NPL Announce Denver Iconics

The National Pickleball League™ (NPL™) have announced a team purchase agreement with the Denver Iconics LLC (Denver Iconics), co-owned by Chris Montgomery and Mario Boschi. The Denver Iconics will represent the league’s first team in Colorado, where pickleball has a huge following. The Denver Iconics join Naples JBB United and the Boca Raton Picklers as…

Christina Milian To Star ‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ For Netflix

Christina Milian To Star In And Executive Produce Holiday Rom-Com ‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ directed by Rusty Cundieff (Chappelle’s Show, White Water) for Netflix. Milian is set to star alongside Devale Ellis (Sistas, ZATIMA, The Perfect Find), Kofi Siriboe (Queen Sugar, Insecure), Kalen Allen (An American Pickle, With Love), Pentatonix: Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying,  Kirstin…

Savvy Releases Easter Spending Survey

According to a nationally representative survey released by Savvy of Australian’s spending habits around Easter 2023, 31% of Australians say they’ll be spending between $51 and $150 on Easter this year, while 22% say they will spend between $251 and $500. A further 27% said they would spend $50 or less this year. Finance expert…

Wargames

Director John Badham Starring Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy & John Wood Rated PG Score 6/6 A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. First things first, when i sat down to watch WarGames, Ally Sheedy’s line about 41 being…

AIDC 2023 Wraps Record Breaking Year

Drawn by the prospect of gathering face-to-face after two previous hybrid and virtual outings, the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) welcomed 820 documentary and factual industry delegates to its 2023 event, the highest number in 20 years and the most-ever attendees since the event moved to Melbourne in 2016. “Celebrating the Agents of Change of…

SWIFF Announces Partnership with SBS On Demand

The Screenwave International Film Festival, kicks off on April 20 and finishes on May 5, and will find new audiences this year around Australia, thanks to a new partnership with SBS On Demand. The new partnership will see a dedicated and branded SWIFF program of 10 feature films from previous festivals, which will be able…

SWIFF’23 Announces Program

Theatres across the Coffs Coast region of NSW are preparing for a record influx of film lovers from April 20 to May 5, with regional Australia’s largest film and screen celebration, the Screenwave International Film Festival, breaking its previous ticket presales record again last week, ahead of the full SWIFF’23 festival line-up becoming publicly available. SWIFF…

True Lies – TV Series Pilot

Director Anthony Hemingway Starring Steve Howey, Ginger Gonzaga & Mike O’Gorman Rated US TV-PG Score 0/6 An unfulfilled suburban housewife is shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband is a skilled international spy. Okay just to put things into perspective it has been 29 years since the release of True Lies…

Robert De Niro to Star in Zero Day For Netflix

Netflix have announced the new limited series Zero Day, a conspiracy thriller from Creator / Executive Producer Eric Newman under his Grand Electric Productions deal with Netflix, and Creator / Executive Producer Noah Oppenheim. Robert De Niro is set to star in Zero Day stars and is also an Executive producer in his first TV…

Prime Video Announces Grand Death Lotto

Prime Video have announced that John Cena, Awkwafina, and Simu Liu are set to star in Prime Video’s action-comedy Grand Death Lotto, from director Paul Feig. Feig is directing the film from a script penned by Rob Yescombe (Outside the Wire). The film, which hails from Amazon Studios, will be produced by Roth/Kirschenbaum Films’ Joe…

Revolutionary Screen Warriors Training Program Starts

A groundbreaking program to recruit, train and mentor Australian Defence Force veterans into a career in Australia’s film and television industry is underway. The program is a joint initiative of the prestigious Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and the Veterans Film Festival (VFF). The first day of the inaugural training course is Wednesday…

Liquorland Breaks its Fundraising Record

Thousands of volunteers across the country will receive free kits to clean up their local parks, rivers, beaches and outdoor spaces, thanks to Liquorland’s most successful fundraising initiative for Clean Up Australia held over the weekend. In just three days, Liquorland raised more than $163,000 to support Clean Up Australia in its mission to clean…

Developing Australian Communities Calls Out the Government for blindspot on disability sector and Paralympic funding

A leading Australian disability advocate has called out successive political leaders for their selective blindness when it comes to the disability sector. More than 6,000 people flocked to Brisbane over the weekend for the largest disability and NDIS-related event in the nation’s history and not one of the three levels of government could manage to…

Celebrating Lockdown Legends

A legend was born during the pandemic when a captioning error in the subtitles for an Australian Capital Territory (ACT) COVID-19 press conference saw a reference to Canberrans misspelt as ‘Ken Behrens’. On the second day of ACT lockdown, the comic relief of Ken Behrens swept across social media. He was embraced by residents of…

UNSW Sydney Alcohol Delivery Survey

A survey of Australian adults who use popular alcohol delivery sites found one in five utilised a service to continue a home drinking session Services that deliver alcohol directly to the doorstep in as little as 30 minutes can prolong drinking sessions that would have otherwise ended, according to new research. A team led by…

Holiday Break camps For Regional NSW Kids

The NSW Office of Sport is offering free Holiday Break camps to kids from regional NSW in the April school holidays. Regional kids aged 12-15 can enjoy a free overnight camp at four sport and recreation centres. Featuring a range of activities, including mountain biking and BMX, stand-up paddleboarding and survival skills, camps include all…