFL seasons and asks fundamental questions about the nature of racism and discrimination in society today.

Australian model Megan Gale and her former AFL player fiance Shaun Hampson have shared some positive news!

We should be enjoying season seven of Love Island right now, seeing a new batch of singletons trying to find love in the iconic villa.

If we’re completely honest, we could really do with a good drama to fill the Normal People-shaped hole in our hearts right now.

Welcoming a baby into the world is a massive event for any parent, but one Aussie mum experienced the ultimate birthing experience - bringing her daughter to life while seated on the road of Sydney's M7 motorway.

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Baker Boy, the award-winning indigenous Australian rapper, has shared a powerful statement on the insidious nature of racism around the globe and in his homeland.Taking to Instagram, the hip-hop artist explains that he’s been called out for “not publicly sharing my rage about what is happening right now.”Baker (real name Danzal Baker) says he chooses a “path of positivity and light” with his musical persona, and typically leaves politics out of his dialogue on social media.There’s no doubt about

By Jake Kanter

The Australian prime minister is calling for an investigation after two Aussie journalists were assaulted by police during a protest on live television.

By Andreas Wiseman

While giving birth is normally a private event, one mum has chosen to live stream her labour and waterbirth to her 55,000 Instagram followers.

In honour of Australia’s first-ever “Thank a First Responder Day”, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge shared a video doing just that.

Famous big wave surf champion Ross Clarke-Jones is reportedly suing Australian Survivor producers Endemol Shine after he suffered a debilitating injury during one of the show’s challenges in 2019.

Tones and I unveiled the cheeky music video for her latest single "Ur So F**king Cool" on Friday (May 29).In the clip, the rising Australian star (born Toni Watson) attends a party in a chic hotel with a number of over-the-top characters also played by herself, including a vapid beauty blogger, a wine-swilling, cosmetic surgery-obsessed grande dame and a bearded hipster with a penchant for massively oversized scarves and fake-reading pretentious literature."Walk into a party, feelin' out of