Oct 07 2015
Mum’s the word Home And Away‘s Melissa George (pictured) says there is an unexpected benefit to portraying a pregnant woman on television. “Now I can eat my lunch before going on set and not have to worry about holding my tummy in!,” she told TV Week. Her character Angel’s pregnancy to Shane (Dieter Brummer) was not …
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Apr 01 2015
Every year, media outlets around the world see how much they can do outdo each other for the most preposterous April Fool’s Day gag. It was 40 years ago that ABC‘s This Day Tonight program unveiled a corker which attracted national attention at the time and more recently has gone global! Nigel Starck, in 1975 a reporter for …
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Jan 26 2015
Studio 10 presenters Jessica Rowe and Jonathan Coleman are among the many to feature in this year’s Australia Day Honours List. Rowe (pictured) has been appointed a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia “for significant service to the community as an ambassador, campaigner and advocate for mental health policy reform, and to the …
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Nov 09 2014
Cover: Melissa George (Home And Away) Sundae too far away! Those who have seen the film The Adventures Of Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert may have seen Ken Radley as the vile redneck drunk in Coober Pedy intent on doing something “something villainous” to Guy Pearce‘s befrocked character. What most may not realise is that Radley …
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Aug 27 2013
Bill Peach, former journalist and TV and radio presenter, has died at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital at the age of 78. Born in the NSW town of Lockhart in 1935, Peach began his career as a cadet at ABC radio in the late 1950s. After a stint working overseas at the BBC he returned to …
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Dec 08 2012
‘I don’t care if I don’t come back!’ Former Home And Away star Les Hill (pictured) has lashed out at the industry that had made him a popular teen star, claiming hurt and disillusionment. Before joining the series as a 16-year-old, he thought he knew what to expect. “I knew about all the photo shoots, …
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Jan 29 2012
Veteran journalist and producer Mike Willesee, the man who popularised current affairs on commercial television in the ‘70s and dominated the genre for more than two decades, is returning to television to join the Seven Network’s Sunday Night. Willesee, a reporter and presenter of Four Corners and This Day Tonight for ABC back in the …
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Jan 06 2012
For years now it’s been an annual tradition – when ABC1’s Rage goes into retro mode during the month of January. Every year Rage digs through the archive to bring viewers a mix of retro hits and repeats of classic ABC shows. In previous years the retro playlists predominantly featured old Countdown and Rock Arena …
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Feb 08 2011
Former journalist and television presenter Sonia Humphrey has died at the age of 63. A former dancer with the Australian Ballet Company, Humphrey later decided on a change of direction and completed a production course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). Her fondness for history led to her joining an archaeological dig in …
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Jan 23 2011
For many years Network Ten’s news offering has been dismissed as a poorer cousin to the brash, high-profile Seven and Nine news portfolios. While Seven and Nine throw money into resources and promotion, each of them keen to get an edge over the other while almost mimicking each other, Ten has kept a somewhat more …
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