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Brett Craig
Brett Dean Craig is a fictional character on the Australian comedy television series, ''Kath & Kim''. He is portrayed by actor, comedian and writer Peter Rowsthorn. Background Brett works at Computa City and is married to Kim Craig (Gina Riley) from the start of the series till the end. He lives with her and later, their daughter, Epponee Rae, in their unit; however, most of the time Kim is living with Kath Day-Knight (Jane Turner) & Kel Knight (Glenn Robbins), as they always are having problems. Brett's marriage to Kim contains no actual bond between the two; thus, causing Brett to cheat on her on multiple occasions, even with Kim's second best friend, Sharon or his manager Kelly. At Kel & Kath's wedding, Brett is Kel's best man. Brett has a good relationship with Kim's mother Kath, and her husband Kel. To save their marriage, by the second season, Brett and Kim announce they are trying for a baby. Kim gives birth to Epponee Rae Charlene Kathleen Darlene Craig in the Season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Rowsthorn (actor)
Peter Rowsthorn (born 9 February 1963) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, writer, MC and host. Early life and education Rowsthorn attended Trinity Grammar School and Rusden College, now part of Deakin University, where he obtained a teaching degree and he worked as a drama teacher, prior to his show business career Career Rowsthorn started performing as half of the comedy and singing duo ''The Cactus Brothers'' in 1983 while studying for his degree. He first came to prominence as a stand-up comic and as a writer and performer on ''The Comedy Company'' (1989). Rowsthorn appeared with Warren Mitchell in the film '' Crackers'' (1998), was a lead in the Australian children's television show '' The Gift'' (1997), had small roles in ''Bad Eggs'' and ''Take Away'' (both 2003) and played an outrageous hairdresser called 'Miss Kafka' in the Sigrid Thornton telemovie '' Little Oberon'' (2005). He played Warren Cronkshonk in hospital spoof '' Let the Blood Run Free'' (1990–199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvey Norman
Harvey Norman is a large Australian-based, multi-national retailer of furniture, bedding, computers, communications and consumer electrical products. It mainly operates as a franchise, with the main brand and all company-operated stores owned by ASX-listed Harvey Norman Holdings Limited. As of 2016, there are 280 company-owned and franchised stores in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South-East Asia operating under the Harvey Norman, Domayne and Joyce Mayne brands in Australia, and under the Harvey Norman brand overseas. History Gerry Harvey and Ian Norman opened their first store in 1961, which specialised in electrical goods and appliances. Harvey and Norman had first met when both were working as door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen. The store's success prompted Harvey and Norman to expand the business and conduct talks with retailer Keith Lord, who sought to expand his own retail group. They could not settle on a name for the new business, with Harvey and Lord relucta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kath & Kim Characters
Kath or KATH may refer to: * Kath (city), the historical capital of Khwarezm * Kath (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * KATH-TV, the NBC TV station in Juneau, Alaska * KATH (AM) KATH (910 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Frisco, Texas, and serving the northern sections of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It features a Catholic talk and teaching radio format. Guadalupe Radio Network, a Midland, Texas, based Cat ..., a radio station in Texas See also * Cath (other) {{disambiguation, callsign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rottweiller
The Rottweiler (, ) is a breed of domestic dog, regarded as medium-to-large or large. The dogs were known in German as , meaning Rottweil butchers' dogs, because their main use was to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat to market. This continued until the mid-19th century when railways replaced droving. Although still used to herd stock in many parts of the world, Rottweilers are now also used as search and rescue dogs, guard dogs, and police dogs.Adolf Pienkoss, ''The Rottweiler'', 3rd ed., Borken, Germany: Internationale Föderation der Rottweilerfreunde, 2008. History According to the FCI Standard, the Rottweiler is considered to be one of the oldest surviving dog breeds. Its origin goes back to Roman times. These dogs were kept as herder or driving dogs. They marched over the Alps with the Roman legions, protecting the humans and driving their cattle. In the region of Rottweil, these dogs met and mixed with the native dogs in a natural crossing. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Kath & Kim Episodes
The following is an episode list of the Australian comedy program ''Kath & Kim'', initially on ABC TV, and as of 2007, on the Seven Network. There have been four series of eight episodes each, one telemovie, and one movie. The first three series and the telemovie ran on ABC from 2002 to 2005. The fourth series initially aired on the Seven Network in 2007, and the movie was released in 2012. A 20th anniversary year special has been announced for late 2022. Series overview Episodes Season 1 (2002) Season 2 (2003) Season 3 (2004) ''Da Kath & Kim Code'' Riley and Turner planned to take 2005 off from television, but in July, they announced that they would be writing and filming a 90-minute telemovie.Fidgeon, RobertKath and Kim return Herald Sun, 15 July 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2008 The movie aired on 27 November 2005, and was the ABC's top rated program for 2005, achieving an average audience of 2.1 million and a peak audience of 2.4 million. The telemovie scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Strzelecki (7879439094)
Sharon Karen Strzelecki is an accident-prone fictional character on the Australian comedy series ''Kath & Kim'' and is portrayed by Australian actress Magda Szubanski. The character first appeared in "Big Girl's Blouse" in 1994 alongside the other two central characters, Kath Day-Knight (Jane Turner) and Kim Craig (Gina Riley). Sharon is sports-obsessed, and unlucky in love. In the American version of ''Kath & Kim'', Sharon has no equivalent. The character in the American version was initially to have the name Debbie Cox and work with animals, but Szubanski, who had created Sharon, refused to permit adaptation for the show. Personality Physical appearance and personal outlook Sharon is obsessed with sport, and although she is overweight and short in stature, she demonstrates skill in netball and cricket. She wears her orange-brown hair in a bob haircut. Sharon lacks confidence; she always has her head down and at times seems depressed. Other times, she is cheerful and hap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Da Kath And Kim Code
''Da Kath & Kim Code'' is a 2005 Australian comedy telemovie of the television series ''Kath & Kim''. After three seasons of ''Kath & Kim'' (2002–2004), Gina Riley and Jane Turner initially planned to take 2005 off from television. But in July, they announced that they would be writing and filming a 90-minute telemovie.Fidgeon, RobertKath and Kim return Herald Sun, 15 July 2005. Retrieved 22 June 2008 The telemovie screened in Australia and New Zealand in November and December 2005 respectively. The telemovie was sold to networks in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was the last ''Kath & Kim'' production shown on the ABC before it moved to the Seven Network for the 2007 season. The plot is a parody of the 2003 popular novel ''The Da Vinci Code'' by Dan Brown. Plot Kel and Kath return from The Da Vinci Code European tour and begin frantic preparations for Christmas. During the two weeks leading up to Christmas Day Kim discovers that Brett is once again having an affai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gina Riley At Kath & Kimderella Movie Premiere
Gina or GINA or ''variation'' may refer to: Gina Gina may refer to: * Gina (given name), multiple individuals * Gina (Canaan), a town in ancient Canaan * Arihant (Jainism), also called gina, a term for a human who has conquered his or her inner passions * ''Gina'' (film), a Canadian drama film * "Gina" (song), a 1962 single by Johnny Mathis GINA GINA may refer to: * Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, a bill signed into United States law in 2008 designed to restrict the use of genetic information in health insurance and employment * BMW GINA, a prototype car by BMW * Global Initiative for Asthma * Global Information Network Architecture, developed in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense * Graphical identification and authentication, dynamic-link library (DLL) * ''G.I.N.A'', album by Amerado, 2022 See also * * * Gino (other) * Regina (other) * Jina (other) * GNA (other) * JNA (other) JNA may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kath & Kimderella
''Kath & Kimderella'' is a 2012 Australian film. It is a spin-off of the television series ''Kath & Kim'', created by Gina Riley and Jane Turner. It was written by and stars Riley, Turner and Magda Szubanski. The film was released theatrically in Australia in September 2012 and on Blu-ray and DVD on 23 May 2013. It premiered on Australian television five days later on the Seven Network. Plot Kath Day-Knight (Jane Turner) is still living in Fountain Lakes, Melbourne, however Kel (Glenn Robbins) has become a bore after their honeymoon period and Kim (Gina Riley) has moved back in after a divorce from Brett ( Peter Rowsthorn), despite receiving marriage counselling from Marion (Marg Downey). While visiting the local pharmacy for wart remover, Kath fills out a form for a chance to win a holiday to the (fictional) "Kingdom of Papilloma" on the heel of Italy (with the real scenes being filmed in Positano). Initially asking Kel, who refuses to travel because of his fear of flying a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News Limited
News Corp Australia is an Australian media conglomerate and wholly owned subsidiary of the American News Corp. One of Australia's largest media conglomerates, News Corp Australia employs more than 8,000 staff nationwide and approximately 3,000 journalists. The group's interests span newspaper and magazine publishing, Internet, subscription television in the form of Foxtel, market research, DVD and film distribution, and film and television production trading assets. News Pty Limited (formerly News Limited) is the holding company of the group. News Corp Australia owns approximately 142 daily, Sunday, weekly, bi-weekly, and tri-weekly newspapers, of which 102 are suburban publications (including 16 in which News Corp Australia has a 50% interest). News Corp Australia publishes a nationally distributed newspaper in Australia, a metropolitan newspaper in each of the Australian cities of Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, and Sydney, as well as groups of suburban n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian
''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatewatching." (2008). "''The Australian'' has long positioned itself as a loyal supporter of the incumbent government of Prime Minister John Howard, and is widely regarded as generally favouring the conservative side of politics." As the only Australian daily newspaper distributed nationally, its readership of both print and online editions was 2,394,000. Its editorial line has been self-described over time as centre-right. Parent companies ''The Australian'' is published by News Corp Australia, an asset of News Corp, which also owns the sole daily newspapers in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, and Darwin, and the most circulated metropolitan daily newspapers in Sydney and Melbourne. News Corp's Chairman and Founder is Rupert Murdoch. ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
Krispy Kreme, Inc. (previously Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc.) is an American multinational doughnut company and List of coffeehouse chains, coffeehouse chain. Krispy Kreme was founded by Vernon Rudolph (1915–1973), who bought a yeast-raised recipe from a New Orleans chef, rented a building in 1937 in what is now historic Old Salem in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and began selling to local grocery stores. Steady growth preceded an ambitious expansion as a public company in the period 2000 to 2016, which ultimately proved unprofitable. In 2016, the company returned to private ownership under JAB Holding Company, a private Luxembourg-based firm. In July 2021, Krispy Kreme became publicly traded again on the Nasdaq. History Early years In 1933, eighteen-year-old Vernon Rudolph, along with his brother Lewis Rudolph, began working for his uncle, Ishmael Armstrong, who owned a small general store in Paducah, Kentucky, that sold a wide variety of goods, including its very popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
