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14 June 2016
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08 June 2016
Yangtze River, China 2014
Day 1
Our home for five days on one of the world's best-known waterways. From Shanghai we flew to Wuhan, a major river transportation hub in the interior. On the trip from airport to the ship our local guide peppered us with statistics about China's "urbanization" movement that didn't explain the acres of forlorn, vacant residential towers we were passing.
After a day of airports and coach travel, our cabin on Century Diamond looks roomy and pleasing with the bonus of a balcony. Dinner is typical ship-style buffet, unlike our previous days of family-style round table service. We are at Table 1 for the duration, same faces each meal, designed to keep the staff on track. Our attendant is Coco. We chatter about upcoming shore excursions to unfamiliar places. Sailing upriver gets underway at midnight.
Day 2
At 6 a.m., yes the ungodly hour of 6 a.m., the overhead tannoy speaker system in each cabin BLARES wild Chinese music at us. Bolting straight up from sleep, my roommate and I stare dumbly at each other. There is no way to turn off the shattering racket. Then we are subjected to shouted instructions about breakfast hours and an excursion that is hours away. Followed by raucous bird noises that we think are meant to be soothing. Happily, the cardiac-arrest business is never repeated on subsequent days.
Today (it's mid-March) is cooler, drizzling rain and windy. Since we are awake anyway (!) we explore the ship. A few shops are on board, including a tailor who makes custom cheongsams for about $200 from gorgeous silk fabrics. The ship library consists mostly of Chinese magazines. There's a definite oversight, no information, about what we are passing along the riverbanks; often mile after mile of industrial mines, smelters, smokestacks. The few available handouts are only regarding the excursions. Some passengers go off to see a battlefield and fort at Chibi, within walking distance.
|Fort Chibi
|Sun deck; no sun
Nicer just to unwind on the balcony and watch the river activity. We are surrounded by flatlands where the river often widens / wanders into lake formations and seems alarmingly shallow at times. Lots of river traffic, many barges hauling freight. Gravel is coming downstream for construction sites.
The ship is not full ― one or two Spanish and German groups, Canadians outnumbering all ― but meal times at the buffet can be a zoo. The Captain's Welcome Party ensures a fair amount of champagne before the dinner rush. Wine and beer are freely poured at meals which is not the norm otherwise: one glass of beverage at each meal when travelling on land.
Day 3
Excursion later today, good. It's overcast but no fog, just the usual mid-level layer of misty smog. On the ship entertainment program today: "fashion show." Expecting a demonstration of traditional costumes, we grabbed front seats. But it proved to be a sales pitch for the tailor with two live models wearing cheongsams who disappeared rapidly. The cruise director has an unfortunately shrill voice and used the word "actually" about 45 times ― this does not bode well for the later "fresh water pearl presentation" and "scarf wearing demonstration."
Happily, the sun came out and the sundeck soon filled up. We are passing more signs of life and cities now. The river water is looking deeper and mountain peaks are appearing. Showing a film on the Three Gorges was a bust; the ship does not have the facilities to show a film effectively. Finally, it's time to go see the Three Gorges Dam up close. Into a bus and up, up, up the road past Sandouping, part of Yichang city where the dam workers live.
It's a hike at the heights for a magnificent view of the dam and the locks. Hazy, but you can see everything. The size of the whole complex is gigantic. Thirty-two main generators! It must take an army to run the place. Maybe the army does run the place, heh. We can see ships lifting in the locks, as our ship will do tonight. The world's biggest dam is also installing the world's largest ship lift. I quote from our little handout:
"The project produces clean electricity, prevents deadly floods downstream and enhances navigation. ... However, the dam has also flooded archaeological and cultural sites and displaced some 1.24 million people, and is causing dramatic ecological changes, including the risk of landslides. The decision to build the dam has been deeply controversial in China and abroad."
Twilight approaches as we stop at the back of the dam for photo opps. The opps are largely ignored by the female contingent as we discover a covey of scarf vendors. Scarf-buying frenzy ensues ― as it does at each new locale. It's dark when we reach the ship and some holdup delays our boarding. The casual class of tai chi ladies across the street do their best to entice us into a small outdoor market. It works; we have time. Now the guys delight in the availability of beer in six-packs.
Tonight's post-dinner entertainment is a masked ball. The Spaniards and Germans are really into all this jollity. Some of our group are being felled by colds, not surprising as we are almost two weeks into the trip. At 10:30 p.m. Century Diamond enters the five-stage locks of the spectacular dam. We will rise 101 metres. Once the gates close each stage goes surprisingly quickly. It's awesome on the balcony facing a concrete wall that slowly slides down as we go up. Amazingly, some people have been able to scrawl bits of graffiti here and there (in Chinese characters).
Day 4
First thing, the morning excursion into Shennu Stream (aka Goddess Stream) on small boats, each carrying about sixteen of us. It seems to be one of the Three Gorges, but the ship handouts lack geographical information/identification. This little side trip is a highlight, amongst the soaring peaks. So much was submerged by the dam, turning mountain tops into islands. The boats have rules: wear life jackets; no more than five people outside on the stern. Soon the rules get ignored and photographers crowd at the back. Tour manager Lisa uses her severe voice.
There's a stop at a tricky floating dock where we assemble on a rocky ledge. The several boat guides line up, for something ceremonial perhaps? Only the people directly at the front of the crowd can hear whatever it is. Then they do a little song for us. Then they encourage us all to join a sort of happy conga line. The treacherous floating dock claims a few victims with twisted ankles and knees.
Back at the ship, the glorious start to the day has become all grey and cool. The passing scenery now is much more interesting, occasional temples, wonderful bridges, cities, but also "surviving" countryside spared the flood waters where family burial tombs can be seen on the hills. The river is so GREEN now! Wushan (not Wuhan) is one place where reconstruction is going on. A huge riverside sign proclaims it: "China Excellent Tourism City; National Sanitary City." Here we park for a while.
Some groups go to White Emperor City aka Baidi Cheng aka Baidi Temple, an optional tour entailing 1,000 stairs to the top. Luckily many old temples were built on mountaintops and do not have to be reconstructed. Meanwhile we could explore the "street" along the floating dock we're tied up to ― foodstuffs, dried fish, nuts, drinks, water, tea, snacks, odds and ends.
Docks/wharfs of this type are necessary because they easily adapt to changing dam levels. We see supplies coming along to be loaded onto the ship, all carried manually of course. Bags of their famous oranges, what we used to call mandarins.
Mild anticipation at dinner about tonight's talent show. Selected passengers model a few traditional women's costumes (again, a too-brief look), self-consciously sashaying in and out. Our neighbours from Table 2 do a limp rendition of the Expo song CA-NA-DA. The irrepressible Spaniards do an overly long and energetic but rather puzzling operetta (or so it seemed to be); their soprano swathed herself in a bed coverlet to great effect, whisking it expertly around her hips.
Day 5
Wakened at 6:30 a.m. by firecrackers going off on the hill. We have stopped again, at Zhongxian. People are doing laundry in the river at the bottom of steps. This is where we go to visit Shibaozhai, "Precious Stone Fortress." Local guide Romy leads us through the town on the south bank and a gauntlet of souvenir sellers to the fortress, perched way, WAY above us. Aka the Red Pavilion, it's another temple island-marooned by the dam flooding. Twelve stories and ninety-nine stairs to climb. Each level is dedicated to a famous general, scholar, or poet of the 200s AD, with cultural artifacts.
However. In order to reach the bottom (entry) level, we must cross a suspension bridge. It's about five feet wide which doesn't lessen the terror of a very long, swaying, bouncy crossing. So call me chicken-heart; queasiness with heights and unsteady sense of balance are in full force. So why not shop instead, the other few cowards suggest.
|Not our ship but a reasonable facsimile
Later I am trying to capture more riverside views and burial tombs. The ever-present smog throws a soft cast over all, reminiscent of old watercolours.
Farewell dinner tonight, self-served in the round. Expectation is high for the special menu.
It is loaded with fish and seafood dishes, to be expected in a marine environment, but severely limits my choices. Love Chinese sausage but had to spit out this version, heavy with fish taste! Apart from my personal allergies, consensus from Table 1 was altogether a disappointing, mediocre meal. Odd, and too bad, probably the least memorable on a 24-day trip of otherwise delicious Chinese dishes.
Next Day
We are at Chongqing, our next destination. Coolies are taking our luggage from the ship across the floating dock to the city; each man carries a mind-boggling four suitcases on a bamboo yoke. We estimate that's a minimum of 120 lbs. Poor buggers (but strong!), wonder what their pay is. Then they return with supplies for the ship which will turn around to take more groups on the downstream trip.
It's really been quite a lovely time on the Yangtze, a lull in the hectic pace of a long tour, somewhat like floating through a distant exotic film. The passing scenes perhaps more than anything convey a sense of the vastness, the beauties, of this country. But we also remember seeing the work ethic, the daily routines, the cheerful greetings; not so different from us after all.
© 2016 Brenda Dougall Merriman
23 May 2016
Matmata, Tunisia 2012
~~ Star Wars Alert: Tatooine (Tataouine) is a real place.
It is a province and a town in Tunisia.
Matmata is a small town at its north end. ~~
|Salt flats, northern Sahara
The little Berber town of Matmata has a lifestyle unto itself. Here be troglodytes. We have driven east from Douz in a beautiful amber light, sun obscured by the sand haze in the air. As we pass away from desert and salt flats the terrain becomes hillier, we begin to see man-made entrances to caves dotting the hillsides. Or are they caves? Most homes are like circular craters, dug into the ground, the central portion open to the sky, with rooms carved out of the surrounding sandstone. Light from the centre illuminates the interiors that have no windows, just doorways.
On the town outskirts our van stops at the side of the road and we are about to find out what it's like to live underground. Only the whitewashed exterior and a few pots mark the door. A long dark entrance leads to the courtyard; we pass a man who's been having a nap on a small bed along the narrow entry lined with some household utensils and the odd bit of clothing.
Roadside homes are often prepared to receive spontaneous passing visitors; it's a way to supplement their meagre incomes. It's almost a cottage industry, you might say, but the native hospitality has been eroded by their exposure as (reluctant) objects of curiosity. Our guide Samy gives us little advance information of what to expect, acting as the cheerful host. I'm not at all sure he, being from a different, urban part of the country, is even conscious of the dwellers' sensitivities.
The courtyard is sunny (it's still morning and the day is hot), deserted, and shows half a dozen doorways. A pet called a gundi, of guinea-pig resemblance, is in a cage. Oh ... a small girl about six or seven years old peeks around a doorway that leads to a yard where an outhouse can be seen. So this home is not a perfect crater. A family member will undoubtedly be out somewhere tending the goat flock. We gawk around, encouraged by Samy to investigate the rooms. It seems quite intrusive; most of us feel diffident.
Several rooms have beds arranged with colourful, patterned hangings and blankets. The clothing hanging on wall pegs is spare. The kitchen has something like a primus stove, some pans, and many clay pots for storage. It's hot as hades in there as if someone was recently cooking. Normally the temperature here would be cooler than up on ground level.
The little girl is now hanging out in the courtyard looking bored. Suddenly, or so it seems, an elderly woman in black dress appears seated in the courtyard.
Since she looks posed, we take turns being photographed with her (still feeling uncomfortable). Naturally she doesn't know any English and seems disinclined to engage in talk. But our companion Alice strikes a chord with her and they have some amiable exchanges. Instinctively we give donations for taking the photos, only half-understanding that it was expected.
Samy directs us to the living room where a spread of pita, olive oil, and mint tea has been set out for us. A typical breakfast for the family. It was cooking the pita that likely sent the interior temperature shooting up. The woman does not appear again, so we serve ourselves, a sign (to me) that this must be a tiresome business for her. However the little girl does join us, looking annoyed and slightly sullen; no doubt her presence was ordered to add more atmosphere.
She is sitting apart not far from me. My companion found the perfect recipient for the bag of jujubes she'd carried all the way from Canada. The kid's eyes light up and she actually smiles. Earlier we were reminded that it was Remembrance Day. It is quite touching when over this little feast, someone starts the poem "In Flanders Field" and we all recite as best we can.
Onward as lunch time approaches, into the town of Matmata. Here, an obligatory visit to a small underground hotel, one of several in the town, based on the circular pit concept. We peer at it from above; we enter its courtyard from below for a different view. This hotel, Sidi Driss, is billed (and immortalized) as "home to Luke Skywalker" ― yes, one of Tunisia's many Star Wars locations. You too can sleep here. And so even the dullest of us (not mentioning my name) finally gets the long-lasting impact of filming in this area. We are not shown an actual bedroom, but a group of tourists is having a fine time lunching in the underground dining room off the courtyard.
Then to a "regular" hotel for our lunch ― Hotel Matmata is perhaps the only other hotel open in off-season ― an old and interesting place needing attention to maintenance. The cool, vast marble lobby is lovely. Lunch is a small but nice buffet lacking, very oddly, any sweets; no complaints about apples and oranges but not typical for desserts here. One has the sense everywhere of cutting corners.
A stuffed goat kid is part of the dining room decor. One of the courtyards has molded clay depictions of a woman making pita bread, a large camel with a broken tail. Despite its rundown condition the place has much more charm than our occasional plush, generic hotels.
Star Wars probably started a new tourist invasion in the 1980s and keen fans still come to look. The location sets generally survive in good order for visitors ― others are west of here in Douz and near Tozeur. However, the latest Star Wars movie (The Force Awakens) did not film here.[1] Tourist boom time for this region may be over. Long known as a smugglers' route, extremist activities have been taking advantage of its relative isolation.
[1] Conor McCormick-Cavanagh, "Tunisia's Star Wars Fans Battle to Bring the Force Home," Middle East Eye (http://www.middleeasteye.net/in-depth/features/tunisia-has-potential-establish-itself-star-wars-fan-paradise-599714959 : accessed 28 December 2015).
© 2016 Brenda Dougall Merriman
11 May 2016
Military and Police Camels
What an excuse for extraordinary photos! In the Middle East, South Asia, and parts of Africa, camels have long served in terrain where a horse could not perform. In fact camels still serve a useful role in strategic army and policing commands.
Probably the most exciting and popular part of India's annual Republic Day parade is the Border Security Forces contingent. You would scarcely believe a 36-piece brass band is included in the camel brigade. True! Even Google did this:[1]
|Photo: NPR
Just as incredible is the mounted military pipe band of the Pakistan Desert Rangers. The old Empire has a long echo! In daily life the riders and their steeds are in far less colourful attire, musical instruments safely stowed elsewhere we presume.
|Photo: Aamir Qureshi
But wait. Not to be outdone, how about the Royal Oman Police Mounted Pipe Band!?? Purely ceremonial, the band along with its camel cavalry exists to promote cultural traditions. Sultan Qaboos clearly has respect for his educational days at Sandhurst Military Academy and subsequent service in a Scottish regiment of the British Army.
|Photo: sickchirpse.com
A photo of the Saudi National Guard eludes me. Qatar has a mounted camel unit, and probably so do several more countries of the same climate and traditions.
|Qatar Heritage Police. Photo: www.news.CN
Of course what you are seeing are ceremonial dress uniforms and displays. Everyday routine requires their appearance to be much more suited to their desert surroundings. While some camel units have been replaced by tanks, others have transitioned to public law and order duties with high visibility as tourist attractions.
|Jordan Royal Desert Forces. Photo: Warrick Page, NY Times
|Photo: camelphotos.com
|Photo: BDM
Placing Egypt's mounted police in tourist areas was a smart move. A quiet job, perhaps a bit boring?
Historically, army camels have been known since ancient times, at least from Hannibal's crossing of southern Europe. They were far superior to horses as pack animals in terms of cargo weight and distance coverage. As cavalry, they were equally fast and when couched would serve their riders as gun placements or shade from an unforgiving sun.
Recently a Bactrian camel skelton was uncovered in Austria, believed to be part of the Ottoman army besieging Vienna in 1683.[2]
|Photo: BBC
The British became accustomed to using camels in their historic campaigns in Africa, India, and the Middle East. Australian troops formed the first companies.
|Imperial Camel Corps Brigade, First World War. Photo: Capt. Douglas G. Pearman
Here is the Imperial Camel Corps's ambulance transport, an amazing photo from http://australiancamels.com/camels-in-war/:
The United States Army imported camels to be pack animals in southwest desert areas, a previous post here. Compare the results to Australia's importation of camels in the same nineteenth century period for similar purposes: Oz now has an explosion of feral camels whereas the American southwest has none.
|US Army Camel Experiment reenactment. Photo: Texas Camel Corps
Interestingly, one Australian police force is bringing camels back for desert patrols after a sixty year hiatus.[3] New South Wales has come full circle.
Camels are familiar to United Nations troops who now serve in missions in countries with demanding equatorial terrain, for instance Sudan and Eritrea.
|Photo: http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/camels-at-war/
It seems unlikely that the stolid beasts will be completely replaced by tanks.
[1] http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/google-doodle-celebrates-indias-67th-republic-day-with-bsf-camel-contingent-296624.html.
[2] Jonathan Webb, "Intact Ottoman 'War Camel' found in Austrian cellar," BBC News, Science and Environment (http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-32145248).
[3] NSW Police Force, https://www.facebook.com/nswpoliceforce/?fref=nf.
© 2016 Brenda Dougall Merriman
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Samui Regatta 2012 opens with good winds and close racing
by Samui Regatta Media on 29 May 2012
Samui Regatta 2012 - day 1 Samuipics.com
Thirty-two boats lined-up for Day 1 of the 2012 Samui Regatta off Chaweng Beach. Representing over 20 countries, the international fleet of sailors have come to race against leading Thailand-based sailors at the 'Tropical Island Regatta'.
The Opening Ceremony the night before, hosted by Zico's Brazilian Grill & Bar, was presided over by Suthep Thaugsuban, Member of the House of Representatives; Chalorsak Vanichareon, Deputy Governor of Suratthani Province; and Danny McCafferty, General Manager, Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui.
Samui Regatta is well-known for attracting top boats and sailors from around Asia. 2012 sees 60% of the fleet coming from overseas to challenge a strong locally-based fleet including past winners and regatta legends. A number of strong Thai crews are looking to exploit home advantage, including Radab Kanjanavit on Cedar Swan, Kirati Assakul on Bandara Sonic, and Saad Panyawan on Kindred Spirit, all in the Multihull Class; and Amanda in IRC Two skippered by Lennart Fahlgren who leads an all-Thai crew.
All classes got underway in eight knots of wind, and were greeted with two squalls during the racing, testing crew work and boat handling skills.
IRC 0 class includes four Hong Kong boats who are up against Team Hooligan, skippered by Australian Marcus Blackmore. The first race started on time with the fleet racing windward/leewards. In a little over one hour, Genuine Risk, skippered by Geoff Hill and with Syd Fischer onboard, took line honours by eight minutes. That wasn't enough to take the win on corrected time, which went to Marcus Blackmore on Hooligan who beat Neil Pryde's HiFi into second by just 35 seconds, with Sam Chan's Freefire in third.
The second race for IRC 0 was a 26nm course north across the channel towards Phangan Island, rounding off Had Rin, through a gate off Mae Nam, round Ko Kong Ok to starboard and a finish at the northern end of Chaweng Beach. Freefire upped their game and took first place from HiFi in second, with Hooligan slipping down to third. At the end of Day 1, it's a three-way tie at the top of the class.
PRO Ross Chisholm sent the IRC Premier class on a 26nm race north to Phangan Island and back, giving the fleet a chance to stretch their legs. The distance and conditions played into the hands of El Coyote, skippered by Gary Baguley who took the win on corrected time from Dynamite, skippered by Brad Kirk, in second.
Close racing amongst the 10-strong IRC 1 fleet looks set to be the theme of the week, with less than two minutes on corrected time separating the top four in the first race – windward/leewards. David Ross and crew on KukuKERchu took line honours but managed only fourth on corrected time. The Mills 40 EFG Bank Mandrake, skippered by Nick Burns/ Fred Kinmonth, secured first place in race one, from Foxy Lady 6, skippered by Bill Bremner. Third place went to Jing Jing skippered by Rick Pointon.
In the second race – the 26nm course 5 – Walawala 2, skippered by Steve Manning came out on top with EFG Bank Mandrake in second and KukuKERchu, skippered by David Ross, third – EFG Bank Mandrake leads the class at the end of Day 1.
The six-strong IRC 2 class enjoyed some close competition with Greg Coops' Abraxas finishing first ahead of Lennart Fahlgren's Amanda and their Thai crew, with Reef Knot skippered by Stuart Collins in third.
Eight boats are challenging for the Multihull Class title this year with a strong line-up of regulars up against two newcomers to Samui – Fantasia and Sweet Chariot. Fantasia has performed well on the South East Asian circuit since arriving last year, with a number of wins to her credit, and while it may be the first time to Samui Regatta for Sweet Chariot, she is sailed by an experienced crew and skippered by regatta regular Henry Kaye.
The 26nm race suited Andrew Stransky and crew on Fantasia who took the Line Honours and the handicap win. Second place went to Sweet Chariot who beat Thai favourite Radab Kanjanavit and his crew on Cedar Swan by less than a minute on corrected time.
Racing continues tomorrow off Centara Grand Beach Resort Samui, Chaweng Beach, Samui Island.
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Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Bad Robot today announced that the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise will return to the big screen for another voyage in Star Trek 4. In the next installment of the epic space adventure, Chris Pine's Captain Kirk will cross paths with a man he never had a chance to meet, but whose legacy has haunted him since the day he was born: his father. Chris Hemsworth, who appeared in 2009's Star Trek, will return to the space saga as George Kirk to star alongside Pine.
The remaining cast, including Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho and Karl Urbanm is expected to return. J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay will write the screenplay for this new Star Trek sequel. J.J. Abrams and Lindsey Weber will produce through Bad Robot Productions. David Ellison and Dana Goldberg of Skydance will executive produce.
Star Trek, the »
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13 July 2016 8:14 PM, PDT | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: Australian actor Martin Dingle Wall has joined the cast of Simon West's Salty opposite Antonio Banderas and Olga Kurylenko. Known for such Oz TV series as Upper Middle Bogan, Home And Away and Cops Lac, he also recently starred in feature Strangerland. Salty, which began principal photography last month in Chile, sees Banderas as an aging rock star and reformed sex addict married to a supermodel who is abducted by pirates while on vacation. The story is adapted… »
13 July 2016 9:06 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
It seems Keiynan Lonsdale won't be the only Australian actor set to suit up as a speedster in the third season The CW's "The Flash".
New set photos from filming in Vancouver on the DC Comics-inspired superhero series have shown three actors dressed as speedsters. We already know about two - series star Grant Gustin as the dressed in red Barry Allen/The Flash, and recurring Keiynan Lonsdale as the dressed in gold Wally West/Kid Flash.
But a third mysterious new speedster that shares a resemblance to DC Comics' Black Racer was spotted filming scenes. Photos taken during breaks from filming with the actor taking his mask off have revealed that it's none other than Todd Lasance with HitScreen making the determination.
Lasance got his break on Aussie soap "Home and Away," effectively stepping into the 'blond pin-up hunk' of the show after the departure of Chris Hemsworth »
- Garth Franklin
2 June 2016 5:51 PM, PDT | POPSUGAR | See recent BuzzSugar news »
Dreamy Brit Sam Claflin is more than enough eye candy to entice you to see this week's romantic drama Me Before You, but should you buy a ticket to this Summer's sobfest, there is an additional sexy-man bonus. In the adaptation of Jojo Moyes' tear-jerking novel, Will (Claflin) is a quadriplegic man bound to a wheelchair when Lou (Emilia Clarke) is hired to care for him full-time. Of course, the nature of his injuries require more than just the energetic Lou. Enter Nathan, the capable and sensitive nurse played by Stephen Peacocke. If you sit up in the theater this weekend wondering who that is, we have answers. Who Is This Beautiful Man? Nathan is played by Stephen Peacocke, a 34-year-old Australian actor. This is one of his first big stateside films, so you probably haven't seen a lot of him, but if you do recognize him, we have a few hunches from where. »
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27 May 2016 11:03 AM, PDT | Dark Horizons | See recent Dark Horizons news »
Set to have its debut at the upcoming Sydney Film Festival, the official trailer has been released for the controversial Australian dark comedy "Down Under". Actor turned filmmaker Abe Forsythe aims to provoke reaction with the film which is set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots ten years ago in Sydney. The riots themselves involved a group of xenophobic angry white men tried to 'take back' the beach suburb from young Middle Eastern men and became one of the darkest days in modern Aussie history.
Damon Herriman ("Justified") and Lincoln Younes ("Home and Away") lead the cast of the film which follows two groups on either side of the fight. Forsythe tells Junkee: "All my favourite comedies are tragedies and what happened to our national identity on the day of the Cronulla riots was a tragedy. I can't wait for people to follow the characters and the world my »
- Garth Franklin
12 May 2016 3:30 PM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
ABC is holding onto The Catch, while adding another Shondaland drama to its stable.
RelatedRenewal Scorecard: What's Coming Back? What's Getting Cancelled? What's on the Bubble?
In addition to ordering Season 2 of the Mireille Enos/Peter Krause cat-and-mouse drama, ABC has ordered to series Still Star-Crossed, a Romeo & Juliet sequel from Shonda Rhimes' production company.
Either of the above could help fill ABC's #Tgit gap this fall, seeing as Scandal is quite possibly not returning until midseason.
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Based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed picks up where the »
11 May 2016 3:46 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
(l-r) Meyne Wyatt, Sean Keenan, Chloe Bayliss, Sara West, Shareena Clanton, Georgia Flood, Harley Bonner.
The 2016 nominees for the annual Heath Ledger Scholarship were unveiled last night in Sydney.
The finalists include Christian Antidormi (Spartacus: War of the Damned, Home and Away), Mojean Aria (The Bronx Bull), Natasha Bassett (Hail, Caesar!), Chloe Bayliss (Backtrack), Harley Bonner (Neighbours), Shareena Clanton (Last Cab to Darwin), Ashleigh Cummings (Tomorrow When the War Began, Puberty Blues), Georgia Flood (Home and Away), Sean Keenan (Strangerland), Uli Latukefu (upcoming Alien: Covenant), Sara West (Peter Allen: Not The Boy Next Door, The Daughter) and Meyne Wyatt (Neighbours, Strangerland, The Sapphires)..
Heath.s father, Kim Ledger said, "Australian's in Film have encouraged another wonderful group of applicants for the Heath Ledger Scholarship in 2016. I would like to thank all of them, including Matilda and the team at AiF, and further congratulate those excellent aspirants who have managed to »
- Staff Writer
8 May 2016 4:05 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Tanna is based on a true story about a girl who runs away from an arranged marriage.
Tanna, Sherpa and Peter Allen - Not the Boy Nex Door have taken top honours at the 2016 Australian Director's Guild Awards.
Jennifer Peedom has won Best Direction in a Documentary Feature at the Awards in Melbourne, in the same week as her film Sherpa passed $1 million at the local box office.
Hosted by Nazeem Hussain, the awards honoured the outstanding work over the past year of Australian directors working in film, television, music and advertising..
Other winners included Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, who won Best Direction in a Feature Film for Tanna..
The film was made in collaboration with the Yakel people of Tanna, Vanuatu.
Rachel Perkins won her second Adg Award, this time for Best Direction in a Telemovie for Redfern Now: Promise Me..
Best Direction in a TV Drama Series »
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8 May 2016 4:05 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Tanna is based on a true story about a girl who runs away from an arranged marriage.
Tanna, Sherpa and Peter Allen - Not the Boy Nex Door have taken top honours at the 2016 Australian Director's Guild Awards.
Jennifer Peedom has won Best Direction in a Documentary Feature at the Awards in Melbourne, in the same week as her film Sherpa passed $1 million at the local box office.
Hosted by Nazeem Hussain, the awards honoured the outstanding work over the past year of Australian directors working in film, television, music and advertising..
Other winners included Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, who won Best Direction in a Feature Film for Tanna..
The film was made in collaboration with the Yakel people of Tanna, Vanuatu.
Rachel Perkins won her second Adg Award, this time for Best Direction in a Telemovie for Redfern Now: Promise Me..
Best Direction in a TV Drama Series »
- Staff Writer
5 May 2016 4:23 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Presto has commissioned Seven Productions to produce two more Home and Away special events which will be streamed later this year.
The two new specials will feature current and returning cast members with scripts currently in development..
Seven Productions will produce the special events exclusively for Presto with production due to commence in coming months and the world premiere slated for late 2016.
The announcement follows Presto.s Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye which began streaming in December..
Presto chief executive, Shaun James, said the new commissions continued Presto's ongoing commitment to providing Australian streamers with exclusive premium local content..
"In its first 24 hours, Home and Away: An Eye for an Eye broke through all day one streaming records on Presto, both complementing and extending Australia.s most-loved TV drama," he said.
.We are excited to once again partner with Seven Productions to provide Presto »
- Staff Writer
27 April 2016 10:59 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
After starring in all four Hunger Games movies together, as Gale and Haymitch, Liam Hemsworth and Woody Harrelson are reuniting for a much different movie entitled The Duel. In the beloved Hunger Games franchise, both Gale and Haymitch were on the same side, as they fought to take down an evil tyrant, but The Duel pits these actors against each other, as you can see in the first trailer. Lionsgate Premiere has set a June 24 release date for The Duel, which puts it up against 20th Century Fox's Independence Day: Resurgence, Stx's Free State of Jones and Sony's The Shallows.
The Duel stars Liam Hemsworth as David Kingston, a Texas Ranger who investigates a series of murders in a small town led by a charismatic preacher named Abraham Brant, played by Woody Harrelson. However, the routine undercover investigation soon turns personal for the ranger who must solve the case before »
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25 April 2016 10:25 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Director Sue Brooks has won this year's Australian Directors Guild Finders Award for her film Looking for Grace..
The Finders Award is a partnership between the Adg and the Directors Guild of America, where an Australian film yet to secure Us distribution is selected to screen in Los Angeles and New York to key industry figures, including distributors..
Last year.s winner Craig Monahan will present Brooks with her award..
Looking for Grace was released in January 2016 by Palace Films and starred Radha Mitchell, Richard Roxburgh and Odessa Young.
Adg chief executive, Kingston Anderson, said the collaboration between the DGA and the Adg recognised the singular vision of independent film directors and promoted it to the wider film industry..
"The Adg has great pleasure in awarding the Finders Award to Sue Brooks for her outstanding work on Looking for Grace," he said..
"We know the screenings of »
- Staff Writer
17 April 2016 5:34 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Channel Seven's The Secret Daughter, starring Jessica Mauboy, has begun filming in Sydney and country Nsw.
Mauboy leads the cast as Billie Carter, a part-time country pub singer whose life changes forever after a chance meeting with wealthy city hotelier Jack Norton, played by Colin Friels.
The drama will also star Bonnie Sveen (Home and Away), Matthew Levett (A Place To Call Home, Devil.s Playground), David Field (Catching Milat, No Activity), Rachel Gordon (Winter, The Moodys, Blue Heelers), Salvatore Coco (The Principal, Catching Milat) and Jared Turner (The Almighty Johnsons, The Shannara Chronicles).
Supporting cast members include former Miss World Australia Erin Holland, Jr Reyne (Neighbours), Libby Asciak (Here Come The Habibs), Johnny Boxer (Fat Pizza vs Housos), Terry Serio (Janet King), Waapa graduate Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Jeremy Ambrum (Cleverman, Mabo) and Amanda Muggleton (City Homicide, Prisoner).
.Seven is the home of Australian drama and we.re immensely »
- Staff Writer
15 April 2016 3:43 PM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Spoiler alert: Juliet dies at the end of Romeo & Juliet.
Now that we've cleared that up, let's say a (brief) hello to Danish actress Clara Rugaard, who will portray one of Shakespeare's most famous lovers in the pilot of ABC's Romeo & Juliet sequel Still Star-Crossed, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedPilot Season '16: Scoop on This Fall's (Possible) New Shows, Who's In Them
Based on 2013 novel by Melinda Taub, Shondaland's Still Star-Crossed documents the rocky relationship between the Capulet and Montague families in the wake of Romeo and Juliet's deaths; Rugaard, along with a yet-to-be-cast Romeo, »
13 April 2016 5:32 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Matt Nable (Fell, Hacksaw Ridge, Arrow), Deborra-lee Furness (Correlli, Jindabyne), Mandy McElhinney (House of Hancock, Love Child), Emma Hamilton (The Tudors, Mary: The Making of a Princess) and Zoe Ventoura (Packed to the Rafters) are set to star in Hyde and Seek, a new series from Nine.
The series revolves around Detective Gary Hyde (Nable), whose best friend is killed in a seemingly random attack.
Together with his new partner Claire McKenzie (Hamilton), Hyde uncovers a criminal conspiracy that will threaten his life and endanger his young family.
Also joining the cast are Tai Hara (Home and Away), Claire Lovering (San Andreas), Andrew McFarlane (Devil.s Playground, Love Child), Aaron Fa.aoso (East West 101) and Stephanie Panozzo.
Hyde and Seek is being made for the Nine by Matchbox Pictures and distributed by NBCU..
Executive producers are Jo Rooney and Andy Ryan from the Nine Network and Debbie Lee (Glitch, »
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8 April 2016 3:00 AM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
We know where Defiance's Joshua Nolan eventually landed — now that Grant Bowler has boarded Shondaland's Romeo & Juliet sequel pilot, Still Star-Crossed.
RelatedPilot Season '16: Scoop on This Fall's (Possible) New Shows and Stars
Based on the book by Melinda Taub and picking up where Shakespeare's play left off, the ABC project charts the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of Romeo and Juliet's tragic fate. Specifically, the story follows Rosaline (Lashana Lynch of BBC Three's Crims), Juliet's servant cousin who is ordered to marry Benvolio »
5 April 2016 5:47 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Home and Away.s Bonnie Sveen is set to join the cast of The Secret Daughter, the new drama produced by Screentime for Channel Seven.
The Secret Daughter stars Jessica Mauboy as Billie, a part-time country singer whose chance meeting with a wealthy city hotelier "triggers a series of events that will change her life forever".
.I.m looking forward to bringing this colourful character and story to life,. said Mauboy.
Sveen will appear as Billie.s best friend, Layla..
.I.m really happy to be joining the cast and working alongside such talented people like Jessica Mauboy,. she said.
.It.s an exciting time for me and I.m thrilled to be working on another production for Seven.. »
- Staff Writer
31 March 2016 3:27 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
Playwright and screenwriter Reg Cribb is set to share his career highlights and talk about his current projects at a Screenworks event in Byron Bay.
Cribb, who recently won the Aacta award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his film adaptation of Last Cab to Darwin, will spend an evening .In Conversation. with local screenwriter and script editor Charlie de Salis at Sae Creative Institute on April 14.
Cribb will also talk about two projects he is currently working on in the Northern Rivers. .
Screenworks general manager, Ken Crouch, said there were many people in the community that would benefit from an evening with Reg Cribb.
.His numerous box office hits on stage and screen are evidence of how much Australian audiences love his work and we are very fortunate to have this talented writer take the time to talk with us about his craft and his career,. he said. »
- Staff Writer
30 March 2016 3:30 PM, PDT | IF.com.au | See recent IF.com.au news »
The full trailer for Stan Original's Wolf Creek series has arrived.
All six episodes of the show will be available May 12 on the streaming platform.
In the new series, Mick Taylor (Jarratt) targets an American tourist family, but 19-year-old Eve (Lucy Fry) survives the massacre and sets out to exact revenge.
A poster for the show has also been revealed (see below).
The series stars Fry (11.22.63, The Preppie Connection, Vampire Academy), Jarratt (Wolf Creek, The Last Outlaw, Picnic at Hanging Rock) and Dustin Clare (Strike Back, Anzac Girls, Spartacus: War of the Damned).
Also featured are Deborah Mailman (Offspring, Redfern Now, The Sapphires), Miranda Tapsell (Love Child, Redfern Now, The Sapphires), Jessica Tovey (Wonderland, Dance Academy, Home and Away), Jake Ryan (Wentworth, Fat Tony & Co, Underbelly: Razor) and Richard Cawthorne (Catching Milat, Fat Tony & Co., Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms), and guest stars Robert Taylor (Longmire) and Gary Sweet (House Husbands »
- Staff Writer
9 March 2016 12:34 PM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Torrance Coombs is segueing from one soapy costume drama set in 16th century Western Europe to another. The Reign co-star has been cast in Still Star-Crossed, ABC's Romeo & Juliet sequel drama pilot from Shondaland. Also cast in the project, written by Heather Mitchell, are Wade Briggs (Home and Away), who has landed the male lead after a global search, and Ebonée Noel. Coombs, who plays one of the leads, Sabastian "Bash", in Reign, will depart the series after the… »
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