Australia

Festival organisers 'disappointed' by Flo Rida's no show

Music Gossip

24 Oct 2011

Flo Rida left organisers of an Australian music festival "extremely disappointed" after failing to turn up for a scheduled performance. The rapper was due to play at the Fat As Butter festival in Newcastle, Australia, on Saturday (22.10.11) but he…

Sam Worthington's lazy days

Celebrity Gossip

1 Oct 2011

Sam Worthington likes to do "absolutely nothing" when he has time off. The 'Terminator Salvation' actor - who used to be a bricklayer in Australia - makes a point of keeping his schedule free when he is not making movies because he has been…

Our Generation

Eye-opening but heavy-handed Aborigine doc

22 Sep 2011

It’s no secret that the indigenous population of Australia have been handed a raw deal ever since James Cook set up shop on behalf of the British in 1770. While notions of modern day racial discrimination are just as well-known, what may not be so clear…

Mel B slams Oz X Factor judges

TV Gossip

30 Aug 2011

Mel B has lashed out at her fellow 'X-Factor' judges. The former Spice Girl - who is joined on the panel of the Australian version of the TV talent show by Boyzone star Ronan Keating and Australian singers Natalie Bassingthwaite and Guy Sebastian…

The Day the Sky Turned Black

One-man show tells the story of the 2009 Australian firestorms

9 Aug 2010

Ali Kennedy-Scott retells the story of the firestorms that claimed the lives of 173 Australians in February 2009, acting out the testimonies of five survivors. Each character is convincingly portrayed, with Kennedy-Scott changing her mannerisms to suit…

Interview - Mark Hartley

5 Mar 2009

‘To me they were just like American exploitation films, but they had Australian locations and Australian actors. So I felt a connection to them. After seeing them I wanted to read about them, but I realised they hadn’t been written about at all. ‘In…

Australia Day

22 Jan 2009

Calling all Aussies! Missing the homeland, on this most sacred day of your Antipodean calendar? Get ye down to the Espy bar in Portobello, where they've put on a (shivering) barbie on the beach Especially For You, plus Neighbours–themed karoke and a…

Nicole Kidman's Australia 'squirm'

Celebrity Gossip

8 Jan 2009

Nicole Kidman isn't "proud" of her performance in 'Australia'. The 41-year-old actress has revealed she "squirmed" in her seat throughout the Sydney premiere because she was so uncomfortable watching herself on screen. She said: "I can't look at…

Australia

11 Dec 2008

(12A) 165min Baz Luhrmann (Strictly Ballroom, Romeo & Juliet and Moulin Rouge) gets more and more ambitious with each film he makes. With it’s sweeping vistas, debt to Gone With the Wind, World War II backdrop and romantic pairing of Nicole…

Pendulum

24 Apr 2008

DRUM & BASS Carling Academy, Glasgow, Sat 3 May Pendulum, the drum & bass production trio from Perth, Australia shifted more than 200,000 copies of their debut album Hold your Colour. Like Roni Size, LTJ Bukem and a few others that had gone before…

Breaker Morant

23 Aug 2007

Kenneth Ross’ great Australian tale of official injustice still feels powerful in the telling. In it, three Australian officers are put on trial for the murder of prisoners in the dog days of the second Boer War. Great courage is shown in the face of…

Breaker Morant

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

19 Jul 2007

After the success of Talk Radio, the Comedians Theatre Company returns to the Fringe with a hard-hitting courtroom drama. But as the Australian leads tell Steve Cramer, the play is not without its bawdy elements

Ray Lawrence

21 May 2007

Ray Lawrence is being a bit testy today. ‘I know some of the blog reviews said Jindabyne is slow and boring. But they’re 18-year-old kids sitting in their underpants in front of the computer and I’m not interested. I have a very specific audience. They…