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Lisa Duffy (Home And Away)
Lisa Duffy is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Home and Away'', played by Jessica McNamee. She made her first on-screen appearance on 22 January 2007. The character departed on 24 August 2007. Storylines Lisa started dating her schoolmate Drew Curtis at a Hawaiian night held at the surf club. With his ex-girlfriend Belle Taylor Belle Taylor is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Jessica Tovey. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 3 February 2006. Belle's storylines included finding her birth mother ... now dating Lucas Holden, Drew went out with Lisa to make Belle jealous. Lisa suspected Drew and Belle still had feelings for each other and gave Drew some time to think about what he wanted. Drew chose to be with Lisa but he was really still in love with Belle. Lisa was invited to a barbecue at Drew's house, where she tried to have sex with him. They didn't sleep together but Lisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica McNamee
Jessica McNamee (born 16 June 1988) is an Australian actress. She rose to fame in Australia playing roles in the Seven Network television programs '' Home and Away'' and ''Packed to the Rafters''. From 2014 to 2015, she starred as patrol officer Theresa Kelly in the USA Network series ''Sirens''. Her film roles include '' The Vow'' (2012), ''Chips'' (2017), '' Battle of the Sexes'' (2017), ''The Meg'' (2018) and '' Mortal Kombat'' (2021). Career McNamee secured a role in the Seven Network soap opera '' Home and Away'' playing the role of Lisa Duffy. She went on to play Sammy Rafter in the television series ''Packed to the Rafters''. In 2009, McNamee was a contestant on the ninth series of '' Dancing with the Stars''. She was partnered with dancer Stefano Olivieri and they were eliminated before the final. The role of Sammy in ''Packed to the Rafters'' left McNamee keen to lose the "good girl" image the role created. In the series production breaks, she decided to take on diffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's ''The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is '' Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by '' Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home And Away
''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called ''Refuge'', but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of ''Home and Away'' once production began. The show premiered with a ninety-minute pilot episode (subsequently in re-runs and on VHS known as ''Home and Away: The Movie''). Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty-two minutes. ''Home and Away'' has become the second longest-running drama series in Australian television, after '' Neighbours''. In Australia, it is currently broadcast from Mondays to Thursdays at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew Curtis (Home And Away)
Andrew "Drew" Curtis is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Home and Away'', played by Bobby Morley. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 7 July 2006. He departed on 21 March 2008. Casting While he was appearing in a production of ''Angels with Dirty Faces'', Morley was spotted by the ''Home and Away'' casting agents who asked him to come in and have a chat. The chance to audition for Drew came up and Morley was cast in the role, despite being older than the character. Morley relocated from Melbourne to Sydney for the show and he admitted that he was quite nervous during his first six weeks on set and that he had to get used to the fast speed at which they shoot scenes. Morley quit ''Home and Away'' at the end of 2007. Of his reason for leaving, Morley said "It wasn't a good place to be in. ''Home and Away'' is a great place to learn, but it's a machine and it can chew people up and spit them out. I stepped out not really caring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belle Taylor
Belle Taylor is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Jessica Tovey. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on 3 February 2006. Belle's storylines included finding her birth mother, a drug addiction, her relationship with Aden Jefferies and being diagnosed with cancer. In 2009, it was announced that Tovey had quit the show and the writers took the decision to kill off the character. Belle made her last appearance on 11 August 2009. Casting Tovey joined ''Home and Away'' in 2006 when she was 18. The character of Belle was her first television role. On joining the cast, Tovey said she was "overwhelmed" and found it "daunting". She added "It was hard not to feel intimidated and nervous about joining the cast, this was really my first television role, so it was a huge step". Character development Characterisation Belle is described as being a "cheeky, extroverted young girl". She was full of insecurity from her "disci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Holden
Lucas Holden is a fictional character from the Australian television soap opera ''Home and Away'', played by Rhys Wakefield. The character made his first screen appearance on 5 August 2005. Lucas was the youngest member of Holden family. Wakefield left the show in 2008. Casting Actor Rhys Wakefield joined the cast when he was 16 years old. Following his departure in 2008, the producers asked Wakefield to return for a short stint. The actor said they were unable to work out the scheduling and he did not appear. Storylines Lucas arrives in Summer Bay with his father Tony Holden (Home and Away), Tony (Jon Sivewright) and brother Jack Holden (Home and Away), Jack (Paul O'Brien (actor), Paul O'Brien). He quickly makes friends with Ric Dalby (Mark Furze), Cassie Turner (Sharni Vinson) and Matilda Hunter (Indiana Evans). When Colleen Smart (Lyn Collingwood) puts on a production of "Rex and Summer" at the Surf Club, Lucas and Matilda star opposite each other as the leads and fall for ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbecue
Barbecue or barbeque (informally BBQ in the UK, US, and Canada, barbie in Australia and braai in South Africa) is a term used with significant regional and national variations to describe various cooking methods that use live fire and smoke to cook the food. The term is also generally applied to the devices associated with those methods, the broader cuisines that these methods produce, and the meals or gatherings at which this style of food is cooked and served. The cooking methods associated with barbecuing vary significantly but most involve outdoor cooking. The various regional variations of barbecue can be broadly categorized into those methods which use direct and those which use indirect heating. Indirect barbecues are associated with North American cuisine, in which meat is heated by roasting or smoking over wood or charcoal. These methods of barbecue involve cooking using smoke at low temperatures and long cooking times, for several hours. Elsewhere, barbecuing more co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Forum. History digiNews (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the digiNEWS website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting a lot of attention from visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Very soon Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to create the digiN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
