Nigel Giles

Is the wayward apostrophe in WALE’S LARGEST VAPE SHOP a sign of the times? | Adrian Chiles I’d been catching sight of a billboard displaying what I suspected to be some rogue punctuation every time I drove into Cardiff. This time, I had to stop and capture the evidence, writes Adrian Chiles

Is the wayward apostrophe in WALE’S LARGEST VAPE SHOP a sign of the times? | Adrian Chiles

Countries including UK, Norway, NZ and South Africa called on Australia to implement an Australian Human Rights Act last night. They heard 150+ Australian orgs calling for human rights at the heart of our laws so everyone can enjoy their rights.

Support a Human Rights Act: humanrightsact.org.au

The Coldest 100 returns to Bluesky this Saturday with 100 Australia-adjacent musical oddities, atrocities and curiosities. Listen at your own peril ☠️ #coldest100 #hottest100

That's Chantal Contouri in the Alvin Purple pic

Brollie | Number 96 Brollie is proud to bring one of Australia's most controversial, influential and beloved TV series back to lounge rooms across the country.

#Number96 is now the most watched show on Brollie
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Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton & Michael Cera Tackle The Phoenician Scheme - FilmInk Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton & Michael Cera Tackle The Phoenician Scheme - Acting

The Phoenician Scheme actors Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton and Michael Cera talk basketball, getting starstruck, meeting their heroes, and working with the enigmatic Wes Anderson

The Phoenician Scheme is in cinemas now

The Phoenician Scheme review: Wes Anderson's frothy flight of fancy | ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data Mia Threapleton steals the show from a marvellous Benicio Del Toro in Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme.

Wes Anderson's latest, The Phoenician Scheme, is a frothy flight of fancy with a marvellous Mia Threapleton holding her own against a brilliant Benicio Del Toro bit.ly/3Ha3uyn

Why not —

"If this was somewhere else in the world, there would be a national outcry.

"The pollutants that are coming out of those Woodside stacks are actively degrading the rock art surfaces.

"It's incontestable."

🎙️Professor of Archaeology Benjamin Smith
#savemurujuga #auspol

Two stories on the King of Drag Queens!

Blasts from television’s past A saucy soapie is set to join dozens of other classic Australian TV shows and movies that are available online.

Number 96 is back on the box! How to watch it and some other blasts from the past of Australian television:
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The Surfer review: Nic Cage craves the waves as locals rage | ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data A surfer returns to Australia from the US after decades to restart his life – but the welcome party's not what he expected.

Nic Cage makes a splash as a vengeful Aussie (!!) in Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan's sunburnt The Surfer bit.ly/4mcvcKH

Great story about Number 96 tonight with me and Deb Knight on A Current Affair from 7.30pm

The Kimberley - FilmInk … entrancing …

Marl Coles Smith, co-wrote, composes the score and hosts THE KIMBERLEY, which screens/streams from tomorrow on ABC/iview

Annette Smith reviews the first episode

Number 96 to stream 53 years on | TV Tonight You'll be able to relive the scandals, nudity, taboos and groundbreaking soap characters all over again through ad-supported Brollie platform.

Number 96 was the most groundbreaking TV show of all time and it hasn't been repeated in 50 years ... until now
Brollie, the free streaming service of Umbrella Entertainment, will soon be showing every remaining episode of this Aussie classic ...
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Brollie | Bellbird: A Country Town Based on the longest-running soap opera series ever produced by the ABC, BELLBIRD: A COUNTRY TOWN is the feature film adaption of the beloved series.

Most watched show on Brollie right now is the film version of the classic ABC series Bellbird: Country Town
And its mire watchdd than Caligula
Wait till they start Number 96 next weekh!
watch.brollie.com.au/film/bellbir...

Happy birthday Stella. Best wishes from Australia 🎂

Lovely tribute. He also recorded this album (which I have in my collection!). Vale Gerard Kennedy

Obituary: Gerard Kennedy

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Vale Gerard Kennedy, 93. An award-winning actor with a long list of screen credits spanning 50+ years. I met him a few years ago at a #Division4 reunion and he was just as impressive off-screen, a lovely bloke.

Or you're getting in early for next year... 😉

Outrageous! The forgotten history of queer representation on Australian television In 1972, notorious soap Number 96 gave the world a taste of gay Sydney. Documentary maker Andrew Mercado is on a mission to make sure everybody knows.

With the STUNNING news that @umbrellaent.bsky.social's totally free streamer Brollie will be hosting all existing episodes of groundbreaking soap Number 96, here are a couple of chats I've had over the years about why it's so important
@andrewmercado.bsky.social bit.ly/3HQcm8S

Time to get yer Brollie on...

Hooray! (and about time...)

Picked these up for a bargain at the op shop.

"Beware."

Struck by this program note by director Neil Armfield for Andrew Bovell's profound new play Song of First Desire, on now at Belvoir.

Spain after the Franco dictatorship had a formalised pact of forgetting trauma. Perhaps Australia, too, formalised its forgetting by voting down the Voice?

Ten Connections between Val Kilmer and Australia - FilmInk Val Kilmer’s passing, while not exactly surprising – he had been battling cancer since 2015 – was still sad, and has prompted much mourning, especially amongst Gen X who were reared on efforts such as...

By way of tribute to the late great Val Kilmer, we have prepared this list of ten connections between the actor and the land down under.

This country wasn’t always good luck for the big fella, as shall be shown…

Obituary: Paul Karo

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