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Sunday, February 5, 2012Media Release: ANDY X: Andy Warhol’s 40 minutes of fameRocky Horror creator launches online tribute on 25th anniversary of Warhol’s death
World first exclusive online release of art film 19 January 2012: Sunday Pictures, in association with DLSHS and ScreenLaunch announces the global online launch of Jim Sharman’s new visual experience ANDY X on February 22nd, 2012. ANDY X is a 40-minute musical reverie about legendary artist Andy Warhol. Blending a unique filmic structure of song, verse and montage, Sharman explores Warhol’s life from his death-bed in a New York Hospital on 22 February 1987. This online film experience marks the return of iconic Australian director Jim Sharman to the screen, albeit an online screen. Best known for pushing conventional boundaries with his theatre, opera and cult cinema creations, including the musical extravaganza The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sharman breaks new ground again exclusively releasing his tribute film online. On choosing to launch the film in this way, Jim said, “Online movies are a new art form and their potential is evolving, yet cyberspace seems the perfect place to explore the Warhol enigma. I imagine Warhol would have loved the net, and we’ve enjoyed creating this unique 40 minute portrait, or ‘cinematic séance’ with Andy Warhol”. Given the global audience, the film will be launched 25 years from the very minute of Andy Warhol’s death at 10.21pm in Sydney or 6.21am time in New York at andyxthemovie.com Esteemed film critic Richard Kuipers has described the film as “a poetic and pulsating eulogy… Sharman takes us on a ride to stimulate and excite everyone from Warhol buffs to those who might have only heard the name and know it has something to do with soup cans.” Jim Sharman said part of his motivation for creating ANDY X was to explore the world of the most influential twentieth century artist, one whose legacy will continue to inform the future: “Warhol’s ideas still feed our increasingly globalized world and it makes him a fitting subject for online meditation.” The film was developed and directed by Jim Sharman from a script by Stephen Sewell and an original music score by Basil Hogios, with lyrics by Sewell and Hogios. ANDY X stars rising young stars Akos Armont and Sheridan Harbridge; with Nick Simpson-Deeks, Gillian Jones and David Denis. On February 22nd 1987 - Andy Warhol died. On February 22nd 2012 – ANDY X is born. - Ends - For further information: Alexandra Fletcher, ScreenLaunch: alex@launchgroup.com.au +61 9492 1000 / 0412 666 168. About ANDY X ANDY X is an online film adventure that combines a hybrid of cabaret, opera, art installation, portraiture, and the desire to evoke Warhol’s imagery while avoiding imitation. The 40-minute piece is a playful and original exploration of the life and death of legendary artist Andy Warhol. About Jim Sharman Jim Sharman is an international stage and screen director whose work has encompassed film, a range of theatre from Shakespeare to Patrick White, operas by Mozart, Britten and Stravinsky and musicals including Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Rocky Horror Show. He is the author of the memoir Blood and Tinsel and is widely regarded as one of Australia’s most influential and outstanding directors.
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011Sir Richard Branson talks on CarbonSpeech:
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011TEDxSydney Returns in 2011 Saturday 28 May 2011 at CarriageWorks, Eveleigh Media Release Applications Open March 2011 2 February 2011: TEDxSydney, the annual ideas event will return to CarriageWorks, Eveleigh on Saturday 28 May 2011. Globally acknowledged as one of the world’s most influential new media brands, TED and its offshoot TEDx program is a US based not-for-profit enterprise devoted to the propagation of “Ideas Worth Spreading.” TEDxSydney 2011 will provide a speaking platform to around 20 of Australia’s leading innovators, thinkers, global leaders and change makers. This year’s line up will include: two inventors, a Sydney historian, an astronomer, an anthropologist, an international arts ambassador, a public health specialist, a philosopher and an award-winning designer. Full speaker details will be released closer to the event. Speaker nominations can be made via the TEDxSydney website. Through its free www.TED.com website, TED gives millions of knowledge-seekers around the globe direct access to the world's thought leaders. A number of the speakers from TEDxSydney 2010 will soon be featured on the TED.com website. The first of these talks, by Rachel Botsman on “The Rise of Collaborative Consumption,” is already on the site. How to participate: Anyone can participate in TEDxSydney 2011 and all events are free. Around 800 people can attend as members of the LIVE Bay 17 audience. Individuals can apply to be included within that group when applications open in March, via the TEDxSydney website. In collaboration with CarriageWorks and Julian Morrow, the TEDxSydney forum will return in the CarriageWorks foyer. Open all day for the public to attend, the forum will include a large-screen simulcast of the event as well as live interviews and other exclusive content. For those who can’t attend in person, TED devotees from Australia and around the world will also be able to tune into the event via a free, live webstream. TEDxSydney is licensed by Sydney retail pioneer, Remo Giuffré (REMO General Store) and is being organised by his General Thinking network of thinkers and other collaborators from around Australia. The Executive Producer for 2011 is once again Janne Ryan. For a full list of the organising committee see: http://www.tedxsydney.com “TED is a unique learning environment which pays homage to the potency of ideas,” said Giuffré. “Speakers are invited to the stage based on the merit of their ideas and TEDxSydney continues this tradition. For TEDxSydney we felt that we would establish a platform for local thinkers, doers and storytellers. We consider our role to be that of talent scouts; unearthing people from this part of the world who inspire and, through their ideas and actions, make a powerful contribution to life on earth.” TEDxSydney is made possible by the generous contribution of its partners, sponsors and volunteers. Major partners for TEDxSydney 2011 already include UTS Business (Knowledge & Design) and the ABC (Media & Video Production). The full sponsor line-up will be announced next month. -ends- Media: Fleur Brown, Ph: +61 419 270 863, e: fleur@launchgroup.com.au  About TED: TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to organize local, independent TED-like events around the world; and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, or on Facebook at facebook.com/TED. TED2011, "The Rediscovery of Wonder," will be held February 28-March 4, 2011, in Long Beach, California, with the TEDActive simulcast in Palm Springs, California. About TEDx: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organised events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including TEDxSydney, are self-organised. More info http://tedxsydney.com/
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Sunday, September 5, 2010Support White Balloon Day - Tuesday 7th September
Support White Balloon Day - Tuesday 7th September
This year’s event marks the 14th annual national awareness and fundraising campaign, for ‘White Balloon Day.’ Staged during Child Protection Week (Sep 5th – 11th), the humble white balloon has become synonymous with child protection and this special day has evolved into Braveheart’s signature national event. Queensland Police called White Balloon Day a ‘phenomenon’ after they recorded a staggering 514% increase in disclosures about child sexual assault during the White Balloon Day campaign period in 1999 - not long after the initiative was established. This significant increase demonstrates that awareness and support are fundamental to help ‘break the silence’ about child sexual assault and to help prevent other cases from occurring. Bravehearts Founder and Executive Director, Mrs Hetty Johnston is encouraging Australians to rally behind the cause to help more Australian children and their carers get the support they need. “Show Australia’s kids that you care; help us teach children that child sexual assault is never their fault, that it’s all right to say no and we will believe and support them. By supporting White Balloon Day you are demonstrating that our nation has zero tolerance toward those who would harm our children,” said Mrs Johntson. White Balloon Day is a day of recognition, awareness and support for the victims of child sexual assault and the principle fundraising initiative which enables Bravehearts to educate, empower and protect all Aussie kids. White Balloon Day is supported by the ‘Celebrities that Say No’ campaign. Bravehearts celebrity ambassadors include Anthony Mundine, Angry Anderson, Phil Gould, Craig Lowndes, Mick Doohan, Rachael Birmingham, Laura Vesquez (Home & Away), Rebekah Elmaloglou (Home & Away), Shane Webcke (former Brisbane Bronco) and Carla Bonner (Neighbours) – all of whom who have come together to show support for the need to protect all Australian children. “You don’t need to be wealthy to be a part of this historic movement in child protection,” says Mrs Johnston. “Support the children you know and love. No matter how big or small; every contribution counts. From simply showing your support by wearing white on Sept 7th, or getting your school or workplace involved and making donations; we can all do our bit to make “We all have a choice. We can do something or we can do nothing. How Australians can participate in White Balloon Day It’s simple: Wear white, Buy a balloon, Donate
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010Environment Key Election Issue for Next Generation of Voters Media Release Environment Key Election Issue for Next Generation of Voters • Little gap between preferences for next PM - Rudd (28%), Gillard (23%) & Abbott (20%) • The environment most important national issue for teens 22nd June 2010 – New research released today by teen social media outlet Habbo Hotel, www.habbo.com.au, reveals Australian teens believe the environment is the most important issue for our country. Although most Australian teens would vote for the Labor party and Kevin Rudd in the next federal election, there is divided opinion as to who would make the next best Prime Minister. The nationally representative online study of more than 2200 teenagers, aged between 12 and 18 years, was conducted by Habbo Hotel in May 2010. A quarter of the survey respondents are eligible to vote within the next 12 months. Key findings of the Federal Election Survey include: Next Prime Minister • More than a quarter (28%) of respondents chose Kevin Rudd as the best next Prime Minister, followed by Julia Gillard (23%) and Tony Abbott (20%). Teens in the ACT chose Tony Abbott, in NSW, QLD, WA, NT & TAS teens chose Kevin Rudd and in SA and VIC, Julia Gillard, was the preferred next Prime Minister. National issues • When asked what the most important issues for Australia are, 29% of respondents chose the environment and climate change issues. This was followed by the economic recovery (20%), health (19%), education (13%), defence (4%), national broadband network (4%) and transport (4%). Next federal election winner • 36% of teens believe the Labor Party will win the next federal election, followed by the Liberal Party (26%), the Greens (8%) and the National Party (5%). • 28% of respondents would vote for the Labor Party at the next election, followed by the Liberal Party (20%), the Greens (15%), the National Party (5%) and an independent (5%). Political conversations • 51% of Australian teens talk about politics, the election and national issues with their friends. • Over two thirds (67%) of respondents said that their parents do talk to them about politics, the election and national issues. Jeff Brookes, Regional Director Asia Pacific, Habbo’s parent company Sulake, said, “It’s interesting to see the voting preferences and predictions of teens in particular states. The research indicates that in a two party preferred vote the majority of teens in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania & Queensland would vote for the Labor Party and that the majority of teens in ACT, New South Wales, Western Australian and the Northern Territory would vote for the Liberal Party. “What these results reveal is that Generation Z are deeply concerned about the environment. If the political parties want to speak to the next generation of voters, they must do so about environmental and climate change issues. Australian teens are in touch with what’s on the national agenda, talking to their friends and parents about what issues matter to them. Previous research Habbo has conducted with Australian teens has indicated that the Next Generation are not back seat drivers – they want to be involved in helping to maintain the environment. “We have been conducting research on Generation Z for two years and have observed that the next generation of voters are conscious of the global financial situation and its impact on their families, interested in social issues affecting Australians as well as the world globally, have a strong spirit of humanitarianism and they care about equality”, said Brookes. -ends- To see the full media release, complete with poll charts, visit:http://launchgroup.posterous.com/ Media Information: Emily Venardos +612 9492 1033 or mobile: 0413 743 737. About Habbo: Habbo Hotel is the world’s largest virtual community for teens. Users join by creating a fully customized online character called a Habbo. From there, they can explore wide variety of spaces and millions of rooms created by other users in the virtual community, play a variety of games, connect with friends, decorate their own rooms, and have fun through creativity and self expression. Currently there are Habbo communities in 31 countries on six continents. To date, over 168 million characters have been created and over 16.5 million unique users worldwide visit Habbo Hotel each month. Habbo Hotel is run by social entertainment company Sulake. www.habbo.com.au www.sulake.com
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