Dr Benjamin Schwessinger has been awarded the 2022 ACT Emerging Scientist of the Year Award for his ongoing commitment to supporting the environment and the ACT’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “I am exhilarated and honoured to receive this award. I’ve found both my family and scientific home in Canberra. It is nice to see…
Blue Poles Park Whitlam’s First Playground
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The ACT Government continues to invest in Canberra, with the official opening of Whitlam’s first playground. The new site will be known as Blue Poles park. “I am excited to open Blue Poles park, as Whitlam continues to grow. Recreational areas in a suburb create a vital meeting point for the community. The new park…
Prime Video Greenlights Oh, the Places You’ll Go…With Dessert!
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Prime Video announced the host and judges for Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge. The series will be hosted by actress, producer, and Emmy award-winning host Tamera Mowry-Housley, with critically acclaimed pastry chef Clarice Lam and accomplished cake designer and pastry chef Joshua John Russell as judges. The series will premiere on Prime Video in more than…
Green Bay Packers Wheelchair Football Team Win USAWFL Tournament
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Wheelchair football teams from across America competed in the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association’s first home tournament this past weekend (August 13 & 14) at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois. “We’re excited to kick off our second full season with this tournament hosted by GLASA, one of our exemplary member organizations,” Move…
Moonfall
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Director Roland Emmerich Starring Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson & John Bradley Rated M Score 3/6 A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling on a collision course toward earth. Okay every now and again you just have to watch a ‘Humanity Fuck Yeah’ movie and Roland Emmerich is certainly more…
McKellar Shops Development Rejected
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A proposal for a predominantly residential development at the McKellar shops has been refused by the Minister for Planning and Land Management under ‘call-in’ powers. “The ACT Government is committed to getting the balance right between building new homes for Canberrans to live in and protecting the liveability of the places many already call home,”…
Production Begins on Second Series of The PM’s Daughter
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The ABC and Screen Australia are pleased to announce cameras have rolled on the second series of the critically acclaimed political comedy-drama The PM’s Daughter produced by Fremantle Australia. The PM’s Daughter is filming on location throughout Sydney and will premiere on ABC ME next year. “We are very excited to be in production on…
Hardcore Henry – Revisit
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Director Ilya Naishuller Starring Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth & Haley Bennett Rated R Score 6/6 Henry is resurrected from death with no memory, and he must save his wife from a telekinetic warlord with a plan to bio-engineer soldiers. I really must try to think to hard about why i decide to watch some movies,…
Sydney Underground Film Festival Announces 2022 Program
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Sydney’s leading festival for cult, underground and independent films, the Sydney Underground Film Festival (SUFF), returns next month to bring back the excitement of festival going and revitalise Sydney’s culture calendar, with a packed program from Thursday 8th to Sunday 11th September. For the first time ever, this year’s Festival moves to a new location,…
Prime Video Greenlights Good Neighbors
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Prime Video has officially greenlit Good Neighbors, a three-part docuseries about one of the most unique and intense competitions in international sports: The rivalry between the Mexican and American national men’s soccer teams. The docuseries will debut this fall around the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Good Neighbors will peel back the political, social, and sporting…