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Actors win top film awards - without being on screen

At the 2025 AACTA Awards, motion capture performances and voice acting have been recognised for the first time.

AAP

Boy Swallows Universe devours Aussie screen awards

Miniseries Boy Swallows Universe has scooped the AACTA Awards on the Gold Coast, while Robbie Williams biopic Better Man has also been recognised.

AAP

Aacta awards 2025: Robbie Williams’ Better Man and Boy Swallows Universe dominate Australian film and TV prizes

Biopic of British singer wins best film and best actor for motion capture star Johnno Davies, while Trent Dalton adaptation takes home 12 of 22 nominations

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Robbie Williams biopic Better Man and Boy Swallows Universe lead 2025 Aacta award nominations

Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton’s novel lands 22 nominations, the most in Aacta history, while Williams’ Melbourne-made biopic sets new record for film with 16 nominations

The Guardian - AU

Is Australian TV in its golden era? The 2024 Aacta awards has a huge field of quality contenders

The past year has spoiled audiences with ambitious, gripping television. Some will be celebrated and plenty more will miss out

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Newcastle actor in the running for AACTA Award for horror film Talk To Me

Alexandra Jensen started acting as a child to cure her shyness.

Newcastle Herald

PM says ‘protections’ needed before funding can resume – as it happened

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Aacta awards 2024: The Newsreader, Deadloch and Colin from Accounts lead TV nominations

ABC drama snags 15 nominations, while The New Boy, starring Cate Blanchett, horror hit Talk to Me and Shayda lead in film categories

The Guardian - AU

Run Rabbit Run: Netflix’s terrifying new psychological horror film starring Succession’s Sarah Snook

A young child possessed by her dead aunt? Count us in

Evening Standard

Afternoon Update: MasterChef judge’s death shocks industry; new AFL boss; and Mark Latham could be sued

The sudden passing away of the 46-year-old reality TV star, leaves production company and Network 10 ‘saddened at the sudden loss’

The Guardian - AU

Jock Zonfrillo, MasterChef Australia judge and chef, dies aged 46

The Scottish-Australian chef’s death was confirmed by his family, who said they were ‘devastated’ after he died on Sunday

The Guardian - AU

Protest is dangerous, but feminists have a long history of using humour, pranks and stunts to promote their message

Protest was dangerous in feminism’s formative years.

The Conversation

Russell Crowe’s thriller Sleeping Dogs sets tongues wagging as filming starts across Melbourne

Russell Crowe is settling into Melbourne with local and international stars as filming starts on crime thriller Sleeping Dogs.

The New Daily

AACTAs 2022: Chris Hemsworth honoured, Russell Crowe talks ‘deception’

Chris Hemsworth was honoured and his idol, Russell Crowe talked of deception and glamour at the 2022 AACTA Awards.

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Elvis and Mystery Road: Origin are big winners at AACTA Awards 2022

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic and ABC TV swept the Australian screen awards, while Netflix’s wins for Heartbreak High reboot capped a strong showing for the streaming giant.

The Guardian - AU

Aacta awards 2022: Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Mystery Road and Heartbreak High win big

Mandy Walker became the first female to win best cinematographer for Elvis, which beat out the Drover’s Wife and the Stranger in most film categories

AAP

Elvis film and Hemsworth big AACTA winners

Baz Luhrmann's box office hit Elvis has won best film at the AACTA Awards, with Chris Hemsworth also gaining recognition for screen industry contribution.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: citizenship cancellations ruled illegal, breast milk trade warning, ‘Rosetta Stone’ of dinosaur finds

In today’s newsletter: controversial withdrawal of Australian rights from overseas prisoners is reversed; Morocco stun Spain in World Cup

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Who will win? Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis among ‘world-class’ nominees at 2022 AACTA awards

Baz Luhrmann's Elvis among world class nominees for this year's prestigious AACTA awards ceremony in Sydney on Wednesday.

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Ana Maria Belo on SBS series It's Fine, I’m Fine and how she learned to embrace her ‘deaf voice’

At 45 and after several surgeries, Ana Maria Belo’s career is flourishing with a lead role in an AACTA-nominated series and a supporting role in a major commercial musical.

The Guardian - AU

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis leads 2022 Aacta award nominations

Austin Butler and Tom Hanks up for acting roles alongside director Luhrmann, while ABC drama Mystery Road: Origins leads TV categories with 15 nominations

ABC News

Baz Luhrmann's Elvis and Mystery Road: Origin lead AACTA award nominations

The nominations are by the academy and include Baz Luhrmann's dazzling Elvis biopic, George Miller's imaginative romance Three Thousand Years of Longing and Leah Purcell's The Drover's Wife. These are the nominees.

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