Headlines:
- Film Victoria has announced $3m funding for 18 projects, comprising feature films, documentaries and television shows. Amongst the TV approvals are Upper Middle Bogan, an ABC comedy project for Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope
may 18 | www.tvtonight.com.au
- SBS comedy Housos is set for the big screen, with the prolific Paul Fenech currently shooting a film in Sydney.
may 18 | www.tvtonight.com.au
- Seven has announced a sixth series of the show with big plans to combat the exit of Hugh Sheridan. It is believed that Marais, who gave birth to her daughter Scout just last week, is keen to make a return for a number of Rafters episodes along with husband James Stewart.
may 17 | www.perthnow.com.au
- THERE are those who will tell you Packed to the Rafters is staring down the barrel - no surprise following the revelation Hugh Sheridan and James Stewart are leaving the series.
may 17 | www.news.com.au
- She was a Gold Logie nominee twice for her role in McLeod's Daughters, but then she almost disappeared. Tonight Simmone Jade McKinnon joins Neighbours in a 3 month role as 'Zoe Alexander.'
may 17 | www.tvtonight.com.au
- Nine gambles with new drama Tricky Business's debut and loses as show drops below magic million mark.
may 15 | www.brisbanetimes.com.au
- Beloved Aussie drama Packed to the Rafters has been renewed for a sixth season... A key question for Seven will now be about whether to wrap the series next year, given the original premise of young adults living under the roof of parents has diminished with exiting cast members.
may 16 | www.tvtonight.com.au
- THE last time TV fans saw Gigi Edgley, she was leaping off tall buildings in a single bound on Rescue Special Ops. Fast-forward to her new role on Channel 9's Tricky Business and this wonder woman is throwing herself into playing single mother Kate Christie.
may 16 | www.news.com.au
- TALK about art imitating life: Offspring's Phillip Noonan is a respected GP prone to over-thinking and anxiety attacks; Garry McDonald, who plays Noonan, is a respected actor who struggled with an anxiety disorder for two decades and developed major depression.
may 16 | www.news.com.au
- In a palatial 1970s house in Templestowe that appears to have been snap-frozen in time, Howzat!, a piece of Australian television history that could only have been made for Nine, is being filmed.
may 14 | www.smh.com.au
- Lincoln Lewis knows more than most the fickle nature of fame. Three years ago, the former Home and Away star was riding a wave of success when he became embroiled in a phone-sex scandal that threatened to derail his fledgling career.
may 14 | au.news.yahoo.com/thewest
- Last week LA was abuzz as the TV networks revealed what shows were axed... what shows were saved... and what shows were ordered... Amongst the most buzzed about new shows announced were five with Australian actors in their casts.
may 13 | themusic.com.au
- Matt Saville, Jeffrey Walker and Tony Krawtiz each won two awards last night at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards at the Maritime Museum in Darling Harbour.
may 12 | www.tvtonight.com.au
- The critics are already calling Brothers in Arms "Underbelly on wheels" but the real Milperra massacre was more like hell on wheels.
may 14 | www.smh.com.au
- The critics are already calling Brothers in Arms "Underbelly on wheels" but the real Milperra massacre was more like hell on wheels.
may 11 | www.heraldsun.com.au
- Last night marked the finale of the fourth season of the locally produced Go Girls... Yet most Kiwis won't have watched it, with many having written Go Girls off long ago without seeing a single minute (or after seeing very little) of the show itself. My question is: Why?
may 09 | www.stuff.co.nz
- ACTRESS Jessica Marais and actor James Stewart have announced the birth of her first child, a baby girl named Scout Edie.
may 10 | www.adelaidenow.com.au
- Nine's new family drama [Tricky Business] hopes to collect viewers, writes Paul Kalina.
may 10 | www.theage.com.au
- The worrying question about Packed to the Rafters at this point is whether it's merely stumbled badly or completely fallen over. The hour-long show, a standard-bearer for both Channel Seven and Australian television drama, has declined in terms of both quality and audience figures.
may 10 | www.smh.com.au
- IT was the landmark High Court judgment that recognised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first Australians. Now an adaptation of the love story that fuelled that fight for justice is poised to be the most important television event to air this year.
may 10 | www.dailytelegraph.com.au
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Coming Soon to DVD:
- May 22
- The Almighty Johnsons - Season 2
- June 6
- Rockwiz: Series 4
- Heartbreak High: Series 3
- June 7
- Mabo
- Justified - The Complete 1st Season
- Agony Aunts
- Dance Academy: Series 2 - Catch Me If I Fall
- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Series 1 - Volume 2
- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries: Series 1
- June 21
- Brothers in Arms
- June 27
- H2O: Just Add Water - Season 3 (Volume 1)
Ratings:
- April 29 - May 05, 2012
- 2.771m - The Voice - Mon
- 2.440m - The Voice - Tue
- 1.633m - The Voice - Sun
- 1.600m - Revenge - Wed
- 1.565m - Revenge
- 1.502m - Nine News Sunday
- 1.496m - The Block - Mon
- 1.490m - Seven News - Sun
- 1.369m - 60 Minutes
- 1.361m - The Block - Tue
- 1.360m - Australia's Got Talent - Wed
- 1.355m - Packed to the Rafters
birthdays:
- May
- 5 - Dieter Brummer (1976)
- 6 - Alan Dale (1947)
- 7 - Justin Melvey (1969)
- 11 - Justin Rosniak (1977)
- 11 - Anita Hegh (1972)
- 11 - Matthew Newton (1977)
- 11 - Holly Valance (1983)
- 14 - Cate Blanchett (1969)
- 14 - Ada Nicodemou (1977)
- 19 - Claudia Karvan (1972)
- 21 - Brett Tucker (1972)
- 21 - Inge Hornstra (1974)
- 22 - Gary Sweet (1957)
- 24 - Brian Wenzel (1929)
- 25 - Kick Gurry (1978)
- 26 - Racheal Blake (1971)
- 26 - Marieke Hardy (1976)
- 27 - Stephen Lovatt (1964)
- 27 - Sara Wiseman (1975)
- 28 - Kylie Minogue (1968)
- 28 - Beth Allen (1984)
- 29 - Louise Siversen (1958)
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