Australian Survivor in 2019.
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Katherine Tulich Australian film maker Gabriel Shipton wants his new documentary “Ithaka”, which will have its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival on Sunday, to shine a new perspective on his brother, the polarizing Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.“It’s a story that’s never been told before,” Shipton, who produced the film, told Variety. “We’ve learned Julian’s story through media headlines, but I wanted to tell this story through his family.
Australian Survivor in 2019.
Spotify has launched a Netflix hub with soundtracks, playlists, podcasts and exclusive content related to programming on the streaming video service.
Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s narrative change collective, announced its acquisition of award-winning filmmaker Sterlin Harjo’s documentary feature Love and Fury.
Big Brother VIP following a nail-biting grand finale where he competed against Josh Carroll and Ellie Gonsalves.With a mix of international and Australian celebrities entering the Big Brother Hotel, the competition has been fierce over the past few weeks as stars like Caitlyn Jenner and Bernard Curry battled it out to be named champion. In the end, it came down to the alliance of Ellie, Josh and Luke, with the trio working together to evict Jessika Power and Imogen Anthony in the penultimate
Big Brother VIP star Ellie Gonsalves has revealed she is engaged, accepting a sweet proposal from her boyfriend of 13 years as they took part in a show at Australia Zoo.
Arthur Ashe is an icon in the tennis world, breaking barriers to become the first Black male champion of three Grand Slams: the Australian Open; the U.S. Open; and, most famously, beating Jimmy Conners in 1975 to win Wimbledon. But on the other side of the net is Ashe’s work as an activist, which becomes the focus of CNN Films’ documentary Citizen Ashe.
Courtney Barnett during the release of her second album, has been released.Shot over three years on 16mm film, ‘Anonymous Club’ lets viewers into the world of Barnett as she tours and promotes 2018’s ‘Tell Me How You Really Feel’. The documentary shares its title with an older song of Barnett’s, appearing on 2013’s ‘The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas’.“I woke up having one of those, like, just feeling sad days,” Barnett can be heard saying.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe decision to make a second season of Netflix global hit “Squid Game” is a sound one, according to analysis firm Media Partners Asia which finds that Korean and Thai content have the strongest cross-border travel potential within the Asia-Pacific region.The company’s “Netflix in the Asia Pacific: The Scalability of Local Content” report is based on passive measurement of 30,000 streaming consumers in Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines,
A sorry sibling. Thomas Markle Jr. opened up about telling Prince Harry not to marry his sister Meghan Markle ahead of their royal wedding in 2018.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAmazon Prime members in Australia will now be able to add twelve on-demand TV and streaming entertainment channels to their Prime Video subscription. Channels include Paramount Plus, Hayu, Starzplay, MGM, and AMC Plus.The streamer’s initiative, which makes it more like a cable provider, is called Prime Video Channels.
Meghan Markle’s estranged brother Thomas Markle Jr. has revealed that he regrets urging Prince Harry to call off his wedding to the Duchess in 2018, calling it the “worst mistake of his life.”
Thomas Markle Jr, who’s currently starring on Australia’s Big Brother VIP, has made more explosive comments about his half-sister Meghan Markle.Thomas Jr said on the Big Brother VIP episode that aired on Tuesday 2 November: "My dad doesn't approve of him. "My father says he couldn't even protect those chickens in their backyard if he needed to.” Thomas Markle Sr has reportedly never met the Duke of Sussex.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentVeteran Australian director Rolf De Heer (“Ten Canoes”) is shooting a new film with an Aboriginal theme set in South Australia and Tasmania titled “The Mountain,” for which Italy’s Fandango Sales is launching sales at the online AFM.“The Mountain” (pictured above in a first-look image) tells the story of a central character named BlackWoman, who is abandoned in a cage in the middle of the desert.