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9 News
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- 9 News
'Sickening': Former AFL gun's plea to thieves over stolen footage
Your web browser is no longer supported. To improve your experience update it here Koby Stevens and Australian Hollywood star Eric Bana had been working on the upcoming footy documentary for five years when Stevens' car was broken into in St Kilda. The "brazen" thieves stole camera gear and a hard drive containing hours of interviews for the project. Thieves have stolen footage for an upcoming footy documentary from homegrown Hollywood star Eric Bana and former AFL player Koby Stevens. (Supplied) "It's kind of sickening. You know, we never usually travel with that sort of gear," Stevens told Today this morning. "And it just happens to be that it was in my car for a bit and I was packing, unloading." Luckily for Stevens and Bana, the documentary footage was backed up and all is not lost. But the ex-AFL great said he still didn't want the hours of unaired footage to be in the wrong hands. "It's more about that there's something out in the world that no one's seen," he continued. Luckily for Stevens and Bana, the documentary footage was backed up and all is not lost. (9News) "For me, as someone who's been creating and running that project with a big team who have had my back the whole way, it's about protecting that." Stevens said he hoped the offenders would realise the sentimentality of the hard drive's contents. He pleaded for the thieves to return it, even anonymously. Stevens said he was unloading the car when it was broken into. (Instgaram/@koby____) "If they have it, just drop it off. There's not much you can do with it," he added. "People know now what it is. So that's the message "Look, you can have my camera equipment for stealing my stuff, but just drop the hard drive off." He pleaded for the thieves to return it, even anonymously. (Today) The film, Thrive , is due to enter post-production at the end of the year. "The film's pretty game-changing and on that hard drive was some pretty game-changing stuff," Stevens said yesterday. "It's just the sensitive nature of it all, that's now floating around in Melbourne somewhere." national AFL police crime theft Australia Melbourne Victoria CONTACT US
Courier-Mail
28-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Courier-Mail
Spoiler alert! Here's the huge Australian A-lister that appears in the Squid Game finale
Don't miss out on the headlines from TV. Followed categories will be added to My News. ****Spoilers for the new season of Squid Game follow**** The season finale of Squid Game season 3 features the cameo of a huge Australian Hollywood star. The one and only Cate Blanchett makes a surprise appearance in the final scene of the hit Korean thriller as a recruiter for the deadly competition. Picking up in the wake of a failed revolution, the final season of the Asian version of the hugely popular show follows the struggle between Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae), who's determined to take down the games once and for all, and Front Man (Lee Byung-hun), who desperately wants to break Gi-hun's faith in humanity. Korean veteran actor Lee Jung-jae returns as Gi-hun in the final season. In the final scene of the show, Front Man finds himself in a car in Downtown Los Angeles, and while stopped at a light, he hears some familiar sounds: the thwap of two ddakji tiles hitting the ground followed by the sharp crack of a slap across the face. Front Man rolls down his window and sees a suited Blanchett playing ddakji with a seemingly desperate man in an alleyway. Blanchett looks up and exchanges a knowing glance with Front Man, who pulls away as Blanchett's attention returns to her new recruit. 'We thought having a woman as a recruiter would be more dramatic and intriguing,' said Squid Game Director Hwang Dong-hyuk. 'And as for why Cate Blanchett, she's just the best, with unmatched charisma. Who doesn't love her? So we were very happy to have her appear. We needed someone who could dominate the screen with just one or two words, which is exactly what she did,' he continued. Cate Blanchett makes an appearance in the finale. Picture: Netflix. The final scene of the series sets up the spin-off. Picture: Netflix. 'If Gong Yoo is the Korean Recruiter, I thought she would be the perfect fit as the American Recruiter, bringing a short but gripping and impactful ending to the story.' He went on to reveal that Blanchett had very limited time to film the cameo, so much so that she shot the entire thing in one take. 'During the shoot, she reminded me of what true talent looks like. Even with just a few looks and lines, her performance was mesmerising,' he shared. 'She was amazing at playing ddakji. I believe she successfully flipped the ddakji with her first try, and we were able to get that one long take right away.' But what exactly does Blanchett's cameo mean for the future of the show? Quite a bit, it turns out, considering where Netflix plans on taking the franchise next. Season 3 is the last for the Asian version of Squid Game, but it's far from over. An English-language spin-off is being developed by director David Finch, who has previously worked with Blanchett on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Blanchett's appearance raises numerous questions, however, like have the Games always had international counterparts or have they been forced to move them after they were nearly discovered by authorities at the end of the final season? Squid Game season 3 is available to stream now on Netflix. Originally published as Spoiler alert! Here's the huge Australian A-lister that appears in the Squid Game finale
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Is Chris Hemsworth's Latest Wave Pool Performance Worthy of a CT Wildcard?
'I've been in the water for two hours and I've gotten more waves and barrels than I've gotten in the last five years,' said Australian Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth during four days of surfing Kelly Slater's newest wave pool in Abu Dhabi. 'Another epic trip to Abu Dhabi!!' Hemsworth wrote to his fans on Instagram. 'Spent four days surfing in the desert, eating good food, and all around good vibes.' Hemsworth has clearly logged his hours in the pool since he first visited the wave six months ago. In a video he posted on his Instagram of his latest session at the pool with his sons, Hemsworth, best known for his role as Thor in the Marvel blockbusters, shows his prowess in the pool with impeccably timed bottom turns and stalls connecting to barrels and gouges. Hemsworth posting a video at the pool to his 58.5 million followers is the best marketing that Surf Abu Dhabi – or the sport as a whole, for that matter – could ask for. Why not give the guy a wildcard to next year's Championship Tour event? Make the CT surfers nervous about being 'the guy who lost to Thor' in a heat. Wouldn't the resulting content be the most-viewed surf clips ever? Maybe. OK, jokes aside, Hemsworth surfs incredibly well for having a career that keeps him away from the ocean for long stretches. He would surely win any celebrity all-star heat.
