Strictly Ballroom News

Samson scoops IF Awards [Thu 19/11/2009 03:56:33] By Brendan Swift Warwick Thornton's indigenous drama Samson & Delilah scooped the Kodak Inside Film Awards in Sydney last night, taking home six awards including best feature film.

FILM OF THE WEEK AUSTRALIA *** Director: Baz Luhrmann Running time: 165 minutes BAZ Luhrmann called his new movie Australia and, like the country, it's awfully big and you're not sure you want to stay too long.

AWARD winning actor Miranda Otto is in Portland ready to film a movie with her father, Barry Otto, at the Cape Nelson lighthouse.

This review is dedicated to the memory of Ray Barrett This review contains a plot spoiler .

Fighter Chuck Liddell showed off both his torso and the tango Monday night on "Dancing with the Stars," with one judge calling him sexy but scary.

You can tell there are still too many people on this season of Dancing With the Stars since it feels like it takes 20 minutes for the introductions.

Australian film and stage director Baz Luhrmann is filling in for judge Len Goodman on U.S. TV's "Dancing with the Stars" this week.

Check out this story with accompanying photos at VegasDeLuxe.com . T-a-n-g-o sometimes spells trouble with a capital T, and for our Las Vegas hometown hero Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell, it proved that he's far more comfortable inside The Octagon than on a dance floor.

Baz Luhrmann is making an appearance as a guest judge on Dancing With The Stars.

The second week of "Dancing with the Stars" season nine did not have a Macy Gray moment but it still had its share of good drama.

"Dancing with the Stars" welcomes Baz Luhrmann to the ballroom as a guest judge during Week 2 of the competition, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 and TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 on the ABC Television Network.

"Strictly Ballroom" director Baz Luhrmann will fill in as a guest judge on the ABC series "Dancing with the Stars," ET Online is reporting.

"Dancing with the Stars" will welcome director Baz Luhrmann to the side of the stage next week as a guest judge.

Considered one of the most innovative filmmakers working at the turn of the 21st Century, Australian Baz Luhrmann earned that title after having completed only three of his unmistakably stylized, visual gems.

Fame costs, Miss Grant the dance teacher would tell her class at the beginning of every episode of Fame, "and right here's where you start paying in sweat". You don't sing to impress someone in a club, you shimmy.

Countdown-era star John Paul Young, 60s surf pop singer Little Pattie, indigenous singer-songwriter Kev Carmody, country rock group The Dingoes and pop outfit Mental As Anything will be inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Associationa s Hall of Fame next month.

ABC 26-part series starts shoot [Tue 14/07/2009 05:18:00] Press release from ABC TV Dance Academy, ABC TV's new 26-part, half-hour children's drama series has started shooting in Sydney.

It is hard to talk to Sonia Kruger without raising the subject of teeth. After all, she first gained moderate fame as Tina Sparkle in Strictly Ballroom, her own fangs are pearly white and she heads an entire television show about people from regional Australia in apparent need of some good cosmetic dentistry.

TODD McKenney has asked his Dancing With The Stars and radio co-host Sonia Kruger to have his baby.

WHEN Baz Luhrmann was looking to cast the young Aboriginal star of Australia he spent a week-long walkabout with Brandon Walters's family in the remote Kimberley region.