the newsreader

It's a great week for anyone who loves a scandal, especially a media one. The return of The Newsreader and Morning Wars within days of each other means we're well served when it comes to fictional high-drama in newsrooms. All that shouting and backstabbing!

The Newsreader's Sam Reid joins us to chat about what to expect for the second season, and his curious obsession with vintage TV sets.

Plus, BL and WM discuss the furore surrounding Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis after their support for Danny Masterson in the wake of his conviction for rape — and the fraught use of character references in sexual assault cases.

Logie nominated ABC series The Newsreader is a late 20th century period drama about sexual politics, egos and the stories that shaped our consciousness in the mid 1980s. Co-creator and writer Michael Lucas and series writer Kim Ho take us behind the scenes of the series.

MasterChef judge and Logie nominee Melissa Leong talks about how life has changed since stepping into one of the most coveted TV foodie jobs.

Cantopopstar and pro democracy activist Denise Ho discusses music as a form of  protest.

Show notes:

Denise Ho arrested: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/denise-ho-arrest-1.6450291

Logie nominations: https://www.pedestrian.tv/entertainment/logie-2022-nominations-list/

New Zealand’s wellness-horror-comedy Creamerie and Australia’s 80s newsroom drama The Newsreader couldn’t be more different, but both are examples of top-shelf locally made series.

Go behind the scenes of both shows with Creamerie writer-director Roseanne Liang and co-creator and cast member Perlina Lau, and The Newsreader’s co-creator and writer Michael Lucas and series writer Kim Ho.

1800 Respect: https://www.1800respect.org.au/

Lifeline 13 11 14

It’s another wild week and we’re keeping our heads above water making sense of it all with the Bang Fam.

Qantas have made a big push for us to get vaccinated, and subsequently have us bawling.

A brilliant piece on the unbearable nature of being a female pop star nails it, meanwhile we’re questioning our own addictions in a new look at dopamine and digital media.

And there are claims that ‘tea towel’ is not a uniform term. Excuse me, what?

We’re banging on about a couple of great watches too, CODA and The Newsreader.

Show notes:

Qantas Fly Away ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o9_AK1Kcyo

Pete Tong reads out his website: https://twitter.com/benjilanyado/status/1430103448175980549

Has Becoming a Female Pop Star in 2021 become unbearable: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/20/billie-eilish-lorde-lizzo-women-music-industry-fame

Constant Craving: Dopamine: https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/aug/22/how-digital-media-turned-us-all-into-dopamine-addicts-and-what-we-can-do-to-break-the-cycle

Coffee Towels: https://twitter.com/sexenheimer/status/1430025974276530181

CODA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pmfrE1YL4I&ab_channel=AppleTV

The Newsreader: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/newsreader

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On the show today…

Britney Spears is being investigated by police after she was accused of striking an employee during an argument inside her home. Britney has now issued a statement and she’s telling a very different story.

And Selena Gomez is on the September cover of Elle magazine, giving a long interview that hinges on her ‘return’ to the spotlight. It highlights her various struggles over the years and what comes next for her career, but it skirts around the biggest issue, which is the story no one is allowed to tell about Selena Gomez.

Plus, it’s Weekend Watch time! There are two new TV shows we need you to watch this weekend and on today’s show, we’re joined by special guest Asher Keddie to tell you all about one.

LINKS

The Return Of Selena - Elle

The Newsreader - ABC iview

Nine Perfect Strangers - Amazon Prime Video

"Nine Perfect Strangers is not at all what you were expecting" - Mamamia

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The new ABC limited series The Newsreader is a late 20th century period drama about sexual politics, egos and the stories that shaped our consciousness in the mid 1980s. Co-creator and writer Michael Lucas and series writer Kim Ho take us behind the scenes.

We talk about that Good Weekend profile of celebrity chef and MasterChef judge Jock Zonfrillo, which casts doubts on some of the recollections in Zonfrillo’s new memoir, Last Shot. Zonfrillo and publisher Simon & Schuster are standing by the book; Nine, which owns The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, is standing by journalist Tim Elliott’s feature.

As we cradle our Japanese rice baby sacks and cry about the imminent end of the world, we fill our dried out husks with Cooking with Paris and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

And: should we normies follow Jennifer Aniston’s example and cut covid vaccine deniers out of our lives? 

Show notes:

The Newsreader: https://iview.abc.net.au/show/newsreader

Good Weekend profile of Jock Zonfrillo: https://www.smh.com.au/national/he-s-very-nice-the-only-problem-is-chef-marco-pierre-white-on-jock-zonfrillo-20210714-p589q3.html

Jennifer Aniston's decision to cut ties with unvaccinated people could backfire: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-10/jennifer-aniston-cuts-off-people-who-refuse-covid-vaccine/100362204

Vogue Australia September cover: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSOiYQSgG4T

Cooking with Paris: https://www.netflix.com/title/81312532