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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…

There were plenty of stars at Luna Park in Sydney on 18 November to celebrate the 11th annual Kodak Inside Film Awards. The action packed ceremony was hosted by comedian Eddie Perfect who wrote two songs for the show, with Sam Worthington, Jan Chapman, Kirk Pengilly, Peter O'Brien, Jacqueline McKenzie, Megan Gale, Adam Elliot, Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Scott Hicks among the celebrity presenters.

Cannes Palme D'Or winner 'Samson & Delilah' took out the SHOWTIME IF Best Film Award for Warwick Thornton and Kath Shelper. First timers Marissa Gibson and Rowan McNamara overcame serious competition from industry heavyweights Hugo Weaving, Frances O'Connor, Anthony La Paglia and Sasha Horler to win the Best Actress and Best Actor awards respectively. Warwick Thornton also took out the honours with the NFSA Best Director IF Award.

The highlight of the night for many was the crowning of the awards newest Living Legend which went to Australian cinema pioneer and innovator Baz Luhrmann, supported by his wife Catherine Martin and the 'Australia' team, who took to the stage to accept the 2009 Kodak Living Legend IF Award. Said Kodak IF Award General Manager Clare Sawyer, "This year IF have awarded the Kodak Living Legend IF Award to the inimitable Baz Luhrmann. His contribution to world cinema as a genre defying director is undeniable. With only four films to his name he has revolutionised cinema, time and time, again both here and internationally".

In addition 'Australia' took out the top gong for Best Box Office Success over the past year, having taken over $37,555,144 at the Box office. This is the second time a Bazmark production has scooped up this coveted award which sees the public voting with their feet; Moulin Rouge took the Best Box Office IF Award in 2001.

Feature film 'Balibo' didn't walk away empty handed winning the Zig Zag Lane Best Sound and AVID Best Editing categories on the night while Rachel Ward's 'Beautiful Kate' picked up the Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography.

Independent Spirit was heralded by Granaz Mousavi, Kate Croser and Julie Ryan with their remarkable feature film made in Iran 'My Tehran for Sale'. The EFilm IF Award for Rising Talent went to Producer and Director Dominic Allen of Scarab Studio Films whose short film Two Men was one of the hits of the Melbourne International Film Festival.

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"It's a great year for Australian films with an enormous amount of diversity of production. The Kodak Inside Film Awards is always first to see the new talents on the rise and acknowledge the pioneering innovators in our industry. Tonight's Kodak Inside Film Awards put Australian talent front and centre and celebrated their achievements" said Clare Sawyer, General Manager.

The awards were rounded off with the announcement of The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce, the story of an Irish penal convict who was hanged in Hobart in 1824 for murder and cannibalism, as the winner of the FACB IF Award for Best Documentary.

The breadth of Australian film talent was clearly evident in the Short Film categories from the Nick Cave narrated winner of the Autodesk IF Award for Best Animation 'The Cat Piano', the Deborah Mailman directed teen love story 'Ralph' took home the Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film and the moving story of homelessness told solely through a camera phone in the winner of the Production Book IF Award for Best Short Documentary, 'Mankind is no Island' by Jason Van Genderen.

Evidencing the relationship between film and music, Warwick Thornton won the Dinosaur Design IF Award for Best Music for 'Samson & Delilah' while Dan Reisinger took home the Chaotic Pictures IF Award for Best Music Video for Short Stack's 'Sway Sway Baby'.

In what has been a fantastic year for Indigenous film, the 2009 Kodak IF Awards were delighted to award the TDC IF Award for Best Film Festival to Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival.

THE WINNERS:

The SHOWTIME IF Award for Best Feature Film
Samson & Delilah - Warwick Kath Shelper

The TIME OUT IF Award for Best Actor
Rowan McNamara - Samson & Delilah
The IF Award for Best Actress
Marissa Gibson - Samson & Delilah

The Jameson IF Award for Best Script
Samson & Delilah - Warwick Thornton

The Dinosaur Design IF Award for Best Music
Samson & Delilah - Warwick Thornton

The National Film & Sound Archive IF Award for Best Direction
Samson & Delilah - Warwick Thornton

The Zig Zag Lane IF Award for Best Sound
Balibo - Sam Petty, Emma Bortignon, Phil Heywood, Ann Aucote

The AVID IF Award for Best Editing
Balibo - Nick Meyers

The Dyson IF Award for Best Production Design
Mary & Max - Adam Elliot

The Sony IF Award for Best Cinematography
Beautiful Kate - Andrew Commis

The Resolution Design Independent Spirit IF Award
My Tehran For Sale - Director: Granaz Moussavi Producers, Julie Ryan, Kate Croser, Granaz Moussavi

The EFilm IF Award for Rising Talent
Dominic Allen

The Holding Redlich IF Award for Best Short Film
Ralph - Director Deborah Mailman, Producers Jessie Mangum and Kylie Du Fresne

The Autodesk IF Award for Best Animation
The Cat Piano - Directors Eddie White & Ari Gibson, Producer Jessica Brentnall

The Production Book IF Award for Best Short Documentary
Mankind is No Island - Jason Van Genderen

The FACB IF Award for Best Documentary
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce - Michael James Rowland, Producer Nial Fulton

The Chaotic Pictures IF Award for Best Music Video
Sway Sway Baby - Short Stack - Dan Reisinger

The Cutting Edge IF Award for Box Office Achievement
Australia - Baz Luhrmann, G.Mac Brown and Catherine Knapman

The Kodak Living Legend IF Award
Baz Luhrmann

The TDC IF Award for Best Film Festival
Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival