Headlines:
- David Gulpilil, an actor who who lit up the screen in his 1971 debut film “Walkabout” and recently starred in a biographical documentary about his remarkable life, has died. Gulpilil was diagnosed with lung cancer four years ago. He was 68.
- november 29 | variety.com
- Bluey is a bona fide hit – and the latest season will have even more New Zealand touches in it.
- november 26 | www.stuff.co.nz
- Sam Neill will make a welcome return to Australian TV drama in Foxtel’s The Twelve, which begins production next week.
- november 25 | www.if.com.au
- For the very young to the young at heart, and for everyone in between, in 2022 the ABC is promising it will have something for all Australians to connect with on ABC and ABC iview.
- november 25 | tvblackbox.com.au
- The Hugo Weaving-starring drama is the first original series by streaming service Binge, and all six episodes will be uploaded in one day.
- november 13 | www.dailymail.co.uk
- For fans of Australian TV comedy and drama, this is the best of times...But the real picture is more complicated. The scarcity of scripted content for 2022... suggests the industry is, in fact, on a knife’s edge.
- october 31 | www.smh.com.au
- Bert Newton, one of the pioneers and enduring personalities of Australian television, has died at the age of 83.
- october 30 | televisionau.com
- Legendary entertainer Bert Newton has died, aged 83.
- october 30 | tvtonight.com.au
- Amazon Prime Video is not moving forward with any further episodes of Back to the Rafters.
- october 29 | tvtonight.com.au
- The two actresses recently talked to Jamie Ruby of SciFi Vision in an exclusive interview on Zoom about reuniting for the series...
- october 24 | scifivision.com
- Creatives behind the SBS period drama are in early discussions for more around the lead character Leung Wei Shing played by actor Yoson An.
- october 25 | tvtonight.com.au
- Outrageous Fortune actor Kirk Torrance is in a starring role in The Pact, which promises to show him like never before.
- october 23 | www.nzherald.co.nz
- Mabel Li reveals rich and wide-reaching nuances within her role as Zhang Lei in SBS’ New Gold Mountain series.
- october 21 | harpersbazaar.com.au
- The Janet King and A Place To Call Home star has helped create an eight-part crime-thriller series called Bay Of Fires.
- october 20 | www.smh.com.au
- For the first time, storytellers have ‘flipped the script’ on an Australian period drama, telling the story of the brutal chapter of the gold rush era from the perspective of the Chinese miners who came to Victoria’s goldfields in their thousands more than 170 years ago.
- october 11 | thenewdaily.com.au
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birthdays:
- November
- 1 - Toni Collette (1972)
- 3 - Angus McLaren (1988)
- 4 - Myles Pollard (1972)
- 6 - Liddy Clark (1953)
- 6 - Vince Colosimo (1966)
- 7 - Melissa Bell (1972)
- 7 - Marisa Siketa (1990)
- 8 - Tom Wren (1979)
- 9 - Oliver Ackland (1979)
- 10 - Jessica Tovey (1987)
- 10 - Andrew Morley (1989)
- 11 - Ashleigh Cummings (1992)
- 12 - Kate Bell (1983)
- 14 - Michala Banas (1978)
- 14 - Brooke Satchwell (1980)
- 15 - Lewis Fitz-Gerald (1958)
- 16 - Gigi Edgley (1977)
- 16 - Tim Ferguson (1963)
- 24 - Dan Falzon (1974)
- 24 - Shane Bourne (1949)
- 28 - Ryan Kwanten (1976)
- 28 - Kristian Schmid (1974)
- 28 - Wayne Blair (1971)
- 30 - Kate Fischer (1973)
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