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Wme has booked veteran music agent Lucy Dickins as Head of UK Music division starting next month. Joining the agency from Itb (International Talent Booking), she has a client roster that includes Adele, Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling, James Blake and Mabel — all of whom Wme now will represent globally. Dickins who recently was named Live Music Agent of the year at the Music Week Awards, also works with the likes of Hot Chip, Bryan Ferry, Rex Orange County, Jamie T and Jack Peñate. “There’s no one else who possesses Lucy’s combination of pedigree, taste and respect in our industry,” Wme’s Head of Music Marc Geiger said. “After being in business with her family for so many years, we feel fortunate that she decided to join Wme, and we look forward to bringing her perspective to our clients and colleagues.” Itb agents James Simmons and Chris Payne are...

Stars: Johanna Stanton, Nicholas Ball, Debbie Rochon, Matthew Tompkins, Hayden Tweedie, Katie Kensit, Sal Esen, Claire Jared, James Simmons, Scott Christie | Written by Jon Keeyes, Carl Kirshner | Directed by Jon Keeyes

Jon Keeyes is a name that has popped up a lot in genre cinema discussion recently, mainly due to his film The Harrowing gaining traction within the horror community. I’m guessing that’s the reason that Wild Eye chose to go back into Keeyes’ oeuvre for their latest release, Doom Room, which was originally made back in 2013 under the title of Nightmare Box.

The film sees a woman, the girl with no eyes who’s oblivious to her surroundings (Katie Kensit), the pious man of god (James Simmons) who belittles our heroine for her sexuality, and then there’s the husband and wife (Matthew Tompkins and Debbie Rochon respectively) who take our “Jane Doe” on a psycho-sexual S&M trip…...

The ABC Arts channel has launched on iview, featuring original, hand-picked, high quality arts content.

This month ABC Arts will showcase more than 70 titles and 35 hours of arts programming with new content added regularly.

Rebecca Heap, head of ABC TV strategy and digital products said: .The most exciting aspect is the opportunity to commission new, unique content specifically for the channel, adding to the overall conversation and making arts programming more accessible, exploring new stories and shorter form content..

Original Australian video series for ABC Arts includes:

.#OnAssignment hosted by Australian photographer James Simmons; .The Imitation Game: Marina Abramovic, inside an art-world experiment with the matriarch of performance art; .Thrill and the Fury, an antidote to the effusive celebration of street art; .Fashpack Freetown, celebrating the irrepressible forces of creativity in a town known more as a civil war battleground than a fashion hotspot; and .The Critics with Zan Rowe,...

Mark Wahlberg and wife Rhea Durham on the Oscars' Red Carpet Mark Wahlberg and wife Rhea Durham at the Academy Awards Mark Wahlberg and wife Rhea Durham in a red-and-golden outfit are pictured above on the 2011 Academy Awards' Red Carpet, just outside the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The Oscar ceremony was held on Sunday, Feb. 27. Wahlberg, decades ago known as underwear model Marky Mark, was an Oscar nominee as one of the producers of Best Picture contender The Fighter – which ultimately lost to odds-on favorite The King's Speech. Mark Wahlberg was the only major player in the David O. Russell-directed boxing drama who failed to be nominated for an Academy Award in the acting categories. Co-stars Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, and Christian Bale were all shortlisted; Leo and Bale ended up winning in their respective supporting categories. Wahlberg, however, was a Best Supporting Actor nominee four years ago: for...

Hotel search engine and price aggregator HotelsCombined has appointed Banjo Advertising and Match Media to lead its creative and media work following a three-month competitive search. The company also launches a TV ad campaign this week.

The announcement:

Australian-owned and operated HotelsCombined, the world’s leading hotel search engine and price aggregator, is stepping out of the shadows as Australia’s best-kept secret launching an ambitious nationwide TV ad campaign this week.

The launch follows a three-month competitive search with Banjo Advertising and Match Media selected to help create and distribute the company’s largest marketing initiative to date.

“HotelsCombined is a brilliant product. We were thrilled to have been appointed to the business,” said Banjo Advertising managing partner Andrew Varasdi.

Match Media director James Simmons added: “We are delighted to be working with HotelsCombined – they are ambitious and forward thinking with aggressive targets that we are looking forward to helping them achieve.

Electronics brand Toshiba has appointed Match Media as its buying agency after a competitive review.

The appointment brings to an end Toshiba’s five-year relationship with GroupM agency Maxus.

The win for Match, which will handle both Toshiba’s traditional and digital media, is yet more good news for the independent, which was recently named Mumbrella’s Media Agency of the Year.

Mariana Thomas, national marketing manager of Toshiba Australia, said: “One of the criteria we were looking for in the new agency was the ability to demonstrate an understanding of our market and our business and to present a holistic approach with effective and innovative ideas across all types of media.”

She added: “I would like to thank Maxus for working with Toshiba over the past five years and we wish them well for the future.”

Match director James Simmons commented: “We are delighted to be working with Toshiba.

Here is a cool new indie horror film that the crew over at DreadCentral stumbled upon and is definitely worth spreading the word. Press Release: Nightmare Box stars Johanna Stanton with Nicholas Ball (Lifeforce), the always lovely Debbie Rochon (American Nightmare), Matthew Tompkins (Missionary Man) and Hayden Tweedie (Suburban Nightmare). They are joined by cast members Katie Kensit, Sal Esen, James Simmons, Laura Whitehurst, Craig Bramley, Cl…...

We love it when we come across a cool indie trailer that looks like it has the potential to be a kick-ass film, and Nightmare Box just sent one to our inbox. Take a look at the crazy shenanigans going on here.

Nightmare Box stars Johanna Stanton with Nicholas Ball (Lifeforce), the always lovely Debbie Rochon (American Nightmare), Matthew Tompkins (Missionary Man) and Hayden Tweedie (Suburban Nightmare). They are joined by cast members Katie Kensit, Sal Esen, James Simmons, Laura Whitehurst, Craig Bramley, Claire Jared and Scott Christie. The film was directed by Jon Keeyes, who co-wrote the story with Carl Kirshner. The movie is produced by Kirshner, Keeyes, Tompkins and Charles Burnley.

For more visit the official Nightmare Box website and "like" Nightmare Box on Facebook.

Synopsis

When a woman wakes up in a strange room with no idea who she is, where she is, or how she got there,...

Australia’s Revelation Perth International Film Festival will be holding it’s explosive 15th annual edition on July 5-15 with one of it’s most jam-packed lineups yet.

One of the most special events that Revelation will be holding is July 14‘s retrospective of the films of Jeff Keen, the pioneering British underground filmmaker who very sadly just passed away on June 21. Keen’s work has been having a major resurgence lately and Revelation is the latest organization to so boldly feature his breathtaking experimental film work, from classics like 1967′s Marvo Movie to modern films like Artwar (1993) and Joy Thru Film (2000). This is absolutely an event not to be missed.

Another staggering event this year is a very special live presentation of Crispin Hellion Glover‘s notorious underground films What Is It? and It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. (Click film titles for Bad Lit reviews!) These very...