Hamish Blake wins the Gold Logie!

Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush is at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) this week to receive its Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the closing ceremony on Saturday (July 10).

Refresh for latest…: Disney/Marvel’s Thor: Love And Thunder opened on Wednesday in 17 material international box office markets including Korea, Australia, Italy and Germany. The Day One gross is an estimated $15.7M. That puts it 39% ahead of Thor: Ragnarok and 24% below Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness in like-for-likes and at today’s rates.

LIVE – Updated at 17:50Tadej Pogacar passed his first Tour de France test with flying colours when he gained time over all his rivals on the cobbled roads in a vintage fifth stage on Wednesday. The two-time defending champion, who was expected to suffer on the 19km of cobbles peppering the 157-km ride from Lille, finished 51 seconds behind stage winner Simon Clarke of Australia but left the overall contenders behind. “It was a really good day for me, I didn’t have any bad luck and I felt good on the cobbles,” said Pogacar, who as a professional has never taken part in the Paris-Roubaix cobbled classic.

The jury in the trial of an out gay Queensland man, accused of raping his female friend, has been disbanded after it failed to arrive at a majority verdict. Trigger Warning: This story discusses a sexual assault, which might be distressing to some readers. For 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For Australia-wide LGBTQI peer support call QLife on 1800 184 527 or webchat.Judge Catherine Muir of the Brisbane District Court discharged the jury and scheduled the matter for July 14, 2022, when the court will decide on a retrial in the case. The jury, comprised of seven men and five women, and deliberated for around 10 hours on whether 28-year-old Dominic Hansson was guilty of raping his female friend in her inner city Brisbane apartment on December 7, 2019 .

Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 2 has crossed the $400M threshold at the global box office, including $190.6M from domestic and $209.5M internationally through Tuesday. It is currently the No. 8 film worldwide in 2022 and is likely to jump up a few notches as it still has Japan and Hong Kong to release. At Paramount’s CineEurope presentation today, a threequel was touted.

Actor, model and socialite Christian Wilkins, son of entertainment guru Richard Wilkins and his ex-partner Michelle Burke, stunned the red carpet wearing a backless gown at the Logies red carpet on Sunday. The annual Logie Awards is Australian television’s biggest night celebrating locally-produced programs, television, actors, and show-runners that the public know and love. Wilkins was a fan favourite at the entrance as he posed on the the red carpet in a sheer backless dress, beach blonde hair down and showing off a long pearl look at the collarbone. Wilkins finished the look with chunky black boots, turning heads as he walked down the carpet. A stylist and model who has previously worked at Channel Nine HQ, Wilkins has hosted a podcast called Radical Fashionism with friend Andrew Kelly, which was nominated for Best Original Podcast at the Australian Commercial Radio Awards in 2019.The social media influencer shared a TikTok in a quick before and after video which showed the transition of his outfit from pre-Logies to Logie-ready. Wilkins came out in a March 2018 issue of Cosmopolitan.

The cast of the Ramsay Street soap have been a staple at Australia's television industry awards for as long as we can remember, given that Neighbours began airing in 1985.

Katherine Tulich Lukas Dhont’s “Close,” which won the Grand Prix in Cannes last month, picked up the Sydney Film Prize, the top prize at the Sydney Film Festival, on Sunday evening.Accepting the award via video message Dhont said: “It’s a film that comes from our hearts, that we worked on for a lot of years with many people.”The international jury consisted of Australian actor David Wenham, Australian director Jennifer Peedom, writer-director-producer Mostofa Sarwar Farooki (Bangladesh), Berlin Golden Bear winner Semih Kaplanoglu (Turkey), and the executive director of the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute in Tokyo, Yuka Sakano (Japan). Twelve titles in the official competition included Carla Simon’s “Alcarras”, Hlynur Palmason’s “Godland”, Colm Bairead’s “The Quiet Girl” and Del Kathryn Barton’s “Blaze.” The winner is awarded AUD$60,000 ($41,600).

TV WEEK Logie Awards are back after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Australia's brightest stars were out in force for the big night.WATCH: Nominees for the 2022 TV WEEK Gold LogieThere were plenty of fashion hits and misses on the red carpet before the ceremony even began, as well as a few cheeky comments from some of our favourite celebrities.But let's be honest - you just want to know who won!From the Graham Kennedy Award for New Talent, to the biggest award of the night - the TV WEEK Gold Logie for Most Popular Presenter on Australian Television - keep scrolling for the full list of winners.Will Hamish Blake take home the gold again?TV WEEK GOLD LOGIE FOR MOST POPULAR PERSONALITY ON AUSTRALIAN TELEVISIONHamish Blake (LEGO Masters Australia)Julia Morris (I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!)Karl Stefanovic (Today, 60 Minutes)Melissa Leong (MasterChef Australia, Celebrity MasterChef Australia)Ray Meagher (Home And Away)Sonia Kruger (Big Brother, Holey Moley, Dancing with The Stars: All Stars, The Voice, The Voice Generations)Tom Gleeson (Hard Quiz)TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE FOR MOST POPULAR ACTORBernard Curry (Wentworth)Guy Pearce (Jack Irish)Hugo Weaving (Love Me)Ray Meagher (Home and Away)Rodger Corser (Doctor Doctor)Stephen Peacocke (RFDS)TV WEEK SILVER LOGIE FOR MOST POPULAR ACTRESSAda Nicodemou (Home and Away)Anna Torv (The Newsreader)Bojana Novakovic (Love Me)Deborah Mailman (Total Control)Kitty Flanagan (Fisk)Sophie Dillman (Home and Away)WATCH: Sophie Dillman and Ray Meahger do the TV WEEK 2 Minute ChallengeBERT NEWTON AWARD FOR MOST POPULAR PRESENTERCarrie Bickmore (The Project)Hamish Blake (LEGO Masters Australia)Leigh Sales (7:30)Melissa Leong (MasterChef Australia, Celebrity MasterChef

TV WEEK Logie Awards. WATCH BELOW: Nominees for the 2022 TV WEEK Gold LogieAustralia’s television industry awards night was cancelled the last two years due to COVID-19 interruptions, which constantly had parts of the country plunged into lockdown.Filming and sets had to adapt and change very quickly, and now, we finally get to celebrate all the hard work the industry put into continuing to create our favourite shows during these tough times.While we’re keen to see the awards themselves, nothing beats the excitement of a red carpet, especially when we’ve been waiting for so long to see these glamorous looks turned out.Here are some of the best looks tonight has had to offer!Sonia KrugerGold Logie nominee Sonia Kruger rocked a sparkly, feathery number with white and gold tones.Anna HeinrichFormer Bachelor winner and SAS Australia participant, Anna joined the likes of Ant Middleton, Simone Holtznagel and her husband, Tim Robards, on the red carpet.Ella DingCelebrating the most recent season of Married at First Sight, Ella took to the red carpet with her fellow cast and good friends, Domenica Calarco, Jack Millar, Brent Vitiello, Selina Chaurr, Al Perkins and Dion Gianerelli.Beau Ryan and Kara OrellHost of The Amazing Race, Beau Ryan, brought wife Kara to the red carpet tonight!Julia MorrisAnother Gold Logie nominee! Julia is up for her work hosting and presenting I'm A Celebrity ...

TV WEEK Logie Awards in her time that preparing for TV's night of nights has almost become easy.We caught up with the Big Brother host to chat all things beauty, style and her daughter Maggie ahead of the big night on Sunday.WATCH: Nominees for the 2022 TV WEEK Gold LogieWhat kind of work goes into getting ready for the TV WEEK Logie Awards? There is a lot of preparation for an event like the Logies, even more so when you’re nominated. I like to start from the top down, so my hair will usually be freshly highlighted and I try to get in for a facial a few days before the event to make sure my skin is as hydrated as possible.

Vivienne Chow To Hong Kong documentary filmmaker Ngan Chi-sing, seeking asylum in the U.K. is going to be one of his priorities in the coming year. That’s because he has made a film about the 2019 protests that he fears would endanger his security, should he ever return to his home city.“Hong Kong cannot tolerate documentary films like mine anymore,” Ngan, the director of “Love in the Time of Revolution,” which premieres this week at the inaugural edition of the Melbourne Hong Kong Film Festival running from June 12-19 in Australia, told Variety.

The Project host and out gay journalist Hamish Macdonald has shared his thoughts on the treatment of Rebel Wilson and the backlash received by the Sydney Morning Herald over the attempts to out the actress.During Monday’s episode of the Project, Macdonald compared it to his own coming out journey, the gossip he endured surrounding his sexuality, and how “scary and intimidating” it was.Hamish Macdonald and Jacob Fitzroy share a kiss in a photo booth in 2019.Macdonald (41) said he himself had been through the experience of the media wanting to out him.“I don’t think it’s for anyone else to determine the point at which they talk about that. I’ve been on the end of this sort of thing with a couple of journalists before. And it’s scary and intimidating and frankly terrifying when a journalist starts saying to you that they know this about you, and they want to put it in print.”The Project hist Hamish Macdonald and with his partner Jacob Fitzroy (right).Macdonald then addressed the Sydney Morning Herald journalist’s apology. “I take at their word what this journo said about learning from it.

K.J. Yossman Josh Charles (“The Good Wife”) and Anders Danielsen Lie (“Bergman Island”) are set to join Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway in “Mothers’ Instinct.”The film, which is based on Barbara Abel’s novel “Derrière la Haine,” tells the story of Alice (Chastain) and Celine (Hathaway), two best friends and mothers living an outwardly idyllic life a stone’s throw from each other in 1960s America.

Reelz & Paramount+ Among Pre-Buyers Of Princess Diana Doc

Naman Ramachandran U.K. TV producer Content Kings and production finance broker and distribution agent Silverlining Rights have revealed a raft of international pre-sales for “Diana: The Ultimate Truth” (1×60’), a documentary which investigates the circumstances leading up to the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, 25 years ago.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticNo 12-year-old should have to confront the violent act Blaze (Julia Savage) witnesses seven minutes into the imaginative empowerment story that bears her name. But Blaze is no ordinary girl, and fine artist-turned-filmmaker Del Kathryn Barton’s “Blaze” reflects that, using a dazzling combination of digital and practical effects to represent the interior world of a survivor who has long relied on make-believe to cope with an overwhelming world.Produced by Australian elevated-horror shingle Causeway Films (“The Babadook”), “Blaze” marks the feature directing debut of a distinctive new voice, and though there’s a certain woodenness to the narrative, the visuals — glitter dreams of a 10-foot fuchsia dragon — radiate with originality.