Focus Features Picks Up Goran Stolevski’s Second Feature ‘Of An Age’

Neighbours and Underbelly.WATCH: Madeleine West announces she's running for State ParliamentBut as the passionate environmentalist joins WHO in Sydney for a photo shoot on March 31, she has no idea what she’ll be going home to, with her community in Byron Bay ravaged by floods for the second time in just a couple of weeks.Unhappy with the response, Madeleine wants to be part of the solution, and so she’s running as an independent for the seat of Ballina in the New South Wales state election next year."They call it a one-in-100-year flood, but now we’ve had two in less than a month."What is it like living in your community right now?There is a lot of fear and uncertainty. While there has been such an outpouring of love and support across the country since the flooding crisis started, our greatest fear is that we’ll be forgotten once the news cycle moves on.

On the mend. Brian Austin Green revealed he was bedridden for six weeks due to a battle with ulcerative colitis — and thanked Sharna Burgess for taking care of him.

Thania Garcia The Kid Laroi is causing quite the stir with a new TikTok post which seems to point a finger at his former manager Scooter Braun by calling him a “mistake.”The 18-year-old pop star earlier today uploaded a 10-second TikTok with a snippet of his upcoming single “Thousand Miles” (out April 22) which features the lyric: “Here goes another mistake I know I’m gon’ make.” In Laroi’s TikTok, the video caption reads: “show me ur last mistake. use this sound,” before cutting to an image montage of Scooter Braun.

K.J. Yossman Matrix stars Jessica Henwick and Hugo Weaving may never have shared a screen in the sci-fi mega-franchise (Weaving appeared in the original Matrix trilogy but due to scheduling conflicts missed out on the fourth instalment, in which Henwick stars) but fans will no doubt be thrilled to learn the duo will be uniting for Kitty Green’s upcoming thriller “The Royal Hotel.”Henwick and Weaving join “Inventing Anna” star Julia Garner in the See-Saw Films production, which is based on a true story.

Jessica Henwick (The Matrix Resurrections) and Hugo Weaving (Patrick Melrose) have joined the cast of The Royal Hotel, Kitty Green’s social thriller following two friends backpacking in Australia.

Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns could face jail-time after pleading guilty to drink-driving.Last month, it was revealed that the 42-year-old Johns had entered rehab after being charged with high-range drink-driving after a collision with a vehicle in the Australian New South Wales Hunter region.Johns was absent from the court hearing earlier today (April 11) in the Hunter region, with his lawyer entering a guilty plea on his behalf.As The Guardian report, Johns’ lawyer Bryan Wrench asked magistrate Ian Cheetham to hand down sentencing immediately due to the mental toll the trial may take on Johns, but Cheetham told the local court in Raymond Terrace that the offence was too serious in nature for this to be a possibility – and that Johns may face a prison sentence.The case has now been adjourned until June 22. “His main focus is his mental health,” lawyer Wrench told the court of Johns.A police report cited by The Sydney Morning Herald at the time of Johns’ charging said that the singer had been driving an SUV northbound on the Pacific Highway when his car allegedly collided with another vehicle travelling southbound.A roadside breathaliser test conducted by attending paramedics allegedly returned a positive result.

Moving on. Good Trouble‘s Maia Mitchell and Rudy Mancuso have split after six years together, Us Weekly can exclusively confirm.

EXCLUSIVE: Horror-thriller All Fun And Games, starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), begins production today in Canada with joining cast including Benjamin Evan Ainsworth — who has the title role in Disney’s upcoming Pinocchio — Keith David (Greenleaf) and Annabeth Gish (The Fall of the House of Usher).

Paramount+ has acquired Finestkind, the crime thriller from Oscar winner Brian Helgeland which stars Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Foster, Toby Wallace and Jenna Ortega. A drop date later this year on the streamer is scheduled.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefRoku has picked up a second season of “Cypher,” an FBI-themed crime drama series, for which it was the exclusive North American carrier of the first seven-episode season.In territories outside the U.S. and Canada, the show is represented by Screen Media Ventures, which is launching it at the MipTV market this week.“Cypher” tells the story of an FBI code-breaking specialist who discovers a secret organization’s hit list and must navigate the murky waters of loyalty and betrayal among an underground ring of hackers, assassins, and government agents spanning a global conspiracy.Created by Mohamed Sayed Bisheer and directed by Majdi Smiri, the first season was shot in Los Angeles and produced jointly by Cairo-based Aroma Studios and United Brothers along with Los Angeles-based production companies AZ Films, Thriller Films and Taiwan’s Organic Media Group.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefBanijay has picked up multi-territory format rights to two Korean reality shows which it will begin pitching this week at the MipTV market in Cannes.From Korean broadcaster and producer MBC, Banijay has picked up format rights to competition show “Bloody Game” in France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, and the Netherlands. From CJ ENM, it has acquired rights in the Nordics, Spain, Portugal, Germany and Australia to relationship format, “EXchange.”“Bloody Game” launched in Korea in November last year, helping draw subscribers to Wavve, a joint venture streaming platform, in which MBC is a partner. The show is nominated for a C21 Format Award, with the winner revealed during MipTV.

Walter Iuzzolino’s Eagle Eye Drama and Beta Film’s Hotel Portofino has been commissioned for a second series.

Is there an aisle in Sharna Burgess and Brian Austin Green’s future? Nearly one month after the Dancing With the Stars pro confirmed she and her beau are expecting their first child together, she weighed in on the possibility of getting hitched.