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Miranda Otto, Jesse Spence and Guy Pearce are among the high-profile stars featuring on Disney+’s debut slate in Australia and New Zealand. Announced at an event at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, the 2022/23 slate comprises three dramas, four documentaries and two lifestyle/general factual entertainment series. Several are for Disney+’s adult vertical Star. On the scripted drama front, The Clearing is adapted from JP Pomare’s novel ‘In the Clearing’ and is inspired by Australian cult The Family and its founder Anne Hamilton-Byrne, one of the few female cult leaders in history. Teresa Palmer ( A Discovery of Witches ), Miranda Otto ( The Usual Suspects ) and Guy Pearce ( Jack Irish ) lead the cast, alongside the lies of Hazem Shammas ( Safe Harbour ), Mark Coles-Smith ( Mystery Road ), Tom Budge ( Bloom ). Written and created by Matt Cameron ( Jack Irish ) and Elise McCredie ( Stateless ) alongside co-writer Osamah Sami ( Ali’s Wedding … [Read more...] about Disney+ Unveils Debut Australia And New Zealand Slate: Miranda Otto, Jesse Spencer, Guy Pearce Set For Dramas

Musician Emily Wurramara is a Warnindilyakwa woman from Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island in the Northern Territory . Wurramara has deep roots in the two Gulf of Carpentaria islands, dating back to her grandmother and grandfather, who both grew up on Groote and Bickerton. In a new video produced by Rolling Stone Australia and Tourism NT, Wurramara shares her affection for the islands’ natural wonders and the cultural highlights of the NT. Growing up on Groote Eylandt and Bickerton Island, Wurramara spent a lot of time at the beach. “The water for us is very sacred,” she says. “A lot of the men in my family are hunters, so they’d go on the beach, on the canoes, and they’d go hunting for turtle, for dugong or for stingray.” A lot of Warnindilyakwa songlines run through the sea. Songlines are essentially directions for travel held within Indigenous songs. Generations of First Nations people have memorised songs in order to reach certain destinations. Songlines also … [Read more...] about Emily Wurramara’s Guide to Travelling the NT

India etches its place in the highest echelons of human history, as ISRO prepares to send Indian astronauts into space aboard the first self-manufactured space rocket. Boasting a self-reliant space programme, ISRO prepares for Mission Gaganyaan, India's voyage of this astronomical achievement that will be showcased in discovery+'s newest original - Gaganyaan - Bharat ki Antariksh Udaan . With a pedigree of featuring successful and immensely popular cosmological titles like - India's Space Odyssey , How The Universe Works , Morgan Freeman's Through The Wormhole , Space Titans: Musk, Bezos , Branson and many more, Discovery+ will exclusively premiere the new original on Wednesday, May 18. Produced by Miditech Studios, Gaganyaan - Bharat ki Antariksh Udaan charts the audacious and challenging journey of India's human space flight programme, from developing the country's own state of the art cryogenic engine, testing of flights, rigorous astronaut … [Read more...] about Gaganyaan- Bharat Ki Antariksh Udaan: Witness The Glory Of India’s Very First Human Expedition