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BBC Unveils Eurovision Song Search

The BBC has announced its biggest ever Eurovision song search to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. “This year really will be the biggest song search for Eurovision the BBC has ever undertaken. With input from key industry figures and fan associations, plus with the public having the final say, we…

Renmark’s Chaffey Theatre receives $90k touch up

The curtain will rise and fall again on performances at Renmark’s Chaffey Theatre after its jammed counterweight system was fixed thanks to State Government funding. South Australian Minister for the Arts Jack Snelling explained that the State Government committed $90,000 towards providing the curtain with a new lease on life. “Renmark’s Chaffey Theatre was built…

Canberra International Film Festival 2015

The Chief Minister for the ACT, and Minister for Tourism and Events, Andrew Barr MLA launched the Canberra International Film Festival (CIFF) which is in its 19th year at the National Film and Sound Archive, Acton. The Chief Minister switched on the large neon film festival sign which was constructed this year to mark the…

New Series starring Stellan Skarsgård airing in October

A new series River starring Stellan Skarsgård will air on BBC One from Tuesday 13 October. Nicola Walker and Adeel Akhtar will star alongside Skarsgård. Skarsgård stars as Detective John River who lives among the dead and dying victims and killers from the murder cases he’s trying to solve. River’s vulnerabilities and eccentricities are brought…

School Uniforms in ACT Public High School from 2017

Minister for Education and Training Joy Burch today visited Calwell High School to announce that ACT public schools will move to adopt more traditionally styled school uniforms from 2017. “Calwell High School’s new uniform is a practical demonstration of the growing school pride and sense of identity that students have in their school, and I…

Rollerball (2002)

Director John McTiernan Starring Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J Rated M Score 2/6 The big thing in 2005 is a violent sport which can have some pretty serious consequences… like dying. For those of you out there who might not of realized it but this (was first released in 2002) and the 1975…

Big Game

Director Jalmari Helander Staring Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, Ray Stevenson Rated M Score 3/6 A young teenager camping in the woods helps rescue the President of the United States when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite. It should be noted that there is a tie novel for the movie written by…

The Longest Ride

Director George Tillman Jr. Starring Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda Rated M Score 3.5/6 The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man, as he reflects back on a past love. The Longest Ride is another addition to the growing list of movies that have been adapted from a Nicholas Sparks…

Queenslanders and their Rum

According to recent figures released by Roy Morgan Research Queenslanders are more than twice as likely to drink rum in any given four weeks the rest of the country 8.3% to 4%. The research also showed that Tasmania is only state in the commonwealth that has a fondness for rum that comes close to Queensland…