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Damian Walshe-Howling
Damian Walshe-Howling is an Australian actor, well known for his role as Andrew "Benji" Veniamin in the Australian underworld drama '' Underbelly'', for which he won the Best Supporting or Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 2008 AFI Awards. Early life and education Damien Walshe-Howling was born in Melbourne. Career He starred on ''Blue Heelers'' as Constable Adam Cooper from 1994 to 1998, and returned for the series finale in 2006. He has also had guest starring roles on ''Neighbours'' in 1993, ''The Secret Life of Us'' (2001) as Mac, ''Marshall Law'' (2002), '' Stingers'' (2003), '' Wilfred'' (2007), '' All Saints'' (2007) and '' Terra Nova'' (2011). His film work includes ''Halifax f.p.'' (2000), ''He Died with a Felafel in His Hand'' (2001), ''Ned Kelly'' (2003) and ''Macbeth'' (2006). In 2008, he hosted the Seven Network's factual series ''Crash Investigation Unit'' and appeared in the Bell Shakespeare production of ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre''. He also went back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne, Victoria
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. 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 Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terra Nova (TV Series)
''Terra Nova'' is an American science fiction drama television series. It aired on the Fox Network for one season from September 26 to December 19, 2011. The series documents the Shannon family's experiences as they establish themselves as members of a colony, set up 85 million years in the Earth's past, fleeing the dystopian overpopulated and hyper-polluted present of the mid-22nd century. The series is based on an idea by British writer Kelly Marcel with Steven Spielberg as executive producer. On March 5, 2012, Fox announced that the show had been cancelled. Plot The series is initially set in 2149, when overpopulation and declining air quality threaten all life on Earth. When scientists discover a temporal rift permitting (one-way) human transmission, they initiate a series of "pilgrimages" to a parallel "time stream" resembling Earth's Cretaceous Period. The series focuses primarily on police officer James "Jim" Shannon, his wife Elisabeth, and their three children Josh, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers In Arms
Brothers in Arms may refer to: Literature * ''Brothers in Arms'' (Bujold novel), a novel by Lois McMaster Bujold * ''Brothers in Arms'' (''Dragonlance'' novel), a ''Raistlin Chronicles'' novel by Margaret Weis and Don Perrin * ''Brothers in Arms'', a 2004 young adult novel in '' The Bluford Series'' by Paul Langan and Ben Alirez * ''Brothers in Arms'', a title in the comics series '' Star Wars: Clone Wars'' * ''Brothers in Arms: A Novel'', a novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst Music * ''Brothers in Arms'' (album), by Dire Straits, 1985 ** "Brothers in Arms" (song), the title song * ''Brothers in Arms'', an album by Joan Baez, 1991 * "Brothers in Arms", a song composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori from '' Halo Original Soundtrack'', 2002 * "Brothers in Arms", a song by Bon Jovi from ''2020'' * "Brothers in Arms", a song by Junkie XL from the ''Mad Max: Fury Road'' film soundtrack, 2015 Television and film * "Brothers in Arms" (''Arrow''), an episode of ''Arrow'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyton Grantley
Gyton James Grantley (born 17 July 1980) is an Australian actor and comedian, best known for his portrayal of convicted murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams in the hit Australian television show '' Underbelly'', for which he was nominated for both Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Most Popular Actor for the 2009 TV Week Logie Awards and the 2008 AFI award (winning for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series). Grantley won the 2009 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. Early life Grantley was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School in Brisbane, where he graduated in 1997. During his school years, he was a rugby union player and a rower. He was also heavily involved in drama and theatre-sports, and won the Headmaster's Prize for Drama in his senior year. He later attended the Queensland University of Technology. Career Television Grantley began his television acting career in 2001, appearing in '' Fat Cow Motel''. Over the next two years, he had s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reef (2010 Film)
''The Reef'' is a 2010 Australian survival horror film, written, directed and produced by Andrew Traucki in his second feature film (the first being '' Black Water''). The film is about a group of friends who capsize while sailing to Indonesia and are stalked by a great white shark as they try to swim to a nearby island. A spiritual sequel titled '' The Reef: Stalked'', also written, directed and produced by Traucki, was released in 2022, and similarly features a cast of characters trying to survive a great white shark stalking them. Plot Luke ( Damian Walshe-Howling) is delivering a yacht to a customer in Indonesia, and invites his friend, Matt ( Gyton Grantley), and Matt's girlfriend, Suzie ( Adrienne Pickering), to join him as he sails there, along with Matt's sister, Kate ( Zoe Naylor), and fellow sailor, Warren ( Kieran Darcy-Smith). To get to Indonesia, they must sail through a coral reef. On the second day of their journey, the yacht strikes part of the reef and capsize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Financial Crisis
The 2008 financial crisis, also known as the global financial crisis (GFC), was a major worldwide financial crisis centered in the United States. The causes of the 2008 crisis included excessive speculation on housing values by both homeowners and financial institutions that led to the 2000s United States housing bubble, exacerbated by predatory lending for subprime mortgages and deficiencies in regulation. Cash out refinancings had fueled an increase in consumption that could no longer be sustained when home prices declined. The first phase of the crisis was the subprime mortgage crisis, which began in early 2007, as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) tied to U.S. real estate, and a vast web of Derivative (finance), derivatives linked to those MBS, collapsed in value. A liquidity crisis spread to global institutions by mid-2007 and climaxed with the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, which triggered a stock market crash and bank runs in several countries. The crisis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pericles, Prince Of Tyre
''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'' is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. It was published in 1609 as a quarto, was not included in Shakespeare's collections of works until the third folio, and the main inspiration for the play was Gower's '' Confessio Amantis''. Various arguments support the theory that Shakespeare was the sole author of the play, notably in DelVecchio and Hammond's Cambridge edition of the play, but modern editors generally agree that Shakespeare was responsible for almost exactly half the play — 827 lines — the main portion after scene 9 that follows the story of Pericles and Marina. Modern textual studies suggest that the first two acts, 835 lines detailing the many voyages of Pericles, were written by a collaborator, who may well have been the victualler, panderer, dramatist and pamphleteer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bell Shakespeare
Bell Shakespeare is an Australian theatre company specialising in the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries and other classics. Founded by actor John Bell and based in Sydney, it is Australia's only national theatre company. Apart from a program of performances, the company also conducts learning programs. Company history Founded by John Bell in 1990, Bell Shakespeare began as a theatre company dedicated to producing the plays of William Shakespeare in a way that was relevant and exciting to Australian audiences. With the support of an enlightened philanthropist, the late Tony Gilbert AM, and a small number of imaginative corporate and private supporters, Bell Shakespeare was able to mount productions and attract audiences. Bell Shakespeare is listed as a Major Festival in the book ''Shakespeare Festivals Around the World''. In 2016, the Australian Federal Government announced a $1 million contribution to the Bell Shakespeare capital campaign, which will help th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crash Investigation Unit
''Crash Investigation Unit'' is an Australian factual television series on the Seven Network hosted by Damian Walshe-Howling. The series premiered on 27 August 2008. About The Show The series follows the Metropolitan Crash Investigation Unit in Sydney to uncover the causes behind a car crash. The program is similar to New Zealand's ''SCU: Serious Crash Unit'', which has previously aired on Seven to strong ratings. ''Sun-Herald'', retrieved 28 April 2008 On 22 September 2008, Channel Seven confirmed it had commissioned a second series of Crash Investigation Unit. Episodes Season 1 (2008) Season 2 (2010–11) References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Network
Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of the five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. The network's headquarters are located in Sydney. As of 2014, it was the second-largest network in the country in terms of population reach. Seven Network shows various nonfiction shows—such as news broadcasts (''Seven News'') and sports programming—as well as fiction shows. In 2011, the network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers, being the first to achieve this since the introduction of the OzTAM ratings system in 2001. As of 2024, Seven Network is the highest-rated television network nationally, in Australia, ahead of the Nine Network, ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macbeth (2006 Film)
''Macbeth'' is a 2006 Australian adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare of the same name. It was directed by Geoffrey Wright and features an ensemble cast led by Sam Worthington in the title role. ''Macbeth'', filmed in Melbourne and Victoria, was released in Australia on 21 September 2006. Wright and Hill wrote the script, which—although it uses a modern-day Melbourne gangster setting—largely maintains the language of the original play. ''Macbeth'' was selected to screen at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2006. Plot In a cemetery, the Weird Sisters, three school girl witches, are destroying and defacing headstones and statues, while close by Lady Macbeth weeps beside a headstone marked "beloved son" and Macbeth stands by. The three witches plan to meet with Macbeth later, and leave the cemetery. Macbeth leads Duncan and his gang to a drug deal with Macdonwald and his men. In a gunfight between the gangs, all of Macdonwald's gang are kil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Kelly (2003 Film)
''Ned Kelly'' is a 2003 bushranger film based on Robert Drewe's 1991 novel ''Our Sunshine''. Directed by Gregor Jordan, the film's film adaptation, adapted screenplay was written by John Michael McDonagh. The film dramatises the life of Ned Kelly, a legendary bushranger and outlaw who was active mostly in the colony of Victoria. In the film, Kelly, his brother Dan Kelly (bushranger), Dan, and two other associates—Steve Hart and Joe Byrne—form a gang of bushrangers in response to acts of police brutality. Heath Ledger stars in the title role, with Orlando Bloom, Naomi Watts and Geoffrey Rush. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $6 million worldwide. Plot After saving a young boy from drowning and being awarded a "hero sash" at the age of ten, Ned Kelly grows up in the colony of Victoria where he was born. The son of a Catholic Irish settler, he lives with his widowed mother Ellen, his younger brother Dan Kelly (bushranger), Dan, and his two younger sister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
