BBC Arabic invites film and documentary-makers to submit works to the third BBC Arabic Festival. The work must have been made after January 1, 2015, and shed light on the Arab world today. Tarik Kafala, Head of BBC Arabic commented that now in its third year, the BBC Arabic festival has successfully brought ground-breaking films…
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens DVD – Here’s What I’ve Been Told
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be available to own early on Digital HD on April 1, and coming home on Blu-ray and DVD on April 13. The special features are available on Digital and Blu-ray and they include: • Secrets of The Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey – For the first time, discover the…
ACT Govt Launches Active Streets Program
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Minister for Transport and Municipal Services Meegan Fitzharris and Minister for Road Safety Shane Rattenbury recently joined Latham Primary School students on their walk to school for the launch of the Active Streets pilot program. Minister Fitzharris explained that the Active Streets builds on ACT Health’s Ride or Walk to School initiative and is designed…
ACT Emergency Services top the nation
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ACT Minister for Police and Emergency Services Simon Corbell has announced that the latest Report on Government Services that was recently released shows that the ACT continues to provide nation leading emergency services. “For the seventh straight year, the ACT Ambulance Service has improved Code 1 emergency response times at both the 50th and 90th…
Hanna-Barbera Classic Cartoons to be adapted into DC Comics
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Beginning in May, DC Entertainment plans to give old fans and new the chance to relive their childhoods (a little bit) with the release of a line-up of comics based on some of Hanna-Barbera’s most popular cartoon characters, but reimagined in a fresh and contemporary fashion. “I can’t think of anyone that doesn’t look back…
Tom Green Australian Tour
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“WITH A MANIACAL GRIN, AND DARE I SAY CARLIN-ESQUE SWAGGER, TOM GREEN WAS DOING WHAT FEWER AND FEWER COMEDIANS ARE DOING. MAKING A POINT, TAKING A STANCE, AND NOT GIVING A SHIT IF YOU AGREE OR NOT” – TOO FAR (CANADA) “A MASTERPIECE OF STAND-UP BRILLIANCE” – AXS Tom has graced the cover of Rolling…
Dick Smith and Customer Satisfaction
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According to research released by Roy Morgan in the 12 months to September 2015, 1,121,000 Australians aged 14 and over shopped at Dick Smiths in any four weeks, with 82% of them reporting that they were satisfied with their retail experience. Both of these figures are down since September 2011, when some 1,511,000 shoppers passed…
The Olden Days
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Director Santo Cilauro, Tony Martin, Mick Molloy Staring Tony Martin, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy With Ideas and Interference from Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch & Jason Stephens Rated M Score 5.5/6 The Australian goldfields period drama Rush (1974) was given The Late Show treatment with a slick re-editing and re-voicing which produced absurd plotlines,…
The Driver premiering at Flickerfest
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A new short film titled ‘The Driver’, will be premiering this weekend at the Flickerfest International Film Festival, tells the story of a train driver coping with life after encountering a rail fatality. “Most train driver’s will experience a fatality in their careers; it’s not a case of if, it’s a case of when,” says…
Second Series of Ordinary Lies Commissioned
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Ordinary Lies, created by award-winning writer Danny Brocklehurst, has been commissioned for a second series by Polly Hill, Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning and Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One. The series will be produced by RED Production Company for BBC One. “Danny’s brilliant scripts really do make the ordinary lives of our characters become…