Facebook Inks Deal With Three Aussie Publishers, Ending Punishing Week Down Under For Social Media Giant

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Matt Damon is having some fun adventures with his family while in Australia!

Naman Ramachandran U.K. production funding and distribution agency Drive has sold two-part documentary series “The Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess” to Channel Nine in Australia, REELZ in the U.S., TV 2 in Norway, Servus TV in Austria, RTL Netherlands and TVNOW in Germany, to broadcast this year.Produced by Minnow Films for U.K.

was announced on Saturday in the wee-hours of the morning Stateside — which happened to be smack dab in the middle of the famed Mardi Gras parade in Sydney, Australia.Michelle Visage and comedian Rhys Nicholson, who will be seated alongside Mama Ru on the judges panel, formally introduced the 10 Aussie and Kiwi queens who will be competing when streams later this year on WOW Presents Plus.

Fate of the Furious' Elsa Pataky and Point Break's Luke Bracey are set to star in Matthew Reilly's Interceptorfor Netflix. Avengers star Chris Hemsworth will executive produce the thriller about an Army lieutenant, played by Pataky, using her years of tactical training to save humanity from 16 nuclear missiles launched at the U.S.

Fast & Furious actress Elsa Pataky and Holidate’s Luke Bracey have signed on to star in Interceptor, an action drama that will be released by Netflix.

News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson said Thursday “the terms of trade for content are changing fundamentally,” citing a global news sharing deal the company signed last week with Google.

Married At First Sight Australia's Mike Gunner says he is part Scottish and has the personality to prove it.His comments come as ex 29 year old virgin Matthew Bennett appeared on Lorraine to tell her he can no longer watch the show because 'it's too triggering'.

Australia has been taken over by Thor: Love and Thunder's star-studded cast as filming has begun in Sydney, after months of production delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chris Hemsworth's upcoming film also stars Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson, Christian Bale, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan and Matt Damon amongst several others with Taika Waititi back on the director's chair post the rousing success of Thor: Ragnarok.

Spoilers ahead! Don’t continue reading if you don’t want to see potential spoilers for Thor: Love and Thunder.

Matt Damon is reprising his comedic role in the new “Thor” movie, and he’s brought along some hilarious friends.

Chris Hemsworth’s latest Instagram pics are likely to have you feeling a need to get physical, Olivia Newton John-style.

Australia's law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news is ready to take effect, though the laws' architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals. The Parliament on Thursday passed the final amendments to the so-called News Media Bargaining Code agreed between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAustralia’s parliament on Thursday passed the last elements of the controversial new law that will require major tech firms to pay local publishers for news.Amendments earlier this week brought to an end a standoff between the Australian government and Facebook, which last week took the dramatic move of disabling Australian users’ ability to share news articles.The compromises, which both the government and Facebook have claimed as a victory, include a longer

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFacebook’s top policy exec said the temporary ban of sharing news links in Australia was a difficult but “legally necessary” step for the social giant to protect itself.

Facebook said will invest $1 billion in the global news industry over the next three years but came out swinging Wednesday over its news blackout of Australia, which it reversed yesterday after Aussie lawmakers agreed to modify a proposed law.

Facebook will restore news to its platform in Australia after the government agreed to modify proposed legislation that had kicked of a bitter battle over how publishers are compensated for use of their content by Internet giants.