Home and Away Special - TV Week February 2025
/A look back on TV Week chats with Debra Lawrance and members of the River Boys for a Home and Away special. The River Boys piece continues in two subsequent spreads.
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A look back on TV Week chats with Debra Lawrance and members of the River Boys for a Home and Away special. The River Boys piece continues in two subsequent spreads.
The future looks bright for the 10 talented young actors selected for this year’s shortlist from the Casting Guild of Australia
Every year, I look forward to interviewing a few of the people on CGA’s Rising Stars list, and having all of the actors respond so thoughtfully to my Q&A. This time around, I got to Zoom with Alyla Browne, Felix Cameron, Grace Chow and Megan Wilding. Please see their stories, and quotes from their cohorts, in the piece below.
Here are some of the titles released by Turnpike Media LLC through a360media in the spring of 2024. A special shout-out to Eric Reichenbach for his illustrations in both the Gilmore Girls and Star Wars issues, and to Neal Preston for his photography and essays in Red Hot Chili Peppers and Mick Jagger. These issues were designed by four incredible art directors: Jacqueline Page, Herman Vega, Meng Koach and Cleo Munns. To buy any of these titles, click here.
Meet the Casting Guild of Australia’s 2023 Rising Stars recipients
The Killing Eve baddie turns good cop in The Chelsea Detective
Taylor and her friends need to save Rock Island before their paradise disappears on the second season of Nickelodeon series Rock Island Mysteries
The costars hit warp speed as a stellar duo in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Simon Kassianides on his rewarding return to The Mandalorian
The White Lotus star casts a spell in Mayfair Witches
As the adult Lottie, Simone Kessell brings a cult element to the present-day survivors in Yellowjackets
The Home and Away star is an aspiring filmmaker creating work on her own terms
A working-class single mum and her wise young daughter may not have much, but they have dreams galore in new comedy Rain Dogs. Star Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo offers a preview
Canberra-born Sara Zwangobani has toured Australia in grand Shakespearean productions and appeared on major series such as Home and Away. But she relished the chance to step into the massive world of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as one of its smaller inhabitants – a Harfoot
Young Rock’s Joseph Lee Anderson reveals the physical training and mental preparation involved in playing the father of megastar Dwayne Johnson
Before the dragons of Game of Thrones heralded the arrival of prestige fantasy drama, the walkers in The Walking Dead made horror must-see TV. Now, 12 years and 11 seasons after its premiere, the series that brought new life to the zombie genre is coming to an end, but with spin-offs that will live on a bit longer
As The Walking Dead draws to a close, producer Angela Kang reflects on the impact of the zombie franchise
As brave, hardworking Fiona De La Rosa in The Cleaning Lady, the proud Filipino Australian actress draws upon her immigrant experience
Terry Crew reunites with former co-star Olivia Munn in a spin-off of The Walking Dead
Our favourite hobbit returns to sci-fi with Moonhaven
By listening to nature, the ABC presenter has become its most vocal advocate