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Julian Maroun
Julian Maroun (born 4 April 1993) is an Australian actor, best known for his roles as Corporal Peter "Pepsi" Abboud in ''Fighting Season'' and Farid in Logie Award-winning miniseries ''Romper Stomper''. Early life Maroun's parents were born in Lebanon. Career Maroun's first acting role was in a pilot version (created for network distribution) of '' The Horizon'' in 2015, which was the most watched online series made in Australia and the most watched LGBTQI web series in the world. His first Australian television role was in ''Catching Milat'' in 2015, directed by Peter Andrikidis. In 2015, Maroun starred in and co-produced his debut short film with best friend Joseph Chebatte, ''Three Hearts'', which was nominated at the Dances with Films festival in Los Angeles, screening at the Chinese Theatre Hollywood. He played supporting roles in Australian television shows ''Cleverman'', '' Janet King'' and ''Girt by Fear'', before a major dual role as twin brothers Haris and Ami ...
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Fighting Season
''Fighting Season'' is a 2018 Australian television drama series that screened on Foxtel's Showcase channel. The series is a mystery drama involving Australian soldiers returning on leave from deployment in Afghanistan. The six-part series is written by Blake Ayshford. Cast Main * Jay Ryan as Sergent Sean "Speedo" Collins * Ewen Leslie as Captain Edward "Ted" Nordenfelt * Kate Mulvany as Captain Kim Nordenfelt * Sarah Armanious as Vanessa Collins * Marco Alosio as Private Isara'elu "Izzy" Ulalei * George Pullar as Private Jarrod "Toast" Vogel * Julian Maroun Julian Maroun (born 4 April 1993) is an Australian actor, best known for his roles as Corporal Peter "Pepsi" Abboud in '' Fighting Season'' and Farid in Logie Award-winning miniseries ''Romper Stomper''. Early life Maroun's parents were born ... as Corporal Peter "Pepsi" Aboud Supporting Episodes References External links Fighting Season - Foxtel* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fighting Season Showcase (Australian TV ch ...
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Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was established as a 50/50 joint venture between News Corporation (now the present day News Corp; through News Limited, now News Corp Australia) and Telstra, with News Corp and Telstra holding 65% and 35% ownership shares respectively. It shares many features with the Sky service in the UK and Ireland — including the iQ box, the electronic programme guide, a similar remote control, and Red Button Active. History In 1995, a venture between News Corporation (in particular 20th Century Fox Media) and Telstra took place whereby Telstra would transmit a TV signal through its coaxial network and News Corporation would be the basis for offering channel negotiations and connections. Foxtel was formed ("Fox" representing News Corporation's Fox and "Tel" ...
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Mr Inbetween
''Mr Inbetween'' is an Australian black comedy-crime drama television series which premiered on FX on 25 September 2018 in the United States, followed by Fox Showcase in Australia on 1 October 2018. The series is a serialisation of the 2005 feature film '' The Magician'', which was created, written by and starred Scott Ryan. Ryan reprises his lead role and is also the writer for the series. The program was originally commissioned for FX Australia as its first original drama production, but instead launched in Australia on Showcase following the closure of FX Australia between commission and premiere. Filming took place in various locations in Sydney. On 9 October 2018, FX and Foxtel renewed the series for a second season which premiered on 12 September 2019. On 26 May 2020, the series was renewed for a third and final season which premiered on 25 May 2021. The series concluded on 13 July 2021, after three seasons and 26 episodes. Premise Set within the suburbs of Sydney, ...
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Harrow (TV Series)
''Harrow'' is an Australian television drama series, which ran for three series of ten episodes each. The first series premiered on ABC on 9 March 2018. The second began on 12 May 2019, while the third started on 7 February 2021. The series was created by Stephen M. Irwin and Leigh McGrath, who are also its scriptwriters, and stars Ioan Gruffudd. Gruffudd made his directorial debut during the third series in February 2021. The series revolves around the titular Daniel Harrow (Gruffudd), a Queensland-based forensic pathologist. Each episode finds Daniel solving a specific case with the assistance of Brisbane police officer, Soroya Dass (Mirrah Foulkes) and fellow pathologists Grace Molyneux (Jolene Anderson) and Simon Van Reyk (Remy Hii). Alongside these cases are more long-term concerns revolving around Daniel's private life and family. Premise ''Harrow'' details the life and work of Dr. Daniel Harrow, a Queensland-based forensic pathologist, who often disregards au ...
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IF Magazine
''If'' was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. The magazine was moderately successful, though for most of its run it was not considered to be in the first tier of American science fiction magazines. It achieved its greatest success under editor Frederik Pohl, winning the Hugo Award for best professional magazine three years running from 1966 to 1968. ''If'' published many award-winning stories over its 22 years, including Robert A. Heinlein's novel ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'' and Harlan Ellison's short story "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream". The most prominent writer to make his first sale to ''If'' was Larry Niven, whose story "The Coldest Place" appeared in the December 1964 issue. ''If'' was merged into ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' after the December 1974 issue, its 175th issue overall. Publication history Although science fiction had been published in the United States before the 1920s, it di ...
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Aftertaste (TV Series)
''Aftertaste'' is an Australian television comedy series on ABC TV, first airing on 3 February 2021. It is created by Julie De Fina and Matthew Bate, produced by Closer Productions. The first season was directed by Jonathan Brough, and the second, airing from 20 July 2022, by Renée Webster. Plot summary The series revolves around Easton West, an internationally renowned, yet volatile celebrity chef who has a spectacular fall from grace and returns to his hometown in the Adelaide Hills. He endeavours to rebuild his career and restore his reputation, with the help of his talented, young, pastry-chef niece Diana. Cast Season 1 * Erik Thomson as Easton West * Natalie Abbott as Diana * Rachel Griffiths as Margot * Wayne Blair as Brett * Susan Prior as Denise * Peter Carroll as Jim * Remy Hii as Ben Zhao * Kavitha Anandasivam as Nayani * Justin Amankwah as Kwame * Matt Vesely, as Max Season 2 Most of the Season 1 cast, as well as: * Lynette Curran as June * Julian Maroun ...
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Diary Of An Uber Driver
''Diary of an Uber Driver '' is an Australian television comedy-drama series screened on ABC TV from 14 August 2019, based on a blog and e-book by Ben Phillips. The TV series was written by Thomas Ward and directed by Matthew Moore. Plot ''Diary of an Uber Driver'' follows Uber driver Ben as he transports a number of disparate characters to their destinations. The passengers display a range of behaviours, with each trip telling a part of their stories and evoking a range of reactions by Ben. Ben's background story unfolds as the series progresses, as he tries to prepare for impending unplanned fatherhood with the mother of his child, whom he hardly knows. Cast * Sam Cotton as Ben * Zahra Newman as Beck * John Bell as Ken * Caroline Brazier as Jodie * Ed Oxenbould as Clint * Julian Maroun as Mo * Emily Barclay as Georgie * Harry Cook as Mike Fisher * Rajan Velu as Saad Background and production Ben Phillips' blog and e-book ''Diary of an Uber Driver'' was optioned for dev ...
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ABC (Australian TV Channel)
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The network began operating on 5 November 1956 as the ABC National Television Service, starting in Sydney, followed by Melbourne, with other stations being established in state capitals and regional areas in the following years. In the 1960s and 1970s, the network was also referred to as ABC National Television, or ABC Television. Until the introduction of digital television in 2001, the network was the only domestic television service broadcast by the ABC. On 8 February 2008, the channel was renamed ABC1, before being rebranded as ABC TV on 20 July 2014. As of 2022, the ABC is the third-rated television network in Australia, behind the Seven Network and Nine Netwo ...
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran border, west, Turkmenistan to the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, northwest, Uzbekistan to the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, north, Tajikistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, northeast, and China to the Afghanistan–China border, northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains Afghan Turkestan, in the north and Sistan Basin, the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. , Demographics of Afghanistan, its population is 40.2 million (officially estimated to be 32.9 million), composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and ser ...
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Toby Wallace
Toby Wallace (born 6 June 1995) is a British-born Australian actor, known for his role in '' Babyteeth'' (2019), for which he won the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the 2019 Venice Film Festival and the AACTA for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 2020. Early life and education Wallace was born in the United Kingdom on 6 June 1995, living there until he was aged eight. After the family moved to Australia, he went to Jells Park Primary School in the Melbourne suburb of Wheelers Hill until Year 6, before transferring to Caulfield Grammar School, where he trained in drama and theatre. Career Wallace's first appearance in a feature film, aged 13, was in '' Lucky Country'', a 2009 film by Australian filmmaker Kriv Stenders. It was for this role that he was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actor. In 2012, Wallace had a role in the TV movie '' Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away''. In 2012, Wallace played a month-long guest role in the long-running ...
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Adam Bakri
Adam Bakri ( ar, آدم بكري; born May 15, 1988) is an Israeli-born Palestinian actor. He made his feature film debut by starring in Oscar-nominated film ''Omar'', directed by Hany Abu-Assad. He currently lives in New York. Early life Adam Bakri comes from a cinematic family; he is the son of Mohammad Bakri, brother of Saleh Bakri and Ziad Bakri. After completing a bachelor's degree in English literature and Theater arts at Tel Aviv University, he trained at New York's Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Career Bakri began his acting career in theater at the age of 13, when he first took the stage performing in ''Ululation of the Land'' at the Al-Midan Theater in Haifa and Nazareth. Shortly after his graduation, he landed the lead role in Hany Abu-Assad's drama thriller ''Omar''. In 2014, he was cast as the male lead in Asif Kapadia's adaptation of ''Ali and Nino'', the Azerbaijan's national novel placed during the first Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. In 2018, Ba ...
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Slam (2018 Film)
''Slam'' is a 2018 Australian drama film written and directed by Partho Sen-Gupta. Plot Ricky Nasser is a young Australian whose peaceful suburban life turns into hell when sister Ameena, a slam poet, disappears without a trace. Cast *Adam Bakri as Ricky Nasser *Rachael Blake as Joanne Hendricks *Rebecca Breeds as Sally McLeary - Nasser *Darina Al Joundi as Rana Nasser *Danielle Horvat as Ameena Nasser *Abby Aziz as Hanan Faour *Damian Hill as Shane *Russell Dykstra as Koustakidis Production ''Slam'' is an official Australian-French co-production with funding from Screen Australia, Screenwest, Screen NSW, the French National Center of Cinematography and the moving image and private funders. The main roles are played by Adam Bakri and Rachael Blake. It was an official selected project at the 2016 International Film Festival Rotterdam's CineMart and the 2016 Berlinale Co-production Market. The film is set in modern-day Sydney, Australia, and was shot on location in its w ...
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