Aria honours Perth band "The Triffids"

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Posted 173 days, 11 hours ago by kate_waxlyrical

"The Triffids" will be inducted into the 2008 ARIA Hall of Fame. While it is wonderful that this 1980's Perth band is being recognised, as a fan it is bittersweet, as they were largely ignored by the Australian media throughout their career

Perth Time Freeze

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Posted 176 days, 16 hours ago by Noodlez

Perth Time Freeze

Newman dragged off air by Nine

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Posted 180 days, 20 hours ago by Bronwen

CHANNEL Nine has forced Sam Newman to take a break from television after the furore over his treatment of women on The Footy Show

Sydney Pollack, Film Director, Dies at 73

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Posted 182 days, 19 hours ago by Bronwen

Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay as director, producer and sometime actor whose movies like “The Way We Were,” “Tootsie” and “Out of Africa” were among the most successful of the 1970s and ’80s, died on Monday at his home in LA.

ANZ pulls ads from Footy Show

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Posted 188 days, 2 hours ago by Bronwen

The ANZ has withdrawn advertising from The Footy Show in an apparent protest against its attitude towards women.

Jandamarra features on ABC TV

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Posted 188 days, 14 hours ago by kwylo

The ABC series Artists at Work will devote two upcomming episodes to the production of 'Jandamarra' by Black Swan Theatre Company. This epic play was one of the highlights of the 2008 Perth International Arts Festival.

Black Balloon wirter has much more to come

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Posted 188 days, 14 hours ago by kwylo

Perth writer Jimmy the Exploder has found great success so far this year with the feature film 'the Black Balloon'. Jimmy outlines some of the ideas he hopes to bring to the screen next including a zombie film and another set in a Mr Whippy Van.

Charlie Lewis's 'Brood' screens internationally

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Posted 188 days, 14 hours ago by kwylo

Perth based Film Director Charlie Lewis talks to the team at FTI about his short film 'Brood' that is screening around the world in places like Bradford, Michigan, Brazil and Oklamhoma.

ABC shows off new media player at REMIX

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Posted 189 days, 2 hours ago by Bronwen

Today at REMIX 08, ABC Commercial previewed its new media player, which is the first major commercial project in Australia to be developed with Microsoft’s Silverlight platform.

New television channels on hold

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Posted 189 days, 2 hours ago by Bronwen

THE Federal Government has shelved the launch of several new TV channels amid concerns policy and technical flaws would make them unviable.

Sea Patrol and JAy Z keeps the waters beautiful

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Posted 189 days, 10 hours ago by plusque

Jay Z big Pimping meets Sea Patrol. What happens when you takes scenes from Sea Patrol, Jay Z's big pimping track and some sneaky subtitles. Really enjoy these kinda mash-ups. I hope this guy doesn't get a CAD from rockafella for using Jay Z's track.

Ledger portrait bags award

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Posted 201 days, 13 hours ago by tora bora

A portrait of Hollywood star Heath Ledger painted weeks before his death has won an Australian art award.

Chaser case dropped

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Posted 212 days, 8 hours ago by Bronwen

The APEC-related case against members of ABC TV's The Chaser's War on Everything has been dropped.

Triple J One Night Stand

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Posted 213 days, 4 hours ago by Noodlez

Photos from Triple J's One Night Stand.

Splendour In The Grass first announcement

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Posted 217 days, 13 hours ago by Noodlez

First Splendour In The Grass announcement.

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