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Gogglebox Australia
''Gogglebox Australia'' is an Australian reality television program. It is an adaptation of the British series of the same name. The series, which is produced by Shine Australia, is a co-production between subscription television (STV) channel Lifestyle (owned by Foxtel) and free-to-air (FTA) network Network 10. It airs on Lifestyle first, and then airs on Network 10 a day later. Production The concept of ''Gogglebox Australia'' is based on the 2013 British reality show ''Gogglebox'', in which people watch and comment on the week's popular television shows and films in their own homes. Producers chose ten households, featuring "a cross-section of modern Australian society, from larrikins to gays, from migrant families to battlers, yuppies and empty-nesters", to discuss the shows. The cast are filmed with remote-controlled cameras, while the crew stay out of their way in other parts of the house. Voiceover artist Jo Van Es narrates the series. She initially had doubts that sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamish Blake
Hamish Donald Blake (born 11 December 1981) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, actor and author. Since 2003, he has worked with Andy Lee as part of the comedy duo Hamish and Andy. The pair have performed live and on television and radio, most notably with their drive-time radio program '' Hamish & Andy''. As a solo performer, Blake has appeared on various Australian television programs, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's televised 2008 Great Debate, and has been a regular guest on '' Spicks and Specks'', ''Rove'' and '' Thank God You're Here''. In April 2012, Blake and Lee won a Logie Award for their television program ''Hamish and Andy's Gap Year''. Individually, Blake also won the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. In 2022, Blake was the recipient of the TV Week Bert Newton Award for most outstanding presenter. Early life Blake grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley. He is a middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Who (magazine)
''Who'' is a celebrity news and entertainment weekly magazine published in Australia by Are Media. It was launched in February 1992 as a sister magazine to the United States weekly ''People'', with a name change facilitated because of an existing Australian lad's mag of the same name. Between March 2012 and March 2013, ''Who'' had a circulation of 121,708 copies and a readership of 473,000. It is edited by Shari Nementzik, who previously edited ''OK! ''OK!'' is a British weekly magazine that primarily specialises in royal and celebrity news. Originally launched as a monthly magazine, its first issue was published in April 1997. In September 2004, ''OK''! launched in Australia as a monthly ...'' magazine. References External links Who.comWho blog''Who'' Celebrity Index {{italic title 1992 establishments in Australia Are Media Celebrity magazines Magazines established in 1992 Weekly magazines published in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvie Jones
Yvie Jones (born 19 November 1972) is an Australian television personality, known for appearing alongside Angie Kent on ''Gogglebox Australia'' from 2015 to 2018. Career Jones left ''Gogglebox Australia'' in December 2018. In January 2019, it was announced that Angie Kent and Jones would be appearing on the I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian season 5), fifth season of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (Australian TV series), I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', which began airing on 13 January 2019. Jones was the series' runner-up, losing to Richard Reid (entertainment reporter), Richard Reid. She is a regular panellist on ''Studio 10'' and ''The Project (Australian TV program), The Project''. In June 2019, it was announced that Jones would fill in for Fifi Box on Fox FM (Melbourne), Fox FM's breakfast show, ''Fifi, Fev & Byron'', while Box was on maternity leave. On 3 October 2019, the Hit Network announced that Jones would be joined by Grant Denyer dur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angie Kent
Angela Bernice Kent (born 6 February 1990) is an Australian television personality, known for appearing alongside Yvie Jones on ''Gogglebox Australia'' from 2015 to 2018. Career After leaving ''Gogglebox Australia'' in December 2018, it was announced that Kent and Yvie Jones would appear on the fifth season of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'', which began airing on 13 January 2019. Kent was the 10th celebrity to be eliminated from the show. In 2019, Kent starred in the fifth season of ''The Bachelorette Australia''. She also released a book, ''If You Don't Laugh You'll Cry'' (). Television Controversies In October 2021, Kent was fined $1200 and disqualified from driving for four months after pleading guilty to drink driving. Kent recorded a blood alcohol content Blood alcohol content (BAC), also called blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level, is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes; it is expressed as mass of alco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Idea
''New Idea'' is a long-running Australian weekly magazine aimed at women that is published by Are Media. History The magazine was first published in 1902 by Fitchett Bros. The founder was Thomas Shaw Fitchett. It was subtitled A Women's Home Journal for Australia. In 1911 the magazine was renamed as ''Everylady’s journal'', but in 1928 the title was changed to ''New Idea''. Fitchett Brothers changed the name of their company to Southdown Press (later renamed Pacific Magazines). Following World War II the company was acquired by Keith Murdoch and then became part of the Rupert Murdoch media. In June 2006, the magazine was ranked 3rd in Australia in circulation, with an audited circulation of 433,176; it ranked ahead of '' Reader's Digest''. The magazine's readership in 2004 was in excess of 2 million and had increased to 2.364 million in 2005/6; that is the magazine is read by more than 10% of Australia's population. However, in recent years weekly sales figures have dropped to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)
''The Daily Telegraph'', also nicknamed ''The Tele'', is an Australian tabloid newspaper published by Nationwide News Pty Limited, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of News Corp. It is published Monday through Saturday and is available throughout Sydney, across most of regional and remote New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South East Queensland. A 2013 poll conducted by Essential Research found that the ''Telegraph'' was Australia's least-trusted major newspaper, with 49% of respondents citing "a lot of" or "some" trust in the paper. Amongst those ranked by Nielsen, the ''Telegraph'' website is the sixth most popular Australian news website with a unique monthly audience of 2,841,381 readers. History ''The Daily Telegraph'' was founded in 1879, by John Mooyart Lynch, a former printer, editor and journalist who had once worked on the ''Melbourne Daily Telegraph''. Lynch had failed in an attempt to become a politician and was looking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kris Fade
Kristan "Kris Fade" Fahd (born 27 February 1980, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian-Lebanese radio presenter, host, and musician. He is the star of his own breakfast radio show called "The Kris Fade Show" which airs on 104.4 Virgin Radio Dubai and the KIIS Network in Australia. Career Fade began his radio career at Sydney’s The Edge 96.ONE driving around the street team's car and setting up for local promotions. Fade has won awards for 'Best Radio DJ', 'Best Personality' and is on Ahlan! list for the 'Hot 100 Legends.' Fade has performed at various concerts and events including Dubai Music Week and RedfestDXB. Personal life Fade's parents George and Gilda Fahd are both from Lebanon and have lived in Australia prior to having any children. Fade has two children. His brother Matty is featured on the Australian version of the British observational reality show Gogglebox, which airs on Foxtel and Network 10 Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herald Sun
The ''Herald Sun'' is a conservative daily tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia, published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Corp Australia, itself a subsidiary of the Murdoch owned News Corp. The ''Herald Sun'' primarily serves Melbourne and the state of Victoria and shares many articles with other News Corporation daily newspapers, especially those from Australia. It is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales such as the Riverina and New South Wales South Coast, and is available digitally through its website and apps. In 2017, the paper had a daily circulation of 350,000 from Monday to Friday. The ''Herald Sun'' newspaper is the product of a merger in 1990 of two newspapers owned by The Herald and Weekly Times Limited: the morning tabloid paper '' The Sun News-Pictorial'' and the afternoon broadsheet paper '' The Herald''. It was first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Callea
Anthony Cosmo Callea (born 13 December 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor who rose to prominence as the runner-up in the 2004 season of ''Australian Idol''. Callea's debut single, a cover of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli's song " The Prayer" is the fastest-selling single by an Australian artist, held the No.1 spot on the ARIA Singles Chart for five weeks, a record for the debut single of an ''Australian Idol'' contestant, and was the second-highest selling Australian single of the last decade.ARIA’s End Of Decade Charts* (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2010. Callea has accumulated a string of awards including an |
Tim Campbell (actor)
Tim Campbell (born 27 September 1975) is an Australian television and stage actor and singer, best known for playing the character of Dan Baker in the soap opera '' Home and Away'' between 2004 and 2008. In 2007, he came third series 6 of '' Dancing with the Stars''. Career Television In 1993, Campbell appeared in two episodes of '' Home and Away'' as Brad. Throughout the 1990s, Campbell appeared in episodes of '' Heartbreak High'', ''Police Rescue'', ''The Day of the Roses'' and '' Wildside''. In 1999, he appeared in 13 episodes of '' Big Sky'' as Blake Wallace. Smaller roles continued throughout the early 2000s, until 2003 where he played Constable Stubbs in the children's television series, '' Snobs''. In 2004, Campbell was cast to play Dan Baker on '' Home and Away'', where he appeared in 287 episodes. Campbell was a contestant in series six of '' Dancing with the Stars'', which premiered on 20 February 2007. He ultimately placed third. He hosted '' National Bingo Night'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Allen (chef)
Andrew Peter Allen (born 30 April 1988) is an Australian cook. He is notable for winning the MasterChef Australia (season 4), fourth season of ''MasterChef Australia'' in 2012, and for being a judge on ''MasterChef Australia'' from MasterChef Australia (series 12), 2020. ''MasterChef Australia'' Allen won the MasterChef Australia (series 4), fourth season of ''MasterChef Australia''. After making it to the final, Allen beat fellow finalists Audra Morrice and Julia Taylor in a three-way contest. Facing only Taylor for the final two rounds, Allen won with a score of 76 to Taylor's 68. Allen appeared in an episode of ''MasterChef Australia All-Stars'' in August 2012. He returned in the MasterChef Australia (series 11), eleventh season as a professional Secret Chef, and lost to Sandeep Pandit by a perfect score, 30, in an Immunity Pin Challenge. His score was kept secret, but was revealed on Facebook to be 24. In October 2019, he was announced as one of three of the new ''Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
