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Goodbye, ‘Carmella.’
Gold Logie nominee Natalie Blair has her final scene in tonight’s Neighbours.
Blair has hit the fame train for her performance in the TEN soap. If it wasn’t for a Logie nomination (in fact, two) the wider audience may not have been quite so familiar with her.
In fact Blair, won the Best New Talent award in 2005, and was nominated for Gold just two years later.
She first joined the series in guest roles in 2003 as Carmella Cammeniti, returning later with storylines that saw her move from a role as a nun …
Cover Story
Published for 51 years, TV Week is an absolute survivor in both the television and magazine industry. And like all survivors it has had to embrace change in order to remain the market leader. While other TV mags have fallen by the wayside, TV Week under the Australian Consolidated Press empire, is still a force to be reckoned with.
In Australian television stars always know they’d made it when they landed their first TV Week cover. It’s the Rolling Stone of Aussie telly. But what does it take to get a cover …
Kate for Carols in the Domain
Kate Ritchie will return as host of Carols in the Domain for the Seven Network this year, after co-hosting the event with Grant Denyer in 2007.
A co-host is yet to be announced.
“It’s a real honour to host,” says Kate. “As a kid we’d always watch the Carols on the TV at home. And now to be up there on that stage is amazing.
“I think the Carols make everyone stop and enjoy the Christmas spirit. Everyone gets caught up in Christmas shopping and getting ready for the day, and the Carols give …
Satisfaction girls on Show(case)
While Sydney was all agog at Australia, stars of Satisfaction gathered last night for the launch of the show’s second series.
Kestie Morassi, Alison Whyte, Diana Glenn, Madeleine West, Peta Sergeant and actor Dustin Clare were dressed to impress in a function room at Melbourne’s renovated GPO.
The series about high-class hookers has already picked up a Logie Award, and is nominated for another three at the AFI Awards on December 6th.
Word in the room last night is that it is also likely to win a third season from the Pay TV Channel.
Actress …
“Better than a Logie”
Actress Claudia Karvan is the final Celebrity in a Bog Standard Car for Top Gear Australia. She joked that doing her hotlap on the test track was better than winning a Logie.
And risking people saying “I told you so”, there is again another Holden v Ford battle. Before the series launched producers promised there would be a lot more to the Aussie version than relying these two cars.
Series 11 of the British original returns to SBS Monday week.
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It’s the final episode of the series and Top Gear Australia takes …
Kate Ritchie in Underbelly role
Former Home and Away darling, Kate Ritchie is returning to television to play Judi Kane, the wife of slain 1970s standover man Les Kane, in the second series of Underbelly.
The two time Gold Logie winner said her break from acting made her realise it was something she loved and missed.
“I’m not sure what Judi is like, but I want to give a true representation, hopefully one that will make her pleased,” she said.
Kane was the father of Trisha Kane, the wife of slain gangland figure, Jason Moran.
The 1970’s series has been …
Airdate: GNW Awards
For its finale edition, Good News Week is having a two hour awards show.
Described as “a mix between the Nobel Prize and the Logies” it will look back on the newsmakers, for better or worse, and decide who is worthy of gongs in Entertainment, Religion, Sport, Science, Politics and Photo of the Year.
Viewers can vote in the categories on the GNW website.
The show airs 8:30pm Monday November 24 and returns at the top of the television year in February 2009.
Press Release:
Monday 24th November 2008 will see the second-most anticipated event …
Gallery: Satisfaction
Here are Kestie Morassi, Alison Whyte, Diana Glenn, Madeleine West, Bojana Novakovic, Madeleine West, and Peta Sergeant -the girls from the second series of Satisfaction.
They will be joined by Dustin Clare, who will be introduced as a new character, Sean, the brother of Mel, played by Madeleine West.
On top of Whyte winning a Logie, both Whyte and Glenn are up for AFI Awards, while the show is also nominated for Best Drama Series.
It premieres 8:30pm Tuesday December 2nd on Showcase.
With the first season’s shattering conclusion, Season 2 finds the girls of …
Gabriella Cilmi: ‘I wasn’t tipsy’
Six-time ARIA winner Gabriella Cilmi has answered the question everybody was asking, and says, nope, she was sober at the big event.
“I was actually jetlagged, I wasn’t tipsy,” the 17yo told news.com.au.
“But I can have one glass of wine.”
The speculation followed her less-than-articulate acceptance speeches (six of them) at Sunday’s ARIAs, which followed a recurring theme of “wow..really cool, like…” and similar gushing phrases. Through the television set is appeared that Cilmi was letting the night get the better of her. But that’s the problem with television. It never really captures …
Steve Curry for AFI Awards
Actor Stephen Curry, whose knockabout Logie speech was one of this year’s more memorable acceptance speeches will host this year’s Australian Film Institute Awards.
Curry won an AFI for his role as Graham Kennedy in The King, along with a Logie and an ASTRA Award.
“I think on the whole in Australia it’s probably pretty important to have a sense of fun about (hosting), not take ourselves overly seriously but at the same time be able to toe the line of reverence,” he told news.com.au.
Curry is co-writing the show with comedy writer …
Returning: Satisfaction
Showcase’s locally produced drama with high-class hookers, Satisfaction, will return to screens with its second series in December.
The first series was well received, including a Logie Award for Alison Whyte. Whyte returns to the sexy drama along with Diana Glenn, Kestie Morassi, Bojana Novakovic, Madeleine West, Peta Sergeant and joined by Dustin Clare.
Season 2 finds the girls of Satisfaction back at 232 with the introduction of a new escort.
Once again the series will venture behind the closed doors of prostitution, looking at the roles of worker, mother, sister, brother, friend and …
Returning: Jamie Oliver. Bumped: Kenny. Gone: Bondi
No surprises here, TEN has finally moved on its under-performing 7:30pm Wednesday timeslot and dropped Bondi Rescue: Bali immediately.
It will replace it with Jamie’s Ministry of Food from Wednesday October 8.
Kenny’s World will move to 8pm Tuesdays from October 14, edging out the second of a double Simpsons finale.
The switch is designed to address disappointing returns for House and plug the lack of interest in Bondi Rescue: Bali. Despite stellar ratings for the original Bondi series, and a Logie win, the Bali version hasn’t connected with audiences.
This week it only managed …