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Maurie Annese
Maurie Annese is an Australians, Australian actor and producer. He most recently starred in and co-produced ''I Can't Believe it's Not Countdown, it's a Musical Comedy'', in collaboration with Brian Mannix and Crown Entertainment. In 2002 during Melbourne’s Mid Summer Festival he produced the sell out hit musical “I Should Be So Lucky” at Chapel Off Chapel in collaboration with writer, director and co-producer David Knox. Recent television appearances include playing the character Sophos in Dead Gorgeous (2010), the List of Rush episodes, Rush episode ''Freedom'' and as host in his own T.V show in 2004, ''The National Karaoke Challenge'' on SBS. He has appeared in a number of films, most notably Body Melt, Bodymelt (1993), Love and Other Catastrophes(1996) and My Brother Jack(2001). https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/14528 External links *I Can't Believe It's Not Countdown [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australians
Australians, colloquially known as Aussies, are the citizenship, citizens, nationality, nationals and individuals associated with the country of Australia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or ethno-cultural. For most Australians, these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Australian. Australian law does not provide for any racial or ethnic component of nationality, instead relying on Australian nationality law, citizenship as a legal status, though the Constitutional framers considered the Commonwealth to be "a home for Australians and the British race alone", as well as a "Christian Commonwealth". Since the postwar period, Australia has pursued an official policy of multiculturalism and has the List of sovereign states and dependent territories by immigrant population, world's eighth-largest immigrant population, Immigration to Australia, with immigrants accounting for 30 percent of the population in 2019. Between European colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Mannix
Brian Mannix (born 7 October 1961 in Melbourne) is an Australian rock music singer and actor. He is best known as the lead singer of 1980s band Uncanny X-Men. He was a regular on television quiz show '' Spicks and Specks''. Career 1981–1987: Uncanny X-Men From 1981 to 1987, Mannix was the lead singer of Australian band Uncanny X-Men. The band released two top twenty albums, '' 'Cos Life Hurts'' and '' What You Give Is What You Get''. Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. The group disbanded in 1987, however continue to do occasional appearances, such as the ''Countdown Spectacular'' in 2006. 1988–present: solo career In 1990, Mannix released his debut studio album, preceded by single "Beautiful People". In 1993, Mannix appeared in the guest role of Connor Cleary in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''. In 2006, Mannix was part of the ''Absolutely 80's'' tour which played at venues around Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Gorgeous
''Dead Gorgeous'' is a 2010 children's supernatural fantasy television show which premiered on 15 March 2010 in Britain and 5 April 2010 in Australia. It was produced by Burberry Productions and Coolabi Productions with funding from Screen Australia, and directed by Stephen Maxwell Johnson and Wayne Blair. The programme was last re-aired on CBBC on July 10, 2013, at 12:55 p.m. Plot ''Dead Gorgeous'' follows the adventures of three sisters, Rebecca, Sophie and Hazel Ainsworth who died in a terrible carriage crash along with their beloved nanny, during the Victorian era. Feeling they did not get the chance to experience life properly, Rebecca applies to the ghost council for another chance of life. Their wish is granted but they return 150 years after their death to find their home has been turned into a private boarding school. They are "Living Ghosts" who appear to be normal people but have ghostly abilities such as walking through walls. Unable to reveal their secret the sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rush Episodes
The following is a list of episodes for the Australian television programme '' Rush'' on Network Ten. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (2008) Series 2 (2009) Series 3 (2010) Series 4 (2011) On 12 November 2010, Network Ten renewed ''Rush'' for a 13 episode, fourth series to air from 1 September 2011. Ratings References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rush Lists of Australian drama television series episodes Lists of crime television series episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love And Other Catastrophes
''Love and Other Catastrophes'' is a quirky 1996 Australian romantic comedy film featuring Frances O'Connor, Radha Mitchell, Alice Garner, Matthew Dyktynski, Matt Day and Kym Gyngell. The film was the first full-length release by director Emma-Kate Croghan and is set and filmed at Melbourne University where she studied writing and film directing. The film was nominated for five Australian Film Institute awards, including best film, best original screenplay, best actress, best supporting actress, and editing. Garner won a Film Critics Circle of Australia award for best supporting actress for her role in the movie. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.ARIA Award previous winners. In 2024, the film was restored and reissued on Blu-ray by Umbrella Entertainment. Plot The story revolves around University of Melbourne film studies students and roommate A roommate is a person with whom one sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Brother Jack
''My Brother Jack'' is a classic 1964 Australian novel by writer George Johnston. It is part of a trilogy centering on the character of David Meredith. The other books in the trilogy are '' Clean Straw for Nothing'' and '' A Cartload of Clay''. It is commonly studied for English literature subjects in Australia. Overview This semi-autobiographical novel, definable as a roman à clef, follows the narrator, David Meredith, through his childhood and adolescence in interwar Melbourne through to adulthood and his prominent career as a journalist during World War II, to his life on a Greek island in the 1950s and 60s. David's childhood and early life are influenced heavily by the destructive presence of his father, psychologically ruined by his experiences in the Great War. His father, cruel, increasingly withdrawn, is a catalyst for the escapes which both David and Jack have to make, each in their own way. The novel has a central theme using contrasts between David and his older a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Purpose: Because living persons may suffer personal harm from inappropriate information, we should watch their articles carefully. By adding an article to this category, it marks them with a notice about sources whenever someone tries to edit them, to remind them of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons) policy that these articles must maintain a neutral point of view, maintain factual accuracy, and be properly sourced. Recent changes to these articles are listed on Special:RecentChangesLinked/Living people. Organization: This category should not be sub-categorized. Entries are generally sorted by family name In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give .... Maintenance: Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last ten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
