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BRIEF: SPADA endorses new casting guidelines
SPADA has endorsed a new set of guidelines prepared by NZ Casting Directors in consultation with NZ Actors Agents. The…
FIFO: Grand Prix winner suffers in translation
Lyn COllie, producer of There Once was an Island, collected the Grand Prix at FIFO. Under the influence of champagne…
NZ News: by the numbers Monday 1 February, 2010
3 News at 12 enjoyed a big boost, and Nightline won the late evening viewers.
New Zealand Weekend Box Office to 31 January, 2010
There's little else one can say about Avatar with even its publicist getting nominated for an award in the US.…
mPICS: former Film NZ head gives up on Wellington summer, gets back to work
Last September, Judith McCann surprised many by stepping down at short notice from her post as CEO of Film New…
Arkles Entertainment: 'distributor of last resort' closing its doors
John Davies' Arkles Entertainment is closing up shop in New Zealand after over seven years. Mr Davies, who today took…
Spartacus: Blood and <del>Sand</del> Jobs
Once the rumours of merkins and employing strippers made the local papers last year, we had a rough idea of…
NZ News: by the numbers Friday 29 January, 2010
There's something you don't see very often - Close Up beating One News, and by over 80,000 viewers to boot.
NZ Box Office: up 8.6% in 2009
The good news, for distributors at least, was that the 2009 box office was up year on year – Another…
The Jaquie Brown Diaries: misunderstanding casts comedienne as lesbian icon in-waiting
MTV has acquired the Young Gifted and Brown series The Jaquie Brown Diaries for Logo, its Lesbian, Gay, Bi and…