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| Last updated: 7th September 2001 | |
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Neighbours Blue Note |
| Neighbours stars are doing a reading of The Blue Note, by Jane Palomountain, a play about HIV/AIDS. The pay will be read on Sunday at the Athenaeum Theatre (Melbourne, Australia). Those taking part include Carla Bonner, Alan Fletcher, Benjie McNair, Ryan Moloney, Dan Paris, Kym Valentine, Madeline West and Jackie Woodburne. |
Second life for Secret Life |
| It has been rumoured that the new series The Secret Life of Us is to be renewed for a second series. |
Singing Sursok |
| Home And Away's Tammin Sursok is in talks for launching a music career. Recently Neighbours Daniel Macpherson and Stephen Hunt have enjoyed musical gigs. |
Heeler sets the date |
| Blue Heeler sets the date Jane Allsop's boyfriend David Serafis guest starred in the show on September 5th. |
Natalie's Island hopes |
| Natalie Imbruglia is set to launch her new album White Lilly's Island on November 5th 2001. |
McLeod's Music |
| The popular new program McLeod's Daughters will soon have it's own soundtrack available from Sony music. |
Kimberley gets cold feet |
| Kimberly Joseph is to star in the UK drama Cold Feet. |
| 28th August 2001 |
Night & Day with Kylie |
| Former Neighbours star, and now International singing star Kylie Minogue is set to record the theme song to the new UK, ITV Soap Opera, Night & Day. The soap will centre around the lives of six families, featuring a mix of well-known British actors and newcomers. |
| 6th June 2001 |
Melissa's New Role A Real Steal |
| Former Home And Away star Melissa George is to star in a new US TV series with John Stamos called Thieves. |
Kimberley The Centre Of Attention |
| Former Neighbours star Kimberley Davies also has a new role, in a new US comedy series called Off Centre. Kimberley will play supermodel Vee, the neighbour of the two male leads. |
Paula, A Desert Survivor |
| Cop Shop star Paula Duncan will join her husband in a four-wheel drive trek in the NSW outback to raise money for the paralympians to participate in next years games. The event is called Desert Duel 2001 These stories are all featured in Woman's Day (issue dated June 11) |
Peta Returns Home |
| Peta Toppano will return to her role of Helen Poulos in Home And Away. |
A Seachange for Cassandra |
| Seachange's Cassandra Magrath is to join Blue Heelers. |
Elspeth back in the force |
| Prisoner favourite Elspeth Ballantyne is to do a guest role on Blue Heelers. |
All Stars Line Up For All Saints |
| Mellissa Tkautz returns to TV drama in a role on All Saints also starring will be Ivor Kantz and former Restless Years Star Julianne Newbould. |
| 15th May 2001 |
Ditch-ing and joining |
| A new cast member for Blue Heelers actor Ditch Davey (has had guest roles in All Saints, Water Rats and Above the Law) joins as new character Constable Evan Jones, however, unfortunately actor Rupert Reid is leaving the series. Rupert may be seen in The Melbourne Theatre Company's production of The Tempest at the Victorian Arts Centre. |
Catherine out of the water and into leather and silk |
| Former Water Rats star Catherine Mclenments is to star in new Channel Seven series Leather and Silk. |
Mouche And Marilyn |
| Mouche Philips appears in next weeks Water Rats and former Home & Away star Emily Symons is to return as Marilyn in an upcoming guest apppearance on Home & Away. |
| 30th April 2001 |
Symons serves drinks |
| Former Home And Away star Emily Symons is to play a bar maid in the English soap opera Emmerdale. |
It's Always Greener At Seven |
| Channel Seven are producing a new soap opera to be possibly called Always Greener. |
Great Scott! |
| Better Homes And Gardens' Scott Mcgregor is to get a new program, as well as continue in his role on Better Homes And Gardens. |
Hugh And Russell battle it out for award |
| Hugh Jackman has been nominated for a best actor award in the Saturn Awards for science fiction films on June 12. Hugh's nomination is for Xmen, the film picked up 10 nominations, and has competition from Russell Crowe and Gladiator which has seven awards. |
| 6th April 2001 |
Sixty Minutes Of Guy |
| Guy Pearce features in an interview on Sixty Minutes this Sunday (Ch. 9 Australia 8th April). |
Son's stars in Friday movie |
| This Friday's (6/4/01) Channel Nine afternoon movie "Deadline" starred some Sons and Daughter's stars. Brian Blain (Gordon) played a doctor who treated Willy Fennel (Spider). Be watching next week as several movies in the afernoon time slot are Australian. |
Cornflakes For Breakfast |
| At 2.00 o'clock Sunday afternoon Channel Nine/Win TV will show the movie Cornflakes for Breakfast starring Bunny Brooke and Beverley Dunn. |
Remember When |
| Capitalising on the success of new game show The Weakest Link, TV Week features a small photo of Cornelia Frances as Barbara from Sons and Daughters in its remember when segment. |
| 1st April 2001 |
Super-men, Man Of Steel |
| Home And Away's Ben Steel and All Saint's Conrad Coleby were nominated for the Cleo Bachelor of the Year awards |
Former Neighbour's Star Wins Oscar |
| If you don't already know former Neighbours guest star Russell Crowe has won this years best actor award. Congratulations Russell! In less happy news,another former Neighbours star Emma Harrison lost out in her audition to become one of the US popstars. |
Allison's Birthday Was No Party |
| In this movie shown on Channel Nine last Friday afternoon, some of you may have caught a glimpse of some Australian soap favourites including Joanne Samuel, Bunny Brooke, Brain Blain and Belinda Giblin. |
Bruce gets a head start |
| Bruce Samazan is to appear in the new ABC series Head Start. |
Cornelia's All Clucky And Cuddly! |
| Yes that is the same Cornelia of The Weakest Link. Last week's New Idea (31st March 2001) features a story on Cornelia and her new granddaughter Tipani, and a gorgeous photo. |
| 6th March 2001 |
Alyssa Jane Cook |
| Alyssa Jane Cook (ex - E-Street) is to appear as a guest on GMA on March 7th 2001. |
Cornelia in conversation |
| Ever wondered what Cornelia's former co-stars think of her? Do you know what relationship Cornelia is to famous British film director Michael Powell? Do you want to know what Cornelia thinks of her latest gig on the weakest link? Is Morag going to return to Summer Bay? What connection does Cornelia have to the movie Goodbye Mr Chips starring Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark? If you are unable to answer thes questions you had better get a copy of this weeks Who magazine(March 12) for the answers! |
| 28th February 2001 |
Lorrae & Bert |
| Lorrae Desmond (ex - ACP) is to appear as a guest on GMA on March 1st 2001 for a chat and to perform "Wind beneath my wings". |
Peter, back with the folks |
| Former Neighbours star Peter O'Brien may be seen in the powerful new drama on March 4 on Fox 8 called Queer As Folks. |
Sons Spotting |
| Those of you lucky enough to catch the midday movie on Channel Seven Every Women's Dream (today, 28/2/01) would have seen cameos by former Sons And Daughters stars Lisa Crittendon and Mark Ferguson. |
No not the Hare-Clarke but the Liddy- Clark system |
| Former Prisoner and Fire star Liddy Clark recently won the seat of Clayfield at the Queensland state election. |
Terry and Tottie |
| Terry Donovan and Tottie Goldsmith are starring in an upcoming movie Signs of Life. |
Bruce No Longer in the neighbourhood, but selling it |
| Former Neighbours actor Bruce Samazan is on the road (pardon the pun!) to getting his real estate licence. Lack of acting roles has seen Bruce selling real estate in Sydney's southern suburbs, Bruce will attain his licence in 18 months. |
| 17th February 2001 |
Grunting and Crowing down at Russell's farm |
| Russell Crowe (former Neighbours' guest star) appeared on Channel Nine's Alan Border Medal 13/2/01 performing with his band 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts. His new video "Things Have Got To Change" aired on Rage 16/2/01. His official website is coming soon at www.russellcrowe.com. |
Last chance for Logie |
| Don't forget this week is your last opportunity to vote for the Logies via TV Week magazine or their website www.tvweek.com.au. Note a code number from TV Week magazine is required to vote. |
Louise's new role a real Scream |
| Louise Crawford (ex. - Echo Point, Breakers) hosts the new program Scream Test Wednesday's 9.30, Ten/Capitol. This new reality show asks contestants to survive a night in a place that has seen paranormal activity. They must spent one hour in a dark room and record any encounters with either real spirits or those made up by the shows producers. |
Dan And Stephen Are Really Neighbourly |
| Neighbours new comer Stephen Hunt (he'll be seen on March 26) is former classmate and triathlon competitor of Neighbour's star Daniel MacPherson |
Sarah Flying Into New Role |
| Sarah Chadwick formerly of the Flying Doctors is to return to TV in the new Channel Nine comedy Tanya And Floyd. Sarah's co-stars are Sophie Lee and Seachange's John Howard. |
Kylie's Co-Star 'Shocked' |
| Tom Budge, the actor who starred in Kylie's new Pepsi commercial is starring in TV 1'S program 'Shock Jock'. |
Mouching In On The Action |
| Mouche Phillips (ex - Home & Away) is to guest star in Water Rats. |
| 6th February 2001 |
The week's strongest link to Cornelia |
| Last night (5th February 2001) was the premiere of Cornelia Frances' new game show The Weakest Link. Unlike the usual game show this one is about the intellectual survivor, where a group of contestants play together and decideswhich member would be best done without (the weakest link) until there is only one remaining. As well as intellectual skill it also involves the psychological savvy of the contestants, to outlast each other. The show continues on Thursday night. |
Simon & George get Ti-be-bold-i |
| Simon Palomares & George Kapiniaris (ex- Flying Doctors) star in The Tiboldi Brothers at the Contintal, Wednesday 14th, 21st, 28th February and 7th March. |
William Plays At Art |
| Seachange actor William Mcinnes is starring
in ART a new play by the Melbourne Theatre Company at the Playhouse
at the Victorian arts centre. Co-stars are John Wood, (Williams former Blue Heeler's co-star) and Kim Gyngell. |
Something In The Air For Terry,Sean, and Brett |
| Terry Norris, Sean Scully and Brett Climo are all to guest star in Something In The Air. |
Craig's Not Absent From TV |
| See Craig McLachlan in the movie Absent Without Leave (Wed 14th afternoon 2pm-4pm Win/Nine). |
The Return Of The Good Guys |
| A Repeat showing of Good Guys, Bad Guys returns to Nine/Win on Thursday Feb 15 at a late night time slot 12.05-1.05. |
Soap Stars Support Kids |
| Show your support for Kids Helpline by visiting the organisation's website (http://wwwkidshelp.com.au/), which also features pictures and quotes from many of your favourite soap stars, who also lend their support to the cause. |
| 30th January 2001 |
Parisian Dannii |
| Dannii Minogue is to take on the role vacated by Tina Arena in the West End production of Notre-Dame De Paris. |
Peter In For Another Swim |
| Peter O'Brien returns to the water as Alex's (Dee Smart) brother in upcoming episodes of Water Rats. |
Craig Gets Greasy |
| Craig McLachlan is set to star in Australian productions of the musicals Barnum and Grease. |
Neighbours Drew On Their Wedding Finery |
| This weeks New Idea (dated 3rd February) has all the gossip of the upcoming Neighbours nuptials of Libby (Kym Valentine) and Drew (Dan Paris), including some beautiful photos. |
| 28th January 2001 |
Jason's Australian Story |
| Jason Donovan will be featured in ABC's Australian Story program Febuary 1st 2001. |
Geoff's a dad again |
| Geoff Paine will return to the stage with the production It's a Dad Thing, this time at the Athenaum starting February 8th 2001. |
Cornelia Wins New Game Show |
| Today's (28th January 2001) Herald Sun confirms our previous bubble that Cornelia Francis will be the host of the new game show The Weakest Link coming soon to the Seven Network. |
| 20th January 2001 |
Cornelia Key To Lock In Missing Link |
| Cornelia Francis former Sons And Daughters star (Barbara Armstrong) is rumoured to be under consideration for the host role of a new game show The Weakest Link for Channel Seven, (Womans Day Jan 22). |
Australian Made |
| There will be a host of new Australian made shows this season
(Herald Sun Jan 3). As well as the return of old favourites, there are some new offerings including: The much talked about Ten drama The Secret Life of Us starring Claudia Carvan and other soap alumni. Rebecca Gibney will alppear on Ten in the movie Flying Fox. Also on Ten a new sitcom set in a school titled Shut Up Sit Down and starring Marge Downey and Stephen Curry is also on the boards (pardon the pun!). On Seven the dramatisation of George Johnstone's novel My Brother Jack, starring former A Country Practise star Matt Day and former Blue Heelers & Seachange, star William McInnes. Seven will have the movie On The Beach, starring Rachel Ward, in a Golden Globe nominated role, Bryan Brown, Armand Assante, Jacqueline McKenzie and Grant Bowler. Seven also has Rubicon starring William McInnes, Martin Sacks and Tom Long. Lisa McCune will return in her new program Leather and Silk. Nine will have a series based on their movie of a few years ago Mcleods Daughter. |
Tessa Tucks Into Rivoli and Jam |
| At Roadshow's Christmas party at the Rivoli, former Sons And Daughter's Tessa Humphries and her husband Jason Buresst, the manager of cinema Europe (at the jam factory) joined in festivities.(Herald/Sun December 24). |