18 year old internet troll Tristan Barker has today plead guilty to assaulting Today Tonight reporter Dave Eccleston in the Rotorua district court in New Zealand.
Barker has been remanded on bail for sentencing on June 19th.
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Screen Australia and Screen NSW must be very happy with Sydney television production company See-Saw Productions right now after the glowing reviews its new series Top of the Lake have received.
Check out these ratings! IMDB has given it a 7.4/10. Metacritic, 86/100. Rotten Tomatoes, an even more impressive 9.1/10.
The crime drama is set in the picturesque southern lakes district in and around New Zealand’s Queenstown and has all the beauty of Lord of the Rings. It is reminiscent of The Killing and Twin Peaks and is a story that is as brilliantly told as it is visually spectacular.
A number of Australian and New Zealand actors and actresses star alongside two Hollywood heavyweights, Holly Hunter (The Piano) and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) in the story about a 12 year old girl who is pregnant and disappears.
The story is dark, mysterious and intriguing and should be on your list of must watch viewing for 2013.
Three in three days. Here’s the promo for A Place To Call Home, coming soon on Seven.
Hot on the heels of the announcement that The Mole is returning to Seven, we’ve been sent a new promo for House Rules.
We just received this promo from Seven for The Mole
It’s pretty rare that a feature length movie for theatrical release is spawned from a single series of a television series but that’s exactly what the Australian comedy series Housos has done.
Housos vs. Authority is based upon the stories and characters of the Housos television series, created by Paul Fenech. After taking over half a million dollars when it opened in cinemas on the first of November 2012, Housos vs Authority is now out on Blu ray and DVD.
In the movie, Franky (Fenech) and his best mate Dazza (Jason Davis) travel in a drug-laden campervan from the western outskirts of Sydney to Uluru so that Dazza’s foul-mouthed girlfriend Shazza (Elle Dawe) can be reunited with the dying mother she hasn’t seen since she was three. You can imagine the drama and comedic value throughout their journey!
In case you haven’t seen Housos, the series is a satirical parody of low income Australian residents of fictional suburb Sunnyvale, who are living in Housing Commission public housing.
A second season of Housos has been announced by SBS which will return to air in 2013.
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Paranormal Activity 4 is out on DVD and stars child actor Brady Allen as Robbie. Allen’s credits include roles in a short film, and guest roles on a halloween special of The Middle and American Horror Story.
Playing the creepy kid seems to be a dream come true for this 9 year old who considers a movie set as his favourite place in the world.
The fourth Paranormal Activity movie is a sequel to the second and first films and also features Katie Featherston (The River) who starred in the first movie as well as Kathryn Newton (Gary Unmarried).
All of the activity has led to this! When Katie disappeared with her nephew Hunter, there were no survivors. Five years later she’s returned with a mysterious boy, ready to target new victims with her demonic rage. Now using computer cameras and cell phones, an innocent family’s young daughter will capture every one of the terrifying occurrences that began with her new neighbors’ arrival.
The movie grossed a world-wide box office take of $140,706,358 and there is a fifth movie in the franchise due out in October 2013.
Here is one of the trailers from the movie to watch if you’re not afraid of getting a little scared.
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Telstra shareholders may not be happy that Chaz Savage is to be General Manager of T-Box. Savage will be joining Telstra after abandoning his role as GM of Igloo, a set-top box joint venture in New Zealand between state broadcaster TVNZ and pay TV monopoly Sky.
Igloo, which was plagued by delays, only launched last month as an alternative for those wanting a TV option that sat between Free-To-Air and subscription. The service has been panned by critics.
Savage joins Group Managing Director, Telstra Media, Rick Ellis who is the former CEO of TVNZ and was responsible for the failed A$15M investment in TiVo and the subsequent NZ$12.25M igloo deal.
Telstra shareholders beware. Continue reading »
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