Friday 3 February 2012

Any Questions for Ben? Premiere At Sydney's St George OpenAir Cinema



The Sydney premiere of the rom com Any Questions For Ben? enjoyed its premiere in Sydney, Australia tonight.

The weather was wet, but the atmosphere was warm.

St George Open Air Cinema was the venue for the premiere showing, and actress Rachael Taylor did the honours, coming back to Australia especially for the promos.

"Any Questions for Ben?" is a run romantic comedy with sophistication, so if that's your thing, you will love it.

It's the latest feature from Australian tube production company Working Dog, whose previous pictures ("The Castle," "The Dish") were also helmed by co-founder Rob Sitch.

Marketing dude Ben (Lawson), whose going nowhere life is filled with booze and casual sex.

Human-rights lawyer Alex (Rachael Taylor), a former classmate of Ben's, passes through his life from time time time.

The final scenes of the flick are fortunately really well written.

Rom com lovers should put this in their "must see" list. Lots of fun.

Promo

For 27-year-old Ben (Josh Lawson), life couldn’t be better. A well paid job, friends, parties, girls and nothing to tie him down. But when he is invited back to his old school to join several other ex-students including Alex (Rachael Taylor) and Jim (Ed Kavalee) in talking about their personal achievements, something goes wrong. Ben is the only speaker not to be asked a question by the school kids. This triggers a year of soulsearching and looking for answers in all the wrong places.

From his best friend Andy (Christian Clark) whose solution is that they both take another holiday, to his mentor Sam (Lachy Hulme) who loans him a sports car in the belief that there’s nothing like excessive speed to resolve emotional turmoil. Not even Ben’s father (Rob Carlton) or friends Nick (Daniel Henshall) and Em (Felicity Ward) can offer much in the way of meaningful guidance.

Of course, it’s not easy seeking enlightenment in nightclubs, or on the ski fields of New Zealand, and when you start dating a Russian tennis star things can get really complicated. As the poster boy for a generation desperate to tick every box, Ben begins to suspect that the meaning of life may well reside in the things he's already doing - and a girl he used to know.

A Roadshow Films release of a Working Dog production. (International sales: Working Dog, Melbourne.) Produced by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Michael Hirsh, Rob Sitch. Directed by Rob Sitch. Screenplay, Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Sitch.

With: Josh Lawson, Rachael Taylor, Daniel Henshall, Felicity Ward, Christian Clark, Jodi Gordon, David James, Ed Kavalee, Rob Carlton, Tracy Mann, Lachy Hulme, Chantelle Raleigh, Alan Brough, Liliya May, Tom Carmody.












Liliya May

Daniel Henshall


Felicity Ward, Christian Clark, Jodi Gordon

Josh Lawson


Rachael Taylor


 Jodi Gordon

Christian Clark



Distributor: Roadshow Films
Cinema Release: 9 Feb 2012

Websites

Village Roadshow Australia

St George Open Air Cinema

Working Dog

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

Eva Rinaldi Photography

Music News Australia

Michael Bolton's Symphony Orchestra Tour Of Australia



We’re excited to be covering Michael Bolton's tour of Australia.

His tour includes most capital cities including Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne and runs from the 17th to 27th April.

Grammy legend Michael Bolton fills Australian venues with soulful classics, power ballads and beautiful arias on the Symphony Orchestra Tour, accompanied by his band and our orchestras.

Accolades for Michael's artistic achievements include two Grammys for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance, six American Music Awards, twenty four BMI & ASCAP Awards, nine Million-Air Awards, Hitmakers Songwriter of the Year Award and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Michael's diverse musical interests have produced eight Top Ten studio albums and nine #1 singles across Pop, Jazz & Classical charts, with global sales of more than fifty three million.

The six time Platinum album Soul Provider gave Michael his first Grammy for the #1 single How Am I Supposed To Live Without You? and hits with Soul Provider, How Can We Be Lovers? and When I'm Back On My Feet Again.

His second Grammy blockbuster, When A Man Loves A Woman, featured on the #1 album
Time, Love & Tenderness and hit singles were also the title track, Steel Bars, Love Is A Wonderful Thing and Missing you Now.

More hits followed with To Love Somebody and Reach Out I'll Be There, That's What Love Is All About, the Grammy nominated Said I Loved You…But I Lied, the tribute Bolton Swings Sinatra and the album of arias, My Secret Passion, which remained at #1 for a record breaking six weeks on the classical charts.

A prolific songwriter, Michael has written for over one hundred artists and penned #1 hits for Barbra Streisand, Cher, KISS, Kenny G and Laura Branigan, collaborated with Lady Gaga, Ne-Yo and Dianne Warren and is one of the few to have co-written with Bob Dylan, which resulted in the mega hit, Steel Bars. 

Michael's latest collaborations include duets with Delta Goodrem, Eva Cassidy, Seal, Rascal Flatts and others on his Gems album and Emmy nominated, Jack Sparrow (with The Lonely Island), first exposed on Saturday Night Live and now viral with over fifty four million YouTube hits. 

This year's People Magazine's "Sexiest Man In His Fifties" is currently on a world tour and pays homage to Luciano Pavarotti at each concert with the aria Nessun dorma.  Michael has also sung with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Renee Fleming, played guitar with BB King and earned a Grammy nomination for his cover of Georgia On My Mind, which was performed with Ray Charles at the jazz greats induction into the Hall of Fame.

Michael Bolton's clip with The Lonely island, Jack sparrow, was rated the third highest 2011 view on YouTube as well.  Close your ears!!

If your Secret Passion is Michael Bolton, don't miss this Symphony Orchestra Tour with his band and orchestras, from Saturday 14 - Friday 27 April.

Tour Dates
       
Tues     17 April           Riverside Theatre PCEC Perth             Ticketek.com.au 132 849
Thurs   19 April           Adelaide Festival Theatre         Bass.net.au 131 246
Sat       21 April &       Sydney Opera House                SOH Box Office 02 9250 7777 &
Sun     22 April            Sydney Opera House 7pm Matinee      Ticketmaster.com.au 136 100     
Fri        27 April           Regent Theatre Melbourne       Ticketmaster 1300 111 011                                                                                                             

Bio

Grammy legend and singer songwriter, Michael Bolton, performs with Orchestra Victoria at the Regent Theatre Melbourne on Friday 27 April.

Accolades for Michael's artistic achievements include two Grammys for Best Pop Male Vocal Performance, six American Music Awards, twenty four BMI & ASCAP Awards, nine Million-Air Awards, Hitmakers Songwriter of the Year Award and a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Michael's diverse musical interests have produced eight Top Ten studio albums and nine #1 singles across Pop, Jazz & Classical charts, with global sales of more than fifty three million.

The six time Platinum album Soul Provider gave Michael his first Grammy for the #1 single How Am I Supposed To Live Without You and hits with Soul Provider, How Can We Be Lovers and When I'm Back On My Feet Again.

His second Grammy blockbuster, When A Man Loves A Woman, featured on the #1 album Time, Love & Tenderness and hit singles were also the title track, Steel Bars, Love Is A Wonderful Thing and Missing you Now.

More hits followed with To Love Somebody and Reach Out I'll Be There, That's What Love Is All About, the Grammy nominated Said I Loved You...But I Lied, the tribute Bolton Swings Sinatra and the album of arias, My Secret Passion, which remained at #1 for a record breaking six weeks on the classical charts.

A prolific songwriter, Michael has written for over one hundred artists and penned #1 hits for Barbra Streisand, Cher, KISS, Kenny G and Laura Branigan, collaborated with Lady Gaga, Ne-Yo and Dianne Warren and is one of the few to have co-written with Bob Dylan, which resulted in the mega hit, Steel Bars.

Michael's latest collaborations include duets with Delta Goodrem, Eva Cassidy, Seal and others on his Gems album and Emmy nominated, Jack Sparrow (with The Lonely Island), first exposed on Saturday Night Live and now viral with over fifty million YouTube hits. 

This year's People Magazine "Sexiest Man In His Fifties" is currently on a world tour and pays homage to Luciano Pavarotti at each concert with the aria Nessun dorma.  Michael has also sung with Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Renee Fleming, played guitar with BB King and earned a Grammy nomination for his cover of Georgia On My Mind, which was performed with Ray Charles at the jazz greats induction to the Hall of Fame.

If your Secret Passion is Michael Bolton don't miss this sensational night of soulful classics, power ballads and arias with Orchestra Victoria on Friday 27 April at the Regent Theatre.

Well done to everyone involved in putting on the tour and we look forward to continuing to follow Michael as he tours down under Australia.

Websites

Michael Bolton official website

Bluehawk Presents

Music News Australia