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Kim Krejus is an Australian stage, film, and television actress and acting coach. She is best known for her role in the 1978 film '' Mouth to Mouth'', when she was just 19. She is the founder and artistic director of 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne, Australia. Early life and education Kim Krejus grew up in a Catholic household with an abusive alcoholic stepfather. She studied her craft under international acting teachers at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, HB Studio (training under Uta Hagen) and the Atlantic Theatre School in New York City, and Drama Centre London (where Colin Firth was a fellow student). Career In 1978, at the age of 19, Krejus was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the film '' Mouth to Mouth''. written and directed by John Duigan. She also featured on the small screen, including in the lead role in TV miniseries ''Joe Wilson''. She has appeared on stage in productions such ...
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Mouth To Mouth (1978 Film)
''Mouth to Mouth'' is a 1978 film directed by John Duigan. It stars Kim Krejus and Sonia Peat. It was nominated for three awards by the Australian Film Institute in 1978. The film was shot over four weeks in June and July 1977. Duigan later described it as "in my early period of film-making in Melbourne, the film that I value most. I feel it is closest to what I set out for - and probably was the first film that I got close to achieving what I set out to do.""Interview with John Duigan", ''Signet'', 28 April 1994 and 17 May 1997
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Mouth to Mouth follows the lives of four young people, trying to improve their lives in a harsh and unforgiving city. One night, after a fight with other inmates in a juvenile dete ...
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Bond University
Bond University is Australia's first private university, private not-for-profit university and is located in Robina, Queensland, Robina on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Since its opening on 15 May 1989, Bond University has primarily been a teaching-focused higher education institution featuring a three-semester-per-year timetable. Bond comprises four main university schools and academic faculties, through which it offers a range of accelerated undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and programs, diplomas, and non-award programs. History Bond University was established and funded in 1987 by the chairman of Bond Corporation, Alan Bond, the president of the Japanese-based Electronics and Industrial Enterprises International (EIE), Harunori Takahashi and Dr Taro Tanioka, in a joint venture to manage the land and construction of the buildings of the university. The university's buildings and surrounding land initially covered approximately 212 hectares and encompassed what was p ...
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Who Will Save Our Children?
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which coordinates responses to international public health issues and emergencies. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has 6 regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. Only sovereign states are eligible to join, and it is the largest intergovernmental health organization at the international level. The WHO's purpose is to achieve the highest possible level of health for all the world's people, defining health as "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." The main functions of the World Health Organization include promoting the control of epidemic and endemic diseases; providing and improving the teaching and training in public health, the medical treatment of disease, and related matters; and promoting the establishment of international standards for biological products. The WHO was established on 7 April 19 ...
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Barracuda (1988 Film)
''Barracuda'' is a 1988 Australian TV film.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p12 Cast * Dennis Miller as Det Snr Constable Abbottson * Andrew McFarlane as Det Sgt Mark Castello * Shane Briant as Zoli Scoane * Cassandra Delaney as Cheri Scoane * Roger Ward as Bill 'The Dentist' * Robert Taylor as Constable Gottlieb * Joe Bugner as 'Crusher' Harris * Patrick Ward as Sheedy * Kim Krejus as Bonnie * Mary Ann Severne Mary Ann Severne (b. Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand-born Australian actress active in Australian made films and television programs from the 1970s. Career Severne began her acting career in various theatre productions including playin ... as Mother on ferry References External links * Australian drama television films 1988 television films 1988 films Films scored by Chris Neal (songwriter) 1980s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ...
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Alterations (film)
''Alterations'' is a two-part 1988 Australian television film for the ABC shot in 1987 at Canberra. It deals with a married couple and their respective affairs.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996, p. 5-6. Plot Part One: Ann is having an affair with Michael, best friend of her husband Richard. Part Two: What would happen if Richard had an affair with Eleanor. Cast * Richard Moir as Richard * Angela Punch-McGregor as Ann * Linden Wilkinson as Martha * Steven Jacobs as Michael * Gillian Jones as Rachel * Alan David Lee as Robert * Kim Krejus Kim Krejus is an Australian stage, film, and television actress and acting coach. She is best known for her role in the 1978 film '' Mouth to Mouth'', when she was just 19. She is the founder and artistic director of 16th Street Actors Studio in ... as Eleanor * Karen Linley as Alice (child in 1983) * Michelle Linley as Alice (child in 1986) * Tim Drummond as Duncan (child in 1983) ...
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Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century Before the Common Era, BCE. It is the Major religious groups, world's fourth-largest religion, with about 500 million followers, known as Buddhists, who comprise four percent of the global population. It arose in the eastern Gangetic plain as a movement in the 5th century BCE, and gradually spread throughout much of Asia. Buddhism has subsequently played a major role in Asian culture and spirituality, eventually spreading to Western world, the West in the 20th century. According to tradition, the Buddha instructed his followers in a path of bhavana, development which leads to Enlightenment in Buddhism, awakening and moksha, full liberation from ''Duḥkha, dukkha'' (). He regarded this path as a Middle Way between extremes su ...
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IF Magazine
''IF Magazine'', also known as ''Inside Film'', ''IF: Australia's Filmmaker Magazine'', and ''IF: The Magazine for Independent Filmmakers'', is an Australian print and online trade publication for screen-content professionals in Australia and New Zealand. History The magazine was founded in 1997 by Stephen Jenner and David Barda, in Sydney. In April 2012 the 150th issue was published. In June 2021, the 200th issue was published. Its former and long names include ''Inside Film'', ''IF: Australia's Filmmaker Magazine'', ''IF: The Magazine for Independent Filmmakers'', and ''IF Magazine: For Screen Content Professionals''. Description ''IF Magazine'' is a bi-monthly print magazine as well as a website, if.com.au, serving as a trade publication for screen-content professionals in Australia and New Zealand. The magazine's content includes original research in specially-commissioned articles that are unique. It covers Australian film and television, distribution, exhibition, digit ...
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Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry ( ; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant of 1986 and also placing sixth in Miss World 1986. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy ''Boomerang'' (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in ''The Flintstones'' (1994) and ''Bulworth'' (1998) as well as the television film '' Introducing Dorothy Dandridge'' (1999), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Berry established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s. For her performance of a struggling widow in the romantic drama ''Monster's Ball'' (2001), Berry became the only African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress, and the first woman of color. Berry took on high-profile roles such as Storm in four installments of the ''X-Men'' film series (2000–2 ...
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Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron ( ; ; born 7 August 1975) is a South African and American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-paid actresses, she is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. In 2016, ''Time'' named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Theron came to international prominence in the 1990s by playing the leading lady in the Hollywood films '' The Devil's Advocate'' (1997), '' Mighty Joe Young'' (1998), and '' The Cider House Rules'' (1999). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in ''Monster'' (2003), for which she won the Silver Bear and Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first South African to win an acting Oscar. She received another Academy Award nomination for playing a sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama '' North Country'' (2005). Theron has starred in several commercially successful action films, including '' The Italian J ...
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Ivana Chubbuck
Ivana Chubbuck is an American acting coach and creator of the Chubbuck technique. She heads a drama school in Los Angeles and hosts acting workshops worldwide. Chubbuck originally worked as an actress before becoming an acting coach. Some of her notable clients include David Boreanaz, Halle Berry,Windsor, Shawn (March 28, 2002). Coach put Berry on Oscar path. Post Bulletin, March 28, 2002. "Chubbuck has developed a hefty reputation in Los Angeles among Hollywood's brightest actors. She counts Sharon Stone and Jon Voight among her students." Retrieved on October 1, 2018 from https://www.postbulletin.com/coach-put-berry-on-oscar-path/article_87fecf64-e62f-5dd7-a458-b400779476f8.html Aubrey Plaza, Eva Mendes, Sylvester Stallone, Judith Light, Brad Pitt, Sharon Stone, Charlize Theron, Pamela Anderson, Travis Fimmel, and Jon Voight Jonathan Vincent Voight (; born December 29, 1938) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has received numerous accolades, including a ...
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Zoe Naylor
Zoe Naylor (born 4 July 1977) is an Australian actress, journalist and television presenter. Early life and education Naylor was born in Sydney, Australia to Richard Naylor, a veterinarian, and Neroli, an English and History teacher. She graduated from Loreto Normanhurst where she was School Captain while training with the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, then attended Charles Sturt University in Bathurst under a Seven Network scholarship. Naylor attended University of Technology in Sydney for a year to complete her Bachelor of Arts in Communications degree. Career She was an announcer for Groove FM, then worked in television for '' A Current Affair'', '' Escape with ET'', '' The Footy Show'', '' Gladiators'', '' MTV Australia'', ''National Nine News'' and ''SportsCafe'' (NZ). She has also written for magazines such as ''Australian Traveller'' and ''Road Rider''. After graduating from the Queensland University of Technology The Queensland University of Te ...
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