US Boxoffice Top 10 – Week 35 of 2010

Weekend Box Office (U.S.) Aug 27 – 29 weekend The Action/Adventure and Crime/Gangster movie “Takers” ($US20.51 million) led the US Box Office last weekend, followed closely by the Drama and Suspense/Horror movie “The Last Exorcism” ($US20.36 million) for...

September 1st, 2010 | Movies | Read More

US Boxoffice Top 10 – Week 34 of 2010

Weekend Box Office (U.S.) Aug 20 – 22 weekend ‘Expendables’ Retains Box Office Crown AssociatedPress Sylvester Stallone’s “The Expendables” fought off an onslaught of newcomers to finish on top of the weekend box office again. 1. The...

August 24th, 2010 | Movies | Read More

Eric Walters – Tribute to a Veteran Newsreader

Eric Walters (born 4 July 1937, died 18th August 2010) was an Australian journalist, media trainer and former television presenter who worked for all commercial television channels (Seven, Nine and TEN) in a on-air career, including radio, which spanned more than forty years. Eric died following a three...

August 21st, 2010 | TV History, WA TV History | Read More

CREDIT CARD FRAUD – IDENTITY THEFT – LAWYER’S ADVICE (NSW)

A corporate LAWYER sent the following out to the employees in his company: 1. Next time you order cheques, have only your initials (instead of your first name) and surname put on them. If someone takes your cheque book, they will not know if you sign your cheques with just your initials or your first...

August 19th, 2010 | Crime, Featured | Read More

US Boxoffice Top 10 – Week 33 of 2010

Weekend Box Office (U.S.) Aug 13 – 15 weekend ‘Expendables’ Seizes No. 1 Box Office Spot AssociatedPress Sylvester Stallone and his pumped-up pals lifted Lionsgate’s 1980s-style action romp “The Expendables” to a No. 1 debut with $35 million,...

August 17th, 2010 | Movies | Read More

Mel Gibson Involved in Car Crash

Mel Gibson Involved in Single Car Crash in Malibu AssociatedPress The California Highway Patrol says Mel Gibson has been uninjured after crashing his sports car into a Malibu hillside. The 54-year-old troubled actor Mel Gibson’s car veered into a rocky hillside on Canyon Road, Malibu,...

August 17th, 2010 | Entertainment, Featured | Read More

Freeway Drama

Today was a case in point where the conventional media did not respond promptly to happenings in the city of Perth, Western Australia, when a lady attempted to jump from a bridge onto the busy Mitchell Freeway this afternoon. The Mitchell Freeway passes through Perth, running north to south The...

August 17th, 2010 | Featured, News | Read More

Animal Kingdom is not about the four legged

Animal Kingdom is a 2010 Australian crime thriller written and directed by David Michôd, and stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Jacki Weaver and James Frecheville. The film won the 2010 World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival. The...

August 13th, 2010 | Crime, Featured, Movies | Read More

Patricia Neal takes with her a bygone era

Hollywood is forever changing. The old studio system reigned supreme during the heydays of early movie making. An era before television. But all things change, often driven by new technology which challenges the status quo and changes the balance within an industry. Attitudes change over time...

August 10th, 2010 | Entertainment, Featured | Read More

US Boxoffice Top 10 – Week 32 of 2010

Weekend Box Office (U.S.) Aug 6 – 8 weekend ‘The Other Guys’ the Main Guys at Box Office AssociatedPress Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell’s ‘The Other Guys’ takes the top box office spot from ‘Inception.’ 1. The Other Guys Set in...

August 10th, 2010 | Movies | Read More