Crikey! It's Shark Week with Madison 'Shark Girl' Stewart, Foxtel Magazine, December 2021
/I learned a lot about sharks from conservationist and shark activist Madison Stewart and hope others will, too.
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I learned a lot about sharks from conservationist and shark activist Madison Stewart and hope others will, too.
Interview Deborah Mailman? Why, certainly! Any time. This piece is pegged to the second season of Total Control, a series with international reach now, and deservedly so.
Always up for a chat with Ewen Leslie. Based on the interview, I got tickets to see him, Geraldine Hakewill and Zahra Newman in Julius Caesar at the Sydney Theatre Company. Well worth it!
Weaving in quotes from an international press call with talent from the long running AMC series, I had fun putting this piece together.
The fabulous and down-to-earth Lucy Lawless spoke to me via Zoom for this Who piece!
I spoke with journalist Tom Steinfort about his first book, Sins of the Sheikh, and the details he presents about Princess Latifa. Thank you to Tom for his time.
Actress Claire Dunne co-wrote and stars in Herself, a hopeful drama that fuses her research on surviving domestic violence with the Irish cultural ideal of maitheal. I spoke with her about it for Who Magazine in their July 12, 2021 issue.
When Gossip Girl first aired in 2007, its delicious dialogue and designer fashions were a heady mix. We look back on the key episodes and quotes that made it such a cult teen series in Foxtel Magazine’s July 2021 issue.
Two years ago, I was on the fabulous Elsternwick set of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, speaking to Geraldine Hakewill in her trailer. For 2021, Zoom will have to do! We catch up on her series, and her life, since 2019, to preview season 2 on Acorn TV.
Zoom interviews became great Q&As with Hailie Sahar on the final season of Pose, and Australian twins Raechelle and Karina Banno, both starring in the VC Andrews’ Landry series on Lifetime, in the June 2021 issue of Foxtel Magazine.
A second fantastic panel from the Pan Pacific Asian Steering Committee of the Motion Picture Editors Guild was held on May 22, 2021, with Tom Cross, ACE, and sound supervisor Ai-Ling Lee, moderated by Harry Yoon, ACE. They talked about the collaboration between sound and picture editing, especially in regard to their work on Damien Chazelle’s films. My summary appeared online for Cinemontage.
The Pan Pacific Asian Steering Committee of the Motion Picture Editors Guild held a panel on May 15, 2021, with Richard Chew, ACE, William Hoy, ACE, and Lisa Lassek, moderated by Edie Ichioka, ACE. I enjoyed learning from them and covering the panel for Cinemontage.
What a joy to speak to Angela Lewis about season three of Snowfall on FX. Plus, I compare The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, tease season three of Mayans MC, and parse out what’s special with the Zac Snyder cut of Justice League, all in the May 2021 issue of Foxtel Magazine.
I had the thrill of putting together a fantastic team to create this 98-page commemorative issue on Prince Philip, which hit newsstands at the same time as treatments from People and other established brands. You’ll see more of our work later this year.
Speaking over the phone from a London in lockdown, actress Felicity Ward reminisced about being home in Australia in 2020 to film the genre-busting Wakefield on ABC and ABC iview. My chat appears in Who Magazine in April 2021.
Having written so much about Game of Thrones, I enjoyed putting together a guide for the uninitiated to mark its 10th anniversary. In the April 2021 issue of Foxtel, I also review the mini-series version of Black Narcissus, capture the best Top Chef quotes, speak to Undercover Billionaire star Elaine Culotti, and compare Sanditon with Belgravia.
After winning The Voice Australia in 2016, Alfie Arcuri has toured the world with his personal brand of pop. But speaking to the LGBTQI+ community through his music has been his biggest reward. Arcuri talks to me about his latest track, “Handsome Man,” in WHO’s March 21, 2021 issue.
The best part of writing for Foxtel Magazine is getting to preview some terrific series, including Israeli drama Valley of Tears and National Geographic’s Genius: Aretha. I also get to write about Property Brothers’ latest Brother vs Brother edition, The Walking Dead, and Scooby. Zoinks!
It’s always a pleasure to speak with Erik Thomson, especially when he goes into new territory with his projects. He goes into detail about comedy Aftertaste, a biting ABC comedy, for this mid-February issue of WHO.
Speaking to producers about their true-crime shows makes watching them a bit more fascinating. Here are two such pieces I reported and wrote for Foxtel.