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YOUR CHANCE TO SIT IN ON RAY'S
LIVE CONVERSATION WITH OUR `LIV'
IN WHAT is sure to be unmissable events, Olivia Newton-John has accepted an invitation to appear in live events on stage in Sydney and Melbourne in September as part of `In Conversation with Ray Martin. 
The rare `live' conversation has been organised by Lateral Events.
Long before Sandy appeared in her spandex jeans to wow Danny (and the entire world) in Grease, Olivia Newton-John was already one of Australia’s most beloved and successful entertainers.… Members read the rest!

Talent shines in a night to remember
Venue: Brisbane City Hall
Date: July 20, 2013

Review by SHIRLEY BROUN

I EXITED the Brisbane City Hall on Saturday night thinking `wow’ what a tremendous show and what a shame the rest of Australia couldn’t have been with me to witness the event.
 
The event I speak of was Brisbane’s Music Festival’s `How Deep is Your Love’ concert which brought together some of this country’s finest talents in an awe-inspiring tribute to the Bee Gees .… Members read the rest!

An Australian legend takes his final bow

On With the Show's

Flashback to Variety Today 1992

and its Gold Coast Media award-winning tribute to Peter Allen

THERE is no denying Peter Allen was the ultimate showman. His untimely death on June 18, 1992 from cancer at the early age of 48 shocked the world and left his Australian entertainment industry peers stunned.

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By SHIRLEY BROUN

AUSTRALIAN showbusiness has lost one of it's most supreme talents with the death of Maestro Tommy Tycho, aged 84, in Sydney this morning - just a week before his 85th birthday. The well respected and much loved pianist, conductor, composer and arranger died of complications associated with pneumonia.

A child prodigy who played piano with the Budapest Philharmonic orchestra at the age of 10, Tommy moved to Australia in 1951 and began to build a new life for himself and Hungarian wife Eve doing what he did best - music.

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JULIE Anthony, born in Galga, South Australia in 1951, performed in Las Vegas as a support act to famous comedian Bill Cosby.

MEL Gibson was born in New York State, USA, in 1956. He moved to Sydney when he was 12 years old, but still regards Australia as his `home'. Mel was only 21 when he was offered the lead role in Mad Max, which attracted a cult following all over the world.

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