LATEST NEWS…HOMEBAKE RETURNS TO KICK OFF THE FESTIVAL SEASON: Festivals remind one of summer, sweat and….songs. Homebake is an annual festival that represents the Australian music scene showcasing an all-Australian line-up with the occasional act coming from our sister land, New Zealand. Homebake is set to commence on the 3rd December 2011 at the Domain in Sydney after a one year break in 2010. With an even bigger line-up than the preceding year Homebake is sure to be a sell out. A few of the renowned acts that make up the huge line-up are Nick Cave's Grinderman (pictured), Pnau, Gotye, Gurrumul, Icehouse and The Vines. The Homebake line-up literally hits home on how great the music talent in Australia is. Tickets are on sale now from Ticketek & Oztix. Check out www.homebake.com for more info…EVERYONE LOVES A BAD SEED: In more Nick Cave news, the bad, brooding Australian rock icon isn't even dead yet and they are already paying homage to him with tribute concerts set to tour his mainland Australia in November. The songs of Nick Cave are to be reinterpreted by some of Australia's top vocalist's including rock chick, Abbe May and You Am I's, Tim Rogers. Brought to you by Triple j the shows concur with their own Ausmusic Month. Nick Cave has had a busy life with 35 years experience under his belt giving the artists chosen a lot to work with; it will be interesting to see who can pay tribute to his work most respectively. Tickets are on sale now, sadly for the young folk all shows are 18+…CHICKS CAN DJ! - DJ MINX TAKES OUT SHE CAN DJ TITLE 2011: The She Can DJ final was held at cream of the crop Ivy bar, where ten finalists battled it out with twenty minute sets, proving that yes chicks can DJ. Supported by big name sponsors and full to the brim with industry super stars such as the likes of international guest ambassador and DJ direct from Pacha Ibiza, Sarah Main and Stereosonic Festival co-director Simon Coyle, the event was more than impressive. DJ Minx won the title however isn't the only fox that has a future to look forward to with EMI Music, the brain behind the competition. Alison Wonderland also scored a recording contract with the EMI family and recently accompanied DJ Minx and the She Can DJ crew to London & Ibiza where they will worked alongside DJ kings, David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia playing at Ibiza parties notorious for dance music…SO LONG KURT COBAIN. NEVERMIND IS HERE TO STAY: Nevermind is an album that will never be forgotten or put aside to collect dust. Twenty years on since the release date September 24, 1991, Nevermind is being celebrated and praised by living music legends as well as today's music geniuses. Following grunge record Bleach was Nevermind, the mastermind of Kurt Cobain who was the group's chief songwriter. Cobain, a self confessed heavy metal devotee wanted to write more pop driven songs but what really helped the band in its aim to create a mix of pop and rock with Nevermind was getting American producer Butch Vig on side. Entering the charts in November 1991, Nevermind remained there for 52 weeks but took three months to get to number one. Twenty years on and Nevermind still belongs at number one in many musicians and music lovers minds…TRIPLE J HAS 'UNEARTHED' A NEW STATION: Triple j Unearthed started as a band competition in the 1990s, which then turned into a music sharing website and is now becoming a new ABC digital radio station along with already established radio station Triple j. Triple j unearthed is a digital station dedicated entirely to playing unsigned and independent Australian music. Unearthed is a music commune open to musicians and the public to upload, download and review tracks. Triple j's new born station gives Australian bands an original and exciting avenue to get noticed in this dog eat dog world…TWO TAKES ON NEIL YOUNG @ BLENDER GALLERY: If you are into photography Blender Gallery is Sydney's mecca of the exhibition world, especially if you are heavily into music. Blender Gallery specialises in Fine Art Music Photography and Limited Edition Rock 'n' Roll Prints. Being home to a number of iconic Rock 'n' Roll photographers and their collections such as AC/DC EXPOSED! by Philip Morris and Pattie Boyd (The Beatles & Eric Clapton), Blender Gallery will soon be providing accommodation for music photographers Henry Diltz and Joel Bernstein and their limited edition prints of legendary musician Neil Young. Both men are multi talented who are photographers as well as musicians, which has given them an advantage to understand and capture Neil's visual persona. Make sure to visit Neil Young in all his glory at Blender Gallery, 16 Elizabeth St, Paddington, Sydney from Thursday, November 3 at 6:00pm - December 3 at 6:00pm…LEONARDO SWEEPS OUR SHORES: Leonardo Di Caprio has introduced many unknowing Australians to the novel The Great Gatsby just by arriving here in September to begin filming on the drama romance film adaptation of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel of the same name. With a $120 million budget and being directed by Baz Luhrmann, The Great Gatsby consists of a reputable cast, amongst them is Australian actor Joel Edgerton who will take on the role as Tom Buchanan. The Great Gatsby has before now been filmed six times and is due to be released for the seventh time on December 25, 2012 by Warners Bros. Pictures…CONCERNS FOR ADELE'S NUMBER ONE ASSET: Anyone who owns a radio would know Adele for her chart hits Rolling in the Deep and Someone Like You. Who truthfully knows any other of her songs as these are the only tracks that get any airtime and substantial amounts at that? Concerns surrounding Adele's voice have been the reason for her absence from the recent Q Awards and a run of performances in the U.S. Adele has been battling with a haemorrhaged vocal cord since January and still continues to struggle with throat problems. 21 is Adele's second studio album which was only released at the beginning of the year on the 21st January 2011. Die hard fans are hoping that she gets back to full health swiftly as they are anxious to have new tracks of hers replayed and stuck in their heads…STEVE JOBS, THE MAN BEHIND THE PC: Where do you begin with Steve Jobs? His career was so innovative and significant that there are not enough words to praise him with. Jobs' has had such an impact on the world that it feels a felony to try and summarise his life. Jobs' has been in the news not just since the day of his death but through out his career so it is not necessary to try and begin to summarise his remarkable life. Everyone knows his achievements and how he battled with a terminal illness. This piece is merely a tribute to his life and his contribution to the world. Jobs' was not only a genius inventor but a family man like everyone else. Jobs' creation is in most family homes in the form of a notebook, an iPhone, iPod, iPad, the list goes on and the Apple empire will continue to expand and continue to be apart of everyone's family and the way the world connects…TAME IMPALA: AUSTRALIA'S OWN WAVE OF PSYCHEDELIC: Tame Impala have proven that Australia has still got it by bringing back the sixties roots of when psychedelic music became a craze. The band comprises of four young, bare footed psychedelic rockers who have already made a name for themselves in the music industry and signed a worldwide deal with independent Australian label Modular People in 2008. Among the Modular team are well recognised acts such as Wolfmother, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Ladyhawke. In their short career Tame Impala have already played at Glastonbury, Big Day Out, Vivid Live, have had a slot on the Jimmy Fallon show and are headlining at Bengkel Night Park in Jakarta on the 29th October 2011. If you happen to be in Indonesia be sure to watch them take over its capital city…
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2011 JAMESON IF AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

The Sun Room at the Ivy provided the perfect backdrop for the announcement of the 2011 Jameson IF Awards Sydney nominees. Hosted by actors Susie Porter, Matilda Brown and Matt Day, the nominees were announced in the lead up to the Awards on the 16th November at Sydney's Luna Park.

It looks to be a fight to the finish between two films that are based on true occurrences - family fun film Red Dog with seven nominations has earned over $18.7 million at the box office and the dramatic story of the forced migration of children from the UK to Australia in Oranges and Sunshine follows closely with six.

Red Dog, the highest grossing Australian film for 2011, is in the running for Best Film, Best Script, Best Cinematography, Best Direction, Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Music at this year's Jameson IF Awards Sydney. Josh Lucas and Rachael Taylor have been nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress for their roles in the film based on the legendary tales of a dog that roamed the Australian outback.

Oranges and the Sunshine has also received recognition in the Best Actor and Actress category with David Wenham and Emily Watson receiving nominations for their moving performances. Described as an emotional powerhouse of a drama, the true story is also up against Red Dog for Best Film, Best Script, Best Sound and Best Music.

Also in the running for Best Film is the Australian drama Face to Face, featuring some of the most well-known Australian actors, up against The Eye of the Storm, based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winner Patrick White. Both of these films have been nominated in the Best Actor and Actress categories with Vince Colosimo, Luke Ford, Christopher Connelly, Matthew Newton, Robert Rabiah and Josh Saks (ensemble cast) and Sigrid Thornton, Ra Chapman, Laura Gordon and Lauren Clair (ensemble cast) from Face to Face along with Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis recognised for their roles in The Eye of the Storm. Michael Rymer, Director of Face to Face, has also received a nomination and is up against Kriv Stenders from Red Dog and Snowtown's Justin Kurzel in the Best Direction category.

The nominees for Best Music Video for 2011 are Magic by Olivia Newton-John and WACCI directed by Dan Murphy, Overpass by The John Steele Singers directed by Josh Groom and Kimbra's Cameo Lover directed by Guy Franklin.

This year the Best Short Film category is dominated by comedies including When the Wind Changes, a hilarious tale about keeping a charter boat business afloat amongst drought and supernatural events, Toot Toot, a cheeky Christmas film and Dik, silver-medal winner in the 13th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival. Best Short Animation nominees include The Missing Key, set in Venice in the 1920s, Nullarbor, winner of Yoram Gross Best Animation Award at Sydney Film Festival and winner of the Best Animation Short film at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and Polo's Robot, a dark fairytale where an inventor creates a robot that brings nightmares to life. The nominees for Best Short Documentary include Umoja: No Men Allowed, a heartwarming story of tribal Samburu women in Kenya, We Were Here: The Map My Summer Film, a unique collaboration between Screen Australia, YouTube and Sydney Film Festival, and Murder Mouth, a personal exploration of what it's like to kill your own food. The Best Documentary category includes nominees I Am Eleven, a documentary shot across 15 countries in 12 languages, Mrs Carey's Concert which follows High School Music Director Karen Carey as she puts on a concert at the Sydney Opera House and the auto-biographical documentary Orchids: My Intersex Adventure about Director Phoebe Hart's struggle with her own intersex condition.

In 2010 the IF Awards extended their reach to television with the introduction of the Out of the Box and Contribution to Television IF Awards and this has continued in 2011. Whilst Contribution to Television will be announced at the ceremony on November 16, the nominees include Peter Andrikidis, Mikael Borglund, Ewan Burnett, Michael Cordell, John Holmes, Claudia Karvan, David Mott, Des Monaghan, Rachel Perkins and Roger Simpson. Alison Bell, Blake Davis, Todd Lasance, Annie Maynard, Anna McGahan and Jessica Tovey were announced as IF Awards' prediction to make the transition to the big screen as this year's Out of the Box IF Award nominees. Alison Bell leads ABC's new hit show Laid, whilst Blake Davis and Annie Maynard are regulars on two of subscription television's top Australian dramas Tangle and Spirited (respectively). Maynard, along with Home and Away starlet Jessica Tovey gained industry praise with their performances in Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo. Whilst Anna McGahan has made headlines this year for her performance as Nellie Cameron on Nine's Underbelly: Razor and Todd Lasance has graced the Australian television screens since his breakout regular role in Home and Away and has since starred in Cloudstreet, Rescue Special Ops and Crownies on the ABC. The six are all strong contenders for the Out of the Box IF Award as they all have what it takes to jump to the big screen in the future.

AND THE NOMINEES ARE:

SHOWTIME IF AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM

Face to Face
Oranges and Sunshine
Red Dog
The Eye of the Storm

DESTINATION NSW IF AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR

Vince Colosimo, Luke Ford, Christopher Connelly, Matthew Newton, Robert Rabiah and Josh Saks- Face to Face
David Wenham - Oranges and Sunshine
Josh Lucas - Red Dog
Geoffrey Rush - The Eye of the Storm

DINOSAUR DESIGNS IF AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS

Sigrid Thornton, Ra Chapman, Laura Gordon, Lauren Clair- Face to Face
Emily Watson - Oranges and Sunshine
Rachael Taylor - Red Dog
Judy Davis - The Eye of the Storm

IF AWARD FOR BEST SCRIPT

Face to Face - Michael Rymer
Oranges and Sunshine - Rona Munro
Red Dog - Daniel Taplitz

IF AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - David Hirschfelder
Oranges and Sunshine - Lisa Gerrard
Red Dog - Cezary Skubiszewski

IF AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION

Face to Face - Michael Rymer
Red Dog - Kriv Stenders
Snowtown - Justin Kurzel

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FILM CORPORATION IF AWARD FOR BEST SOUND

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole - Wayne Pashley
Oranges and Sunshine - Andrew Plain, Gethin Creagh, James Currie and John Hughes
Snowtown - Frank Lipson

AVID IF AWARD FOR BEST EDITING

Face to Face - Sasha Dylan Bell
Oranges and Sunshine - Dany Cooper
Red Dog - Jill Bilcock
Snowtown - Veronika Jenet

DYSON IF AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Oranges and Sunshine - Melinda Doring
Red Dog - Ian Gracie
Snowtown - Fiona Crombie

IF AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Red Dog - Geoff Hall
Red Hill - Tim Hudson
Snowtown - Adam Arkapaw

NATIONAL FILM & SOUND ARCHIVE INDEPENDENT SPIRIT IF AWARD

Breaking the News
I Am Eleven
Mad Bastards

AFTRS IF AWARD FOR RISING TALENT

Julietta Boscolo
Zak Hilditch
Anthony Maras

HOLDING REDLICH IF AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

Dik
Toot Toot
When the Wind Changes

IF AWARD FOR BEST SHORT ANIMATION

Nullabor
Polo's Robot
The Missing Key

HACKETT FILMS IF AWARD FOR BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Murder Mouth
Umoja: No Men Allowed
We Were Here: The Map My Summer Film

IF AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY

I Am Eleven
Mrs Carey's Concert
Orchids: My Intersex Adventure

SAE INSTITUTE IF AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Cameo Lover by Kimbra - directed by Guy Franklin
Magic by Olivia Newton-John and WACCI - directed by Dan Murphy
Overpass by The John Steel Singers directed by Josh Groom

IF AWARD FOR BEST FILM FESTIVAL

To be announced on the night of the Awards

THE OUT OF THE BOX IF AWARD

Alison Bell
Blake Davis
Todd Lasance
Annie Maynard
Anna McGahan
Jessica Tovey

DOCKLANDS STUDIOS MELBOURNE IF AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO TELEVISION

Peter Andrikidis
Mikael Borglund
Ewan Burnett
Michael Cordell
John Holmes
Claudia Karvan
Des Monaghan
David Mott
Rachel Perkins
Roger Simpson

JAMESON LIVING LEGEND IF AWARD

To be announced on the night

EVENT CINEMAS IF AWARD FOR BEST BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT

To be announced on the night

The 2011 Jameson IF Awards Sydney, hosted by the multi-talented Eddie Perfect, will be held at the iconic Sydney Luna Park on Wednesday 16th November. Watch on as the winners are announced, listen to their heartfelt speeches and cheer on those who have had their efforts and dreams realized. Sit amongst the stars and watch the 90-minute ceremony unfold before your eyes. The Jameson IF Awards Sydney gives the Australian public the unique opportunity to not only have their say and rate their favourite film or personalities but it allows fans and filmgoers alike to celebrate by being a part of the action. After the ceremony guests are invited to celebrate with the winners by attending the After Party at Crystal Palace. The only People's Choice Awards for Australian film and creative talent, tickets to the 2011 awards are available online at www.ifawards.com.


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