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Kain O'Keeffe
Kain O'Keeffe (born 22 October 1987) is an Australian actor, known for his appearances in Australian television dramas and minor roles in films. Career O'Keeffe was born in Sydney, Australia, on 22 October 1987. Between 2003 and 2005 O'Keefe filmed two guest appearances in the Seven Network television series '' All Saints''. In 2005, O'Keeffe made his film debut aged fourteen in '' Swimming Upstream'', starring as a Harold Jr. O'Keeffe then secured a regular role ''Blue Water High'' as Guy Spender, after previously appearing in a guest role as another character called Ryan. O'Keeffe said that he did not mind filming more than one role in the same series, because he felt the industry was "quite small". He said that he hoped to gain more acting roles from starring in the programme. O'Keeffe also starred in the television pilot of television series ''Resistance'', working alongside Nicholas Hope and Jane Badler. In 2009, it was announced that O'Keeffe had joined the cast of ''Home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
33 Postcards
''33 Postcards'' is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Pauline Chan (actress), Pauline Chan and starring Guy Pearce. It is the first co-production between China and New South Wales. Plot Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) is a 16-year-old Chinese orphan who has been supported by donations from her Australian sponsor Dean Randall (Guy Pearce), who sends her postcards that describe his family life. When her orphanage choir travels to Australia to participate in an Australian Choir Festival, Mei Mei takes the opportunity to find Dean with the hope he will make her part of his family. However, Mei Mei discovers the shocking truth – Dean is actually a convict in prison for manslaughter. Seeing Dean as her last chance at finding a home, Mei Mei decides to stay in Sydney until Dean gets his parole, in the meantime becoming naively entangled in the criminal world herself. To save Mei Mei from his own fate, Dean must make an impossible sacrifice. Development ''33 Postcards'' was developed under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACP Magazines
Are Media is an Australian media company. It was formed after the 2020 purchase of the assets of Bauer Media Australia, which had in turn acquired the assets of Pacific Magazines, AP Magazines and Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) during the 2010s. It is owned by the Sydney investment firm Mercury Capital. History Australian Consolidated Press Consolidated Press was formed in 1936, combining ownership of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and Frank Packer's '' Australian Women's Weekly''. It was renamed Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) in 1957, and acquired '' The Bulletin'' in 1960. ''The Daily Telegraph'' was sold to News Limited in 1972; the same year ACP founded '' Cleo'' and took over Publishers Holdings (including ''Australian House & Garden'', '' Wheels'', and others). Two years later, Frank Packer died, and his son Kerry took over the company. In 1988, ACP acquired John Fairfax's magazines (including '' Woman's Day'', ''People'', '' Dolly'', and '' Good Housekeeping'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska Thunderfuck
Justin Andrew Honard (born March 6, 1985), best known by the stage name Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 or Alaska Thunderfuck and Mononymous person, mononymously as Alaska, is an American drag queen and singer from Erie, Pennsylvania. She is best known as a runner-up on the RuPaul's Drag Race (season 5), fifth season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' and the winner of the RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars (season 2), second season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars''. Alaska co-hosts the web series ''Bro'Laska'' alongside her brother, Cory Binney. Her first studio album, ''Anus (album), Anus'', was released in 2015, followed by her second album, ''Poundcake (album), Poundcake'', in 2016, and her third album, ''Vagina (album), Vagina'', in 2019. Her fourth album, ''Red 4 Filth'', was released in 2022. Alaska is also a part of The AAA Girls, a drag group with Willam Belli, Willam and Courtney Act and hosts the podcast ''Race Chaser'' with Willam. Early life Honard was born to Andrew and Pam Honard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The AAA Girls
The AAA Girls (The American Apparel Ad Girls) are a drag queen trio composed of the drag queens Alaska Thunderfuck 5000, Courtney Act, and Willam Belli. The trio is both a musical ensemble and a comedy troupe. History In September 2014 the fashion brand American Apparel recruited ''RuPaul's Drag Race'' contestants Alaska, Courtney Act, and Willam to be the faces of their new ad campaign. They were the first drag queens to be ad girls for the brand. To promote the new partnership, they released their debut single, "American Apparel Ad Girls", a parody of "Farrah Fawcett Hair" by Capital Cities. The song charted at number 10 on the Billboard Comedy Digital songs chart and was later included on Willam's 2015 studio album '' Shartistry in Motion.'' Later in 2014 they released a Christmas single, "Dear Santa, Bring Me a Man". In 2015 the group reunited for a track called "The Shade of It All" which was included on Alaska Thunderfuck's album ''Anus In mammals, invertebrates and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaughn Redden
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera. It was first broadcast on 18 March 1985 and currently airs on digital channel Eleven. The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the soap in 2012, by order of first appearance. Until May, characters were introduced by the soap's executive producer, Susan Bower. Thereafter, they were introduced by her successor, Richard Jasek. The 28th season of ''Neighbours'' began airing on 9 January 2012. Four-piece indie band William and the Tells made their debut as Red Cotton in the same month, while Toby Wallace made his debut as Corey O'Donahue. Dominic Emmerson and Rani Kapoor began appearing from February. Vanessa Villante arrived in March, while Sheila Canning, Bernard Cabello and Zoe Alexander made their debuts from May. Ed Lee arrived in June. Alex Delpy and Dale Madden appeared in August. Harley Canning and Bradley Fox arrived in September, while Georgia Brooks, Francesca Villante and Father Guidotti made t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbours
''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and Daughters''. Although successful in Melbourne, ''Neighbours'' underperformed in the Sydney market and was cancelled by Seven four months after it began airing. It was immediately commissioned by rival Network Ten for a second production season, which began screening on 20 January 1986. ''Neighbours'' became the longest-running drama series in Australian television history. In 2005, it was inducted into the Logie Hall of Fame. The storylines concern the lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The series centres on the residents of Ramsay Street, a dead end street, and its neighbouring area, the Lassiters complex, which includes a bar, hotel, café, police station, lawyers' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Packed To The Rafters
''Packed to the Rafters'' is an Australian family-oriented comedy drama television program which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The show continued on Tuesdays in this timeslot for its entire run. The drama series features a mix of lighthearted comedy woven through the plot. It revolves around the Rafter family facing work pressures and life issues, while also tackling serious social issues. The Logie award winning series was the highest rating to screen on the Seven Network in 2008, and the show was consistently among the top 5 shows of the year throughout its run in Australia. '' TV Week'' announced 2013 that the sixth series of ''Packed to the Rafters'' would be the last, with Hugh Sheridan stating, "It's emotional letting go of ''Rafters'' – for all of us. It was such an amazing chapter in Aussie TV. I'm really proud we all came back together to send it off." The two-hour finale of ''Rafters'' aired on 2 July 2013, and saw the ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Golden Mile
Golden Mile or The Golden Mile may refer to: Geographical features * Columbia Street (New Westminster), a street in New Westminster, British Columbia nicknamed the Golden Mile. * Golden Mile (Belfast), Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (UK) * Golden Mile (Blackpool), Blackpool, UK * Golden Mile (Brentford), Brentford, UK * Golden Mile (Leicester), Leicester, UK * Golden Mile (Moscow), Khamovniki District, Moscow, Russia * Golden Mile, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia * Golden Mile, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia * Golden Mile, Durban, Durban, South Africa * Golden Mile, Castile and Leon, Spain * Golden Mile, Toronto, Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Golden Mile (Rhineland-Palatinate), a fertile plain near Remagen, Germany * Golden Mile (Ontario), the former Highway 7, now London Line 22 in Sarnia, Ontario * The Golden Mile, a section of the Baltimore Pike in Springfield Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania * Golden Mile District, Hato Rey, San Juan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 7th Hunt
''The 7th Hunt'' is an independent horror film from Australia, directed by J.D. Cohen, co-directed by Darren K Hawkins for Cinegear Productions/Coherent Productions in 2008 and first screened in 2009. It is widely considered to be of the Ozploitation (Australian Exploitation) genre. The plot revolves around a group of sadistic killers and their victims. The film featured in the New York City Horror Film Festival in 2009, the Grimm Up North Film Festival in the UK, and the Atlanta Horror Film Festival. The film stars actress and swimsuit model Imogen Bailey of Neighbours fame. Critical response Dread Central rated the film 1/5, calling it "yet another post-Saw abduction/torture flick on a low budget", made with a lack of skill and with one-dimensional characters. Horror Chronicles criticised the production values and noted a similarity to Hostel but suggested it might appeal to fans of torture porn. Horror News was more positive, praising it for some originality, while noting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Blue (2008 TV Series)
''Out of the Blue'' is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, and produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008. The programme attracted lower than desired ratings figures, prompting the broadcaster to shift it to its second channel BBC Two from 19 May 2008. The BBC eventually decided not to commission a second series, and the final episode aired on 29 January 2009. The rights to show the first series in Australia were purchased by Network Ten, while in the UK, Channel 5 has picked up the repeat rights to ''Out of the Blue'', and began airing all 130 episodes on digital sister channel Fiver in February 2009. Premise Set in Sydney beach suburb of Manly, New South Wales, ''Out of the Blue'' is a drama shown five days a week about a group of thirty-year-old friends returning home for a high school reunion, which is brought to an end when someone is murdered. An investigation follows as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McLeod's Daughters
''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and Bridie Carter in the leading roles as two sisters reunited after twenty years of separation, thrust into a working relationship when they inherit their family's cattle station in South Australia. The series is produced by Millennium Television, in association with Nine Films and Television and Southern Star. Graeme-Evans, Kris Noble and Susan Bower served as the original executive producers. The series was originally conceived as a then-intended television film pilot, which broadcast on Nine Network in 1996. Despite its success, and becoming the highest-rated telemovie in Australian television history, a series was not picked up by the network until several years later. The majority of filming took place on location in Kingsford, a loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Treasure Of Fiji
''Pirate Islands'' is an Australian children's television program screened on Network Ten in 2003. A sequel called ''The Lost Treasure of Fiji'' premiered on Network Ten in 2007. In the United States, episodes 1–13 were broadcast on FoxBox, a programming block operated by 4Kids Entertainment. In the United Kingdom, the show aired on both CITV in 2003 and Nickelodeon UK in early 2008. In Vietnam, it is aired on VTC9 – Let's Viet and also, screened in Spain and Portugal by Disney Channel. Plot summaries Part 1 Kate Redding, a sister of Nicholas and Sarah, is playing a new computer game called Pirate Islands, which has been created by her father. After Sarah tampers with the computer scanner, lightning strikes the house, and the scanner goes wild, zapping the three siblings inside the computer game. After teleporting inside the game, Kate meets Mars, the main character of the video game. Blackheart, the pirate captain, takes the siblings aboard the pirate ship and threatens t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
