Zac Efron might need to start paying his Australian bestie for acting as a spokesman!
14.04.2021 - 12:52 / deadline.com
Sharon Johal has become the latest Neighbours actor to speak out about experiencing alleged racism while working on the iconic Australian soap opera, which is produced by global production powerhouse Fremantle.
In a lengthy statement published on her website, the Neighbours regular of four years detailed allegations of misconduct by co-stars and said her time portraying Dipi Rebecchi on the series has been “painful and problematic.”
Her intervention follows Aboriginal-Australian television stars
Zac Efron might need to start paying his Australian bestie for acting as a spokesman!
Wanda Film, part of the Dalian Wanda group, has appointed financial advisers in Australia and may be preparing to sell the Hoyts cinema chain, according to local reports.According to the Australian Financial Review newspaper, investment bank Credit Suisse has been appointed by Wanda to find bidders for Hoyts.
Rangers fans celebrated the title in style as a huge '55' message was written in the sky above Sydney Harbour. It's been a hugely successful season for Steven Gerrard 's side, who wrapped up the league in March.
Zac Efron has reportedly called it quits with his Australian girlfriend Vanessa Valladares. The "High School Musical" alum, who is 33, allegedly met Valladares, 25, at a general store in New South Wales, where she worked as a waitress.
According to new reports, Zac Efron and his girlfriend Vanessa Valladares have broken up after about ten months of dating. The 33-year-old actor and Vanessa were first linked in 2020, and the first time we got a report about them was back in September.
Wigan Warriors scrum-half Harry Smith reckons Jackson Hastings’ departure could “open a big door” for him to replace the Australian next season.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe arrival of Hollywood superstars and government money for tentpole movies have grabbed headlines in Australia. But independent film productions are also moving ahead in post-COVID Australia.Production will start next month in Perth, Western Australia on “It Only Takes A Night,” a film that is both a romantic comedy and a female empowerment movie.
After 10 months of dating, Zac Efron and Australian girlfriend Vanessa Valladares have reportedly gone their separate ways.
Ann-Marie Corvin The documentary filmmakers behind Tribeca Film Festival award winner “Island of the Hungry Ghosts” are hitting Visions du Réel film festival with a new project, examining urban migration and the rapid pace at which climate change has impacted the lives of one cattle-herding family.“The Wolves Always Come at Night” (a working title), from Australian/U.K.
Neighbours, the long-running and globally successful Australian soap opera, is facing accusations of on-set racism and discrimination. Sharon Johal, who has played Dipi Rebecchi, one of the show's leading characters, since April 2017, has come out publicly decrying what she claims were "direct, indirect and casual racism" on the set of the beloved serial drama.
TOWIE star Chloe Sims has revealed she once signed up to jet off to Australia for I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, but unlike her pal Gemma Collins, she didn’t even get the chance to jump out of the helicopter.The 38 year old star, who has sparked speculation she could be dating Love Island’s Jack Fincham, told her Instagram followers she could have been taking on the bushtucker trials alongside Vicky Pattison and TOWIE co-star Ferne McCann on the show six years ago.
In today’s Global Bulletin, “Minari” star Han Yeri signs with Echo Lake Entertainment in the U.S.; Beijing and Cairo announce hopeful in-person festival details; AMC Plus snags Berlin-set Cold War drama “Spy City”; Cineflix Rights will distribute Israeli cop drama “Manayek”; Deepika Padukone steps down as head of Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image; Australia’s Screenwest unveils Rikki Lea Bestall as its new CEO; “The Last Five Years” gets a West End run; Harry Collet to star in mental health
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSally Phillips, the British actor known for her role in all three Bridget Jones movies, will head the cast of Australian comedy drama film “How to Please a Woman.”Pitched as a warmhearted look at sexuality and vulnerability at all stages of life, the film casts Phillips as a 50-something woman who has the inspired idea of launching an all-male house-cleaning service.
Having recently wrapped a four-year stint living in Los Angeles, Josh Thomas is still trying to get comfortable in the colorful Melbourne home that he returned to earlier in 2021. The 33-year-old Australian creator and star of family dramedy Everything's Gonna Be Okay (season two premieres April 8 on Freeform and Hulu) is pulling American workdays on a 17-hour time difference — and it's starting to take a toll.
Related: Neighbours actor allegedly removed from set after complaints of racism by Indigenous actor Shareena Clanton Once considered a bohemian enclave, Byron Bay is now believed to have more social influencers per capita than any other town in Australia. It will be these “hot Instagrammers, living their best lives, being their best selves,” Netflix’s director of Australian and New Zealand content, Que Minh Luu, said in a statement, who will be the subjects in Byron Baes.