Premiere: How To Train Your Dragon 2
Premiere: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Cate Blanchett walked the red carpet in Sydney for a special screening of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon 2, the thrilling second chapter of the epic trilogy. This was part of the Sydney Film Festival that brought us Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce a few days earlier. It was a family friendly red carpet with the main star Toothless coming out for a few photos as well. Cate was there to introduce the film to the lucky few that got tickets for this event that quickly sold...
read morePremiere: The Rover
The Rover Australian Premiere The Sydney Film Festival has come and gone again for 2014. One of the biggest crowds of the festival was for the Australian Premiere of The Rover. Robert Pattinson, Guy Pearce and director David Michôd walked the red carpet together with more of the film’s cast. The Rover was filmed in the Australian Outback over seven weeks in early 2013 in Hammond, Quorn, Copley, and Leigh Creek, ending on 16 March 2013 in Marree, north of Adelaide. The guests: Robert Pattinson (Twilight, Harry Potter), Guy...
read moreSupanova Pop Culture Expo Sydney 2014
Supanova Pop Culture Expo 2014 Since 2000 Supanova is the place to meet celebrities and creative talent from numerous TV shows, movies, online series, comic books and more. It’s a great event that is rapidly growing each year. This year the madness added an extra day as well as created more room in The Dome at Sydney’s Olympic Park. With a bigger event you get more greatness but also more hassle unfortunately. This year you were better off getting your ticket at the venue as the entry line for prepaid ticket-holders seemed...
read morePrince William and Kate visit Taronga Zoo in Sydney
Prince William & Kate in Sydney It’s been four years since Prince William visited Sydney last and this time he brought along Duchess Kate and baby George. They had a busy itinerary visiting Manly Beach, the Blue Mountains, the Opera House as well as visiting Brisbane, Canberra and Adelaide. I caught them during their Sydney visit at Taronga Zoo. Most scheduled stops at the zoo were closed off but I saw them feeding the giraffes and then making their way to the bird show. Baby George made it to Taronga Zoo as well but his...
read morePremiere: Transformers: Age of Extinction
Premiere: Transformers: Age of Extinction The Transformers franchise has entered a new era with a new star as the hero: Mark Wahlberg, replacing Shia LaBeouf who starred in the first three Transformers films. This is the first film in the series to feature an entirely new cast and the first to feature the Dinobots. Returning Transformers include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet and Brains. Mark Wahlberg has been doing worldwide promotions for the film and also visited Sydney along with his Entourage to walk the black carpet along with...
read morePhotocall: The Other Woman
The Other Woman Photocall Kate Upton, Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann were briefly in Sydney to promote their latest film The Other Woman. No red carpet unfortunately, just a photocall, which took place at the Park Hyatt. Crowds gathered as word got around about the three stars posing on the steps of the hotel. Photographers were given less than a minute to get the right shots. The film: Carly (played by Diaz) is a hot shot New York lawyer who has it all, including a hot new boyfriend. She accidentally discovers however that her...
read moreFerrari Racing Days Sydney – Pt 2
Ferrari Racing Days Part 2 Not all the action was on the track as you could see in Part 1. Some of the coolest things were on display as well. The highly anticipated successor to the Ferrari Enzo was one of the main attractions this weekend: the LaFerrari. This was the car’s Australian debut and the Ferrari Racing Days’ visitors were amongst the first on the Southern Hemisphere to view the LaFerrari in the flesh. The LaFerrari was surrounded by not only hundreds of fans at all times but also by some of Ferrari’s most iconic cars: the...
read moreFerrari Racing Days Sydney – Pt 1
Ferrari Racing Days Part 1 – Track Action Sydney Motorsport Park turned red last weekend when the Ferrari Racing Days came to Eastern Creek. For the first time ever, Sydney played host to this national-exclusive event and it was good! Sydney Motorsport Park only just cooled down from a spectacular Top Gear Festival weekend in March and now it is hosting the Prancing Horse for a spectacular weekend of Ferrari madness. Compared to the Top Gear Festival the Ferrari hosted event is not as big but the fair price reflects this as well and...
read moreAstra Awards 2014
Astra Awards 2014 The Astra Awards 2014 were held last week at Carriageworks in Sydney. As the official awards of the Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA), the ASTRA Awards celebrate the subscription TV stars and shows that Australians love to watch, and highlight the creativity, commitment and investment of STV in production and broadcasting. The ASTRA Awards began in 2003 with nine awards acknowledging local productions and promotional campaigns. Now, 12 years on, there are 22 categories encompassing...
read moreTop Gear Festival Sydney 2014 Track
Top Gear Festival Sydney 2014 part 2 Part 2 of my Top Gear Festival 2014 photos. If you missed the first part, have a look right here. In this final part you’ll find my photos of all the track action happening at TGF, from the Ultimate Speed Showdown to stunts and the Supercar Showcase. I’ve tried to capture a lot of the action and manage to cover quite a bit of it. You’ll find some shots of Jeremy Clarkson going down the straight in a Lexus LFA, the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, the Supercar Showcase, some spectacular...
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