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Camper trailer stolen with couple still asleep inside

<p>A young couple are relieved to be alive after their camper trailer was stolen while they slept inside. </p> <p>After a long day of driving, Brock Momcilovic, his girlfriend Jedha Kinder and their two dogs were camping overnight in their trailer attached to a four-wheel vehicle at the Cumberland River rest stop on the Great Ocean Road. </p> <p>Ms Kinder was jolted awake to the sound of the car engine starting just before midnight.</p> <p>She jumped off the bed into the annex area between the trailer and the car, while Mr Momcilovic was thrown backwards from the momentum. </p> <p>Ms Kinder and the two dogs were dragged 200 metres up the road before falling out on to the road where she suffered bruising and gravel rash, as the dogs fled in the chaos. </p> <p>The carjacker then drove for 8km down the road, as Mr Momcilovic held on for dear life.</p> <p>"I sort of just laid there because I thought it was a dream," Mr Momcilovic told <em><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-21/four-wheel-drive-camper-trailer-stolen-while-couple-inside/102755074" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">ABC Radio Melbourne</a></em>.</p> <p>But quickly reality kicked in during the incident as Mr Momcilovic realised he had his phone handy.</p> <p>"I rang triple-0 while I was holding on," he said.</p> <p>"I was actually on Google Maps while on the phone to the operator telling her where we were heading."</p> <p>As Mr Momcilovic continued to hold on, he didn't know if his girlfriend or their dogs were okay, and he had no way of checking. </p> <p>"I was worried if I fell off, I was going to be pretty well done," he said.</p> <p>The car eventually slowed down enough for Mr Momcilovic to jump off the vehicle, before the car was abandoned near a nearby police station after the clutch blew out, with the carjacker taking off on foot with the keys in hand. </p> <p>The couple's dogs were found a day apart, one was found at the campsite, the other near a cliff, and have since been reunited. </p> <p>The couple have urged campers not to leave their keys in the car, with Mr Momcilovic saying, "It could have been a lot worse." </p> <p><em>Image credits: Nine News</em></p>

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Transformers trailer sparks fury online

<p dir="ltr"><em>Transformers</em> released a string of teasers and behind-the-scenes footage ahead of the June premiere of <em>Transformers: Rise of the Beasts </em>- but quickly stripped a scene that appeared reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.</p> <p dir="ltr">The seventh<em> Transformers</em> movie in the franchise is set to hit Aussie cinemas on June 22, and <em>Transformers</em> shared an extended trailer that showed the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre surrounded by black smoke, according to the New York Post. </p> <p dir="ltr">The scene’s evocation of 9/11 shocked viewers and many didn’t believe the image could be affiliated with a <em>Transformers</em> movie.</p> <p dir="ltr">“This image certainly made me stop scrolling,” wrote Twitter user Daniel Kibblesmith, alongside the jarring screenshot from the trailer.</p> <p dir="ltr">Kibblesmith’s tweet attracted more than 2.5 million views in less than 24 hours after being posted.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Transformers’</em> caption read, “It’s about to be epic. Go behind the scenes with our cast and crew, and meet the new characters of <em>Transformers</em>.”</p> <p dir="ltr">As of May 23, the post no longer appears to be on the franchise’s Twitter page. </p> <p dir="ltr">The nearly two-minute teaser features Anthony Ramos, who stars in <em>Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts </em>as Noah Diaz, an ex-military electronics specialist living in Brooklyn, New York.</p> <p dir="ltr">“This is about to be epic. This is about to be epically crazy,” Ramos said in the behind-the-scenes clip. </p> <p dir="ltr">The footage shows a peaceful NYC skyline with the Twin Towers before abruptly cutting to a shot of the Statue of Liberty in the foreground and the World Trade Centre covered in thick smoke in the background.</p> <p dir="ltr">Steven Caple Jr, the movie’s director clarifies in the clip that the upcoming movie is “in chronological order, is the second <em>Transformers </em>movie – it takes place during the ’90s”.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I didn’t think that it was possible, but here I am, even less interested than ever in seeing a <em>Transformers</em> movie. They’ve done it again, the mad genii,” one Twitter wrote.</p> <p dir="ltr">“This could have been easily avoided if they’d picked literally any other city besides New York,” another tweeted.</p> <p dir="ltr">“That is … an unfortunate shot,” yet another said of the upsetting image, while another said it was “too soon”.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credit: Twitter</em></p>

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“Some lowlife took our home”: Retirees wake to devastating theft

<p><span style="font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;">Retirees Sue and Tony Hill have been living out of a campervan and driving it on the Big Lap around Australia. They returned home to North Adelaide recently to stop in and visit family when disaster struck. </span></p> <p>Their home was stolen right from under their noses.</p> <p>"I came out Monday morning around 7.30 ish and it was gone,” Sue Hill told <a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/couple-move-life-into-campervan-and-have-everything-stolen/ac17b057-a51d-4b04-b366-9c63307b2984" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NineNews</a>. "Some lowlife took our home ... Our life has just been ripped out from under us.”</p> <p>The grey nomad couple, who had spent their retirement savings to buy the camper trailer for their Big Lap around the country, were absolutely distraught – but now an incredible act of charity has given them new hope, and a brand new trailer to call home.</p> <p>"We'd given up hope that we'd ever get back on the road again, which is what we love doing. We'd given up hope that we'd ever get our camper trailer back," Mrs Hill said.</p> <p>But then the owner of local business Eagle Camper Trailers – Brent – heard about the plight of the Hills and just had to act. </p> <p>"I heard it, I watched it and I thought 'I can't believe this'," Brent told NineNews.</p> <p>"The fact that someone had taken their home, I needed to try and do something to sort it out."</p> <p>The Hills also turned to social media to try and track down the stolen trailer or the thieves, with no luck.</p> <p>"I've been on the truckie pages trying to get the truckies of Australia to help," Sue and Tony's daughter Janene Harper said.</p> <p>"Through COVID and the rental crisis, they lived homeless for more than 12 months," she said, on the family’s Facebook fundraiser page.</p> <p>"They decided to invest every last dollar they had to purchase a portable home, something they could call home. They were required to sell most of their belongings to be able to move in."</p> <p>The Hills are now incredibly thankful to Brent at Eagle Camper Trailers for his generosity, and for helping to put them back on their feet and into a new home.</p> <p><em>Images: NineNews</em></p>

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First look of Keanu Reeves in fourth John Wick installment

<p dir="ltr">The first trailer of <em>John Wick: Chapter 4</em> has finally been released.</p> <p dir="ltr">Hollywood heartthrob Keanu Reeves returns as John Wick in the fourth chapter of the series which is due for release on March 24, 2023.</p> <p dir="ltr">“You wanted him back. He’s back. Watch the first sneak peek for #JW4 – in theaters March 2023,” the movie’s official Twitter account wrote along with the trailer. </p> <p dir="ltr">The fourth installment will see the bounty for Wick’s head soar as he takes his fight against the High Table global.</p> <p dir="ltr">Wick also seeks out some of the most powerful players in the underworld, from New York to Paris to Osaka to Berlin.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">You wanted him back. He’s back. Watch the first sneak peek for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JW4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#JW4</a> – in theaters March 2023. <a href="https://t.co/3T0rMxLj5P">pic.twitter.com/3T0rMxLj5P</a></p> <p>— John Wick (@JohnWickMovie) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnWickMovie/status/1550888472134705152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Prior to the teaser trailer release, an official still from the film was shared on social media. </p> <p dir="ltr">It shows Reeves' Wick surrounded by candles and praying - possibly reflecting on the crazy life he’s led since his wife died and dog brutally killed. </p> <p dir="ltr">Watch this space! </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Twitter</em></p>

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Kyrgios’ Wimbledon win overshadowed by assault allegations

<p dir="ltr">Nick Kyrgios’ spectacular win into his first ever grand slam semi final at Wimbledon was ambushed by reporters wanting to know about his ex-girlfriend’s assault allegations.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Australian smashed Cristian Garin 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-5) in two hours and 13 minutes on Wednesday - less than 24 hours after the news broke about the alleged assault. </p> <p dir="ltr">Reporters however did not care so much about Kyrgios’ extraordinary win, who is the first Australian man into the semis at Wimbledon since Lleyton Hewitt in 2005.</p> <p dir="ltr">Instead they asked him about being charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend Chiara Passari.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I have a lot of thoughts and things I want to say, my side of it,” Kyrgios said. </p> <p dir="ltr">“But I’ve been advised by my lawyers that I can’t say anything about it at this time.”</p> <p dir="ltr">He explained that he was only human and the news affected him a bit, but he was focusing on the game instead. </p> <p dir="ltr">“It didn’t really affect me at all, to be honest with you. Obviously seeing it ... I’m only human,” he continued. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Obviously I read about it and everybody else was asking questions. It was hard to focus on the mission at hand (which) was the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I know deep down that’s what I was prepared for (and) it didn’t really affect my preparation at all. I knew I would stay true to myself and give my best performance today.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Kyrgios also said at one point he was “almost done with the sport” saying his mental health got the better of him. </p> <p dir="ltr">“There was a point I was almost done with the sport,” he admitted.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I was self-harming, I had suicidal thoughts.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“To be a semi-finalist at Wimbledon now, if you had asked anyone if I could do that they would have said no. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Doesn't have the mental capacity, doesn't have the physical capacity, doesn't have the stamina. It's been a rocky road to here. </p> <p dir="ltr">“At the start of the year I didn't know if I wanted to play a proper schedule. I'd lost the love, I'd lost the spark.”</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfrx9lBMdA4/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfrx9lBMdA4/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by Nick Kyrgios (@k1ngkyrg1os)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">After making his comments, Kyrgios was stuck in a back-and-forth with a reporter about the issue, you’d think he was back on the court.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Sorry to bring this issue up again. What do you think about the timing of receiving the summons during Wimbledon? And will you be going to court as ordered?” the reporter asked.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Look, I understand you want me to give you the answers but I can’t speak any more on the issue,” Kyrgios responded. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Did you know before Wimbledon started? Or did you learn yesterday like the rest of us?” the reporter continued. </p> <p dir="ltr">“I am ... do you want me to sound like a broken record?” Kyrgios asked.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I’d like an answer, if you can,” the persistent reporter continued. </p> <p dir="ltr">Kyrgios responded “I can’t” before a moderator interjected informing the reporter that Kyrgios has been advised that he can’t talk about the matter as its before the courts. </p> <p dir="ltr">Further to that, another ex-girlfriend of Kyrgios, Ajla Tomljanovic earlier lost her quarter-final clash in three sets.</p> <p dir="ltr">Instead of being asked about her match, Tomljanovic was asked about Kyrgios’ allegations which prompted her to call out reporters on Twitter.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Quite disappointing that after almost 2 hours of playing my quarterfinals that was the first question the journalist chose to ask me, and never proceeded to ask anything match related. Glad to see headlines mostly about that now. Do better,” she tweeted. </p> <p dir="ltr">Kyrgios will appear at ACT Magistrates Court on August 2 in relation to one charge of common assault. He faces up to two years’ jail if found guilty. </p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Quite disappointing that after almost 2 hours of playing my quarterfinals that that was the first question the journalist chose to ask me, and never proceeded to ask anything match related. Glad to see headlines mostly about that now. Do better 😤 <a href="https://t.co/ygoUDe1XBb">https://t.co/ygoUDe1XBb</a></p> <p>— Ajla Tomljanovic (@Ajlatom) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ajlatom/status/1544732492887953408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">His barrister Jason Moffett, said that Kyrgios is taking the allegations “very seriously”.</p> <p dir="ltr">"It's in the context of a domestic relationship," he said. </p> <p dir="ltr">"The nature of the allegation is serious, and Mr Kyrgios takes the allegation very seriously.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Given the matter is before the court ... he doesn't have a comment at this stage, but in the fullness of time we'll issue a media release."</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Getty</em></p>

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Avatar sequel trailer released 13 years after first movie

<p dir="ltr">A teaser trailer for the sequel to <em>Avatar</em> has been released almost 13 years after the first movie broke box office records.</p> <p dir="ltr">In just one day since the <em>Avatar: The Way of Water</em> trailer came out, it has reached more than four million views (correct at time of publishing).</p> <p dir="ltr">Fans are given a glimpse of what to expect in the exciting sequel which is set to drop in cinemas later in December around the world.</p> <p dir="ltr">The sequel, which is also set more than a decade after the first movie, will follow the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids) and the trouble that keeps following them and how they fight to keep each other alive.</p> <p dir="ltr">Director and producer James Cameron had previously announced that he has plans for a total of six movies for the <em>Avatar</em> series and that he had already begun filming for the fourth film. </p> <p dir="ltr">"Anything that had to be done with a specific actor, we did all the scenes for 2 and 3 together – and a little bit of 4," he told Variety.</p> <p dir="ltr">"I had to shoot the kids out. They're allowed to age six years in the middle of the story on page 25 of movie 4. So I needed everything before then, and then everything after, we'll do later."</p> <p dir="ltr">Fans can expect to wait just one year after <em>Avatar: The Way of Water </em>to see the third installment with the fourth movie a year after that, and <em>Avatar 5</em> for December 2026 and the final film in 2028.</p> <p dir="ltr">Watch the trailer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZrX_ES93JA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: 20th Century Studios</em></p>

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How to make the most of your super as you retire or semi-retire

<p dir="ltr">The transition from working life to retirement or semi-retirement is different for each individual.</p> <p dir="ltr">If you decide to keep working, it is important that you know you can access some of your super while you’re still working, once you have reached “preservation age” – the age at which you can access your super.</p> <p dir="ltr">With a transition to retirement stream (TTRS) strategy, you can begin receiving an income from your super once you reach your preservation age, even if you haven’t permanently retired.</p> <p dir="ltr">The benefits of TTRS include your income payments being generally tax free, if you’re 60 or over.</p> <p dir="ltr">Another benefit is being able to continue to grow your super if you’re still working, and using your TTRS payments to top up your take-home pay, so you can work less or save more.</p> <p dir="ltr">There are, however, some rules if you do want to transition into a retirement stream, which your super business can assist you with.</p> <p dir="ltr">The rules include:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">You generally can’t make lump sum withdrawals.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">You must receive between 2% and 10% of your TRIS balance each year.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Drawing from your super now could mean you have a lower balance when you fully retire.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">While you’re under 60 years of age, your TRIS payments will be subject to tax – any taxable component will be taxed at your marginal tax rate less a 15% offset. From 60, you don’t pay any tax on income payments from your super.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Earnings in your TRIS receive the same concessional tax treatment as your super – earnings are taxed at up to 15%.</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Shutterstock</em></p>

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Downton Abbey: A New Era full teaser FINALLY released

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Only a week ago, it was announced that the new teaser trailer for </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Downton Abbey: A New Era</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> would only be shown in cinemas ahead of showings of </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Belfast</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fortunately, those of us that haven’t been to the cinema can now enjoy it from home, with the </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/full-teaser-trailer-online-for-downton-abbey-a-new-era/" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">release</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the footage online.</span></p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2ZLjAORkXS0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the release of the new trailer, more of the film’s plot has been revealed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Specifically, Dame Maggie Smith’s Violet Crawley reveals that she had a casual fling in the past that has resulted in her inheriting a French Villa.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845740/downton1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/65764e4a03a342509dd9174c34fdafd7" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: @downtonabbey_official (Instagram)</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Plus, the family are gearing up to welcome a royal visitor to the estate.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The film also promises to include the wedding of assistant cook Daisy Mason to footman Andrew Parker.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845741/downton2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/172d00698e014b368b3a3a4e57822057" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Universal Pictures UK / YouTube</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The list of returning faces includes: Hugh Bonneville (Lord Grantham), Laura Carmichael (Lady Grantham), Jim Carter (Charles Carson), Brendan Coyle (Mr Bates), Michelle Dockery (Lady Crawley) and Joanne Froggatt (Anna Bates).</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845742/downton3.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/9f2f1567c0724ca79f57a3111e92b8da" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: @downtonabbey_official (Instagram)</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Joining them are newcomers Hugh Dancy (</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hannibal</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">), Laura Haddock (</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guardians of the Galaxy</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">), Nathalie Baye (</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Catch Me If You Can</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">), and Dominic West (</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Wire</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Directed by Simon Curtis and scripted by Julian Fellows, </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Downton Abbey: A New Era</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is due to arrive in cinemas on March 18, 2022.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: @downtonabbey_official (Instagram)</span></em></p>

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Don’t Look Up teaser trailer released

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In an unlikely pairing, Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio are starring in their nerdiest roles ever, in the new sci-fi comedy </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t Look Up</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Set to be released on Netflix in December, the movie has everyone talking following the release of the teaser trailer last week.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The film follows astronomy grad student Kate Dibiasky (Lawrence) and her professor, Dr Randall Mindy (DiCaprio) as they try to convince the world to take notice of a comet bound for Earth.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After discovering the incoming comet, Kate and Randall set out on a media tour that takes them from the White House to the radio show The Daily Rip.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 333.3333333333333px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7844132/1_dont-look-up-2jpg.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/d06188e5d8d64936b1572e47e661ae57" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Buzz</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With only six months until the comet makes impact, trying to convince the world to just look up proves comical - in a disaster movie meets </span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Anchorman</em> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">kind of way.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lawrence and DiCaprio aren’t the only stars to join the cast either, with Meryl Streep appearing as President Orlean and Cate Blanchett as radio host Brie.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7844131/dont-look-up1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/e946c65c834e4d89a6552021fd288bd3" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Netflix / Youtube</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Written and directed by Academy Award winner Adam McKay, the film also stars Ron Perlman, Timoth<span>é</span>e Chalamet, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, Himesh Patel, Michael Chiklis, Melanie Lynskey, and Tomer Sisley.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">See the trailer here.</span></p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SL9aJcqrtnw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Don’t Look Up </span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">will be available to stream on Netflix from December 24, 2021.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Netflix</span></em></p>

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Love Island AU drops first whacky trailer

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After it’s wildly popular seasons in the UK, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Love Island</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is heading for Australian shores for a second season, releasing its first trailer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Along with a bunch of young, attractive singles looking for love, the teaser trailer includes host Sophie Monk as a flute-playing mermaid.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have a look at the trailer below.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CTIol2phCar/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CTIol2phCar/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Love Island Australia (@loveislandau)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, that’s just the tip of whacky, love-themed iceberg.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the singles are seen reaching the island, they reappear at a pool party, complete with Sophie Monk the mermaid by the poolside.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then, a shot of the word ‘Straya’ written on someone’s back in sunscreen, a small BBQ containing a plate of lamingtons, and a vegemite sandwich in the shape of Australia all make an appearance. </span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height:281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843725/love-island1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/e3e2a2b57a9242da96044d175abc1cbb" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Love Island AU / Instagram</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The trailer isn’t the only thing to cause a stir, after it was revealed that the producers are struggling to cast singles for the upcoming show.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to an episode of the </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/73-below-deck-down-under-details-love-island-castings/id1523979167?i=1000521625660" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">So Dramatic!</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> podcast</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, producers ended up sourcing talent from cafes in Bondi and by approaching models on Instagram to make up the numbers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With these kinds of rumours swirling, the new season is bound to be filled with drama, in one way or another.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Love Island AU / Instagram</span></em></p>

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New trailer for Impeachment features first look at Monica Lewinsky actress

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New television series </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Impeachment: American Crime Story</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> revisits the scandal that rocked the US during Clinton’s presidency, and its first teaser trailer has just been released.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viewers can get a first look at Beanie Feldstein in the role of Monica Lewinsky - the White House intern who had an affair with President Bill Clinton.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height:281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7843119/lewinsky-feldstein.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/9c94d85625c842408330f296eaf785b7" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Monica Lewinsky (left) and Beanie Feldstein as Monica Lewinsky (right). Image: Getty</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the new teaser, Feldstein - the sister of comedian Jonah Hill - can be seen opposite famed whistleblower Linda Tripp, played by Sarah Paulson, facing off in a hallway of the White House’s West Wing.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CScU_48Jdri/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CScU_48Jdri/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by American Crime Story FX (@americancrimestoryfx)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The series is based on the true story of Lewinsky’s affair with President Clinton that occurred in Washington DC in 1995.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to the synopsis, the series will depict “the national crisis that led to the first impeachment of a US President in over a century”, as told through the eyes of Lewinsky, Tripp, and civil servant Paula Jones, who filed a sexual harassment suit against Clinton.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The series will also feature Clive Owens as Clinton, and </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sopranos</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> actor Edie Falco as former First Lady Hillary Clinton.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Watch the trailer below for more.</span></p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jCfbZgDKgsc" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feldstein has shared new artwork that was released alongside the trailer on her Instagram page.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Every side has a story,” the actress captioned the photo.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSF1yY1J-L1/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSF1yY1J-L1/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Beanie Feldstein (@beaniefeldstein)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Feldstein has said working with Paulson has been a dream come true, previously telling </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">: “If you know the story, [Lewinsky and Tripp] are best friends and then one deeply betrays the other one, [Paulson’s character] betrays me and I just couldn’t be more excited to play that out with the person I think to be one of the best actors of all time.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“And she’s just so funny and warm and giving, so to take this journey with her is going to be really exciting.”</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Impeachment: American Crime Story</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is expected to be released in September 2021.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: American Crime Story FX / Instagram</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"></span></p>

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Hollywood A-lister made Hugh Jackman clean up vomit in his trailer

<p>The Hollywood star wasn’t happy when Hugh Jackman’s best mate since kindergarten – Gus Worland - vomited in his trailer and he made the Aussie actor clean it up.</p> <p>Worland recapped the whole story on KIIS FM’s <em>Kyle and Jackie O Show</em> today and then he challenged listeners to call in and guess who the Hollywood star was.</p> <p>The incident happened in the earlier days of Jackman’s career when Worland was visiting Jackman on a movie set. One of Jackman’s co-stars invited them both to have a drink in his “much bigger trailer”.</p> <p>Worland said he walked into the trailer “… and it’s got a Cuban cigar in each corner with a cigar cutter … and there’s a tub of drinks and stuff.”</p> <p>“We sit down and start having a conversation and I’m struggling to get the words out because I’m so excited that I’m in his company,” Worland said about Jackman’s co-star.</p> <p>Worland’s nerves got the better of him and he said he was “drinking a little bit too quickly” and he found himself not feeling well, he said on the radio show.</p> <p>“Jacko’s looking at me going: ‘Are you OK, mate?’ I said, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine.”</p> <p>But he wasn’t. He added: “I’m smoking this cigar, I’m drinking these drinks and I’m hammered within an hour. I just go, ‘Oh no, I can’t hold this.’ I tried to shimmy out of the horseshoe [table] set up … which is a difficult thing to do … and I don’t quite get to the door of the trailer and I throw up everywhere.”</p> <p>Worland said that Jackman found it fairly funny but the other celebrity didn’t have the same sense of humour about the situation and he told Jackman he’d have to clean the whole thing up.</p> <p>“That takes Jacko about 20 minutes,” Worland recalled.</p> <p>Kyle Sandilands asked Worland: “He got Hugh Jackman to mop up your chunder?”</p> <p>“Yeah,” Worland said.</p> <p><strong>So, who was the Hollywood A-lister who wasn’t impressed?</strong></p> <p>Eventually a listener called through with the right answer – it was John Travolta and it was when Travolta and Jackman were filming <em>Swordfish.</em></p> <p>Worland was on the <em>Kyle and Jackie O Show</em> to promote a new initiative for his Gotcha4Life Foundation called the ‘Mind Your Mate’ campaign.</p> <p>“I want everyone to write down a list of all the people in their life that they love and actually go to our website <a href="https://www.gotcha4life.org/">gotcha4life.org</a> and pledge your mateship to them,” Worland said. “And I can send you some tips and tricks to make sure your relationship is stronger than ever before.”</p> <p>Gotcha4Life is an Australian mental fitness charity which Worland set up which takes action to engage, educate and empower people to improve their mental health and end suicide.</p> <p><strong>Image: Getty Images</strong></p>

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Renee Zellweger shines as Judy Garland in first “Judy” trailer

<p>Fans of Hollywood icon Judy Garland are in for a treat, with Oscar winner Renee Zellweger playing the <em>Wizard of Oz </em>star in an upcoming movie.</p> <p>The biopic, titled <em>Judy </em>shows Zellweger singing a much more mellow version of Garland’s most recognisable song <em>Somewhere Over the Rainbow</em>. The movie, which is set in London in 1968-69 will be released in September.</p> <p><em>Judy </em>will shed light on Garland’s tumultuous life and her struggle with countless health problems during her London tour. The actress passed away at the age of 47 due to accidental drug overdose in June 1969.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BggE-WhD98a/" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BggE-WhD98a/" target="_blank">#JUDY starts principal photography in London today, starring Academy Award winner, Renée Zellweger as Judy Garland! #judygarland #reneezellweger #london #thetalkofthetown #jessiebuckley #finnwittrock #michaelgambon #rupertgoold #pathe #calamityfilms #bbcfilms #ingenious</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/judygarlandfilm/" target="_blank"> JUDY</a> (@judygarlandfilm) on Mar 19, 2018 at 3:20am PDT</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Zellweger has quite an extensive resume herself, with her most notable role being <em>Bridget Jones</em>. The 50-year-old told <a href="https://people.com/"><em>People</em></a> magazine that she took voice lessons and spent two hours a day in the hair and makeup chair to prepare for the Judy Garland role.</p> <p>Zellweger went on to win an academy award for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for her part in the movie Cold Mountain.</p> <p>Garland’s daughter, Liza Minnelli has refused to associate herself with the film, saying she never met or spoke with Zellweger.</p> <p>“I do not approve nor sanction the upcoming film about Judy Garland in any way,” wrote Minnelli on Facebook in 2018.</p> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"></div> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9" style="text-align: center;"><iframe class="embed-responsive-item" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g4ynUq8TjYA"></iframe></div>

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See the first trailer for the Mary Poppins sequel

<p>We’ve been eagerly awaiting the release of the <em>Mary Poppins</em> sequel <a href="/news/news/2016/06/mary-poppins-returns-disney-cast-emily-blunt/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>ever since it was announced</strong></span></a>, and now, we’ve finally got our first look at the new film starring Emily Blunt as the iconic titular character.</p> <p><em>Mary Poppins Returns</em> is set in the 1930s, 25 years after the original film, and tells the story of the legendary nanny (who appears not to have aged) who returns to the Banks children after Michael and his three children suffer a personal tragedy.</p> <p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PzcaR1N0pTI" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>Alongside Blunt, Emily Mortimer and Ben Whishaw will play Jane and Michael Banks and Meryl Streep will play Mary’s cousin, Topsy Turvy-Poppins. Julie Walters, Colin Firth and <a href="/entertainment/movies/2017/02/angela-lansbury-joins-mary-poppins-cast/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Angela Lansbury</strong></span></a> also star, with Dick Van Dyke <a href="/news/news/2016/12/dick-van-dyke-is-in-the-new-mary-poppins/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">confirmed to play a cameo role</span></strong></a>.</p> <p><span><em>Mary Poppins Returns</em> </span>will be released this Christmas. <span>Are you looking forward to watching the <em>Mary Poppins</em> sequel with your grandkids? Tell us in the comments below. </span></p> <p><span>Image credit: Disney/YouTube</span>.</p>

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Truck driver’s miraculous escape after semi-trailer crashes into waterway

<p><span>An unknown motorist has saved the life of a truck driver who became trapped in water after veering off a Victorian highway and crashing into an irrigation channel.</span></p> <p><span>A dashcam captured the dramatic moment yesterday afternoon on the Goulburn Valley Highway at Moorilim.</span></p> <p><span>The footage shows a wall of water erupting when the vehicle, which was carrying soup, made impact with the water.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDashCamOwnersAustralia%2Fvideos%2F1699712700088363%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe><br /></span></p> <p><span>According to witness reports, the passing motorist dived into the water and pulled out the trapped 62-year-old trucker to safety.</span></p> <p><span>“He pulled up, sprinted two lanes across highway and jumped into the channel and pulled the driver out. What a legend!”, said Sarah Cody Rawson-Harris on Facebook.</span></p> <p><span>Police and emergency services attended the scene of the incident.</span></p> <p><span>Victoria Police said in a statement, “It is believed a truck travelling along the Goulburn Valley Highway veered off the road just after 1 pm and into a water channel.”</span></p> <p><span>“The driver and sole occupant, a 62-year-old Tatura man, was helped by two passers-by and taken to hospital for observation.”</span></p> <p><span>Police have said the cause of the crash is yet to be determined. </span></p>

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6 movie trailers that deceived viewers

<p>A successful movie trailer not only makes you feel the anticipation to see a new flick, but it also gives you key glimpses into the story and characters so that you immediately are sold to watch it.</p> <p>However, some trailers have deceived audiences by selling an image of a story that does not remain true to the movie.</p> <p>Here are six movie trailers that managed to deceive audiences. Warning: Spoilers for the following movies.</p> <p><strong>1. <em>Kangaroo Jack</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XqSa4QGW8fs?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>The trailer for<em> Kangaroo Jack</em> pitched the film as a family friendly comedy with the likes of a talking kangaroo and screaming characters. Many kids watched the flick at the cinemas only to sit through a mafia comedy about adult friendships and failed dreams. The coy marketing ploy led the film to the top of the box office over its opening weekend.</p> <p><strong>2.<em> Snow Dogs</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UBgBG2XTyug?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>After watching the trailer, this Disney film appears to look like a story following different talking dog characters. However, apart from the main dog Demon, the canines are not even central to the plot. After watching the film, audiences will realise the clip from the trailer that contains talking is dogs is from a dream sequence in the movie.</p> <p><strong>3.<em> Drive</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CWX34ShfcsE?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>One woman sued the distributor of this movie because she believed the trailer was so deceiving. While the trailer makes it appear like a typical blockbuster car-chasing action film, it is actually slow-paced and contains little driving. The film focuses on cinematography, layers of meaning and character development rather than the typical <em>Fast and the Furious</em> story-arc that trailer viewers might have been expecting.</p> <p><strong>4. <em>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_4R72KROZ20?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>Although<em> Sweeney Todd</em> has been a musical for years, the trailer concealed all of its musical themes. The confused audiences who packed into cinemas to see this movie were taken aback as it strayed from the typical action thriller genre as depicted in the trailer.</p> <p><strong>5.<em> Passengers</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7BWWWQzTpNU?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p><em>Passengers</em>, starring heavyweight Hollywood actors Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, strayed away from the central plot in the trailer advertising. It appears as if the duo were woken up by accident on their space voyage, however, in the movie Pratt’s character wakes up Lawrence on purpose – effectively killing her. Some audiences were turned off by his moral decision.</p> <p><strong>6. <em>Collateral Beauty</em></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/isQ5Ycie73U?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></p> <p>This movie has a trailer that is understandably not true to the movie story because the story has too many twists to be successfully summarised in a short trailer. Will Smith plays Howard Inlet, a grieving man who struggles to move on in life. He begins to write letters to Death, Time and Love and soon these abstract identities show up to help him heal. Later, viewers discover that Howard’s friends have actually hired actors to play the personifications of Death, Time and Love so that they can film him and prove that he insane in order to take control of his business. However, there is still one more twist that audiences weren’t expecting.</p> <p>Have you ever been disappointed with a movie because of a misleading trailer? If so, tell us about it in the comments below. </p>

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Semi-trailer pushes car down Sydney highway in horror incident

<p><span>Shocking footage shows the moment a huge B-double truck pushes an Uber car down a busy Sydney highway after an accident in which no one was miraculously injured.</span></p> <p><span>Inside the car, a newlywed couple were travelling to Sydney airport as they were at the conclusion of their honeymoon.</span></p> <p><span>Somehow the Uber ended up sideways in front of a huge truck and was pushed down the Princes Highway at Sydenham for 30 metres.</span></p> <p><span>The car was then pushed into a side street, near a power pole.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fniall.little%2Fvideos%2F10154879264126442%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=267" width="267" height="476" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true"></iframe></span></p> <p><span>Witness Niall Little saw the shocking incident after he was closing his workshop when he heard tyre screeches and started filming it on his phone.</span></p> <p><span>He told Channel Seven, “It seems like the car was changing lanes and just the front of the truck clipped the car, and just basically locked in the front and kept on pushing.”</span></p> <p><span>The Uber driver and two passengers all escaped with just bruises and were assisted by witnesses after the terrifying ordeal.</span></p> <p><span>Sam Broome told Seven she was about turn on to the highway when she saw the events unfolding.</span></p> <p><span>“They were pretty upset, pretty shaken, pretty shocked,” she said.</span></p> <p><span>The day after the incident, police went to the truck company's Warwick Farm headquarters to interview the driver and management. </span></p> <p><em>Video credit: Niall Little via Facebook</em></p>

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