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Production Stuff-up: this one is a doozie
Guardian
Thursday 17 May, 2012 (U.S.A.)

It is uncool to accidentally lock an actor inside a location overnight. It is ore uncool if his mobile phone is in the trailer. But it is terminally uncool when that actor is Michael Caine.

Rupert Murdoch: such a sweet man, so many diligent cops..
Crikey
Thursday 17 May, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Our very own Tweetie-pie Rupert is assailed on all sides by rozzers from the Met, though he floats above it all like a barrage balloon in a burning city. Crikey points out that phone hacking is the least of his worries.

Brief: Saville to kick felonious feature goal with Edgerton
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Screen Hub
Thursday 17 May, 2012 (Australia)

Goalpost Pictures, Joel Edgerton, Matthew Saville, international finance, an October shooting date - the Cannes announcement sets up an intriguing mainstream film.

Gulumbu Yunupingu: the passing of an Australian icon
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Screen Hub
Thursday 17 May, 2012 (Australia)

Working on Indigenous productions is a privilege for non-Indigenous filmmakers, and can be a powerful, illuminating experience. Patricia Edgar remembers the production of Yolgnu Boy, through which she met Gulumbu Yunupingu, who died last week.

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY - EXECUTIVE PRODUCING COURSES
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

For two years now, Victoria University’s Sir Zelman Cowen Centre has offered some highly successful executive producing courses in both Sydney and Melbourne, outputting a bevy of graduates who have done great things within film and television. So who should attend this course, and why? We asked course director Pamela Wilson-Endrina.

INPUT 2012: Fresh Fiction - Join-In Dramas, Soap Noirs and other Buzz Creators
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Cutting edge fiction from Holland to Japan, inspired by real life, theatre, reality shows, interactions with the audience, and the simple density of a novel - these are some of the freshest approaches to drama on television.

Mediawatch: turns on its own
ABC
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Jonathan Holmes and the gang have whacked The 7.30 Report on an immigration story. And been whacked back.

Rafters: packing in another season
TV Tonigh
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Was there any doubt? The transgenerational beast continues to flourish. Renewed to give us season six.

John Duigan: Careless Love brings him back to Australia with private finance
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

John Duigan, the writer/director behind Flirting and The Year My Voice Broke continues studying the marginalised in society with his new film, Careless Love, the story of a university student and prostitute in Sydney.

Ratings: Tuesday, 15 May 2012 as Ten enters war zone with bikies
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Oztam
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Very early evening sauciness beats later violence as an American high concept fantasy leads the way for Seven on 1.35m. Ten maxed out with Bikie Wars at 1.261m, to give it only third place for the night.

Ratings: Monday May 14th 2012
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Oztam
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

It`s back to haunt them all. The Voice hooks 2.199m people, and Ten has to duke it out with the ABC.

AFTRS and NFSA: when bean counters swoop
PS News
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Who knows if this is a good idea... "A crackdown on planning and performance measures in Australia’s national cultural agencies has been announced By the Minister for the Arts, Simon Crean."

Sapphires: Deborah Mailman off to Cannes
SMH
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Points to the power of Indigenous films on the international stage.

Spierig Bros: predestined to return
Yahoo
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Back with a new production, to start next year, through Wolfhound Pictures` Patrick McDonald and Blacklab Entertainment`s Tim McGahan, with international rights now bought by Arclight. Also here.

Andy Muirhead: case delayed
Daily Telegraph
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Tasmanian ABC TV host Andy Muirhead has his day in court delayed even further.

International Games Gurus: secured for Victorian symposium
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher announced today that three of the world s most influential games developers will headline a games symposium for Australian games developers in June 2012.

Video Games Industry: not looking so hot
Newsday
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (U.S.A.)

Some numbers in the decline. Expect to see hardware manufacturers with long faces.

NBN: industry paper sinks the slipper to sighs of relief
ZDnet
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

Time to call an electron an electron, and a clown a clown as Libs struggle with the truth on the national broadband network.

NBN: nerds speak to ordinary folks in bush
ABC
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

How do you explain undreamed of possibilities to someone not in your head? Good luck.

Community TV: news deal with Fairfax
Fairfield Champion
Wednesday 16 May, 2012 (Australia)

"Created through a collaboration between Fairfax Community Newspapers, TVS and the University of Western Sydney, the show started screening last year..." That is a clever connection.

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