With the Australian Cricket team’s performance in England on the current Ashes tour, I thought that this was really interesting. Recent trade figures show that Australia has maintained its position as the UK’s largest export market for cricket and polo equipment in 2014, with exports worth £1.1 million; an increase of 13% on 2013 figures.…
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Sony Pictures acquire right to Don Cheadle directorial debut
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Sony Pictures Classics announced recently that they have acquired worldwide rights to Don Cheadle’s directorial debut, Miles ahead. Miles ahead tells the story of a few lost days in the life of Miles Davis, the virtuoso, fighter and genius, as he bursts out of his silent period, conspires with a Rolling Stone writer to steal…
Warner Bros. Announces D&D Feature Film Franchise
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Warner Bros. Pictures, Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures and Sweetpea Entertainment are moving forward on a feature film franchise based on Dungeons & Dragons, the world’s most popular role playing game. Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis, Courtney Solomon and Allan Zeman of Sweetpea Entertainment, and Roy Lee (“The LEGO Movie,” “How to Train Your Dragon”) are…
Life Interrupted: Gallipoli
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“And the following day my mate Young Duke was killed stone dead. He was sniping at the time and Len was observing for him and I was sitting down having my breakfast, when without any warning he fell at my feet, with half his head blown off.” Archie Barwick, Gallipoli 1915. The National Archives of…
Picnic at Hanging Rock: 40 Years of Mystery
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Picnic at Hanging Rock: 40 Years of Mystery is a new online exhibition from the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), featuring 360o views of the original costumes, never-before-seen footage, international posters and more. The exhibition coincides with the 40th anniversary of the film’s world premiere in Adelaide on 7 August 1975. “Picnic…
Almaty congratulates Beijing for 2022 Olympic Winter Games
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Almaty 2022 Vice Chairman, Mr. Andrey Kryukov, recently expressed his pride in the hard work that the Almaty 2022 Bid Committee accomplished during its two-year campaign for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, following the awarding of the 2022 Winter Games to Beijing. Kryukov went on to thank the members of the International Olympic Committee and…
U2 Premiering Two Specials on HBO in November
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U2 will debut a unique combination of two exclusive world premiere specials this November on HBO. Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming explained that the First special to debut on November 7th is a behind-the-scenes documentary that offers unprecedented access to the band and the team that worked with them to conceptualize and create its current…
Increase in Visitors to National Arboretum
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Minister for Territory and Municipal Services, Shane Rattenbury announced that over half a million visitors made their way to the National Arboretum during the last financial year. “In its second year, the National Arboretum continued to attract visitors from across Australia and the world. Over 530,000 visitors walked through the Village Centre in 2014/15 compared…
July 31 World Ranger Day
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The ACT Parks and Conservation Service is celebrating World Ranger Day, 31 July 2015, which commemorates rangers who have been killed or injured in the line of duty. “Our park rangers play a vital role in the care and protection of our unique bush environment here in Canberra, I really appreciate the passion and the…
Wine, Wine Wonderful Wine
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While the proportion of Australian adults drinking wine has been in decline for some years, there’s no denying our nation’s illustrious wine-making tradition. The latest findings from Roy Morgan Research indicate that 45% of Aussie adults (or just over 8.1 million people) drink some kind of wine — still, sparkling and/or fortified — in an…