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Brooke Harman
Brooke Harman-Walker is an American-born Australian actress. Biography Born in Orange County, California and moving to Brisbane, Queensland as a young child, her first television role was at age eleven on the children's television series ''The Wayne Manifesto''. She has since guest starred on a number of television programs including ''Home and Away'', '' All Saints'', '' White Collar Blue'', '' Beastmaster'', '' Flipper'', '' The Sleepover Club'', and appeared in the 2003 film '' Ned Kelly''. Harman played the feature role of Silvy Lewis in the Paramount motion picture ''Till Human Voices Wake Us'' with Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter. Brooke also starred in the children's television program '' Pirate Islands'', and became a permanent castmember of '' The Secret Life of Us'' in the year before the show's cancellation. She played the role of Kate Monk on the short-lived Australian drama ''headLand A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demi Harman
Demi Renee Harman (born 11 March 1993) is an Australian actress and television presenter. She is perhaps best known for her role as Sasha Bezmel in ''Home and Away''. She was a contestant on the first series of ''Celebrity Splash!''. Following her departure from ''Home and Away'' in 2015, Harman co-hosted '' Better Homes and Gardens'' and played Riley Hart in television drama ''Winners & Losers''. Early life Harman was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1993 to an American father and an Australian mother, Carrie, who formerly worked as a weather girl on the Seven Network. She is the third of four children. Her older sister is American-Australian actress Brooke Harman, and she also has an older brother, Beau, and younger sister, Paige. When Harman was growing up, she lived between the United States and Australia, and at the age of nine she moved to Melbourne when her sister Brooke began working on television series ''Pirate Islands''. Harman finished high school at Brisbane Adventi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award and an International Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in '' A Room with a View'' (1985) and the title character in '' Lady Jane'' (1986). Her early period roles saw her typecast as a virginal " English rose", a label with which she was uncomfortable. She is best known for her eccentric fashion and dark aesthetic and for often playing quirky women. For her role as Kate Croy in '' The Wings of the Dove'' (1997), Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rake (2010 TV Series)
''Rake'' is an Australian television program, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the ABC TV in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as the rakish Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive Sydney barrister, defending a usually guilty client. The show airs in the United States on DirecTV's Audience Network and was previously available on Netflix in the UK, Ireland, Canada, the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Czech Republic, Poland, and Thailand. The fifth and final series went into production in October 2017 and premiered on 19 August 2018. Cast Main cast * Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defence barrister. The character is loosely based on colourful Sydney barristers Mervyn Ward and Charles Waterstreet, and was named after Cleaver Bunton. At the end of the fourth series, he is elected to a seat as an independent senator. At the end of the fifth series, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood And Sand
Blood and Sand may refer to: * ''Sangre y arena'', a 1908 novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, which was the basis for four films: ** ''Blood and Sand'' (1916 film), directed by Ibáñez himself ** ''Blood and Sand'' (1922 film), starring Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, and Nita Naldi ** ''Blood and Sand'' (1941 film), directed by Rouben Mamoulian starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, and Rita Hayworth ** ''Blood and Sand'' (1989 film), Spanish film starring Chris Rydell, Sharon Stone, and Ana Torrent *''Fort Graveyard'', a 1965 Japanese war film also known as ''Chi to Suna'' (''Blood and Sand''). * '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand'', a 2010 television series * Blood and Sand (cocktail), a Scotch-based cocktail See also * ''Sand and Blood ''Sand and Blood'' (french: De sable et de sang) is a 1988 French drama film directed by Jeanne Labrune. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Sami Frey - Manuel Vasquez * André Dussollier - .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Patrol
''Sea Patrol'' is an Australian television drama that ran from 2007 to 2011, set on board HMAS ''Hammersley'', a fictional patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The series focused on the ship and the lives of its crew members. Despite similarities in setting and content, this series is not a follow-on to the 1979 series, ''Patrol Boat''. At the start of the second season, ''Sea Patrol'' saw an upgrade from the to a newer boat. The first season debuted on 5 July 2007 on the Nine Network, who invested $15 million into the programme. The second season of ''Sea Patrol'', titled ''Sea Patrol II: The Coup'', aired in 2008, while the third season, ''Sea Patrol: Red Gold'', aired in 2009. The fourth season aired in 2010 in a new 16-episode format, with no main theme or continuous storyline running throughout, unlike the first three seasons. The fifth season of ''Sea Patrol'', "Damage Control", began airing in 2011 and consisted of 13 episodes. The Nine Network has co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLeod's Daughters
''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting List of McLeod's Daughters episodes, eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and Bridie Carter in the leading roles as two sisters reunited after twenty years of separation, thrust into a working relationship when they inherit their family's cattle station in South Australia. The series is produced by Millennium Television, in association with Nine Films and Television and Endemol Australia, Southern Star. Graeme-Evans, Kris Noble and Susan Bower served as the original executive producers. The series was originally conceived as a then-intended McLeod's Daughters (film), television film pilot, which broadcast on Nine Network in 1996. Despite its success, and becoming the highest-rated telemovie in Australian television history, a series was not picked up by the network until several years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepsister From Planet Weird
''Stepsister from Planet Weird'' is a Disney Channel Original Movie which was released in June 2000. Directed by Steve Boyum, it stars Courtnee Draper, Tamara Hope, Lance Guest, and Khrystyne Haje. Based on the book of the same name by Francess Lantz, the plot follows a teenage girl (Draper), who discovers that her mother's fiance (Guest) and her own future stepsister (Hope), are actually strange aliens from another planet hiding out on Earth. Plot Megan Larson is an ordinary 14-year-old girl. Her workaholic father Fred and windsurfing mother Kathy are divorced, and Megan longs for them to get back together as much as she longs for her little brother Trevor to be less annoying. But the thing she wants the most is for popular boy Cutter to be her boyfriend, so her dearest wish is to be in with the popular group. Things begin to get out of control when her mother meets Cosmo Cola, a nice but very strange man. He has a pretty and intelligent daughter named Ariel who is even weirder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultra Spy
adopted by British military intelligence in June 1941 for wartime signals intelligence obtained by breaking high-level encrypted enemy radio and teleprinter communications at the Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park. ''Ultra'' eventually became the standard designation among the western Allies for all such intelligence. The name arose because the intelligence obtained was considered more important than that designated by the highest British security classification then used (''Most Secret'') and so was regarded as being ''Ultra Secret''. Several other cryptonyms had been used for such intelligence. The code name ''Boniface'' was used as a cover name for ''Ultra''. In order to ensure that the successful code-breaking did not become apparent to the Germans, British intelligence created a fictional MI6 master spy, Boniface, who controlled a fictional series of agents throughout Germany. Information obtained through code-breaking was often attributed to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misery Guts
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Roar (1997 TV Series)
''Roar'' is a fantasy adventure television series created by Shaun Cassidy and Ron Koslow. The series originally aired on the Fox network from July 14 until September 1, 1997. It is set in the year 400 AD, following a young Irish man, Conor (Heath Ledger), as he sets out to rid his land of the invading Romans, but in order to accomplish this, he must first unite the Celtic clans. The series also starred Vera Farmiga, Lisa Zane, John Saint Ryan, and Sebastian Roché. ''Roar'' was cancelled after 8 episodes due to low ratings, and the final 5 episodes were not broadcast by the network until 2000. Plot ''Roar'' chronicles the life of Conor (Ledger), a 20-year-old orphaned prince who must rise above tragedy to lead his people to freedom. Conor takes on a band of ragtag allies that include Tully (Greer), a teenage apprentice magician; Catlin (Farmiga), a beautiful former slave; and Fergus (Ryan), Conor's big-hearted, ebullient protector. Their primary struggle is against Longinus (Roch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crush (2009 Film)
''Crush'' is a 2009 Australian supernatural thriller film directed by Jeffrey Gerritsen and John V. Soto. It stars Christopher Egan as Julian, an American martial arts champ house sitting a luxury home in Perth. Julian's life unravels when he cheats on his girlfriend, Clare (Brooke Harman) with Anna ( Emma Lung). It was released in Australia in April 2009. It was released on DVD in North America on 14 July 2010. Plot An international architecture student at University of Western Australia and martial arts champ, Julian finds work as a house sitter for the wealthy owners of a luxury home in Perth. His new job causes friction with his girlfriend Clare, who he was supposed to live with. The house and wealth it exudes open up a realm of opportunities for Julian, and he is seduced by the mysterious and attractive Anna. As time goes on, Anna becomes obsessive of Julian. Subsequently, his relationship with Clare falls apart, and he struggles to regain momentum in a martial arts champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Till Human Voices Wake Us (film)
''Till Human Voices Wake Us'' is a 2002 Australian drama film written and directed by Michael Petroni and starring Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter. Plot Fifteen-year-old Sam Franks has returned from a Melbourne boarding school to his hometown in Victoria. He has an obvious affection towards a local girl, Silvy, who has a disability affecting her legs which requires a brace and prevents her from walking freely. This does not stop the two friends from enjoying each other's company, and they are virtually inseparable. Sam's mother has died, and his stern father provides the young boy with little comfort or love, so his relationship with Silvy is all that matters to him. She reads to him regularly out of her beloved poetry book, showing him a world of beauty and harmony within words that he comes to enjoy. One night, Sam and Silvy decide to go for an aimless ride, and end up at a river. Sam jumps in the water and removes Silvy's leg braces, and together they "dance" in the wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
