Industry Hearbeat
Keep up to date with the latest news, reviews, and audition information.
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- Apr 2, 2012
- Screenwise’s Ashleigh Cummings to Play Debbie in Puberty Blues
- As the panel vans get parked into place in Cronulla, Network Ten has announced that Ashleigh Cummings and Brenna Harding will play the lead characters of Debbie and Sue in its new series of Puberty Blues. The 1970's novel, written by Gabrielle Carey and Kathy Lette, is about two 13-year-old girls from the Sutherland Shire, in Sydney's south. The book gained notoriety for its explicit depiction of underage sex and drug-taking within the "surfie" culture and was made into a film in 1981. The eight-part coming-of-age TV series for Network Ten will also star well-known Aussie actors including...Read More
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- Mar 8, 2012
- Screenwise Grad cast in U.S. Pilot
- Screenwise Grad Meegan Warner has been cast in an American Pilot called Beauty And The Beast alongside Chris Egan. Congratulations Meegan. It was only a matter of time.
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- Jan 29, 2012
- ANOTHER SCREENWISE GRAD ABOUT TO HIT THE BIG TIME!
- A huge congratulations to Screenwise Grad Nathaniel Buzolic who has just scored one of the starring roles as Kol in Vampire Diaries.
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- Apr 24, 2012
- Screenwise Tutor - Cannes and Beyond!
- Mathews Student Oscar finalist [Mon 23/04/2012 03:38:39] Emily is AFTRS first success in this prestigious and landmark film competition. The short was voted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Student Academy Awards Executive Committee as one of the finalists in this year’s Foreign Film Award category. The Academy received 51 films from 29 different countries this year. Final voting for the winning film is held in May with an announcement around mid-May. The first Honorary Foreign Film Award was in 1981and AFTRS has been invited to enter a student film each year since. This...Read More
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- Sep 12, 2011
- SPARTACUS STAR GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN! R.I.P. ANDY WHITFIELD!
- I will never forget the day when I opened the door at Screenwise and there stood before me Andy Whitfield, an Adonis. He said in his beautiful Welsh voice, 'Hi I'm not an actor, but I've got this audition for All Saints and I was wondering if you could help me with it'. I sat him in front of the camera, and I knew then this man was going to be a huge movie star. A week later he came back and said 'I got that role thanks to you, so I think I'd be very foolish not to take your classes'. That was the beginning of an extraordinary journey for Andy Whitfield. While studying at Screenwise an Agent...Read More
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- Sep 12, 2011
- FAREWELL SWEET ANDY!
- It is with considerable sadness that we say farewell to one of our very own. VALE ANDY WHITFIELD. A beautiful actor, a most loving husband and father, an enormous talent and a tremendous human being. Our hearts go out to his wife Vashti and his two beautiful children. R.I.P. Andy, you will be sorely missed by your family, your friends, your fans and anyone who was lucky to have known you. R.I.P. my friend. Lights down, curtain closed.
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- Aug 7, 2011
- Screenwise Grad Christian Clark to star inAny Questions For Ben
- Working Dog, the makers of The Castle and The Dish, will release their next film Any Questions for Ben? on Australia Day 2012. It is hard to believe that is has been 11 years since The Dish was released to cinemas, with Working Dog producing television shows The Panel, Thank God You’re Here and The Hollowmen in the intervening years. Now former D-Generation and The Late Show graduates Rob Sitch, Santo Cilaruo and Tom Gleisner will release a new feature film next year. Any Questions for Ben?, which previously went under the working title of “25″, was directed by Rob Sitch and co-written by...Read More
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- Jul 27, 2011
- ACTOR IN NEW PETA AD: ‘LOVE THEM—DESEX THEM’
- Denise Roberts Aims to Help Take a Bite out of the Homeless Cat and Dog Crisis as Australia Marks National Desexing Month 13 July 2011 Sydney -- Venerable actor Denise Roberts has nothing against sex -- unless you're talking about cats and dogs. That's why Roberts eagerly agreed to shoot a brand-new ad for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Australia just in time for National Desexing Month (July). In the ad, Roberts is holding her little dog, Bugsy, next to the caption "Love Them. Desex Them". The ad goes on to read, "More than 200,000 animals are euthanised in shelters...Read More
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- Jun 24, 2011
- Screenwise Grad Todd Lasance Stars in the ABC’s ‘Crownies’
- Ben McMahon Apudne te vel me? - Your place or mine? From the top of his tousled hair to the tail of his impeccable legal pedigree, Ben McMahon is golden. He started at a high-end law firm that promised huge clients, big bucks, partnership and golf, but after a conviction for drug possession, it took all of his father’s influence to swing Ben a position at the far from glamorous DPP. In the thrust and parry of the courtroom, being charming, aggressive and fast on your feet can deliver some surprise rewards, but testosterone is not always the best aid to clear thinking. Bold and...Read More
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- Jun 23, 2011
- Screenwise Tutor, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor stars in Razor!
- PUTTING an end to reports that Jacki Weaver would feature in the next Underbelly instalment is Chelsie Preston Crayford, a relatively unknown Kiwi who has landed the lead of Tilly Devine in the new series Razor. Preston Crayford will start shooting on the "bloody and brutal" drama centred on Divine and Sydney's 1920s razor gangs next month. She will be joined by former Sea Patrol actor Jeremy Lindsay Taylor. Speaking exclusively to The Sunday Telegraph, Preston Crayford said nerves were attached to her starring role, her first Australian production. "Sure you feel a bit of pressure,...Read More