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    • Nov 14, 2010
    • Dungog Launches Acting Initiative
    • Dungog launches acting intiative [Mon 12/04/2010 04:47:21] Press release from Identity PR Dungog Film Festival has been supporting student education and budding filmmakers since its inception in 2007. In 2010, the Festival program will feature two exciting new initiatives to inspire students and upcoming film talent. Dungog has just launched Screenwise Speed Auditioning, a new highlight to the program that will provide a platform for promising acting talent to showcase their skills. Each entrant will perform a two-minute monologue. The ten best performers will then be invited to...
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    • Nov 11, 2010
    • Hugh Jackman Fun Fact
    • Hugh Jackman fun fact: On the night of his final Academy graduation performance in Australia, Jackman got a phone call offering him a role on Correlli: “I was technically unemployed for thirteen seconds.” Correlli, devised by Australian actress Denise Roberts, was a 10-part drama series on ABC, Jackman’s first major professional job, and where he met his future wife Deborra-Lee Furness:
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    • Nov 3, 2010
    • Packed to the Rafters Star a Screenwise Graduate
    • Waiting game ... Rafters actor George Houvardas / Pic: Media Mode Source: The Daily Telegraph HE’S A Packed To The Rafters cast member, was a Cleo Bachelor of the Year 2010 nominee and competed on Dancing With The Stars. But George Houvardas spends his spare time waiting tables at his parents’ North Sydney restaurant and, at 28, still lives with teacher mum Annette and accountant father Michael. The Greek guy next door can often be seen brewing espresso and delivering meals at the family restaurant Pito in McMahons Point, although diners say it is hard to tell whether the bearded man...
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    • Oct 31, 2010
    • SEA PATROL’S MASS EXODUS - TV Week 15 August 2009
    • Last week we promised a Sea Patrol scoop – now we have three! Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Buffer), Saskia Burmeister (Nav) and Jay Ryan (Spider) have all elected to sign off from active duty and won’t be around when season four of the naval drama hits our screens next year. The shows’ creators released the news after Jeremy told reporters, including TV WEEK, that he had quit the show. And they admitted that despite knowing that Saskia was leaving early on, Jeremy and Jay’s exits came as more of a surprise. “We were able to make a brief reference to Nav moving on, but by the time Jeremy and Jay...
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    • Apr 19, 2010
    • Denise Cues Talent For Dungog Stage
    • AUSSIE actress Denise Roberts will juggle playing her first ever detective on television with heading to the Dungog Film Festival. In a career that began in 1980 and has included major roles on GP and Always Greener, Roberts is surprised she has never played a policewoman before. However she starts shooting in May for the new Channel Nine drama Cops LAC alongside Gary Sweet and Kate Ritchie. An industry stalwart, Roberts has helped budding actors for many years through her Sydney screen and television school Screenwise. This year she is working with the Dungog Film Festival to enable...
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    • Mar 5, 2010
    • TV Week goes behind the scenes at Screenwise!
    • In 2009 our 2 year intensive students shared the classroom with TV Week. TV Week went behind the scenes at Screenwise to find out what it takes to become an actor. The story features in a 2 page spread in this weeks TV week.
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    • Feb 7, 2010
    • Four Letter Fables - In Focus
    • We’ve all become used to turning off our mobile phones before sitting down to a show of any kind, but what happens when an actor faces a recalcitrant audience member, determined to keep his lifeline on? Nicole Azzopardi speaks to seasoned performer and director Denise Roberts, to find out about pesky audience members and four-letter words.
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    • Feb 7, 2010
    • Actors Wise Up
    • Much-loved actress Denise Roberts is ‘achieving wondering things’ in a film school staffed by leading Aussie role models.
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