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  • Screenwise Grad Todd Lasance To Conquer Hollywood
    • Dec 2, 2012
    • Screenwise Grad Todd Lasance To Conquer Hollywood
    • SMH: Former Home & Away star to conquer Hollywood as Caesar MICHAEL IDATO November 30, 2012 Todd Lasance as Julius Caesar in Spartacus: War of the Damned. Australian actor Todd Lasance is poised to become the star of a new US series based on the life of iconic Roman leader Julius Caesar. The series is planned as a spin-off of the hit Spartacus TV franchise. Lasance, who won widespread acclaim for his work in Cloudstreet and Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer Was Here, has just finished playing Caesar in the third and final season of the Spartacus franchise, Spartacus: War of the...Read More


  • Ten picks up Ed Kavalee’s debut feature Scumbus
    • Nov 8, 2012
    • Ten picks up Ed Kavalee’s debut feature Scumbus
    • Ed Kavalee: writer, producer, actor of Scumbus Network Ten has picked up first rights to a debut comedy feature by Ed Kavalee starring some of Australia’s best known comedians. Scumbus is Kavalee’s first film, written, produced and funded by the comedian and directed by Luke Tierney. The film, an idea of Kavalee’s and friend Josh Lawson, will be broadcast on Saturday 10 November at 9.30pm and later on Ten’s catch up service. Kavalee told Encore: “It was conceived by myself and Josh Lawson before he got taken under the wing of Will Ferrell.” “It was made for TV. No one is making comedy...Read More


  • A Sneak Peak!
    • Oct 13, 2012
    • A Sneak Peak!
    • Introducing the Screenwise Diploma of Screen Acting Graduates 2012.


  • STEERING A COURSE FOR LA - LIZZIE FRANKS EDITOR OF EQUITY MAGAZINE.
    • Sep 3, 2012
    • STEERING A COURSE FOR LA - LIZZIE FRANKS EDITOR OF EQUITY MAGAZINE.
    • An impressive number of Aussie actors are flying high after this year’s US pilot season. Lizzie Franks reports on who they are and how they got there Most Australian actors are familiar with the craziness that is ‘pilot season’, either through personal experience or the war stories they’ve heard from friends. Sleeping on couches, traffic gridlock, exhaustion, nerves and angst are some of the defining traits of the whole ordeal. Pilot season is that time of year (usually mid-January to mid-April) when the major US networks – ABC, CBS, NBC, The CW and Fox – ask writers, producers and studios...Read More


  • ‘BE HERE NOW’ - THE ANDY WHITFIELD STORY


  • Screenwise’s Ashleigh Cummings to Play Debbie in Puberty Blues
    • 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


  • Screenwise Grad cast in U.S. Pilot
    • 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.


  • ANOTHER SCREENWISE GRAD ABOUT TO HIT THE BIG TIME!


  • THE GOLDEN BOX COMES TO SYDNEY - MICHELLE DANNER AT SCREENWISE
    • Jan 12, 2013
    • THE GOLDEN BOX COMES TO SYDNEY - MICHELLE DANNER AT SCREENWISE
    • The Golden Box Master Intensive is a two day in-depth technique analysis lecture for which breaks down the technique used at the Larry Moss Studio now called The Acting Studio. Students learn how to create, fleshed out, vivid and interesting characters through an intense emotional workshop, with lectures and exercises. The intensive is for Actors, Directors, Producers, Acting Tutors and anyone with an interest in forging an acting career. It focuses on answers to the following questions: • What makes one choice more powerful than the next? • How can one deliver a raw unforgettable acting...Read More


  • Simple Pleasures Best At Christmas!  By Shelly Horton - SMH
    • Dec 9, 2012
    • Simple Pleasures Best At Christmas!  By Shelly Horton - SMH
    • TIS the season. But an online survey has found that 85 per cent of people just want more time with their family and friends rather than extravagant presents. "At Christmas we're all seeking to reconnect with the people who matter to us most," said Kristie Buchanan, of RedBalloon, who conducted the survey. And some of Sydney's famous faces are throwing Christmas parties to catch up with loved ones and spread some cheer. X Factor judge Mel B will be entertaining international guests in Sydney for Christmas, and said it would be all about the music. ''When throwing a Christmas party make sure...Read More


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