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As a tragic fan of the Western Suburbs Magpies as a child, I idolised Tommy Raudonikis. He was my first sporting hero. He was cheeky, rough around the edges and on the field, he never gave in. With my father, wed trot off to Lidcombe Oval in Sydney most weekends, me in a black-and-white beanie with a small matching flag, to cheer Tommy on as he led the Magpies out. He also held aloft the Amco Cup one winters night in 1977, the last first-grade competition the Magpies won. I was allowed to stay ...

FShareTTweetQSMSWWhatsAppBEmailGJTumblrLLinkedIn4 hours ago Rugby league great Tommy Raudonikis has died at age 70 after a long battle with cancer. The former Western Suburbs, Newtown, NSW and Australia star was one of the games most colourful characters. He was just days short of his 71st birthday. His loss is being mourned by fellow players, his former clubs and the NRL. Tommy Raudonikis talks Cattledog on The Footy Show "Tommy was one of a kind. There will never be another Tommy Raudonikis, ...

Texas State alumni (from left to right) Collins Uzowulu, Russell Reed and Xavier Alvarado pose for a photo, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, on the set of "Hierarchy". Photo courtesy of Abraham M. Inspired by the works of Ava DuVernay, Spike Lee, Issa Rae and Jordan Peele, three Texas State alumni are paving the way for filmmakers by highlighting the experiences of Black culture and brotherhood in their new film, "Hierarchy". The film is a crime drama action story written...

Raudonikis’s NSW side was losing 13-2 when he came off the bench in a match against Queensland in 1977, three years before the birth of State of Origin. Figuring his teammates needed something – anything – to inspire them, Raudonikis launched into a Maroons player who was receiving treatment for an injury near the sideline. He went on to score a crucial second-half try and NSW won the match 14-13. The Tommy Paradox – a devil on the field and an angel off it. Perhaps there ha...

I first met Tommy as a nine year old. My father, Gary, was first grade coach at the Cessnock Goannas and in 1981 they formed a sister club relationship with the Newtown Jets. Dad and his team would travel down to Henson Park on several occasions to train with the Jets and Newtown came to Cessnock for a pre-season trial against the Goannas in that successful 81 season. It was only a trial game against a bush team but he played with the intensity as if it was a grand final. But the highlight...

Hussein Katz The former Fox Searchlight Pictures and BET Networks executive will oversee the creation of all original content in her new role. Zola Mashariki, a veteran of Fox Searchlight Pictures and BET Networks, has been named head of Amazon-owned Audible Studios. In her new role, Mashariki will oversee the creation of all original content and will manage the entire studio operation, including the development and implementation of content strategy. She will be based in Los Angeles, reporting...

 Tell us, what’s a day like in the life of Busta Rhymes? BR: Definitely speak regularly. Make a bunch of business calls. Immediately start my meal prep. Go to the gym. After the gym, eat some more [ laughs]. Freshen up. Get dressed for the day. Handle whatever in-person business I need to handle until the business day is over corporately. Then I go to the studio. Continue to handle business, corporately and creatively. Record, record, record, until I’m ready to go to sleep. Then I go to b...

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Audible Studios Names Zola Mashariki to Oversee All Original Content Former Fox Searchlight executive will have oversight over the audio company’s original contentBrian Welk | April 5, 2021 @ 9:00 AM Hussein Katz Audible has named Zola Mashariki head of Audible Studios, where she will lead the audio storytelling company’s original content. Mashariki, a Hollywood veteran and former executive with Fox Searchlight, will have oversight of the entire studio operation from conception through...

Last modified on Sun 4 Apr 2021 02.31 EDT In 2015, when he was a young actor from Peckham with a couple of theatre credits and, naturally, an episode of Casualty to his Equity card, Damson Idris somehow wangled a big TV audition in Los Angeles. The part was Franklin Saint, a bright kid in South Central LA during the 1980s who becomes a drug kingpin just as the city is on the cusp of a crack cocaine epidemic. Snowfall was the vision of John Singleton, the director of the seminal 1991 coming-of...