ARIA Awards 2011 - nominees and early winners

ARIA Awards 2011 - nominees and early winners
The ARIA 2011 nominations were announced this morning at the 25th Aria Awards Nomination party in Sydney.
Check out the full list of nominees and early winners below!
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
Boy & Bear – Moonfire (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Cut Copy – Zonoscope (Modular Recordings)
Eskimo Joe – Ghosts of the Past (Warner Music Australia)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Rrakala (Skinnyfish Music/MGM Distribution)
Grinderman – 2 (Mute/EMI Music Australia)
SINGLE OF THE YEAR:
Birds Of Tokyo – Wild At Heart (EMI Music Australia)
Boy & Bear – Feeding Line (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Drapht- Rapunzel (The Ayems/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)
Guy Sebastian Featuring Eve – Who’s That Girl (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
The Jezabels – Dark Storm (MGM Distribution)
BEST MALE ARTIST:
Drapht – The Life Of Riley (The Ayems/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Gareth Liddiard – Strange Tourist (Shock Entertainment)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Rrakala (Skinnyfish Music/MGM Distribution)
Gotye – Somebody That I Used To Know (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)
Josh Pyke – No One Wants A Lover (Ivy League Records)
BEST FEMALE ARTIST:
Adalita – Adalita (Liberation Music)
Clare Bowditch – Are You Ready Yet? (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Kasey Chambers – Little Bird (Liberation Music)
Kimbra – Cameo Lover (Warner Music Australia)
Washington – Holy Moses (Mercury Australia/Universal Music Australia. 
BEST GROUP:
Birds Of Tokyo – Wild At Heart (EMI Music Australia)
Boy & Bear – Moonfire (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Eskimo Joe – Ghosts Of The Past (Warner Music Australia)
Grinderman – 2 (Mute/EMI Music Australia)
The Living End – The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST - ALBUM:
Boy & Bear – Moonfire (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Drapht – The Life Of Riley (The Ayems/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Gypsy & The Cat – Gilgamesh (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Oh Mercy – Great Barrier Grief (EMI Music Australia)
The Middle East – I Want That You Are Always Happy (Spunk/EMI Music Australia)
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST - SINGLE:
Boy & Bear – Feeding Line (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Drapht – Rapunzel (The Ayems/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Havana Brown – We Run The Night (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
The Jezabels – Dark Storm (MGM Distribution)
Zoe Badwi – Freefallin’ (Neon Records/Warner Music Australia)
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE:
Art Vs Science – The Experiment (Green/MGM Distribution)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Rrakala (Skinnyfish Music/MGM Distribution)
John Butler Trio – Live At Red Rocks (Jarrah Records/MGM Distribution)
Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses – Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses (Dark Horses Records/Inertia)
The Jezabels – Dark Storm (MGM Distribution)
BEST ADULT ALTERNATIVE ALBUM:
Boy & Bear – Moonfire (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Grinderman – 2 (Mute/EMI Music Australia)
Little Red – Midnight Remember (Liberation Music)
Seeker Lover Keeper – Seeker Lover Keeper (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
The Panics – Rain On The Humming Wire (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM:
Billy Thorpe – Billy Thorpe’s Tangier (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Colin Hay – Gathering Mercury (Compass Records/Planet/MGM Distribution)
Damien Leith – Roy (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
John Farnham – Jack (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Mark Seymour and the Undertow – Undertow (Liberation Music)
BEST BLUES & ROOTS ALBUM:
Backsliders – Starvation Box (Fuse)
Blue King Brown – Worldwize Part 1 – North And South (Lion House Records/MGM Distribution)
John Butler Trio – Live At Red Rocks (Jarrah Records/MGM Distribution)
The Audreys – Sometimes The Stars (ABC Music)
The Waifs – Temptation (Jarrah Records/MGM Distribution)
BEST CHILDREN’S ALBUM:

Dirtgirlworld – Dig It (Kidindy)
Hi-5 – Turn The Music Up (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Holly Throsby – See! (ABC Music)
Play School – Let’s Play Together (ABC Music)
The Wiggles – Ukulele Baby! (ABC Music)

BEST COMEDY RELEASE:

Adam Hills – Inflatable (Universal Pictures)
Buddy Goode – The One And Only Buddy Goode (ABC Music)
Hamish & Andy – Celebrating 50 Glorious Years (Roadshow Music)
Josh Thomas – Josh Thomas ‘Surprise’: Warehouse Comedy Festival (Madman Entertainment/Warehouse Comedy Festival)
Tim Minchin – Tim Minchin & The Heritage Orchestra (Navel/Inertia)

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM:

Jasmine Rae – Listen Here (ABC Music)
Kasey Chambers – Little Bird (Liberation Music)
Keith Urban – Get Closer (EMI Music Australia)
Shane Nicholson – Bad Machines (Liberation Music)
Troy Cassar-Daley – Live (Liberation Music)

BEST DANCE RELEASE:

Bag Raiders – Bag Raiders (Modular Recordings)
Cut Copy – Zonoscope (Modular Recordings)
Miami Horror – Illumination (EMI Music Australia)
Pnau – Soft Universe (etcetc Music/Ministry of Sound/Universal Music Australia)
The Potbelleez – From The Music (Vicious/Universal Music Australia)

BEST HARD ROCK/HEAVY METAL ALBUM:

Coerce – Ethereal Surrogate Saviour (Green/MGM Distribution)
Cosmic Psychos – Glorius Barsteds (Missing Link/Fuse)
Dream On Dreamer – Heartbound (We Are Unified Pty Ltd)
Floatingme – Floatingme (Cross Section/Inertia)
Front End Loader – Ritardando (Weeping Anus Records/MGM Distribution)

BEST POP RELEASE:

Architecture In Helsinki – Moment Bends (Modular Recordings)
Gotye – Somebody That I Used to Know (feat. Kimbra) (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)
Guy Sebastian – Who’s That Girl (feat. Eve) (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Gypsy & The Cat – Gilgamesh (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Washington – Holy Moses (Mercury Australia/Universal Music Australia)

BEST ROCK ALBUM:

Children Collide- Theory Of Everything (Universal Music Australia)
Eskimo Joe – Ghosts Of The Past (Warner Music Australia)
Jebediah – Kosciuszko (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)
Papa Vs Pretty – United In Isolation (EMI Music Australia)
The Living End – The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating (Dew Process/Universal Music Australia)


BEST URBAN ALBUM:

Drapht – The Life Of Riley (The Ayems/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Illy – The Chase (Obese Records)
Koolism – The Umu (Invada/Inertia)
Phrase – Babylon (Marlin Records/ Universal Music Australia)
Vents – Marked For Death (Golden Era Records)

HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM:

Altiyan Childs – Altiyan Childs (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way (EMI Music Australia)
Birds Of Tokyo – Birds of Tokyo (EMI Music Australia)
Keith Urban – Get Closer (EMI Music Australia)
Various – He Will Have His Way – The Songs of Tim & Neil Finn (EMI Music Australia)

HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE:

Birds Of Tokyo – Plans (EMI Music Australia)
Gotye Featuring Kimbra – Somebody That I Used To Know (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)
Guy Sebastian Featuring Eve – Who’s that Girl (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Havana Brown – We Run The Night (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Jessica Mauboy Featuring Ludacris – Saturday Night (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)

ARTISAN AWARD NOMINEES AND WINNERS:

BEST COVER ART:

Aaron Hayward + David Homer (Debaser) – Art Vs Science, The Experiment (Green/MGM Distribution)
Alter – Cut Copy, Zonoscope (Modular Recordings)
Carlo Santone – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Rrakala (Skinnyfish Music/MGM Distribution)
Aaron Hayward + David Homer (Debaser) – Billy Thorpe, Billy Thorpe’s Tangier (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Ken Done – Oh Mercy, Great Barrier Grief (EMI Music Australia)

BEST VIDEO:

Bart Borghesi – Eskimo Joe, Love Is A Drug (Warner Music Australia)
Carlo Santone – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Gopuru (Skinnyfish Music/MGM Distribution)
David Michod/Flood Projects – Children Collide, Loveless (Universal Music Australia)
Guy Franklin – Kimbra, Cameo Lover (Warner Music Australia)
Natasha Pincus for Starkraving Productions – Gotye Featuring Kimbra, Somebody That I Used to Know (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)

ENGINEER OF THE YEAR:

Dave Parkin – Drapht, Rapunzel (The Ayems/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Francois Tetaz – Gotye Featuring Kimbra, Somebody That I Used to Know (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)
Greg Clarke – Billy Thorpe, Billy Thorpe’s Tangier (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Matt Lovell – Eskimo Joe, Ghosts of the Past (Warner Music Australia)
Wayne Connolly – Josh Pyke, No One Wants A Lover (Ivy League Records)


PRODUCER OF THE YEAR:

Boy & Bear – Boy & Bear, Moonfire (Island Australia/Universal Music Australia)
Daniel Denholm – Billy Thorpe, Billy Thorpe’s Tangier (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Eskimo Joe – Eskimo Joe, Ghosts of the Past (Warner Music Australia)
Wally De Backer – Gotye Featuring Kimbra, Somebody That I Used to Know (Samples ‘n’ Seconds Records/Eleven: A Music Company)
Wayne Connolly, Josh Pyke – Josh Pyke, No One Wants A Lover (Ivy League Records)



PUBLIC VOTED CATEGORY NOMINATIONS:


MOST POPULAR AUSTRALIAN ARTIST:

Altiyan Childs (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Angus & Julia Stone (EMI Music Australia)
Birds of Tokyo (EMI Music Australia)
Drapht (The Ayems/Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Guy Sebastian (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Jessica Mauboy (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
John Farnham (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Justice Crew (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Keith Urban (EMI Music Australia)
Stan Walker (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)


MOST POPULAR INTERNATIONAL ARTIST:

Adele (XL/Inertia)
Chris Brown (Jive/Sony Music Australia)
Jennifer Lopez (Universal Music Australia)
Jessie J (Universal Music Australia)
Ke$ha (RCA Records/Sony Music)
Lady Gaga (Universal Music Australia)
LMFAO (Universal Music Australia)
P!nk (La Face/Sony Music Australia)
Pitbull (J Records/Sony Music Australia)
Rihanna (Universal Music Australia)

ARIA FINE ARTS AWARD WINNERS

BEST CLASSICAL ALBUM:

Karin Schaupp & Flinders Quartet – Fandango (ABC Classics)
Latitude 37 – Latitude 37 (ABC Classics)
Richard Tognetti (violin), Australian Chamber Orchestra – Mozart Violin Concertos Vol 2 (BIS)
Sally Whitwell – Mad Rush: Piano Music of Philip Glass (ABC Classics)
Teddy Tahu Rhodes – Serious Songs (ABC Classics)

BEST JAZZ ALBUM:

Allan Browne, Marc Hannaford, Sam Anning – Shreveport Stomp (Jazzhead Records)
Elixir Featuring Katie Noonan – First Seed Ripening (ABC Music)
Kristin Berardi and The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra – Kristin Berardi meets The Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra (Jazzhead Records)
Sarah McKenzie – Don’t Tempt Me (ABC Music)
The Idea of North – Extraordinary Tale (ABC Jazz

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/CAST/SHOW ALBUM:

Chris Lilley – Angry Boys – Official Soundtrack Album (ABC Music)
Jed Kurzel – Snowtown (Ivy League Records)
Stephen Pigram, Alan Pigram, Alex Lloyd – Mad Bastards – Music from the Motion Picture (Bush Turkey Films/MGM Distribution)
Sydney Symphony and cast conducted by Alexander Briger – Don John of Austria (ABC Classics)
Various Artists – Mary Poppins Australian Cast Recording (Walt Disney Records/Universal Music Australia)


BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM:

David Bridie, Hein Arumisore, Jacob Rumbiak, Ronny Kareni & Donny Roem – Strange Birds in Paradise: A West Papuan Soundtrack (Wantok Musik/Planet/MGM Distribution)
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu – Rrakala (Skinnyfish Music/MGM Distribution)
Saltwater Band – Malk (Skinnyfish Music Music/MGM Distribution)
Shaolin Afronauts – Flight Of The Ancients (Freestyle/Fuse)
Slava & Leonard Grigoryan, Joseph & James Tawadros – Band of Brothers (ABC Music)

BEST MUSIC DVD:

AC/DC – AC/DC – Live At River Plate (Albert Productions)
Powderfinger – Sunsets Farewell Tour (Universal Music Australia)
RocKwiz – Live National Tour (Liberation Music)
Tex Perkins – Man In Black (Sony Music Entertainment Australia)
Various – Triple J One Night Stand (ABC Music)

Mel B Of Spice Girls Fame Signs On With Jenny Craig, by Eva Rinaldi - 10th October 2011

Mel B aka Melanie Brown has just been signed up as the new face of Jenny Craig (Australia and New Zealand).

Today at 10.30am Mel B, the top brass at Jenny Craig, and over a dozen news media enjoyed a healthy and delicious breakfast (and a media gig) at the Centennial Parklands function centre.

In the extremely unlikely event that you didn't know, Mel B is an English pop singer-songwriter, actress, author and television presenter. She is best known around the world as Scary Spice, one of the members of the girl group Spice Girls.

It's well know that brands around the world are often interested in signing up suitable celebrities to promote their wares, and on the surface it looks to be a great match with Jenny Craig being a leader in the weight loss industry for over 30 years, and Mel B recently off pregnancy, enjoying motherhood and looking to loose weight.

The international star told our table "I just love the breakfast. Jenny Craig is just right for me being a busy mum".

Mel B said on her eating "I was eating literally eating morning, noon and night, and its didn't matter what time. I was just eating. I was a house. I love my humps and bumps, but when a newspaper described my shape as the 'bootylicious, curvylicious, post-baby body of Melanie, I knew I had to do something. I had to get the eating under control".

Jenny Craig boss Amy Smith released in a media statement: "Mel told us she doesn't like dieting at all. She loves eating healthy foods and she is thrilled with the health snack options and the amount of fruit and vegetables she gets to eat. Jenny Craig's team of nutritionists and doctors have created a program especially for women like Mel who have recently given birth, that takes into consideration the nutrient levels needed for breastfeeding women", says Ms Smith.

Mel B said: "Life gets a bit crazy when you've got four daughters but it's important for us mums to live healthy and to be in good shape. Mums really need to take time for themselves and get to a place where they are happy with their body again. We should not put it off because we deserve more than that. I healthy happy mum equals a healthy happy family."

After breakfast Mel did some on site TV interviews, believed to be for Channel Seven, followed by a relaxed photo shoot in the lush green parklands. Apparently word must have spread around Sydney press circles, as after just minutes after going outside for the shoot a number of uninvited paparazzi showed up and started snapping away. Mel and her media team probably expected it, so its a good thing that the word is well and truly out about her new campaign with Jenny Craig.

Mel B looks great, so just imagine how hot she will look a few months into the Jenny Craig program. She acknowledge that media, the other former Spice Girls and everyone else will be watching her progress closely, and judging by today it appears UK pop queen is on set to achieve her diet goals. Will you achieve your dieting goals as summer sneaks up on you? Needless to say, you now know who to call, which we strongly suspect for the ideal in the first place.

Thanks for the tasty J.C breakfast guys. Highly recommended.

Websites

Jenny Craig

http://www.jennycraig.com.au/

Melanie Brown official website

http://www.melaniebrown.com/

Centennial Parklands Dining

www.trippaswhitegroup.com.au/our-venues/Centennial-Parklands-Dining/4

Centennial Parklands

http://www.centennialparklands.com.au/

Hollywood Treatment

http://www.hollywoodtreatment.net/

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com

Australian Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards - By Eva Rinaldi, 7th October 2011

                                                       Jennette McCurdy

The 2011 Australian Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards! are almost upon us.

Everyone is getting ready to hit the orange carpet at the mega event.  It all takes place at the Sydney Entertainment Centre tonight. We've found out from our spies about a ton of great performers confirmed to take to the stage!

Joining Gold Coast teen idol and triple-nominee Cody Simpson will be ‘Aussie Idol’s’ Stan Walker, ‘X-Factor’ judge Natalie Bassingthwaighte, ‘Australia’s Got Talent’ winner Jack Vidgen, hip hop dance group Justice Crew and shuffle superstar Timomatic!

Even WWE’s outspoken CM Punk will taking to the stage, having caught a plane just for Australian fans (and viewers we suspect).

We also heard something about magician Cosentino to hit the stage.

Joining the impressive list of previously announced presenters - including Matt Preston, Guy Sebastian, Shannon Noll, Luke Jacobz, Bindi and Robert Irwin, Samantha Harris, Erin McNaught, Nathan Jolliffe and Tyler Atkins, Daniel MacPherson, Commando, Josh Thomas and Ellyse Perry - will be ‘Home And Away’ stars Samara Weaving, Rebecca Breeds, David Jones Roberts and Luke Mitchell. 

Hosted by 'iCarly' stars Jennette McCurdy and Nathan Kress, Australia’s biggest slime fest is also in the works.

Expect fun, and also expect the unexpected. Stay tuned for news you won't find anywhere else!

Nick Marketing Blur Reads...

The road to slime has begun and the 2011 Australian Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards will once again be the biggest party for kids on the planet! Featuring celebrity presenters, hot music acts, surprise reveals and gallons of gooey slime, this is the hottest family entertainment ticket in town!

New award categories will this year see KCA celeb veterans Rove McManus, Guy Sebastian, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Bindi and Robert Irwin compete to be inducted into the HALL OF SLIME, while breakthrough Aussie stars Cody Simpson and Samara Weaving battle it out against American npminees Willow Smith and Victoria Justice for the SUPER FRESH award.

In a new and highly contentious hot topic category, will it be PM Julia Gillard or Opposition Leader Tony Abbott that gets voted by kids as the 'most green' to take out the SLIME MINISTER? And, will they be brave enough to accept the nation's dare to prove how green they really are - literally - and be SLIMED live on the KCA stage?

Streets Paddle Pop Tiger

Nathan Kress

Jennette McCurdy

Jennette McCurdy

Nickelodeon (Australia)

www.nickelodeon.com.au

Nick.com

www.nick.com

Foxtel

www.foxtel.com.au

Sydney Entertainment Centre

www.sydentcent.com.au

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Music News Australia

www.musicnewsaustralia.com

What's Your Number' sex comedy with Anna Faris wows, by Eva Rinaldi - 7th October 2011

What a year of raunch. Enter No Strings Attached (Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher) and then Friends with Benefits (Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis), now What's Your Number, another sexy and fun Hollywood comedy centered on a platonic relationship between two 20 year olds.

Anna Faris stars opposite Chris Evans, last seen on the big screen as Captain America. The two good lookers nurture their friendship, hang out in their underwear lots, and talks a great deal about the opposite sex.

Audiences soon will ponder how many sexual partners Faris' character Ally has enjoyed.

Faris, now 34, has become quite the go-to girl in Hollywood for roles requiring sexy and on the edge laughs.

The talented young lady told news media "It's important for me to appeal to the girls. Women want to see all kinds of women on screen, not just the really ambitious types we see a lot of, who are always trying to manage everything. We also need to see lost women, too. That's why I liked this role of Ally. She seemed real to me. She's messy, sarcastic, and she drinks a lot."

Faris loved the main message of the story. "This is a woman who's changing herself for everyone around her. She's trying to figure out who she is in terms of how people see her. Hopefully, the movie is about finding yourself."

Faris is married to actor Chris Pratt (from sitcom Parks and Recreation), who also features in What's Your Number as one of her boyfriends. "I loved working with my husband although it was pressure in that I was really nervous to act in front of him because I respect him so much. I suppose I don't mind strangers judging me, but it's tough when it's your partner," she says. "Actually, I was hoping he'd be a little jealous of Chris Evans, but that didn't happen. I thought, 'Finally, I'll have two men fighting over me'."

What's Your Number? opens next Thursday in Australia and stay tuned to see photos of Anna Faris on the red carpet in Sydney.

Actor - Role

Anna Faris - Ally Darling

Chris Evans - Colin Shea

Ari Graynor - Daisy Darling

Blythe Danner - Ava Darling

Ed Begley Jr. - Mr. Darling

Oliver Jackson-Cohen - Eddie Vogel

Heather Burns - Eileen

Eliza Coupe - Sheila

Kate Simses - Katie

Tika Sumpter - Jamie

Joel McHale - Roger the Boss

Jacquelyn Doucette - Sheila's Mom

Chris Pratt - Disgusting Donald

Denise Vasi - Cara

Sondra James - Plant Lady

Director: Mark Mylod

Writers: Gabrielle Allan (screenplay), Jennifer Crittenden

Websites

What's Your Number

http://www.whatsyournumbermovie.com/

20th Century Fox Movies

http://www.foxmovies.com/

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com

Australian Football Awards; Brett Holman Int Player Of The Year, by Eva Rinaldi - 4th October 2011

 

The Australian football family enjoyed their night of nights at Sheraton on the Park this evening.

The news that most people want to know is that Brett Holman is named International Player of the Year at the annual Black Tie Australian Football Awards.

Of course big names and WAG's (wives and girlfriends) were there. FFA Chairman Frank Lowy was "happy just to be here" and highly respected journalist and mad soccer fan, George Negas, was always going to be a lock.

The Aussie forward, who currently performs in the Netherlands' Eredivisie with AZ Alkmaar, bested fellow nominees Matt McKay, Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire and Mile Jedinak to snatch the award.

Holman got the nod by Australia's Football Media Association for his consistency throughout the Socceroos 15 matches in the 2010-2011 voting window.

Matt McKay got named the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) Footballer of the Year.

"Brett Holman was the run away favourite of members of the FMA for this year's award," FMA President Steve Dettre announced.

"Brett showed his value as an international player at last year’s World Cup, responding to some of his critics in the best way possible - by doing the business on the pitch," Dettre stressed.

"His form continued throughout 2010-2011, starting with the first game in the voting year when the Socceroos met Slovenia in Ljubljana last August."

"The view of FMA members is that, in 2010-2011, Holman has been instrumental in bringing a more fluent style of play to the national team and Australia looks more threatening in attack when he is in full flight," Dettre said.

The prestigous Harry Kewell Medal, awarded to Australia's best Under-23 player, was snatched by Robbie Kruse of Fortuna Düsseldorf.

And ladies (and some gents we suspect) will be interested to learn that Elise Kellonnd-Knight nabbed the PFA's Women's Footballer of the Year award.

The Socceroos all looked sharp in their suits, and most enjoyed a beverage or three before the red carpet, and during the ballroom presentation... wouldn't you! The ladies of the game also  scrubbed up beautifully.

A special thank you to George Negus for your words of wisdom to our media team regarding Australian youth who play the great game of soccer. I'll be passing along your sound advise to my 14 year old son who plays the game at elite school level. You looked great on the red carpet too.

Australian Football is all the better from their big night, and we promise to keep and eye and ear open for more on and off field action from the usually media shy Socceroos and friends.

Score: Socceroos 1, naysayers of Australian Football - Nil. Game over.

Websites

Football Federation Australia

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/

Australian Football Awards

http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/footballawards/

Sheraton on the Park

www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=140

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com

Music News Australia

www.musicnewsaustralia.com

BIG DAY OUT 2012 COUNTDOWN ANNOUNCEMENT!!

For release – Tuesday, 27 September 2011: Come with us on a journey through time, back to 1992 where it all began for the Big Day Out! It’s our 20^thAnniversary and to celebrate this mighty milestone we’re cracking open our Vault so you can join us on a trip down memory lane, all in the lead up to the exciting announcement of our 2012 Big Day Out line-up!

Think of our Vault like an Advent calendar on our website where each day we’ll unveil the years, starting with 1992 and working our way through to 2012. We’ll let you know when a year is being unlocked via our official Facebook and Twitter so be sure to join our community! Once a year is unlocked, simply click on the Festival poster and you’ll be rewarded with a time capsule of that year including the line-up, memorabilia, video, ticket, images and merchandise.  Expect to be wowed by incredible line-ups, awesome music and some questionable fashion!

Once we’ve opened the 2011 Vault, it’ll be time for us to look forward in the best way we know how:  announcing the line-up to the 2012 Big Day Out! This year it’s all happening a little differently: on the evening of Thursday, 29 September we will announce seventeen acts from our first announcement via our official Facebook and Twitter (make sure you are following us!) then it’s time to get some beauty sleep before Tom and Alex announce three of the headliners and another special treat during triple j breakfast.

COUNT DOWN WITH US!

www.bigdayout.com/vault

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AUSTRALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL FINALE LIVE FROM THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE

For the first time ever, this year’s Australia’s Next Top Model finale will be broadcast live from one of Australia’s most iconic landmarks, The Sydney Opera House, on Tuesday, October 25, from 7.30pm AEDT.

From the very first episode, this series of Australia’s Next Top Model started big. In a world-first, a stunning line-up of the top 100, not top 16, girls was showcased, before being whittled down to 20 and flown to the fashion capital of the world, Paris.

Here, the top 20 girls modelled incredible outfits from international designers Gucci and YSL, wore designs especially created for superstars Beyonce and Lady Gaga, dined with supermodel Natalia Vodianova, completed a photo-shoot at the historic Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte, and had the Eiffel Tower closed down for an exclusive climb.

Upon their return to Sydney, the final 16 models were announced and were moved in to a lavish $22 million dollar mansion in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs, before competing in the biggest series of Australia’s Next Top Model yet.

FOX8 Channel manager, Duane Hatherly, said “We are very excited to be taking the finale to the next level. This year, the series has been larger in every way. The Sydney Opera House just seemed like the obvious place to stage FOX8’s biggest live event.”

The finale voting lines will officially open at 8.30pm AEDT on Monday, October 17 after the finalists are announced. The finalists will make one more unmissable surprise journey on Monday, October 24 at 7.30pm AEDT, before the finale the following evening, Tuesday, October 25 at 7.30pm AEDT.

Australia’s Next Top Model continues to be FOX8’s highest rating series and the highest rating non-sports program across the FOXTEL platform.

ENDS

For further information:

Matthew Fraser

Senior FOX8 Publicist

Ph: 0425 268 100 / 02 9813 7334

E: matthew.fraser@foxtel.com.au

About FOX8

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Our hunt is just about over for the Australian premiere of 'The Hunter'.

Willem Dafoe - Photography Eva Rinaldi

Sydney might not be home to the Tasmanian Devil, but it's hard to argue with the choice of Dendy Opera Quays being the venue for tonight's Aussie premiere.

Willem Dafoe was most generous in his time with Australian press.

Defoe portrays a mercenary on the trail of the now extinct Tasmanian Tiger.

"It's true," Dafoe concedes in his instantly recognisable, gravelly voice over the phone from his home in Rome. "And that's not a bad thing."

The actor was wrapt to play the lead part of Martin in The Hunter, based on Julia Leigh's acclaimed novel of the same title.

The rising star actor told our friends at News Limited "First of all I didn't know it was freezing. But the fact that we were going to shoot in Tasmania was very important. Clearly you had this very good story set against this epic backdrop and that appealed to me not only for the adventure personally but it's also nice to find a movie that can do the things movies do best, something that television can't do for example. 

"I liked the fact that it was the central character with a slow transformation and that you got to spend a lot of time with him in the bush."

"The landscape is very tough and the weather is very tough but it really rooted what we were doing. One day it would be beautiful and sunny and the next day it would be snowing and freezing cold. And button grass - unless you have walked through a field of button grass you have no idea how difficult it is."

Dafoe advised he loves to travel the world to make motion pictures, thinking that exposure to different locations and new things helps makes actors "reconsider your condition and the condition of the world". He loved that Tasmania was so faraway from the movies business and was as "a magical place to film".

"You can really concentrate on what you are doing and the further you get away from the world, then that becomes the only world," he says. "Because it is so far away from everything it has a special charm."

The Hunter also stars Frances O'Connor and Sam Neill, with whom Dafoe has worked before.

Be sure to watch out for the ongoing struggle between loggers and tree huggers.

Dafoe has worked with some huge names in the modern era of movie making. Try on for size David Lynch (Wild At Heart), Martin Scorsese (The Last Temptation of Christ), Oliver Stone (Platoon) and Sam Raimi (Spider-Man). The Hunter was directed by Daniel Nettheim, in his first feature, but Dafoe says he enjoyed the opportunity to lend his considerable expertise.

"Let's face it," he says, "Martin Scorsese and David Lynch had to start somewhere. Also you are afforded a sense of collaboration. It's always difficult to adapt a very strong piece of literature and since you spend so much time with this character it was important to really suit him to me. 

"So there was lots of back and forth and working to make it a good fit. After I met Daniel I knew he was very bright and knew he was very open to working with me in that way."

Tasmania may be home for his current flick, but next stop is Mars for the rising star, thanks to Disney. Dafoe will play Tars Tarkas, a six-limbed, green Martian warrior.

For now, its apparent that Dafoe has found his place in the motion picture universe, and insiders tip he is an actor expected to go a long way, with his name up for some Hollywood awards later this year.

The Hunter opens Australia on Thursday.

Cast

Willem Dafoe - Martin David

Sam Neill - Jack Mindy

Frances O’Connor - Lucy Armstrong

Sullivan Stapleton

Dan Wyllie

Callan Mulvey

Jacek Koman

Morgana Davies - Sass Armstrong

John Brumpton - Publican

Maia Thomas - Shakti

Jamie Timony - Free

Dan Spielman - Simon

Finn Woodlock - Bike Armstrong

Director: Daniel Nettheim

Writers: Julia Leigh (novel), Wain Fimeri (original adaptation)

Frances O'Connor - Photography Eva Rinaldi

Finn Woodlock and Morgana Davis Photography Eva Rinaldi

Websites

The Hunter

www.thehuntermovie.com

Dendy Opera Quays

www.dendy.com.au/Page/Dendy-Opera-Quays-Location

NIX Co

www.nixco.com.au

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Eva Rinaldi Photography

www.evarinaldi.com

Music News Australia

www.musicnewsaustralia.com

Motley Crue Rocks Sin City Sydney Australia, by Eva Rinaldi - 23rd September 2011

Glam rocker icons Motley Crue officially opened their down under Australian tour last night in Brisbane.

Crew, tonight it was 'Sin City' Sydney, and the boys didn't disappoint and looked right at home in the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

The crowd was right into it from the get-go and leaped in joy (or scare) when the boys hit the stage, thanks to a whack of pyrotechnics taking things up a notch.

The band was eager to please and gave us a Best-Of set of numbers.

For my liking the highlights included: "Shout At The Devil", "Same Ol’ Situation", "Girls, Girls, Girls", "Saints Of Los Angeles", "Smokin’ in the Boys Room", and the massive finishing number, "Kickstart My Heart". There was also a touch of nudity from a bevvy of 35+ women.

Tommy Lee rocked with his drumming and witty banter definite high-points of the night. And Mick Mars is living proof that you can most definitely rock out until, as the boys all stated, "the wheels fall off". The 60-year-old rocker can still rip it up.

The combo of fireworks, flame-throwers, steam explosions, fake blood, nudity, and craziness from these 4 middle-aged rockstars, it resulted in quite an entertaining evening of rock’n’roll.

*Bret Michaels (frontman of Poison also performed). It seems Michaels had his own legion of fans in attendance and got a huge pop from the crowd on more than one occasion.

Michael's song list included...

Rock N Roll All Night

Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Nothing But A Good Time

Talk Dirty To Me

What The Cat Dragged In

Manna Don't Dance

Unskinny Bop

*Doc Neeson (Voice Of The Angels) was the main support. Brett Michael's was the other support, and it was touch and go as to who of these supports were more popular. Some fans got into the supports more than the main event.

Doc's song list included...

Take a Long Line.
No Secrets.
Shadow Boxer.
Dr John.
Marseilles.
Am I ever Gonna See You're Face Again.

Websites

Motley Crue

http://www.motley.com

McManus Entertainment

http://mcmanusentertainment.com

Bret Michaels official website

http://www.bretmichaels.com

Poison official website

http://www.poisonweb.com

The Angels

http://www.theangels.com.au

Sydney Entertainment Centre

http://www.sydentcent.com.au

Flourish PR

http://www.flourishpr.com

Eva Rinaldi Photography Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/evarinaldiphotography

Eva Rinaldi Photography

http://www.evarinaldi.com