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News from Fox Studios Australia
Thursday, 4th November, 1999
We have news from Australia and the opening of Fox Studios Australia on the 7th
of November. We bring this news to you in association with The Australian
Prequels site theprequels.net. Thanks George!
Fox Studios Australia
We have news about the Fox Studios Australia opening in 3 days :
Special guests and Appearances
The official opening will be performed by Rupert Murdoch himself. Lachlan
Murdoch and dozens of other key Fox / News Ltd executives will be mingling with
the celebrities such as Ewan McGregor, R2D2 and C-3PO, Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Jack Thompson, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill, Jeanie Drynan, Matt Day, Sascha Horler, Genevieve Lemon, Aaron Pedersen, Magda
Szubanski, Alex Dimitriades, Sigrid Thornton, Andrew Mason, Kerrie Anne Moss, Val Kilmer,
and others!
Special Performances
Tommy Tycho - the 71 year young Maestro - leads a 50 piece orchestra,
accompanying the 100 dancers and performers in a tribute to Hollywood's golden
age - and a special nod to Rodgers and Hammerstein as well as performing musical numbers from Titanic, Baz Luhrmann's Romeo
& Juliet.
Some of the performers include, Hugh Jackman - compere, Shirley Jones, Kate
Ceberano, Human Nature, Marcia Hines, Tina Arena, Jon Stevens, Kylie Minogue,
Andrew de Silva and others.
"The giant stage - 40 meters in diameter - will be lit from a special
webbed roof and the finale will be a pyrotechnic extravaganza."
Telecasts and more information
The opening will be shown on the Nine Network (tv) and also via a 30 min
delayed webcast produced by the Telstra Australia - http://www.telstra.com.au/
and Urban Cinefile - http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/
(where Andrew L. Urban will conduct 'red carpet' interviews as the guests arrive
- and also looks behind the scenes. You can check out the web-cast site here http://entertainment.bigpond.com/FoxLaunch/.
Also check out - Fox Studios Australia News @
http://theprequels.net/foxstudios/
for more.
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