Australians Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts and Jacki Weaver have all received Academy Award nominations.
One of Australia's longest-established talent agencies, International Casting Services, is closing its doors.
On Sunday Jacki Weaver was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia. Today the Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook star was named the recipient of the AACTA Raymond Longford Award.
A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle. Personal and professional complications ensue.
Lesley Mann, Anthony LaPaglia, Jacki Weaver, Melissa George, Gia Carides and Josh Lucas head the cast of Fred Schepisi's The Olive Sisters.
Chris Thomson, one of the founding directors of the burgeoning New Zealand film and television industry in the 1960s, died in Sydney after a sudden stroke on July 1. He was 70.
The new political thriller, produced by Matchbox Pictures, begins shooting in Canberra this month.
Teresa Palmer will play Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup in 2015.