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Stupid Stupid Man
''Stupid, Stupid Man '' is an Australian television comedy which originally aired on TV1. It is set in the office of the fictional men's magazine ''COQ'' (''Chap's Own Quarterly''), parodying such men's magazines as ''FHM'' and ''Ralph''. The first season began broadcasting on 14 November 2006, and a second season began on 11 December 2007. On 29 January 2008, the final episode of the show aired. Plot ''Stupid, Stupid Man'' centres on the lives of the four men on the editorial team and the women who work with them. Carl Van Dyke (Wayne Hope) is the editor whose roots and aspirations lie with real news journalism. Nick Driscoll (Matthew Newton) is the features writer who is smart and very charming but lazy. Dave Muir ( Bob Franklin) is the self-doubting advice columnist. Tina Carmody ( Sophie Katinis) is the smart and sexy personal assistant, who understands the paradoxical world of men's magazines, and is an astute judge of character with a disarming ability to speak her mind. Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Hope
Wayne Hope is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer. Career Television Hope's acting career began in 1996, when he appeared on ''The Glynn Nicholas Show''. Some of his acting roles have been in the following shows: *'' The Glynn Nicholas Show'' (1996) *''The Adventures of Lano and Woodley'' (1 episode) *''The Micallef Program'' (1998–2001) *''Halifax f.p.'' (2002) *''CrashBurn'' (2003) *'' Stories from the Golf'' (2004) *''Stupid, Stupid Man'' (2006–2008) *'' The Librarians'' (2007–2010) *'' Very Small Business'' (2008) *''Back in very Small Business'' (2018) Hope directed, produced and wrote for '' Stories from the Golf'', '' The Librarians'', '' Very Small Business'', '' Little Lunch'', ''Upper Middle Bogan'' and ''Back in very Small Business'' Movies * '' The Castle'' (1997) – Wayne Kerrigan * ''BoyTown'' (2006) – Carl * ''BoyTown Confidential'' (2007) – Carl In 2015, he directed his first feature film, ''Now Add Honey''. Personal life He i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Natalie Bassingthwaighte (; born 1 September 1975) is an Australian recording artist, actress, and Celebrity, television personality. Born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales, she began her career in musical theatre. She later pursued an acting career in 1998 with guest appearances in television shows. Bassingthwaighte rose to prominence in 2003 on the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' for her role as Izzy Hoyland, which earned her three Logie Award nominations. In 2004, she was recruited as the lead singer of Australian electro-pop band, Rogue Traders. After leaving ''Neighbours'' in 2006 to focus on her music career, Bassingthwaighte released a cover of "Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song)#Shannon Noll and Natalie Bassingthwaighte version, Don't Give Up" with Shannon Noll, which peaked at number two on the ARIA Charts, ARIA Singles Chart and was certified platinum. In 2008, she left Rogue Traders to pursue her solo music career. Bassingthwaighte released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Thomson (actress)
Helen Thomson is an Australian actress. Thomson's credits include the television shows ''Bad Mothers'', '' Stupid Stupid Man'' and ''Blue Heelers'' and the films ''Gettin' Square'', '' A Man's Gotta Do'' and ''La Spagnola''. Thomson has multiple stage credits with the Sydney Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company. She has been a frequent collaborator with her husband David Roberts. Thomson is also known for her role as Gladys Presley in the biographical film ''Elvis Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the " King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His ener ...'' (2022). Filmography Film Television References External links * 21st-century Australian actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Raskopoulos
Jordan Nicola Bridget Raskopoulos (born 25 January 1982) is an Australian comedian, actress, streamer and singer best known for her role as a writer and performer on the Network Ten sketch comedy show ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'',Jordan Raskopoulos' Dominant Claw Australian Comedy Review, 23 April 2007. and as lead singer for group (2006–2018). Her father is former footballer [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Taheny
Emily Taheny (born 1978) is an Australian comedian, television actress and singer known for her multiple appearances on the sketch comedy television series '' Comedy Inc.'' from 2003 through 2007, her role as "Kat" on the 2009 series '' The Jesters'', and as a regular cast member on long-running satirical news program ''Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell''. She was born at Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. Career Taheny began doing stand-up comedy in 1989. She graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in South Australia and collaborated with her sister Fiona O'Loughlin on the stage show ''Fiona, Her Sister and Some Guy'', which received the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2001. She has performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Festival, and Melbourne Festival. She won the Fringe Cabaret Award at the Melbourne Festival in 2002 for her performance in ''Cliff Hanger''. In 2003, she graduated from the College of Country Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Venuti
Maria Francesia Anna Venuti (born 7 March 1941) is an Australian actress, entertainer and author, who has appeared in numerous stage, television shows and film productions, over 50 years. Venuti is a singer, as well as an accomplished pianist who is noted for her work in cabaret and supper clubs, including working throughout Asia. Biography Venuti's father was from Sicily, and came to Australia in 1926 and her mother, Bella who was 18 years younger than her father, was from Cairo, Egypt and came to Sydney in 1939. She has a daughter named Bianca by her previous husband, Tony; they are now divorced. She has a half sister, Gina and had a half brother Francesco, who died of Diphtheria. Venuti has written a memoir, called ''A Whole Lot of Front''. Her early life was unsettled and when she was in kindergarten, she moved schools four times because of bullying due to her descent. Stalking and intruder incident In November 2016, Venuti was hospitalized after suffering a stroke, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Serio
Terry Serio is an Australian actor, director, musician and singer-songwriter. He has played recurring roles in several television series, including ''Blue Heelers'', ''Halifax f.p.'' ''Ocean Girl'', '' All Saints'', '' Young Lions'', ''Home and Away'' and '' Janet King''. He played the lead in the film '' Running on Empty''. He won a Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for his performance in ''Keating! ''Keating!'' is a sung-through musical which portrays the political career of former Australian Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister Paul Keating. Keating was Prime Minister between 1991 and 1996; the musical follows him from his ascen ...'' (accessed 16 August 2016) References |
Jacqueline McKenzie
Jacqueline Susan McKenzie (born 24 October 1967) is an Australian film and stage actress. Early life Born in Sydney, New South Wales, McKenzie attended Wenona School in North Sydney until 1983 then moved to Pymble Ladies' College, where she graduated in 1985 with her Higher School Certificate. Known at school for her fine singing voice, McKenzie was cast as Nancy in ''Oliver!'' then in ''Godspell'' (both a co-production with Shore School) and later in ''Brigadoon'' (a co-production with Knox Grammar School), sharing the stage with Hugh Jackman, who was a student at Knox at the time. Career Early years McKenzie studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of New South Wales. While at university, she began modelling. Represented by Cameron's Management, she worked in both print and television media. She also took regular singing lessons with Australian vocal coach Bob Tasman-Smith. In 1987, McKenzie was cast as the lead in the pilot of television series ''All Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Graham
Marcus Graham (born 11 October 1963) is an Australian film, television (including both serials and mini-series) and stage actor and director, with roles including ''Mulholland Drive'' and '' Josh Jarman''. He was known as a teenage heartthrob in the early 1990s while starring in the Australian TV soap '' E Street'' as the character Stanley "Wheels" Kovac. He is also known for his role as Harvey Ryan in ''Home and Away'' Biography Marcus Graham was born in Perth, Western Australia as the son of English-Australian actor Ron Graham, whom was a character actor of numerous theatre and television roles. He graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 1983, before making his professional debut in 1986. 2006 saw Graham win an Australian Film Institute award for a guest role on the Channel 7 drama ''Blue Heelers''. Other television credits include ''Good Guys, Bad Guys'', '' All Saints'', ''Shadows of the Heart'', ''The Secret Life of Us'', and most recently in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Curry (comedian)
Stephen Curry (born 26 May 1976) is an Australian comedian and actor who has appeared in many television drama and comedy series, and feature films. Early life Curry was born in Melbourne in 1976. The youngest of five children, he grew up in Deepdene in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Curry was raised Catholic and attended Our Lady of Good Counsel Primary School and Marcellin College. Curry gained early drama experience at Track Youth Theatre. His elder siblings include television and film actors Andrew Curry and Bernard Curry. Career Television In 2001, Curry had a lead role in the short-lived sitcom '' Sit Down, Shut Up''. Also in 2001, he had a role in the mini-series ''Changi''. Between 2004 and 2005, Curry had a regular role in the drama series ''The Secret Life of Us''. He also appeared towards the end of the third series of ''Frontline'' taking over from Torquil Neilson as the sound recorder. Curry was a guest on ''Rove Live'' on several occasions. He has also appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Sayer
Gerard Hugh "Leo" Sayer (born 21 May 1948) is an English-Australian singer and songwriter whose singing career has spanned five decades. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009. Sayer launched his career in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, and he became a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s. His first seven hit singles in the United Kingdom all reached the Top 10 – a feat first accomplished by his first manager, Adam Faith. His songs have been sung by other notable artists, including Cliff Richard (" Dreaming"), Roger Daltrey, and Three Dog Night. Early life Sayer was born and raised in Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex to an Irish mother and an English father. His mother was Theresa Nolan, who was born in Maguiresbridge in County Fermanagh in the north of Ireland. 'Still making people feel like dancing - Leo Sayer 40 years later' (''The Tyrone Constitution'', 19 September 2018). https://www.tyronecon.co.uk/community-lifes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Bell (Australian Actress)
Kate Bell (born 12 November 1983) is an Australian actress. Biography Bell was born in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. She auditioned for the University of Wollongong and was admitted for a Bachelor of Creative Arts studying Screen Production and Theatre which took 3 years. Bell played the role of Bec Sanderson in the television series '' Blue Water High'' prior to her graduation, and from this series (where the main theme was surfing) she learned to surf. After playing Bec, she played Joey in ''Home and Away''. She also had a small role in the ''Power Rangers'' as well as appearing in the first episode of ''Stupid, Stupid Man'' on ABC. She was in the Australian film ''In Her Skin'', playing the role of Rachel Barber. Her on-screen boyfriend from '' Blue Water High'', Edge (Khan Chittenden), plays Rachel's boyfriend in this film, Manni. Bell played the role of Cassie Hoffman in the online webisodes used to promote the Nine Network telemovie '' Scorched''. As of Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
