The pool of talented young Australian actors is so vast the judges of the Heath Ledger Scholarship presented by Australians in Film have named 20 finalists this year, up from the usual 15.
Australian films have raked in $13.7 million at the national box-office this year, a brighter start than the first four months of 2013.
The ultimate multi-tasker, Murray Fahey is getting ready to produce romantic comedy Alex & Eve and to release his feature documentary and an improvised comedy via his own distribution company.
The premiere of MasterChef Australia on Network Ten attracted 1.1 million viewers nationally on Monday night, thrashed by The Voice's 2.636 million.
The Hollywood film funding arm of Village Roadshow is negotiating a co-funding deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Universal's raucous comedy Bad Neighbours easily topped the Australian B.O. last weekend while festival prize-winner 52 Tuesdays had a decent debut in limited release.
The rental of DVDs and Blu-rays will continue to fall sharply over the next five years as consumers migrate to online platforms and pay-TV, a new report predicts.
The new series of The Voice trounced House Rules on Sunday night while the telemovie The Killing Field delivered solid numbers, vindicating Seven's decision to greenlight a series