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Two doors down they're laughin' and drinkin' and having a party
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June 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The Phoenician Scheme actors Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton and Michael Cera talk basketball, getting starstruck, meeting their heroes, and working with the enigmatic Wes Anderson

The Phoenician Scheme is in cinemas now
Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton & Michael Cera Tackle The Phoenician Scheme - FilmInk
Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton & Michael Cera Tackle The Phoenician Scheme - Acting
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May 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Wes Anderson's latest, The Phoenician Scheme, is a frothy flight of fancy with a marvellous Mia Threapleton holding her own against a brilliant Benicio Del Toro bit.ly/3Ha3uyn
The Phoenician Scheme review: Wes Anderson's frothy flight of fancy | ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data
Mia Threapleton steals the show from a marvellous Benicio Del Toro in Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme.
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May 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Why not —
The Liberals are BACK!!!
(circa 2009)
May 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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"If this was somewhere else in the world, there would be a national outcry.

"The pollutants that are coming out of those Woodside stacks are actively degrading the rock art surfaces.

"It's incontestable."

🎙️Professor of Archaeology Benjamin Smith
#savemurujuga #auspol
May 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Number 96 is back on the box! How to watch it and some other blasts from the past of Australian television:
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Blasts from television’s past
A saucy soapie is set to join dozens of other classic Australian TV shows and movies that are available online.
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May 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Nic Cage makes a splash as a vengeful Aussie (!!) in Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan's sunburnt The Surfer bit.ly/4mcvcKH
The Surfer review: Nic Cage craves the waves as locals rage | ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data
A surfer returns to Australia from the US after decades to restart his life – but the welcome party's not what he expected.
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May 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Great story about Number 96 tonight with me and Deb Knight on A Current Affair from 7.30pm
May 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Marl Coles Smith, co-wrote, composes the score and hosts THE KIMBERLEY, which screens/streams from tomorrow on ABC/iview

Annette Smith reviews the first episode
The Kimberley - FilmInk
… entrancing …
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May 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Number 96 was the most groundbreaking TV show of all time and it hasn't been repeated in 50 years ... until now
Brollie, the free streaming service of Umbrella Entertainment, will soon be showing every remaining episode of this Aussie classic ...
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Number 96 to stream 53 years on | TV Tonight
You'll be able to relive the scandals, nudity, taboos and groundbreaking soap characters all over again through ad-supported Brollie platform.
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April 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Most watched show on Brollie right now is the film version of the classic ABC series Bellbird: Country Town
And its mire watchdd than Caligula
Wait till they start Number 96 next weekh!
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Brollie | Bellbird: A Country Town
Based on the longest-running soap opera series ever produced by the ABC, BELLBIRD: A COUNTRY TOWN is the feature film adaption of the beloved series.
watch.brollie.com.au
May 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Obituary: Gerard Kennedy

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April 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Vale Gerard Kennedy, 93. An award-winning actor with a long list of screen credits spanning 50+ years. I met him a few years ago at a #Division4 reunion and he was just as impressive off-screen, a lovely bloke.
April 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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With the STUNNING news that @umbrellaent.bsky.social's totally free streamer Brollie will be hosting all existing episodes of groundbreaking soap Number 96, here are a couple of chats I've had over the years about why it's so important
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Outrageous! The forgotten history of queer representation on Australian television
In 1972, notorious soap Number 96 gave the world a taste of gay Sydney. Documentary maker Andrew Mercado is on a mission to make sure everybody knows.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Picked these up for a bargain at the op shop.
April 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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"Beware."

Struck by this program note by director Neil Armfield for Andrew Bovell's profound new play Song of First Desire, on now at Belvoir.

Spain after the Franco dictatorship had a formalised pact of forgetting trauma. Perhaps Australia, too, formalised its forgetting by voting down the Voice?
February 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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By way of tribute to the late great Val Kilmer, we have prepared this list of ten connections between the actor and the land down under.

This country wasn’t always good luck for the big fella, as shall be shown…
Ten Connections between Val Kilmer and Australia - FilmInk
Val Kilmer’s passing, while not exactly surprising – he had been battling cancer since 2015 – was still sad, and has prompted much mourning, especially amongst Gen X who were reared on efforts such as...
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April 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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April 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Vale: Paul Karo | TV Tonight
Veteran actor Paul Karo, best known for The Box and Prisoner, has died.
tvtonight.com.au
April 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Vale actor and director Paul Karo aged 89. Paul was born in Scotland and came to Australia via New Zealand. He worked across stage and screen, winning a Logie award in 1976 for his popular role as Lee Whiteman in The Box. I'll miss him
April 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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On This Day — 30 March

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March 30, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Will be chatting to Holden Sheppard about Invisible Boys, The Brink and more in just over an hour, as part of the Brimbank Writers & Readers Festival. Grab your free ticket here and jump online for a fun chat without even leaving the house bit.ly/41RiHfr
Holden Sheppard in conversation with Stephen Russell - Brimbank Events
Join us online for an evening with award-winning author Holden Sheppard in-conversation with freelance writer Stephen Russell. Wednesday 19 March, 7pm to 8pm. Online. Free entry. Bookings required
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March 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM