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Foxtel rocks into 2009
Foxtel has joined the procession of new programme announcements, with a raft of Australian-produced and international shows, some of which launch as early as December.
The channels owned & operated by Foxtel include FOX8, FOX Classics, Arena, Comedy, Crime & Investigation, History, Biography and the W Channel.
The titles include 15 local productions, starting with An Aussie Goes Calypso in December and reality competition The Phone in January. Both will air on FOX8.
To be presented by Justin Melvey, The Phone sees two hidden mobile phones ringing somewhere in a city. When a stranger …
Local Shear Genius and Contender coming
Amongst the new shows announced for Foxtel in 2009 is a local version of hair-styling reality series Shear Genius. The US version featured Aussie born Tabatha Coffey, whose blunt style won her enough interest for her own series Tabatha’s Salon Takeover. Will Foxtel bring her here for this?
It’s lucky for Foxtel that Nine decided against producing Million Dollar Salon, as it had planned earlier this year.
Andrew Denton’s produced 8 part satirical drama set in the advertising industry is titled 30 Seconds.
There is also the fifth series of FOX8’s Australia’s Next Top …
Gallery: Kids’ Choice Awards orange carpet
It was a case of tossing aside network alignments yesterday on the Orange Carpet at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2008.
As Dean Geyer and Toni Pearen showed, there were no network rivalries before the cameras or the screaming fans at the annual awards show.
At Hi-Sense Arena yesterday in Melbourne, the carpet was a bit like one of those cattle runs, with the stars shepherded by publicists in between fans and media. It was a delicate act trying to please everybody.
Out for the day were Bindi Irwin & minders, Australian Idol finalists …
Darkly deconstructing Dexter
Online media continues to be a great space for the deconstruction of television, allowing fans of programmes to see behind the scenes.
This photo of a patient Michael C. Hall sitting on the set of Dexter is one of many that are featured in a photo shoot in “Hollywood Backlot”, a feature of the LA Times. You can see a lot more on make-up artists working on grisly murder victims, and other actors from the third series, which has just launched in the US. Here’s another on Terminator: Sarah Connor …
Juli wins Project Runway Australia
Brisbane fashion designer Juli Grbac (pictured, right) has won the inaugural Project Runway Australia. She was announced the winner during the season finale last night on Arena.
Leigh Buchanan came second, while Melburnian Petrova Hammond was third.
“This is the most amazing moment of my life,” said Juli. “I am absolutely thrilled to be the first winner of Project Runway Australia. I am so excited about doing my range for the 2009 Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, the whole experience is one that …
Project makes perfect
On the penultimate episode of Project Runway Australia viewers will get a sneak peek of the final collections that will decide the show’s winner next week.
It’s down to Leigh and Juli from Brissy and Petrova from Melbourne.
All three create amazing collections that were shown off at the recent recording of the finale in Melbourne two weeks ago. But no winner was declared on the big night.
Tonight, mentor Henry travels to the homes of the 3 contestants to look over the work they have been creating alone for 2 months. Each was …
Project Ab Fab at Arena
Project Runway Australia last night shot its final runway of fashion designs from its top five contestants.
In a grand invite only event, the final five -Lui, Petrova, Leigh, Juli and Brent- showcased their original collections to a huge audience. Filmed at Shed 14, Melbourne Docklands, it was a stunning night of top notch outfits. With $10,000 to splurge, all five came up with exquisite runway designs paraded by top models.
On hand were all the previous participants including Adelaide’s Sophie and Sydney’s Mark Antonio …