David Meddows
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Sydney, NSW, Australia
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The Wilds: Rachel Griffiths on Australian TVs lack of diversity
Rachel Griffiths believes Australian television networks have struggled in the past to tell authentic stories that accurately portray the audiences they serve. → Read More
Disney legend fears people will discover he’s ‘faking it’
Glen Keane is one of the most experienced and lauded animators of our generation, but the certified Disney Legend still fears people are about to discover he’s an artistic fraud. → Read More
Friends creator Marta Kauffman reveals how the show first came together
Just before Friends hit screens back in 1994, long before it became a cultural phenomenon that would live well beyond its 10-year run, only once did co-creator Marta Kauffman think she might have hit on something big. → Read More
‘I feel vulnerable’: News Corp executive Siobhan McKenna opens up about her stunning new novel, Man In Armour
As one of the most powerful players in Australian media, Siobhan McKenna is used to taking risks on a grand scale, but this time she is putting everything she’s worked so hard for on the line. → Read More
Author Gabriel Bergmoser reveals why his new thriller The Hunted almost never happened
What lies at the end of those windy dirt roads you pass while driving through the more desolate parts of Australia? Those eerie, untrodden paths that disappear into a taunting, dusty horizon. → Read More
Bear: Koala Hero Foxtel documentary of koala rescue dog
A “goofball” dog with bright blue eyes and red bootees is helping to save koalas still affected by our devastating summer of bushfires. → Read More
Knives Out: Toni Collette on playing Joni and working with luminaries
Australian actor Toni Collette has had great success both at home and in the US. In her latest film, Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, she plays a lifestyle influencer with a motive for murder. → Read More
The new YA rom-com with a distinctly Aussie flavour
Young adult fiction has boomed in recent years thanks largely to string of big-budget movies and television shows, but many of those stories being told lack a distinctly Australian voice. → Read More
Grandmother of 13 disappears without a trace
An extensive search is underway in the state’s far west for a grandmother of 13 who disappeared without a trace late last month. → Read More
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Is Samin Nosrat TV’s most likeable chef?
WITH just a few hours before her debut series Salt, Fat Acid, Heat drops around the world, chef Samin Nosrat is standing in front of a dozen or so people who have gathered at a funky converted Brooklyn warehouse to mark the occasion. → Read More
Witch-burning and Weinstein: comedians Merrill Markoe and Megan Koester on the indignities of being a woman
SOMETIMES a subject is so disturbing that injecting a healthy dose of comedy into the mix is the best way to tell a story. → Read More
David Meddows: Intern Pete’s ‘heinous’ crime worth only an eye-roll
JUST before 6pm on Thursday night Australian actor Lachy Hulme, who once played Kerry Packer in a miniseries about the birth of World Series Cricket, responded to an innocuous tweet from ABC presenter Leigh Sales. → Read More
Meet the oldest active surf lifesaver in Australia
When veteran surf lifesaver Bruce Robertson first started patrolling Mona Vale Beach in 1942, World War II was in full swing and the postcard views along the northern beaches were marred by barbed wire fences and concrete bollards. → Read More
Why Jodie Foster’s Black Mirror episode is chilling for parents
WHEN Jodie Foster’s Black Mirror episode Arkangel was released a couple of weeks back, some critics were disappointed the storyline didn’t deviate far enough from current reality. → Read More
The men behind the masks: Superhero creators and their not so super lives
SUPERHEROES have been the saviour of the film industry in recent years, with blockbuster franchises such as The Avengers, Batman and Thor raking in billions for Hollywood studios facing an onslaught of big-budget content from the streaming and pay TV explosion. → Read More
Magnussen launches a missile at swim chiefs over NSW neglect
Duel world champion James Magnussen has blasted the dire state of swimming in NSW and believes hundreds of potential Olympians are being overlooked because of the neglect of swimming officials. → Read More
Cocaine, cash and how we fought the Cali Cartel
WHEN youre called on to play a special agent tackling one of the biggest drug cartels in the world, theres nobody better to prepare you than the man who did just that himself. → Read More
Emma Watson, Christian Bale: Celebrities that weren’t born in the countries you thought
CITIZENSHIP skeletons continue to tumble out of the closets of federal parliament, but the origin guessing game has been playing out in showbiz for eons. → Read More
10 stars who don’t come from the country you think they do
CITIZENSHIP skeletons continue to tumble out of the closets of federal parliament, but the origin guessing game has been playing out in showbiz for eons. → Read More
Four Stephen King stories that should be made for the big screen
WHEN you turn a much-loved work of literary fiction into a movie theres an inherent risk youre going to anger a ton of people who just arent happy with your interpretation. → Read More