Short items about Australian screen and stage, posted as they come in. Everything here is talk unless it says otherwise.
12/03/26 · Television
Two separate people at the Redfern production office have now said the same thing: the role is being recast for the back half of the season, and the announcement is being held until after the mid-season break so the cliffhanger does its job first.
What makes me believe it is the call sheet. The character is down for four episodes after the break and the actor is not on the schedule for any of them.
— Tinsel
10/03/26 · Awards
Every year people write eight hundred words about a frock and nothing about the one document that tells you what the industry actually thinks. Here is how to read a table plan, and what this year’s says about two studios that are supposedly fine.
— Backlot Bex
06/03/26 · Reality
Someone who has cut three seasons of this stuff walked me through how a contestant becomes the problem, and it is much more boring and much more deliberate than the conspiracy version.
— The Understudy
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