Michael Bodey
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Logies 2016: Stars shine on the red carpet
Bright colours, sequins and trains, rather than train wrecks, dominated the red carpet at the 2016 Logie Awards. → Read More
Director Jon Favreau discusses his remake of The Jungle Book
Jon Favreau talks like an anachronistic director when explaining his thinking behind the remake of The Jungle Book. In the present era, when shydirectors seem to prefer to reshyimagine rather than shyrespect their source shymaterial, shyFavreau stands firmly for the latter. He didnt want to put a fresh spin on the 1967 Disney animated classic to which he felt connected. shyIndeed, initially the… → Read More
George Pell agrees to interview with Andrew Bolt
Columnist and broadcaster Andrew Bolt has secured an exclusive interview with Cardinal George Pell at the conclusion of his evidence to the Royal Commission into child abuse. → Read More
Oscars 2016 LIVE
OSCARS 2016 LIVE BLOG: Follow all the glitz and glamour on Hollywood’s big night; from the red-carpet arrivals to the Academy Awards. Michael Bodey (MB) and Glynis Traill-Nash (GTN) are your hosts ... → Read More
Oscars 2016: Michael Bodey’s Academy Awards picks
The 88th Academy Awards to be presented on Monday afternoon (live on Nine from 12.30pm AEST) could either be tediously predictable or one of the most electric ceremonies ever. → Read More
Oscars nominations 2016: Mad Max takes 10 nominations
Mad Max: Fury Road has earned 10 Academy Award nominations, including best picture, the most ever for an Australian film. → Read More
Mad Max scoops the pool at AACTAs
The barnstorming action movie Mad Max: Fury Road has found a higher gear of momentum after being named the best Australian film of the year at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards. → Read More
Kidmans farewell ‘Papa’ with amazing grace
THE Kidman clan said goodbye yesterday to their beloved patriarch, Antony, in an emotional funeral service laced with music. → Read More
Ten Questions: Jim Middleton
JIM Middleton left the ABC last week after 44 years with the public broadcaster, including two decades as ABC TV’s straight-as-an-arrow political editor. He did his exit interview and handed in his ID to Michael Bodey. → Read More
Cricketer Brett Lee lands starring role in India targeted film
FORMER Australian cricketer Brett Lee will star opposite Indian actress Tannishtha Chatterjee in an Australian film made for the Indian market. → Read More
Veteran political correspondent another victim of ABC funding cuts
A five-decade veteran of the ABC, Jim Middleton, and former South-East Asia correspondent Catherine McGrath, are the latest casualties of federal funding cuts to the public broadcaster. → Read More
Nine, Fairfax confirm $100m StreamCo JV
NINE Entertainment Co and Fairfax Media have confirmed a $100 million joint venture partnership on the new subscription video on-demand (SVOD) service, StreamCo. → Read More
Jacki Weaver starstruck by Woody Allen on Magic in the Moonlight
IT is a measure of both Jacki Weaver’s candid, lovable nature and rapid ascension to Hollywood that she often talks now about what her agents tell her <i>not</i> to do. Since her unlikely Academy Award nomination for Melbourne crime drama <i>Animal Kingdom</i>, she says her husband has counted 33 return trips to Australia from films shoots and promotional work overseas. → Read More
Journos in wartime make for a great story
CONVENTION says journalists don’t make good characters on television. → Read More
Foxtel slashes prices for video on demand
FOXTEL has signalled a price war with free-to-air rival Nine Network in the subscription video-on-demand market, as the pay-TV operator revealed it had grown subscribers by 5.6 per cent despite ongoing weak consumer confidence. → Read More
Robin Williams brought laughter and tears
ROBIN Williams was on holiday, incognito, in Sydney’s exclusive Palm Beach when Australian director Peter Weir spotted a vaguely familiar figure by the sand. → Read More
Baby Gammy’s parents help Nine to a win
ANOTHER late edition of 60 Minutes regained its million-plus audience with its exclusive interview with the Australian parents of Thai surrogate baby, Gammy. → Read More
Luc Besson casts Scarlett Johansson as his latest action heroine
LUC Besson has been described as the most Hollywood of French filmmakers, partly for aiming his films, over a 35-year career, at mainstream cinemas instead of arthouses. → Read More
The Voice hits flat note for finale
THE Voice concluded its 2014 season last night well down on its 2013 result. → Read More
Axe falls on 80 ABC jobs in international broadcasting restructure
THE ABC has confirmed up to 80 jobs will go in a forced redundancy program as it restructures its international broadcasting commitments after the axing of the Australia Network. → Read More