A blog of recent clips, reporting and notions on what's happening in pop culture of interest to me. Written by Cynthia Wang.
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Michelle Dockery takes us behind the scenes of the Downton Abbey movie, Maddie and I look at Network 10’s latest crop of shows for Pilot Week, and Kerry Armstrong talks about Seachange. I also tease the latest episodes of Hard Quiz and Scooby Doo.
This week, I tease current episodes of Glitch, This Time Next Year and Poldark. I also look at DVD releases for Modern Family and Avengers: End Game, where I can add just a bit more from my chat with Joe Russo. And yay, got The Farewell a mention.
I preview the final season of Glitch, the premiere of Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and tease the latest episode of Poldark. For a post-Logies interview with Tom Gleeson, please check out the TV WEEK tab under Telling Stories on this site.
Poldark ends this year and Aidan Turner talks about his legacy with the character. Also this week, more plot teasers for The Hunting and Carrie Bickmore reflects on 10 years of The Project.
Clare Rigden wrote up my chat with Celia Ireland on the end of her time on Wentworth, while I spoke with Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi about their film Palm Beach. For my profile of The Hunting’s Asher Keddie, check out the TV WEEK tab under Telling Stories on this site.
Thomas Mitchell wrote up my Pamela Rabe chat while I was out of the office. She talks The Hunting and Wentworth, while in the Entertainment section, we look at the DVD release of American Horror Story: Apocalypse.
A big week! I preview SBS series The Hunting with a plot teaser and a set visit piece, talk to Benjamin Law about his doco series Waltzing the Dragon, preview the next instalment of Lambs of God, plus feature a chat with EP Toni Graphia about Outlander. For my profile on Susie Porter, go to the TV WEEK tab under Telling Stories.
This week, I introduce readers to Fox Showcase series Lambs of God and speak to Jonathan LaPaglia on the premiere of Australian Survivor’s fourth season. Also, I throw in a little love for the latest Queer Eye series. Check out the Telling Stories TV WEEK section of the site for my feature marking the 10th anniversary of Network 10’s The Project.
Post-Logies coverage is a team effort. I contributed interviews with the Wentworth cast, Penny McNamee, Lucy Zelic and Craig Foster, Kerri-Anne Kennerley, and Kelly Rowland, while writing up my own chats with the Mystery Road team, Costa Georgiadis and Kerry O’Brien. Also, I tease the finale of Harrow and the latest episode of Wentworth.
The cover touts our Gold Logie nominee chats, of which I did three (see the Telling Stories section for those interviews with Tom Gleeson, Waleed Aly and Costa Georgiadis). Also, I was able to fit in more from my interview with Todd Sampson for the second episode of the 2019 season of Body Hack.
I speak to Todd Sampson about another season of Body Hack and director Dylan River about his bold comedy Robbie Hood. In between, I tease episodes of Harrow and Legion.
My first time on the Gold Coast, and the TV WEEK staff couldn’t have been treated nicer by the folks at The Star Gold Coast. I got a chance to interview a few Gold Logie nominees and other honourees, and wrote the caps for our preview story in the magazine.
I wish I had more room for my chat with Tracy Morgan, but I got him in this week’s On Demand spread, along with a preview of the great Good Omens on Amazon Prime Video. And a mention of the JoBros, as you do.
Getting an eco message into TV WEEK via Damon Gameau’s fascinating documentary 2040? Why not?
Maddie Hockey and I had fun putting this together.
Lovely to meet Isaac Hempstead Wright as he toured Australia on behalf of Game of Thrones. For more from his chat, click here.
The comedy star tells TV Week her daughter inspired her to deliver her sharpest performance yet in this profile for the May 4-10, 2019 issue.
So proud of helming this 84-page special issue of TV WEEK Close Up. Below is a sampling of the kinds of things I produced with editing, writing and working closely with creative director Jacqui Page.
