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To celebrate the Anniversary of Neighbours, many Australian
newspapers have a special features in their liftout sections.

In particular today's Herald Sun Newspaper, who's Weekend liftout
features a Scott & Charlene cover.

Martin Sachs has come to the decision to leave Blue heelers to commit
more time to his family. PJ has been a favourite character with
viewers and one of the few remaining original cast members of the
show along with John Wood and Julie Nihill.  He will be missed.

Dr Karl (Alan Fletcher), Neighbours resident doctor may be facing his
worst dilemna yet.

Reported in magazines this week is that Dr Karl will suffer a heart
attack while away from the neighbourhood and with no one around to
help will succumb. Stay tuned to see if Neighbours favourite doctor
can save himself.

Neighbours star Natalie Bassingthwaighte will play the role of Sandy
in the latest production of Grease to tour parts of Australia in
May/June 2005.  She will be joined in the role of Danny by former
Neighbours star Craig McLachlan, who returns to the role he played in
the last Grease Arena Spectacular that toured Australia 7 years ago!

For more details on the production visit: http://grease.com.au/

Two former soap stars Dannii Minogue (Home and Away) and Daniel
McPherson (Neighbours) will be guests on next week's Rove Live
program - Tuesday 9.30 Network 10 Australia.

McLachlan, will premiere his one-man show in Sydney in March 2005:

For further details visit:

http://entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,12015799-10229,00.html

All Saints favourite (and multi Logie award winner) Georgie Parker
has quit the show.  Georgie will be on air until May 2005.

It's been reported that Stingers will cease production and instead a
series will be produced of the movie The Alice which had success
earlier this year. It starred Erik Thomson, Caitlin McDougal and
Jessica Napier.

Delta Goodrem is currently filming a role in American soap North
Shore and has plans to relocate to the USA next year to further her
musical career.  The episode will feature Delta singing her hit
single 'Lost Without You'.

Home & Away's Bec Cartwright was victorious in the first series
of 'Dancing with the Stars'.

As well as Bec's dancing talent, the series has shown a new side to
favourite Australian actors John Wood (Blue Heelers) and Justin
Melvey (Home & Away), who were also contestants in this series.

Craig McLachlan and Miranda Otto star in the movie 'Through My Eyes'
the story of Lindy Chamberlain airing Tonight and Tomorrow on Channel
7 Australia.

It also features actors, Grant Bowler, Erik Thomson, Barry Otto,
Brian Vriends, Simon Westaway, Paul Mercurio, Peter O'Brien, John
Stanton, Travis McMahon, Andrew McFarlane and Lorraine Bayley.

The film is directed by All Saints director & producer Di Drew.

Saturday 20th November, will see Celebs Madelaine West, Normie Rowe
and Ben Nicholas as well as other local celebrities doing their part
for raising money for Ronald mcdonald houses by serving in McDonalds
stores around Australia.

Below is the schedule of the three mentioned stars:

Madaleine West (Big Reef, ex-Neighbours)
10:30am – 11:30am
McDonald's Victoria Market

Ben Nicholas (Neighbours)
10:30am – 11:30am
McDonald's Lowe Templestowe

Normie Rowe (Entertainer, ex- Sons & Daughters)
12:30pm-1:30pm
McDonald's Ballarat

Please go out and support this event.

Tammin will be doing Australian signings in QLD, VIC, and SA for her
debut single Pointless Relationship ... check out her site for more
on Tammin and details of these events:
http://www.tamminsursok.com/newsTours/home.do?artistId=100462

No we are not talking apparel...Neighbours Stephanie McIntosh will be
entertaining audiences at the Bourke Street Mall this Saturday,
Novemember 13, as part of a special Christmas promotion that starts
11.45 am.

Also appearing are Cosima (Australian Idol contestant 2003), The
National Boys Choir of Australia, and the Australian Girl's Choir.
The event will be hosted by Toni Pearen (Funniest Home Videos, and
former E-Street actress).

The anticipated new book on the History of Australia Soap Operas
written by Andrew Mercado will make an ideal Christmas gift for
AuSoaps fans. Stay tuned for more details.

Delta is about to embark on her first tour next year (July
2005). Dates are as follows :

ADELAIDE : Sunday 10th Adelaide Entertainment Centre 7.30pm
BASS 131 246 or bass.net.au

MELBOURNE : Wednesday 13th Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 7.30pm
Saturday 16th Melbourne Rod Laver Arena (special matinee performance
3.00pm)
Ticketek 132 849 or ticketek.com

BRISBANE : Monday 18th Brisbane Entertainment Centre 7.30pm
Ticketek 131 931 or ticketek.com

SYDNEY : Saturday 23rd Sydney SuperDome 7.30pm
Sunday 24th Sydney SuperDome (special matinee performance 3.00pm)
Ticketek 9266 4800 or ticketek.com

HOBART : Sunday 31st Hobart Derwent Ent Centre 7.30pm
Ticketmaster7 136 100 or ticketmaster7.com

Australian fans, tune in to Nine network tonight to see Cornelia
Francis of Sons and Daughters and Home & Away featured in this
tribute show.

Delta And Brian Mcfadden Film Single Video In London!!

      Delta Goodrem has just completed a two day video shoot in London
for her duet with ex-Westlife member and now solo artist, Brian
McFadden. 'Almost Here' will appear on both Delta's new
album 'Mistaken Identity' and Brian's new album 'Irish Son'...

       Delta Goodrem has just completed a two day video shoot in
London for her duet, 'Almost Here', with ex-Westlife member and now
solo artist, Brian McFadden. Written by Brian McFadden, Paul Barry &
Mark Taylor, 'Almost Here' will appear on both Delta's forthcoming
new album 'Mistaken Identity' and Brian's new album 'Irish Son'.

       Brian McFadden, as one fifth of one of the biggest boy bands in
the world, has sold over 30 million albums and had twelve #1 hits
singles in the UK. His debut solo single 'Real To Me' has already
been a #1 hit in UK and Australian fans can expect to hear it on the
radio here soon, with the release of both the single & album lined up
for the new year.

       Delta's new single 'Out of the Blue', which is still #1 on the
ARIA Top 50 after two weeks in Australia as well as officially the #1
radio airplay song in the country this week, will be released in the
UK on November 8, with 'Mistaken Identity' shaping up for a UK
release date of November 22.

       Delta is currently in the UK where she is promoting the
forthcoming album 'Mistaken Identity'.

Gemma Bishop (ex Neighbours) & band will be performing at DIZZY'S on
Thursday 28th October, show starts at 8.30pm


DATE: Thursday, 28 OCT 2004

VENUE: Dizzy's Jazz Bar, 90 Swan St. Richmond, Vic, Australia

Tel: 03 9428 1233

http://www.dizzys.com.au

Well not quite but, she will be singing "Santa Claus is coming to
town" on the Myer Xmas CD this year -
released annually in Australia in aid of the Salvation Army

The full tracklisting is:

Christine Anu - Silent Night
Sara Storer - Away in a Manager
Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier - Too fat for the chimney
Jon Stevens - Christmas (Baby please come home)
George - Happy Xmas (War is over)
Troy Cassar-Daley - Let's make a baby king
The Rudolphs - I saw Mummy kissing Santa Claus
Stephanie McIntosh - Santa Claus is coming to town
Russell Coight - Six White Boomers
Guy Sebastian - The Christmas Song
James Morrison - We wish you a Merry Christmas
Cosima De Vito - O Holy Night
James Reyne - Mary's Boy Child

Ramsay St's Horror
24 OCT 2004
By Matt Cunningham


PRIME-TIME television favourites - the cast of Neighbours - are about
to be seen in a new light.

In what amounts to more than just a jump to the left, Ramsay St's
leading lights will trade their suburban attire for gothic garb as
they play The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The cast will perform two shows of the 1975 Richard O'Brien
spectacular at Melbourne's Regent Theatre on Saturday, November 20.

The actors are donating their time to perform in the musical to raise
money for the Variety Club and Taralye school for deaf children in
Blackburn.

The performance is the brainchild of cast member Natalie
Bassingthwaighte. She came up with the idea during a discussion with
Variety Club chief executive Norm Hutton.

"I said to him, 'Imagine if the Neighbours cast did Neighbours the
Musical'," Bassingthwaighte said.

But rather than stick to the daily Ramsay St routine,
Bassingthwaighte expanded the idea to present the Neighbours cast as
they have never been seen.

Alan Fletcher, who is helping Bassingthwaighte produce the show, will
trade in Dr Karl Kennedy's stethoscope for the Coke-bottle glasses of
Brad Majors.

Marcella Russo will appear as Magneta, Brett Swain as Riff Raff,
Terence Donovan as Dr Everett Von Scott, Marisa Warrington as
Columbia, Natalie Blair as the usherette and Bassingthwaighte as
Janet Weiss. Blair McDonough will play Rocky.

And the production will have Maria Mercedes, soon to be a Neighbours
cast member, as Dr Frank-N-Furter - the first time a female has
played the role.

"We had to get permission from Richard O'Brien to do that,"
Bassingthwaighte said.

While most people are used to seeing the Neighbours stars on the
small screen, Bassingthwaighte said most had stage or musical
experience.

"I think people will be surprised," she said. "I wasn't surprised
because people are always talking about what music they are doing or
where their band is playing."

Bassingthwaighte said being involved in the production had given the
cast a buzz during its daily Neighbours filming. "There's nothing
like live performance."

TICKETS from Ticketek on 132 849

From the Madeleine West Mailing List :

'BIG REEF' PREMIERING SUNDAY OCTOBER 24 @ 8.30PM - CHANNEL NINE

Are you hungry for fresh Aussie drama with bite?
Well check out BIG REEF on Sunday 24th October at 8:30pm, Channel
Nine.

Shot in far north Queensland, this new Beyond Simpson le Mesurier
production (Stingers, Halifax f.p) focuses on the adventures of five
rogues in Paradise ... and there's nary a legal drama, cop show,
lifestyle, special or reality program in sight!

Starring Madeleine West alongside a stellar cast including Steve
Bisley and Lisa Hensley, BIG REEF continues the proud tradition of
quality drama that is Beyond Simpson le Mesurier's trademark - and
with exoctic locations, kooky locals, cyclones, underwater treasure,
gun-toting crims, man-eating crocs, and the odd bikini thrown in for
good measure - how can we go wrong?!

This is Australia as you have never seen it! So support homegrown
drama. For a thrilling night in, tune into BIG REEF on Sunday 24th
October, 8:30pm on Channel 9.

Kimberely Davies is to feature in new (and final) series of Friends
returning to Australian television tomorrow night on the Nine Network.

Anne will appear on the George Negus Tonight program on Australian
television ABC TV Wednesday 13th October at 6.30pm.

"Anne Phelan has won eight best actress awards throughout her 35-year
career. Most recently, she's been seen in the theatre playing an 86-
year-old character in 'Mavis Goes To Timor'. Anne is also familiar to
ABC viewers who watched her as Mon in 'Something In The Air'. Anne
believes that ageism is rife in our society and it's especially
prevalent in television and advertising. She calls the
phenomenon 'younging down' and she wants it stopped. To this end,
Anne is part of a Victorian Government task force called Images of
Age and the aim is to encourage a more realistic portrayal of older
people in film, television and theatre. Anne is positive about the
future and believes the task force will influence the content of
Australian television so we'll see more older people on the screen."

http://abc.net.au/gnt

For the news on Kylie Minogue's Kath and Kim appearance and a pic
visit the Soap Bubbles at Ausoaps www.ausoaps.info

News from http://www.deltagoodrem.com/ ....

" You've heard and loved the song, now be the first in the world to
see the video!! Be watching Neighbours from 6.30pm tomorrow night to
catch the exclusive world premiere of the stunning video clip for
Delta Goodrem's new single 'Out Of The Blue'...


   Delta Goodrem's brand new single 'Out Of The Blue' has been burning
up the airwaves since it's release to radio last Friday and tomorrow
night (Friday, October 1), fans will be in for a very special treat
when the stunning video for the track is premiered exclusively on
Channel Ten for the first time anywhere in the world!

The clip will fittingly go to air during Neighbours - Australia's
most successful and longest running soapie - to mark Delta's final
episodes in the show as the hugely popular character Nina Tucker.

The video for 'Out Of The Blue' was filmed recently on Malibu Beach
and in the hills of Los Angeles while Delta worked on finishing her
as-yet untitled new studio album, due for release later this year.

'Out Of The Blue' instantly became one of the most added songs to
radio when it was released to media last Friday. A gorgeous and epic
track, driven by Delta's trademark piano arrangements and what's been
described as amazing 'Beatle-esque' strings, 'Out Of The Blue' hits
stores on Sunday, October 10.

Be watching Neighbours, Friday, October 1 from 6.30pm on Channel Ten
for the world premiere of the video for 'Out Of The Blue'.

'Out Of The Blue' in stores Sunday, October 10  "

Kylie Minogue is currently appearing in The Sullivans reruns airing
at 3am on the Nine Network.

What are you thoughts on the recent changes and the storylines
surrounding these cast changes?

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