Dream Lover, The Bobby Darin Musical – a story about the legendary American singer, actor and musician – will hold its World Premiere in Sydney next year. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Major Events Stuart Ayres said the musical has been secured by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency Destination […]
Grants of $199,476 and $130,000 have been awarded to Linkwest and 360 Health + Community respectively to help reduce problem gambling in the community and raise awareness about its social impact. Racing and Gaming Minister Colin Holt said the initiatives proposed by the two organisations would strengthen the capacity of local groups to fully […]
La Trobe University is investigating the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) refugees, asylum seekers and newly arrived migrants. La Trobe University’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society is looking for participants for a research project into the experience of LGBT young people who have arrived in Australia as refugees, asylum […]
Smoking will be banned in Australian state Victoria’s prisons from Wednesday, in a push to make prison life healthier for inmates. The Victorian government flagged the ban last year, and the Corrections Department has been working with Quit Victoria, the state’s anti-smoking body, to formulate programmes specifically for the prison population, reported Xinhua news agency. […]
Popular model Bar Refaeli doesn’t find catwalk models “sexy”. The 30-year-old Israel-born beauty spoke about her views on runway models in an interview for the August issue of HELLO! Fashion Monthly, reports femalefirst.co.uk. “I’ve never done catwalk because I was never skinny or tall enough. I was more of a sexy type of model and […]
Debutant director Sushanth Reddy says forthcoming Telugu release “Superstar Kidnap”, a crime-comedy about kidnapping Mahesh Babu, is a conceptual film not intended to cash in the popularity of the star actor. “When you watch films like ‘Being John Malkovich’, you realise that these are stories about real people that are fictionalised. Our film falls in […]
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Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, as well as ace India cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni have made it to the Forbes annual Celebrity 100 rankings of the world’s highest-paid celebrities. Both Bachchan and Salman share the 71st rank with earnings of $33.5 million each, while Akshay with $32.5 million is placed 76th. […]
India’s indigenous main battle tank (MBT) Arjun, which was developed after years of delays and cost-overruns, came in for praise from a top Chinese military research academy here that concentrates on the engineering requirements of the armed forces. Senior Colonel Liu Degang, deputy commander of the Beijing-based academy, said that the MBT is “very good” […]
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, media reported. The epicentre of the quake was recorded at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department. The tremors were felt across Punjab province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the capital city of Islamabad, Geo News reported. Tremors […]