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Heath Ledger finalists 2024. Top L-R: Andrea Solonge, Charles Wu, and Taj Aldeep. Bottom L-R: Will McDonald, Kartanya Maynard and Ezekiel Simat. Image: AIF.
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2024 Heath Ledger Scholarship finalists announced

The six finalists for the Heath Ledger Scholarship for young Australian actors in Hollywood have been revealed.

Actor Janet Andrewartha smiles for the camera in a publicity photo. She is an Anglo-Australian woman with carefully styled brown hair and wearing a white jacket.
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Vale Janet Andrewartha

The Australian actor, best known for long-running appearances in Australian TV dramas as well as her many stage performances, has…

Sophie Wilde in Talk to Me. Image: A24/Umbrella Entertainment
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Sophie Wilde to receive rising star award at Cannes

Australian actress Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) is making a splash at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

Cal Wilson. Image of woman with short red and black hair, wearing pink jumper and clasping hands.
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Vale Cal Wilson

New Zealand-born, Australian adopted comedian Cal Wilson was one of the kindest and most genuine people in comedy, and will…

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Australian Screen Music Awards: nominees announced for 2023

Nominees have been named for the annual event recognising excellence in screen composition.

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Want to be an actor? Aaron Walton says 'make your own work'

Acting is just standing around pretending, right? Not so, says Aaron Walton, about a craft that is more complicated than…

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Screen Music Awards: The Drover's Wife, River and New Gold Mountain clean up

The APRA AMCOS Screen Music Awards returned last night, with several female composers taking home top gongs.

A still from Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (image - ABC)
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Australian comedy and streaming? It's Mad as Hell

Shaun Micallef’s show is the best Australian comedy of the last decade. For the best of the rest, look to…

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Vale David Dalaithngu AM

We mourn the passing of the once-in-a-generation artist whose career included such landmark films as Walkabout, The Tracker and Charlie’s…

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Vale Doug MacLeod

MacLeod, whose career spanned children's books and musical theatre to television comedy, is much missed.

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