| Mon 21 May 2012 |
The Sapphires starring Jessica Mauboy and Deborah Mailman is a gem, insist Cannes critics
The Daily Telegraph Australia | AS the credits rolled after the premiere of Aussie film The Sapphires in Cannes, the critics voted with their hands. | The movie, starring Jessica Mauboy and Deborah Mailman, received thunderous applause which rang out for several minutes. | Outsid... |
| Sun 20 May 2012 |
'The Sapphires': A '60s Musical Romp With Aboriginal Soul Sisters
IMDb | Harvey Weinstein knows that "The Sapphires" is not "The Artist."And it's not even "The Commitments." But the Australian tale about a troupe of Aboriginal women singing American soul tunes on their way to breaking racial barriers is an enjoyable rom... |
‘The Sapphires’: A ‘60s Musical Romp With Aboriginal Soul Sisters
The Wrap Print this page Tweet | Harvey Weinstein knows that “The Sapphires” is not “The Artist.”And it’s not even “The Commitments.” | But the Australian tale about a troupe of Aboriginal women singing American soul ... |
Cannes Review: Chris O'Dowd Shines In The Otherwise Uneven 'The Sapphires'
Indiewire | Among the The Weinstein Company's pre-Cannes Film Festival buys this year was the largely unknown (until it was bought) Aussie musical/drama/comedy effort "The Sapphires." It's certainly easy to see why this easy-to-digest, feel g... |
The Sapphires: Cannes Review
The Hollywood Reporter share The Bottom Line | Aboriginal sisters are doin’ it for themselves in this music-filled sparkler from Australia. Venue | Cannes Film Festival (Out of Competition) Director | Wayne Blair Cast | Chris O’Dowd, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Ma... |
A big night for ... Sapphires to sparkle
Sydney Morning Herald | THE DIARY | SURE, it's been called ''Dreamgirls - but without Beyonce'' but even before the Australian musical The Sapphires premiered at Cannes on Saturday night the auguries were good, what with Harvey Weinstein acquiring the US rights to Wayne B... |
Abuja Indigenes, FCT Disagree on N12 Billion Compensation
All Africa [Leadership] A major disagreement has erupted between Abuja indigenes and the Federal Capital Territory Administration over the claim by the latter that it has so far spent about N12 billion for the resettlement and payment of compensation to the abo... |
Wirrpanda dreams of his sons playing for West Coast
The Daily Telegraph Australia | FOOTY legend David Wirrpanda dreams of his two young sons - two-year-old Marley and one-year-old Eli - one day playing for his old team, the West Coast Eagles. | But Wirrpanda, who often takes the boys to Patersons Stadium to soak up the atmosphere... |
Native American skulls repatriated to California from England
The Los Angeles Times | Nobody thought much about the locked metal cabinet in the medical school at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. It was another forgotten fixture in the anatomy department — until a researcher last year found seven skulls with ... |
Sapphires set to dazzle at Cannes
The Daily Telegraph Australia | THE sparkle off the Cote d'Azur had nothing on Deborah Mailman as she and her cast mates premiered their Aussie gem, The Sapphires, at the Cannes Film Festival last night. | "Who would have imagined that we would be here?" the jubila... |
| Sat 19 May 2012 |
Sapphires' Supreme effort all set to dazzle Cannes
Sydney Morning Herald | TWO years ago, film director Wayne Blair was at the Cannes Film Festival, struggling to raise money for a film about a 1960s Aboriginal girl group sent to entertain the allied troops in Vietnam as Australia's answer to the Supremes. | Now Blair is ... |
Greek festival fills the faithful with food and hope
Canberra Times | The plate smashing event at Paniyiri, Australia's longest running Greek Festival. Photo: Harrison Saragossi | Brisbane played host to what might have been the happiest Greek people in the world yesterday. | With the sun shining and the smell of sou... |
Gem of a film shines in Cairns, sorry, Cannes
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Gem of a film shines in Cairns, sorry, Cannes
Sydney Morning Herald Click to play video Return to video Video settings | Please Log in to update your video settings | Video will begin in 5 seconds. Don't play Play now More video Recommended | Click to play video | A frenzied start to Cannes Click to play video | Cele... |
Festival begins at Brisbane protest site
Canberra Times | Eddie Pitt, Loulou Young and Christine Young sit in what is left of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy just outside Paniyiri, Australia's longest running Greek Festival held at Musgrave park in Brisbane, May 19, 2012. | A Brisbane Greek festival has begun... |
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