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Les Norton (TV Series)
''Les Norton'' is an Australian television drama series screened on ABC on 4 August 2019. It is adapted from a series of fiction books written by Australian author Robert G. Barrett and stars Alexander Bertrand as the protagonist, Les Norton. Synopsis ''Les Norton'' is set in 1985 and follows the exploits of Les Norton, a country bloke from outback Queensland, on the run from a troubled past. He arrives in Sydney, where he lands a job as a bouncer at an illegal casino. While he is desperate to return home, he finds himself seduced by the city's illicit charms and is dragged into the web of underground crime. Cast * Alexander Bertrand as Les Norton a new bouncer at an underground Sydney casino * David Wenham as Price Galese, kingpin of the casino * Rebel Wilson as Doreen, a brothel owner in the Western suburbs, and her identical twin sister Dolores Bognor * Rhys Muldoon as The Minister, a politician who puts the "C" in corruption * Hunter Page-Lochard as Billy Dunne, a forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda (born 5 March 1990) is an Australian actress of Indian descent, and a classical Indian Bharathanatyam dancer. Her film credits include Oscar nominated film ''Lion'' (2016), Bollywood films ''Begum Jaan'' (2017) and ''Hawaizaada'' (2015), and comedy Australian film '' Save Your Legs!'' (2012) and Les Norton, Australian teleseries. She has worked in Hindi films like ''My Name Is Khan'', ''Dus Tola'', '' Besharam'', ''Hawaizaada'', and ''Begum Jaan''. In 2021, Sharda starred in ''Tom & Jerry.'' Her latest release is the 2022 rom-com '' Wedding Season'' with Suraj Sharma. Early life Sharda was born in an Indian family in Perth, Western Australia to Hema Sharda, and Nalin Kant Sharda. Both her parents are IIT alumni and have PhDs in science and engineering. They migrated to Australia in the 1980s before she was born. Sharda came to Melbourne as a toddler where she grew up in the outer north-western suburbs. She went to school at Lowther Hall in Essendon where she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Original Programming
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) The continent of Australia, sometimes known in technical contexts by the names Sahul (), Australia-New Guinea, Australinea, Meganesia, or Papualand to distinguish it from the country of Australia, is located within the Southern and East ... ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Shows Set In Sydney
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival storag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Australian Television Series Debuts
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Caesar
David Caesar (born 1963) is an Australian television and film director and writer. He grew up in Turlinjah on the south coast of NSW and attended school in nearby Moruya where he was school captain in his senior year. Caesar graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School in 1987. He won an AWGIE and best director at Shanghai Film Festival for his film MULLET. He won a Queensland Premiers Literary award for the screenplay for PRIME MOVER in 2008. Television credits * Dangerous (TV series) * RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series) * Fireflies (TV series) * CrashBurn * Bad Cop, Bad Cop * Water Rats * Stingers * All Saints (TV series) * Wildside (Australian TV series) * Halifax f.p. * Twisted Tales (TV series) * The Feds (telemovie) * Bananas in Pyjamas * K-9 (TV series) – Regeneration (Series 1; Episode 1) * K-9 (TV series) – Liberation (Series 1; Episode 2) * Rush (TV series) * Razor (TV series) * Cops LAC (TV series) * Phryne Fisher (TV series) Film credits * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Lee (writer)
Christopher David Lee (born 28 March 1947) is an Australian scriptwriter who has been an Australian Associated Press journalist and foreign correspondent and has worked as a script consultant in New Zealand, Singapore and New York City. He has won an AFI Award and four AWGIE Awards and is the recipient of a Centenary Medal and a Queensland Premier's Literary Award. Early life Lee is the son of a country doctor and grew up in western New South Wales. He attended Newington College (1962–1964) as a boarder and studied at Sydney University (BA) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School. Screenwriting He was the creator and writer of the ABC drama series ''Stringer'', head writer and then script executive of the ABC-BBC drama series ''Police Rescue''. He wrote four of the six ''Cody'' telemovies, and was co-creator and Head Writer of '' Big Sky''. He was an originating writer (with Judi McCrossin) of ''The Secret Life of Us'' and co-creator and Head Writer of the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan O'Neill
Morgan O'Neill (born 19 April 1973 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian writer, director, actor and producer. He is also an accomplished professional musician. Having earned an honours degree in Literature from the University of Sydney, he subsequently graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a BA in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1998. Since then he has worked extensively in the entertainment industry, both in Australia and the US, with television roles including ''Home and Away'', All Saints, Water rats and ''Sea Patrol''. O'Neill also appeared in ''Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles'', '' Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback'', ''Supernova'', ''Little Oberon'' and the 2012 Netflix movie, ''The Factory'', which he also directed. He also recently directed the abc Tv Show “Les Norton”. Morgan most recently seen working as a producer on Channel Nine’s The Block. Personal life Morgan is a graduate of The King's School, Sydney. Morgan currently resides in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edwards (producer)
Robert John Edwards (born 4 March 1953) is an Australian television drama producer. His series credits include ''Bump (Australian TV series)'' (Stan), ''Les Norton'' (ABC), ''Party Tricks'', ''Puberty Blues'', ''Offspring'', ''Rush'' (Network Ten), ''Love My Way'', ''Tangle'', ''Dangerous'' (Foxtel), ''The Secret Life of Us'' (Network Ten, Channel 4 UK), ''Police Rescue'' (ABC, BBC), ''The Surgeon'' (Network Ten), ''Fireflies'' (ABC), '' Big Sky'' (Network Ten) and ''Stringer'' (ABC). His mini-series include ''Australian Gangster'', (Channel Seven), '' Romper Stomper (2017)'' (Stan), '' Blue Murder: Killer Cop'' (Channel Seven), '' The Beautiful Lie'' (ABC), ''Gallipoli'', ''Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story'', ''Howzat! Kerry Packer's War'' (Nine Network), '' Paper Giants: Birth of Cleo'' (ABC), ''Marking Time'' (ABC), '' On The Beach'' (Seven Network, Showtime USA), ''Do or Die'' (Network Seven, BSkyB) and ''Cyclone Tracy'' (Nine Network). His telemovies include ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Box
Kate Box is an Australian stage, film and television actress. She is known for her roles as Nicole Vargas in ''Rake'' and as Lou Kelly in ''Wentworth''. Career In 2003, Box graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) Her first stage performance was in 2004 as Helena in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' at the Bell Shakespeare Company, while her other credits include the Sydney Theatre Company presentation of ''Top Girls'' which she received a Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play nomination, ''Dolores'' (Old Fitzroy Theatre), ''Macbeth'' (Sydney Theatre Company) and ''A Christmas Carol'' ( Belvoir). She went on to make her screen debut with a role in the 2005 television film sequel '' Small Claims: White Wedding''. Following this, she made her film debut in 2008 with '' The Black Balloon'' and she received guest spots on television shows such as the medical drama series '' All Saints'' and the children's drama series '' My Place''. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Rosniak
Justin Rosniak (born 11 May 1977) is an Australian television and film actor, best known for his appearances in the television series ''Packed to the Rafters'', ''Police Rescue'', '' Squinters'' and ''Mr Inbetween''. Career Rosniak appeared as Tony in 1997's '' Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord'', and in the same year voiced the title role in the animated television series ''The Adventures of Sam''. He has appeared in ''Home and Away'' three times, in 1988 as McPhee, the grandson of regular character's Neville and Floss McPhee, in 1995 as Joseph Lynch, and in 2018 as Ross Nixon. In 2010, Rosniak was cast in a supporting role in '' Animal Kingdom'' and in 2011 was in '' Underbelly: Razor'', playing the part of notorious Australian career criminal, Squizzy Taylor. In 2018, Rosniak was one of the regular cast members in the comedy series '' Squinters''. Rosniak appears in the 2019 Australian crime-thriller film ''Locusts Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Le Marquand
Steve Le Marquand (born 26 December 1967) is an Australian-born actor, known both locally and internationally for his film and stage work. Personal life Born in Perth, Western Australia in 1967, his family moved to Sydney when he was quite young. His younger sister is the columnist and media commentator Sarrah Le Marquand. He is married to Australian actress and singer Pippa Grandison and they have a child together, Charlie. He is commonly referred to by his nickname, Slem (his initials). He played cricket for a number of years for many different teams and was also selected for various representative teams. His top score was 116* and best bowling figures of 8/9. Lives in Lake Clifton in rural WA. Career Prior to acting, Le Marquand motorcycled his way around Australia, working on various cattle stations, docks, pubs, barges and melon farms. He then studied performing arts at Penrith in Sydney's outer west at the University of Western Sydney (Theatre Nepean) before stumb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
