Adam Zwar
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Wilfred, Lowdown, Squinters, Mr Black, Austin, Twelve Summers.
A simply delightful remembering of Amanda Brotchie by her husband @adamzwar.bsky.social. Amanda is deeply missed. www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-a...
If there is an eternity, I will be looking for you throughout it
Acclaimed writer/director Amanda Brotchie, best known for The Letdown, Gentleman Jack, and Lowdown, starring her husband Adam Zwar, died of cancer last month aged 55. Here, Zwar delivers his tribute t...
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You've got a spare ticket to the Big Day Out, 1993. Which mate are you going to call?
Ten people dead, thousands of homes destroyed, more than 150,000 people currently displaced, and this is the take-away.
Turns out you can play consistently world beating cricket while simultenously hoping Cricket Australia considers climate change and environmental concerns when choosing sponsorship partners. Extraordinary, I know.
Single people, if you meet someone tonight and they're not up for going back to your place to watch the whole of Day 5 again, then they're not for you.
I’m not a “dude” guy, and I’m definitely not a “bro” guy. If you ever hear me say “bro,” assume I’m in a hostage situation and trying to signal for help. What's your go to when you're not using someone's name? open.substack.com/pub/mrzwar/p...
Recently found Bradman letters reveal The Don was no fan of Frank Thring's portrayal of Lord Harris in the mini-series, Bodyline.
This article outlines the sophistication of public relations smear campaigns in 2024. Also, if you're going after Blake and Ryan - you best not miss. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’
Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”
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Found an old interview I did with Billy Birmingham - the 12th Man: "It would be fair to say that Richie's enthusiasm for the 12th Man has dwindled with every release. He's made it clear he doesn't like the swearing, but now he's upset about me taking off his wife." open.substack.com/pub/mrzwar/p...
THROWBACK THURSDAY: THE TWELFTH MAN WAS EVERYTHING TO ME
"Canary yellow? That's Australian green and gold my friend and don't you f---ing forget it."
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If you were making an Australian cricketer in a lab, it would turn out like Travis Head. Mix a bit of DNA from Hookes (RIP) and a bit from Border and you've got him.
"Beautifully catched", "debarkable" performances, and "decapitated hands". Cricket attracts some of the English language's best speakers and some of its ... funniest. Please enjoy the most hilarious things ever said about the great game. https://buff.ly/41zSYIW
THE FUNNIEST S*** SAID ABOUT CRICKET
Welcome to another Summer where you can guarantee a multitude of spontaneously hilarious declarations and batshit crazy verbal-blunders will be made about cricket.
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"Autocracy is having its best year since 1937" - The Diplomat.
Remember when Alan Bond credibly feigned brain damage to avoid answering questions during bankruptcy trials, a charade he saw no need to keep up afterwards? Looks like Jones has gone to the same acting coach.
Jonestown by Chris Masters—which detailed many of the allegations against Jones—came out in 2006. 2006! And it's taken this long for the wheels of justice to turn. Would Jones have been arrested earlier if he hadn't coached the Wallabies to a Grand Slam? Was he Grand Slam-washed?
I had the huge pleasure of working with Timothy West on Gentleman Jack. Hilarious, nuanced work, easy, charming and fond of Australia to boot. Vale to great artist and human
I revisited the saga of the Most Melbourne Man Ever article on my substack. Check it out if you're interested in a story where thousands were trolled and heads rolled. open.substack.com/pub/mrzwar/p...
Sexiest Man Alive has had its moment. Time for Sexiest Man Dead. So many better options.
It was weird. I posted something on here the other day and wasn't flooded with abuse, contradictions or deliberate misunderstandings. I'd forgotten what it's like not to have to wear 30 layers of emotional armour.
It's OK. I'm here. I'm fine. But I am going back to get some others. Pray for me.
The way Putinist/Orbanist government works is to use xenophobia to elect a strongman who directs the spoils of government to business cronies, who use their wealth to dominate media and ensure reelection. This may be the system that is going to start taking shape in America now.
They know when they've seen greatness - pic INDRANIL MUKHERJE
Australian media reporting Trump's theatrics on the stand instead of the fact that he admitted to inflating his property values to get more favourable loans.
Of course Ange was at the opening night of Branagh's King Lear this week.
