Aussie Duo to Put on Production of ‘Kanye: The Musical’

Aussie duo to put on production of ‘Kanye: The Musical’

An Australian duo from the University of Sydney has released details of their upcoming production called ‘Kanye: The Musical’.  The show, which has gained some international attention, will hit the stage from September 5 to 7 at the university’s Cellar Theatre as part of the university’s Verge festival.

The hour-long performance will highlight the flamboyant hip-hop star’s early career writing for prominent rapper Jay-Z,  his numerous tiffs with MTV, right up until his present height of fame and remixing tracks for Daft Punk.

‘Kanye: The Musical’ was written and produced by University of Sydney students Phillip Roser and Damian Higginbottom.

Roser, apparently a big fan of Kanye’s music said that he believed a musical would honour the hip-hop superstar, in addition to being a lot of fun to produce.

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Expensive Aussie Dramas Lose Out to Cheap US TV

Expensive Aussie dramas lose out to cheap US TV

Making an Aussie drama works out to be approximately 13 times the cost of putting a US equivalent on our screens. The figures released by Screen Australia show a decline in Australian-produced content on TV.

The research, conducted by the Australian film board found that those Aussie-made programs on free-to-air TV had dropped by 52 percent since 2008 to 38 percent this year.

Screen Australia blames the significant fall in local content on the widespread introduction of digital broadcasting. Digital sub-channels are not required to fulfil minimum locally produced programs regulations of the main channels.

According to the survey, approximately 10 percent of drama that aired on Australian TV screens was produced at home. 16 percent of TV’s drama came from the UK, while 63 percent was produced in the US.

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Kate Bracks MasterChef Win Clouded by “the Renovators”

For all of those who couldn’t wait that long, Kate Bracks, mother from NSW won the title of MasterChef last night. Unfortunately, her amazing $100,000 prize was disturbed by Channel 10’s decision of injecting an episode of “The Renovators” in the middle of the two and a half hour finale. It is understandable that the network wanted to improve the ratings of “The Renovators-Home Improvement Show” but their timing was a little off. Sandwiching an episode of the show in the middle of the MasterChef finale (one of the most watched shows in Australia) was a little too risqué and I’m afraid that their risk didn’t really pay off, as a lot of their viewers ended up sleeping before watching the finale decision.        

No one really cared about who won MasterChef, all they cared about was the fact that Channel 10 ruined their final viewership. Ms Bracks won a contract for a cookbook along with her generous prize money. The program was deemed to be “cynical” by the viewers, as they thought that the Channel had made their audience wait just to revive a dying show. Twitter was soon ablaze with comments about the Network’s decision. MasterChef viewers were so angry that they exclaimed that in contrast to what the network thinks they aren’t children who can be told what to and what not to watch.

Back to the real competition, the 3^rd season of MasterChef was won by Kate Bracks who gave the Adelaide projectionist Michael Weldon a real run for his money. An innovative carrot sorbet in the end won the competition for Bracks. The NSW mother is beyond herself with happiness and is looking forward to starting on her cookbook and spending her prize money.

Holly Valance Goes Golden for Fosters Ad Campaign

Holly Valance Goes Golden for Fosters Ad Campaign

Holly - post visit to the smelter

Holly Valance, Australian entertainer and model has gone golden for Fosters Gold new ad campaign. She can be seen as her golden self, supporting just a short pair of hot pants- recreating the famous James Bond Goldfinger pose to help promote the Australian beer brand which is very popular in the UK as well. Foster’s Gold is an Australian premium bottled larger hoping to make it big in the land down under as well as in the UK.

As Foster’s Gold wanted to capture attention, they couldn’t have signed up anyone better than Holly Valance and her too in a sexy gold image.

Valance was photographed covered completely in gold paint and laying seductively across a white bed. The bombshell has also been cast in multi-million pound television and print campaigns alongside the Foster’s beach buddies from the month of August, Dan and Brad. Ms Valance is excited and proud to work with such an iconic Australian brand; she also claimed that she was a loyal beer drinking Aussie girl.

Foster’s Gold is also excited to work with Holly and realize that they have chosen just the right gal for the job.

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Charlie Sheen Celebrates His Own Gruesome Death

Charlie Harper Killed by Public Transport

Charlie Sheen was killed off from “Two and a Half Men”, this is old news, he was fired from the popular series in March, this, is even older news. However, the way that Sheen will be killed off from the show has finally been revealed. People who attended the taping of the first episode of the new season on Friday came back with excited news (spoiler alert), Sheen aka Charlie Harper will fall or will be pushed in front of a French subway train by his half-crazy half stalker wife Rose.

Charlie Harper’s death happens in the following sequence: he marries his stalker Rose and flies with her to Paris; she finds him in bed with someone else mere days later. A day after Rose finds out that he cheated; he falls (“or is pushed”) in front of a subway train while the couple is waiting on the platform. The story was told by Rose on Charlie’s funeral, which was attended by many of his former girlfriends amongst other guests.

As expected, Sheen isn’t taking the news or circumstances of his death too hard and is even throwing an at home screening party for his friends and hotties to celebrate his characters tragic and somewhat gruesome death. The producers of the show are excited to move forward and be dealt with Sheen so they can start with “That 70’s show” star Ashton Kutcher. The producers intention will somewhat be fulfilled as Kutcher is definitely a great distracting appearance. His eye candy looks and good acting will definitely make audiences forget Sheen in no time. The cast of the show however is a totally different story who is yet not that impressed with Kutcher’s diva personality.

The shows ninth season will be aired in the US on September 19^th.

Charlie Sheen’s Character Gets Killed Off from Two and a Half Men

Charlie Sheen, Gone

Charlie Sheen’s teary eyed fans say their goodbyes to him as his character gets killed off from the show “Two and a Half men”. According to FOXNews.com the new season will premier in two parts and will feature Charlie Harper’s dramatic funeral. The funeral like the player Charlie Harper will be happening and hot as all the women from Charlie’s past will attend his funeral to pay their respects. Later on in the episode his famous Malibu bachelor pad will be put on sale, this will cue Ashton Kutcher’s appearance on the show.

A lot of real life celebrities from “Two and Half Men” producer Chuck Lorre’s other shows will also show up on Harper’s funeral as prospective buyers for the bachelor pad. However, all buyers will fade away when Kutcher will step in as an internet billionaire suffering from a broken heart. Kutcher’s character’s name on the show is Walden Schmidt; he has been hired as a replacement for Charlie Sheen who was dumped by the show this March. Although, Kutcher has been hired as Sheen’s replacement, however Ashton Kutcher’s character shares no family relation to the other characters on the show.

Producers of the show “Two and Half Men” are struggling to keep other storylines and surprises of the upcoming season hidden from the public as not to ruin the surprise for them. The season premier featuring Ashton Kutcher will be recorded in front of a live audience, later this week in Los Angeles, the season is going to air in United States in September.

Kutcher might be a heartthrob of many teenage girls however sources reveal that the cast of “Two and Half Men” is missing Sheen more and more with each passing day, as everybody thinks that the 33 year old, Kutcher is just too much of a diva.

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Miranda Kerr Dazzles Aussie Audience on David Jones Catwalk

Miranda Kerr Dazzles Aussie Audience on David Jones Catwalk

Supermodel and new mum  Miranda Kerr made a runway comeback on the David Jones catwalk at the Royal Hall of Industries in Sydney showing off her post-mum my hot bod to everybody at the designer’s Spring Summer launch. As Miranda Kerr, 28, strutted down the runway in a sexy one piece swim suit with an exposing neckline people in the audience could barely hold their breaths. Kerr claimed that she was a bit uncomfortable wearing such a revealing swimsuit in front of such a large crowd mere seven months after becoming a proud mum  to her son Flynn.

The brunette bombshell revealed the secret of her toned body saying that she had started doing Pilates and squats in addition to her usual yoga routine. Orlando Bloom, Kerr’s husband and little Flynn’s father wasn’t there to see his wife come strutting down the runway in all her glory. Bloom was there to see his wife during the runway show’s rehearsals; however he had to fly out to New Zealand in the afternoon to film his new flick “The Hobbit” which is directed by Peter Jackson. Flynn unfortunately also missed his mum my’s night on the runway.

Kerr loves being a mother, and enjoys all pleasures that motherhood brings with itself even the untimely breast feedings. She admitted to sometimes feeling like a “milk maid”, however every mum ent that she spends with her husband and son are a true blessing. Kerr also admitted that balancing a family life with her modelling career was certainly a difficult task, however as far as her priorities go her first preference is always her son. That is why she is opting to do only selected jobs, so that she can focus more on her family.

David Jones sent 160 outfits down the runway last night, among guests of the show were Natalie Imbruglia, Tina Arena, Gracie Otto, Lara Bingle and Emma Lung.

14 Year Old Jack Vidgen Ecstatic Over Winning Australia’s Got Talent

Jack to Be Signed By Sony

After winning Australia’s got talent and a once in a lifetime record deal with Sony the talented Jack Vidgen is all set to take over the world just as he has Australia. After being announced the winner, Vidgen was completely awestruck, however the happiness didn’t stop there, he was also awarded a cash prize worth $250,000 and seconds later he was taken in to sign a music deal with Sony Music. Vidgen emerged victorious over Melbourne escapist Cosentino in the thriller finale; Vidgen confirmed his victory by belting out Dream Girls anthem “And I’m Telling You”.

The talented teenager couldn’t describe his feelings when he was announced the winner after such a close contest. Overcome with joyous sentiments Vidgen even claimed that he would sign any record deal that he was offered on the night of his victory and if he could he would launch his first song there and then. Many are comparing the winner to the likes of Justin Beiber, however Vidgen has his eyes set to follow in the footsteps of John Farnham, a true Australian legend. The proud parents of Jack Vidgen dashed on to the stage to hug their son as soon as the cameras were turned off.

Rachel Vidgen, Jack’s mother was teary eyed when her son promised to buy her a new couch from his prize money. She revealed with tears in her eyes that the family owned only 2 chairs and that she had never anticipated that her little Jack would win so much money. Danni Minogue, one of the judges on the show said that the whole nation needs to get behind Jack and his amazing vocals.

Jack Vidgen’s first single “Yes I am Tomorrow” is believed to be released by Sony tomorrow.

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