TV COP FLOPS COP FLOPS
By Andrew Mercado

Aussie cop TV shows are going down down down. This week Seven’s CITY HOMICIDE hit a new low with just 747.000 viewers while Ten’s RUSH had only
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TV
Movies HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET HOW QUICKLY WE FORGET
By Andrew Mercado

Wow. The Australia Tax Office has confiscated Paul Hogan’s passport to keep him down under to discuss what they call an outstanding tax debt of of around $37 million. And they unleashed this news on him the night before the funeral of his 101 year old mother. That’s a lot of money but it could be
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Movies
DVD RYAN VOX’S DVD RADAR: WEEK COMMENCING 30/08/2010 RYAN VOX’S DVD RADAR: WEEK COMMENCING 30/08/2010
By Ryan Vox

Spotted. GOSSIP GIRL SEASON 3 making it’s way into stores all across the globe.
I loved GOSSIP GIRL Season 1 when it first aired as it was fun, sexy, had great fashion and – as with most shows – I found the adults the most interesting characters. Season 2 though was a bit of a mixed
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Nostalgia EVERYBODY LOVES ROWENA EVERYBODY LOVES ROWENA
By Andrew Mercado

Rowena Wallace (pictured after a Jenny Craig weight loss routine) shocked TV audiences in the 60s when Ken Shorter put his hand up her dress in YOU CAN’T SEE ROUND CORNERS and then became a television icon as Pat the Rat in SONS AND DAUGHTERS during the 80s. But sadly it’s all been downhill since then. For the
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Nostalgia
Soaps WHO PUSHED PR? WHO PUSHED PR?
By Andrew Mercado

NEIGHBOURS went back to the past last week with a wedding and whodunit for their 6000th episode. Donna (Margot Robbie) got hitched to Ringo (Sam Clark) after hitching a ride in the back of a ute. Sound familiar? Well it did when Clark sang  ‘Suddenly’ which was originally warbled by Angry Anderson for Scott and Charlene’s wedding
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Soaps
Stage STEAMING UP AGAIN STEAMING UP AGAIN
By Andrew Mercado

Val Lehman is returning to the boards with a new touring stage production of STEAMING (check the east coast of Australia from August to October). The play, set in an all-female communal bathhouse in East London, is a regular fixture every few years and has often featured well-known TV stars (such as PRISONER’s Amanda Muggleton and SON AND DAUGHTERS’ Belinda
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Stage