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Perdita

10-04-2009, 07:00

Home and Away actress Debra Lawrence has admitted that she misses the more family-orientated storylines from the soap's past.

Lawrence, who makes a brief return to Australian screens next week as Pippa Fletcher, told TV Week that things have changed since she was on the show.

"I do get a little bit nostalgic," she said. "I miss the old, simpler and more family-orientated storylines. Things have certainly changed since I started back in the '90s! There's a little bit more violence and there's definitely more alcohol being drunk now than when I was there!"

When asked about the controversy surrounding the current lesbian plot, Lawrence said: "I've been reading that people have had a few issues with the lesbian storyline, but what they forget is that Isla Fisher's character, Shannon, left the show with another woman.

"We did this 12 years ago - it's already been done. It's probably just a case of a new generation of parents coming through, I guess."

Abigail

10-04-2009, 16:39

Good Friday Appeal in Australia. Video of Todd, Lincoln and Esther. Very funny in the last minute when they recreate a scene at the zoo. It's called Good Friday Appeal under featured videos.

http://au.tv.yahoo.com/home-and-away/video/#fop

Abigail

13-04-2009, 11:48

While viewers most likely will be jumping in their seats, watching scary scenes; Home & Away graduate, Tammin Sursok, is probably hoping to give her career a jump in the right direction, with her new movie this fall.

Playing the role of Stacey, Tammin can soon be seen in an American horror production titled “Albino Farm”. The movie tells the story of four college students doing research in the Ozark Mountains when they suddenly find themselves accompanied by deformed mutants.

The indie-movie, most likely to be released some time this fall, has scored a DVD deal with MTI Home Video, according to the online edition of horror magazine, Fangoria, www.fangoriaonline.com.

Perdita

14-04-2009, 17:09

Home and Away star Christie Hayes has said returning to the soap "felt like coming home".

The 22-year-old, who stars as young mother Kirsty Phillips, recently returned to the series after a three year absence.

"It felt like coming home after I had moved out already," Hayes told the Press Association. "Everything changed but was really still the same, it was refreshing and exciting."

Speaking about Kirsty's return to Summer Bay, Hayes added: "Kirsty has definitely grown up even more but her rebellious streak is still intact.

"As a mum, she has become protective of her kids around her, but is still trying to figure herself out."

I have always liked her and think it is great she has come back. :cheer:

Perdita

12-05-2009, 04:29

Kate Ritchie has refused to confirm or deny reports that she could one day return to Home and Away.

The 30-year-old, who starred as Summer Bay local Sally Fletcher for 20 years before deciding to quit the series in 2007, remained coy about a possible comeback when quizzed by TV Week.

"Oh look, I don't know," she said. "They didn't off her, so I guess it depends if they need a hand running the caravan park.

"She might be back, but not at this stage. She's having too good a time in Thailand, isn't she?"

Recently, Ritchie made a critically acclaimed return to Australian television screens as Judi Kane, the wife of slain 1970s standover Les Kane, in the second series of underworld crime drama Underbelly.

Perdita

19-05-2009, 13:34

Dannii Minogue has revealed that Home and Away bosses always tried to give British viewers a hit of sunshine during her time on the show.

The actress and talent show judge told The Mail On Sunday that all the girls on the programme had to wear skimpy swimsuits, whatever the weather.

Minogue said: "For a lot of the time we girls had to wear a bikini - even in winter which, though nowhere near as cold as British winters, can still be chilly.

"I remember a few of us asking the producer if we could wear something less revealing, more suitable for the winter. The reply came back from the network: 'It's always summer in Summer Bay.'"

She added: "Apparently the British expect to enjoy summer when they turn on the television to watch the programme, so all the girls had to wear bikinis, even if meant us coming out in goosebumps."

Minogue joined Home and Away as rebellious teenager Emma Jackson in 1988, but only stayed on the show for one year.

tammyy2j

19-05-2009, 14:27

Aussie actor Chris Hemsworth (ex Kim H&A) has been chosen to play thunder god Thor in Marvel Studios’s live-action film due out in theaters on May 20, 2011.

Thor will be directed by Kenneth Branagh (Much Ado About Nothing, Sleuth). Daniel Craig reportedly turned down the lead role of Thor.

tammyy2j

20-05-2009, 10:09

Both Sharni Vinson and Stephanie Jacobsen have landed new roles in the US. Vinson scored the lead role in new movie Step Up 3 whilst Jacobsen has signed on as Lauren, a medical student who spends her nights working as a call girl on the new remake of Melrose Place.

Perdita

22-05-2009, 06:09

Home and Away star Conrad Coley had admitted that he finds it difficult playing a blind character.

The actor, who is due to leave the Australian soap later this year, said that a lot of practice went into his role as the newly blind Roman.

"It's quite difficult because you've got to play it to a camera, so you can't play it as you would in real life, because it doesn't read on the camera - although I did practise being blind," Conrad told the Home and Away website.

"To actually be blind would be horrible. I can't imagine a more terrifying disability. I mean you can't tell the time, you can't read people's faces or expressions, you don't know what sort of day it is," he said. "I really wanted to portray the anxiety that is associated with that."

Abigail

24-05-2009, 20:48

Nicholas Bishop (Peter Baker) will appear in Past Life, a 13-episode series about investigators who try to resolve their clients’ current woes by solving the mysteries encountered in their previous lives.
Bishop will appear as a former New York Police Department (NYPD) detective who work together with Kelli Giddish (All My Children), who plays a gifted psychologist.

Perdita

02-06-2009, 16:21

Home and Away actor Conrad Coleby has revealed that it was not his decision to leave the series.

The 29-year-old, whom it was recently announced would leave the soap after just 15 months on air, will make his final appearance on Australian screens in a few weeks' time.

"Well, it wasn't my decision," Coleby told TV Week. "But I'm happy about it now. I can see why they decided to end the Roman character. He had a finite story arc.

"There was always something about Roman that was a bit dark, so they explored that and unfortunately went too far for him to carry on."

Speaking of his time with the series, Coleby added: "It's been great from day one. It's sad that I won't get to see everybody every day. I'll miss everyone. There's such a nice family vibe on Home and Away."

Coleby is currently dating co-star Esther Anderson, who plays controversial policewoman Charlie Buckton.

Could not disagree more :crying:

Perdita

05-06-2009, 10:30

tammyy2j

05-06-2009, 11:09

Abigail

05-06-2009, 12:49

He's an idiot. It's up to him what he does in his personal life but there's no excuse for showing it to other people.

I think counselling is a bit extreme. Lots of people film themselves having sex, it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with him. He just needs to learn some control when it comes to showing people.

Abigail

05-06-2009, 13:23

June 05, 2009

HOME And Away star Jodi Gordon was found cowering in the bedroom of a suspected bikie after reports gunmen were trying to break in.

The bizarre episode came days after she was reported missing and ended with police rushing to a unit in an exclusive Sydney suburb.

The Logie winner was interviewed but not charged over the incident after she was found cowering in the unit's bedroom.

Gordon, 24, who is in a relationship with Channel 7 heir Ryan Stokes, had been reported missing from Kings Cross a few days before.

Police were called to an apartment in Bellevue Hill about 5.30pm on Wednesday, after the unit's resident reported that five men - at least two of them with guns - were in his backyard and trying to scale his balcony.

The report sparked a massive police response in the wake of recent Sydney bikie violence.

Armed police responded in force, wearing bullet-proof vests, cordoning off the area while a search was launched.

Gordon and the male resident, 29, were found hiding in a bedroom.

She told police she had seen the gunmen on CCTV on the cameras that surround the unit.

However, when police viewed the CCTV, they found no sign that the incident had occurred at all.

They could only see the male resident in the backyard and no-one else.

The man declined to be interviewed but the popular TV star agreed to accompany police to a police station, where she allegedly disclosed that cocaine had been consumed that day.

When confronted with CCTV proof that nothing had occurred, the man allegedly conceded he could have been hallucinating and said he had also consumed the sleeping tablet Stilnox.

The search was called off after more than an hour, but it is believed Gordon and the man won't face public mischief charges.

Seven's director of programming and production, Tim Worner, said last night: "We have spoken with Jodi. At this point, our main concern is for her safety and health, and she is resting with family.
"It's a measure of her character that she today honoured her commitment to the Sydney Children's Hospital.

"We will make sure that Jodi gets whatever support and understanding she needs at this time."

The Herald Sun believes Gordon, who was also a contestant on Dancing With The Stars, was reported missing from the Kings Cross area a couple of days earlier.

Det-Insp John Maricic said he could confirm only that police dismissed the possibility that armed gunmen tried to break into the apartment.

"Police responded to reports of an incident. Subsequent enquiries revealed no such incident took place," he said.

Gordon, who lives with Mr Stokes in a harbourfront development at Dawes Point, could not be reached for comment last night. Earlier, she attended a lunch event at Hugos at Manly.

Her father, Ray Gordon, said he received a call from

Kings Cross police on Wednesday to say that Ryan Stokes had reported Jodi missing after a night out with friends.

He said he and his wife, Bronwyn, rushed to the city to begin searching for her. On the way, they received a call from Rose Bay police telling them she had been found.

"She didn't say much to me. She just said she couldn't say anything more because of what was going on with the police.

"Then she left to go back to Ryan's place."

Mr Gordon said he knew nothing about any suggestion of drug use or Jodi's involvement with any members of a motorcycle gang.

"I can't believe that she would ever get into drugs. I know my girl. She's travelled the world since she was 13 years old - on her own for half of it.

"We've talked about all of this, about drugs, and I just know that she's never been into them."

He said Jodi moved out of the family home at Castle Hill a couple of years ago to live with Mr Stokes.

"I want to go and see her as soon as possible," Mr Gordon said.

Abigail

05-06-2009, 13:29

Home and Away star Lincoln Lewis has confessed to filming a sex tape with an unidentified Australian television star.

According to the Herald Sun, the 21-year-old son of Australian rugby league legend Wally Lewis is understood to have filmed the sexual encounter on his mobile phone last year with an 18-year-old Australian TV star, before showing it to fellow Home and Away cast members and crew.

"You do stupid things when you are young," Lewis told the Australian media today. "But you learn from your mistakes, that's part of growing up. This mistake, and what I have learnt, will contribute a lot to making me a better person in the future."

Channel Seven, the network which produces and screens Home and Away in Australia, is taking the matter seriously and has disciplined the actor, urging him to undergo counselling.

"As soon as Channel Seven was made aware of these allegations we needed to urgently clarify fact from fiction," Channel Seven programming director Tim Worner said. "Lincoln is a young man of tremendous character. He acknowledges and can accept and take responsibility when he has made a mistake and regrets the event which transpired over a year ago."

Earlier today, Lewis's mother Jacqui appeared on Australian radio station Nova and verbally attacked her son's accomplice in the scandalous film clip.

"I am glad he is not with that girl any more, I don't want that as a daughter-in-law," Ms Lewis said. "She must have said she was willing to do it. It takes two to tango, doesn't it?

"As a female, I wouldn't be doing any of that - we keep things. Have a look at Monica Lewinsky with Bill Clinton - she kept the dress.

"It's on his phone but she allowed it."

Lewis, who won a Logie award last year for best new male talent, was yesterday announced as one of the cast members for the new series of the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars.

:eek: :eek:

The mother of soap opera star Lincoln Lewis has attacked the mystery woman involved in a sex tape her son filmed on his mobile phone, even comparing her with Bill Clinton's ex-lover Monica Lewinski.

Jacqui Lewis told Nova's Ryan, Monty and Wippa that she thought her son had been involved in an accident after failing to meet up with her during a trip to Melbourne for the State of Origin game and was initially "relieved" when she learned about the sex film.

Her relief quickly turned to anger as the Home and Away hunk told of making the recording and showing it to others on the set.

"I did tell him, 'how many times I have told you that things will come back and bite you if you do the wrong thing?'" she said.

But Ms Lewis quickly rounded on the then-18-year-old starlet involved in the scandal.

"I am glad he is not with that girl any more, I don't want that as a daughter-in-law," she said.

"It takes two to tango, doesn't it?

"She must have said she was willing to do it, it's on his phone but she allowed it.

"As a female, I wouldn't be doing any of that – we keep things.

"Have a look at Monica Lewinski with Bill Clinton: she kept the dress."

Ms Lewis also revealed that her husband and Lincoln's father, rugby league legend Wally Lewis, thought "it is no one's business".

"Wally's got to remember, as I've always told him, everything you do when you're in the public eye belongs to the people," she said.

Ms Lewis also revealed that the clip had been deleted from her son's mobile phone and she understood the footage had not been distributed.

A Facebook page claiming to be that of Lincoln Lewis lists him as being "in an open relationship".

His mum seems like one of those "I told you so" types.

Perdita

08-06-2009, 14:58

Home and Away stalwart Lynne McGranger has admitted that filming her current storyline was a gruelling experience.

The actress, 56, said that shooting Irene's prison ordeal often left her with headaches at the end of the day.

"When we filmed it, I had literally just stepped off the plane from England. I'd been over doing pantomime so I came back to work with a thud. It was more gruelling than hard and I do remember going home with headaches at the end of the day, particularly after a lot of the prison stuff," she told the Home and Away website.

"[I've] never been an alcoholic nor ever shot a policeman so when you get those sort of storylines, all you can do is use your intuition and observations in life."

Asked about what she'd like to see in Irene's future should she be released from prison, McGranger replied: "I'd like to see her get married. She's never walked down the damn aisle! With Ken, a car fell on him; with Barry, he went to prison and then Paris - they always get so close and then it all just goes. And then of course Lou - oh my gawd!

"I would actually like to see her wedding day come off but it is Summer Bay and if Irene does get married, chances are she’s not gonna live happily ever after, but I’d just like to get dressed up in a nice dress and be fussed over for a day."

Abigail

08-06-2009, 21:07

I didn't realise Irene has never been married. What happened to the father of her three kids?

Abigail

08-06-2009, 23:00

Lincoln Lewis has been unveiled as a contestant on this year's Dancing With The Stars. The Home and Away hunk will team up with dance partner Luda to compete for the glitzy trophy.

A professional actor since the tender age of 13, Lincoln has already starred in two big-budget movies and of course stars as hardworking farm boy Geoff Campbell in Home and Away.

But how will he perform on the dance floor?

In the past Home and Away stars have traditionally done well in the dancing competition, with Bec Hewitt, Ada Nicodemou and last year's winner Luke Jacobz all claiming the top prize.

This year Lincoln faces tough competition against fellow young heartthrob Rob Mills and other Channel 7 stars, Morning Show presenter Kylie Gillies and Today Tonight host Matt White.

In 2008 Lincoln won a Logie for Most Popular New Talent for playing Geoff Campbell so let's hope this year he will score another trophy for his mantle piece.

Chloe O'brien

08-06-2009, 23:11

I didn't realise Irene has never been married. What happened to the father of her three kids?

Now your really taxing my braincells. When Irene first appeared in the bay she was an alcoholic I think a couple of her kids were staying with Pippa at the caravan park and another one was in a detention centre, but she turned her life around and became a foster parent herself.

Siobhan

09-06-2009, 10:22

Perdita

10-06-2009, 19:37

A Twitter page claiming to belong to former Home and Away star Indiana Evans has been branded a fake.

Evans's manager Danny Zargoridis spoke out after the page began posting comments claiming to be from the actress about the current sex tape scandal surrounding her former co-star and ex-boyfriend Lincoln Lewis.

"She doesn't have a Twitter site or a Facebook page or MySpace page, it was not her," he told Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph.

On Sunday, the Twitter page, which has since been shut down, began posting tweets about the sex tape controversy, with the first saying: "All the Home and Away sex tape stuff affects me too, he is my ex! He didn't do anything wrong guys!"

Another post read: "Everyone should mind their own business. Everyone makes mistakes."

While denying that the page belonged to Evans, Zargoridis refused to comment on speculation that his client is the unidentified TV starlet in the clip, which was filmed on Lewis's phone before being shown to fellow Home and Away cast and crew.

Abigail

10-06-2009, 19:40

Even if it was Indi in the video, it's got nothing to do with the rest of the world.

Todd Lasance has a facebook and myspace page.

Abigail

15-06-2009, 21:12

Embattled Home and Away star Jodi Gordon has managed to retain her lucrative sponsorship deals, despite recently being linked to a gangster and cocaine scandal.

The 24-year-old actress, who has made headlines in the Australian tabloids since being found cowering in the bedroom of a notorious bikie gangster and allegedly admitting to taking cocaine, flew from Sydney to Melbourne over the weekend to shoot a new ad campaign for shoe label Tony Bianco, for which she is the ambassador.

"Jodi's ease with the camera really helped us to create some amazing shots and we can't wait to release the Tony Bianco summer campaign in August," label boss Tony Bianco said.

The Courier Mail also reports that her deal with underwear label Crystelle is secure and her contract with Home and Away is safe after she signed a three-year extension with the series last November.

However, media attention has quickly turned to her relationship with boyfriend Ryan Stokes following reports that a removal firm was spotted moving boxes out of the couple's Sydney apartment.

"I'm just not ready to say anything at this time,'' Gordon told Hush. "But thank you for your support - I really appreciate it."

Abbie

15-06-2009, 22:46

I forget thats shes 24 at times

Perdita

17-06-2009, 16:29

Home and Away star Jessica Tovey has joined other Australian celebrities and politicians in supporting an anti-homophobia campaign.

The 21-year-old, who recently confirmed that she has filmed her final scenes with the Australian soap, has thrown her support behind the 'This Is Oz' campaign, which urges people to "speak up for an inclusive Australia".

"My sister is good friends with the organisers," Tovey told Australian gay publication Blaze. "I'm usually cautious about getting involved with any campaign, but when they told me about this I just thought it was a great idea and so important."

The campaign, which is described as "part art project, part human rights campaign", asks supporters to upload a photo of themselves with a handwritten or printed message to help fight discrimination against Australia's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

"I wanted my message to be celebratory," Tovey added. "I have many gay friends and this is my way of letting them know how much I love them and how important they are in my life."

Perdita

21-06-2009, 11:56

The father of Home and Away actress Jodi Gordon has verbally attacked his daughter's ex-boyfriend Ryan Stokes following the couple's recent separation.

Speaking to Australia's Sunday Telegraph, Ray Gordon branded Stokes a "wuss" for walking out on his daughter after she was embroiled in a bizarre cocaine and gangster scandal. Gordon also attacked Stokes's privileged upbringing, claiming that Stokes spent his life "living in a bubble".

"I feel like wringing his neck because he didn't look after my girl," he told the newspaper. "If he was a real man, he wouldn't be hiding like he is, he's a wuss."

Earlier this month, after police were called to a Sydney apartment following reports armed gunmen were about to storm the property, the 24-year-old actress was found cowering in the bedroom of a suspected gangster just days after being reported missing by Stokes.

Gordon, who stars as Summer Bay favourite Martha, allegedly later confessed to police that cocaine had been consumed earlier in the day.

When asked how his daughter was coping with the publicity surrounding the scandal and her relationship break-up, Mr Gordon said: "Mate, she's as tough as a pig in s**t."

Abigail

21-06-2009, 13:41

She's a grown woman, why does she need a man to look after her?

He's contradicted himself there, saying she needs looking after then saying she's tough.

Perdita

30-06-2009, 07:56

Former Home and Away star Isabel Lucas has dismissed claims that she may be arrested when she visits Tokyo.

The actress, who played Tasha Hunter in the Summer Bay soap, reportedly has an open warrant for her arrest in Japan over her participation in an anti-whaling protest.

The Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen star is expected to visit Tokyo as part of a promotional tour, but has downplayed rumours that she will encounter problems.

Speaking to Details magazine, Lucas said: "It's quite unlikely I'll be arrested."

Abigail

01-07-2009, 13:52

There have been rumours flying across the web today, following Jackie O stating on her Twitter page that she'd heard H&A star Lincoln Lewis had been axed from the show - a consequence of his recent sex-tape scandal.

BTTB has made enquires with its sources, and we can confirm that the statement is not true.

Whilst its no secret that Lincoln's standard 3 year contract is due to expire early next year, having started with the show in April 2007, the decision as to whether or not Lincoln will carry on in the role has nothing to do with the recent scandal.

If Lincoln, or the show, do choose to say goodbye to Geoff in 2010 - which is a decision which has not even been discussed as yet - then it will just be part of the on-going revolving door with the young actors.

As regards to Jackie O, it seems apparent that she has heard about Lincoln's end-of-contract approaching, and assumed that there was a casual connection between that and the sex-tape scandal. This is not the case.

The fact that Lincoln started filming on another Seven Network show, 'Dancing with the Stars', AFTER the news came out, further disproves the theory. Common sense would state that if Seven were worried in any way about the scandal, then they would choose to drop Lincoln from a show which hadn't even started filming yet as opposed to H&A.

With 'Dancing with the Stars' going to air next week, viewers have nothing to worry about.

http://www.backtothebay.net/news/2009/06/30/lincoln-twitter.shtml

Abigail

03-07-2009, 10:21

Former H&A star Conrad Coleby (Roman Harris) is set to play Sergei in the theatre drama Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Robert Crouch's version of the world famous Russian novel from 1865.

The season runs from 4th - 26th July 2009 @ Belvoir St. Downstairs Theatre in Surry Hills, New South Wales.

If you're in Australia, you can book tickets by calling 9699 3444 or visiting the website at www.belvoir.com.au

Perdita

06-07-2009, 05:51

Home and Away star Jodi Gordon has regularly paid for strip club dances and is preparing to quit her role on the popular soap, it has been alleged.

The sensational claims, to be published in Australia tomorrow by the magazine Woman's Day, include that the embattled actress paid for private, nude and erotic dances by female dancers in a Sydney strip club, and plans to quit Home and Away to pursue a career overseas.

It is claimed that Gordon was on a first-name basis with many of the strippers at the club and would regularly pay $85 for private erotic dances.

"Jodi is a really friendly girl and got on well with a lot of the girls," an employee of the strip club told the magazine. "She was on first-name terms with some of the dancers and was extra friendly because she was out of it. Jodi once paid for a girl to dance for her for four hours."

The startling accusations come just weeks after Gordon was embroiled in a bizarre cocaine scandal that reportedly ended her relationship to Australian media heir Ryan Stokes.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a163585/ha-star-paid-for-strippers.html

Abigail

06-07-2009, 13:19

Home and Away star Jodi Gordon is preparing to quit her role on the popular soap, it has been alleged.

:cheer: :cheer: :cheer: Great stuff, Martha is irritating beyond belief.

Perdita

06-07-2009, 13:20

But I thought she had signed for another three years :confused:

Abigail

06-07-2009, 13:21

She could break her contract or Seven could let her go. Given what has been reported in the papers recently about her, Seven would have grounds to terminate her contract.

Perdita

06-07-2009, 13:26

What is going on with her? She is only so young and the story with her in the hotel room and now hiring strippers for her entertainment are not the stories usually connected with young soap stars.

Abigail

13-07-2009, 11:10

Home And Away's Rebecca Breeds (Ruby Buckton), Jon Sivewright (Tony Holden) and ex-H&A star Rhys Wakefield (Lucas Holden) are set to star in Scent, a movie directed and edited by Kain O'Keefe, who played Brendan Austin and Callan in the soap. The film is produced by Jaz Spelic.

"Scent is the story of Michael (Sivewright), a socially inept middle aged man struggling with his infatuation for a young couple, Dan (Wakefield) and Emma (Breeds), living in the same building as him."

Release date: Sometime in 2009

Perdita

15-07-2009, 14:03

Embattled Home and Away stars Lincoln Lewis and Jodi Gordon have not been axed from the soap, according to reports.

Last month, doubts were raised about Lewis and Gordon's futures with the Australian series after both were involved in separate scandals that rocked fans and cast a shadow over Home and Away's clean image.

Australian television and radio identity Jackie O sent fans into a state of panic when she posted on her Twitter page: "I'm hearing that Home and Away are dropping Lincoln Lewis after the whole sex tape scandal."

However, a Channel Seven spokesperson has dismissed O's claim to TV Week, saying: "We love Kyle and Jackie O, and they are usually 100 per cent accurate, however, in this case Geoff (Lincoln Lewis) is in his final year at Summer Bay High and is concentrating on passing his exams. After that, he's got to think about the next step. Uni?"

Meanwhile, suggestions that Jodi Gordon was planning on quitting both Home and Away and Australia following a cocaine scandal as well as the revelation that she paid for strippers, have also been denied.

"Jodi is looking forward, not backward, and is hard at work on the set of Home and Away," they added.

From Digital Spy

tammyy2j

15-07-2009, 15:33

great news :cheer:

Perdita

21-07-2009, 10:31

Home and Away actress Jodi Gordon yesterday returned to work after a week's holiday in Los Angeles.

The Australian star took the break to escape allegations that she is a strip club regular in Sydney.

The rumours followed news that she had been found by police cowering in the flat of a suspected gangster on June 2. She admitted that drugs had been used and was subsequently dumped by her TV heir boyfriend Ryan Stokes.

Confidential reported that Gordon admitted to Channel Seven bosses that she has been to strip joint Badabing "five or six times" but denied that she frequents the venue.

Gordon is expected to join her fellow cast members on Thursday night to celebrate the soap's 21st birthday. It will be her first public outing since the scandal first surfaced.

The actress was filmed emerging from Sydney Airport but declined to comment to the waiting media.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a166370/home-and-away-star-returns-to-face-music.html

Perdita

24-07-2009, 15:06

Past and present stars of Home and Away have come together to celebrate the soap's 21st anniversary in Sydney.

Current castmembers including Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart), Ada Nicodemu (Leah Patterson-Baker), Esther Anderson (Charlie Buckton) and Lincoln Lewis (Geoff Campbell) joined former Summer Bay icons Emily Symons (Marilyn Fisher), Norman Coburn (Donald Fisher) and Nicolle Dickson (Bobby Simpson) at a fan event at the city's Cargo Bar.

Addressing fans, Ray Meagher said: "Home and Away is the most financially successful product in the history of the Seven Network.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a167079/home-and-away-celebrates-21st-anniversary.html

Perdita

26-07-2009, 15:01

A former Home and Away actor has claimed that the Australian soap has a culture of sex and drugs.

Bryan Wiseman, who appeared as a supporting actor in the soap, has told Australia's The Sunday Telegraph that it was common for the younger cast members to take cocaine and lead reckless lifestyles.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a167345/home-and-away-actor-drugs-are-common.html

Perdita

29-07-2009, 11:46

The actor who claimed that drug abuse was rife among the younger cast members of Home and Away has said that he was "railroaded" into the story.

Bryan Wiseman, who appeared on the soap from 1998 to 2003 as supporting character Dr John Wilson, insisted that he was led to believe he would be one of four actors - including three current stars - to comment on the "culture" of the soap and present a positive warning about drug abuse.

"How on earth can I comment on people I have never met or worked with?" he told The Sydney Morning Herald’s column The Diary. "I was on the show between 1998 and 2003. I don't know the current cast and, of course, they don't know me.

"[The story] makes it look like the present tense."

However, the editor of newspaper The Sunday Telegraph, which initially ran the story, said that Wiseman agreed to pose for a photograph for the article.

"If he was railroaded, why did he pose for a photo for us in northern Queensland?" Neil Breen said.

Wiseman's claims of drug abuse capped off a scandal-filled couple of months for the 21-year-old soap.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a168016/wiseman-denies-ha-drug-abuse-claims.html

Abigail

11-08-2009, 16:17

It's been a good few years for Ryan Kwanten (Vinnie Paterson). But the next year or so is set to get even better now that the hit HBO vampire series True Blood has been given the go-ahead for a third season. The show is currently airing it's second season in the US and has gained huge popularity, having already won a Golden Globe and been nominated for three Emmys this year.

Kwanten is playing Sookie Stackhouse's (Anna Paquin) brother, Jason Stackhouse. Without giving anything away, the second season certainly is a good season for Kwanten fans!

The first season of True Blood currently airs in the UK on FX (Friday 10pm) and will air again on Channel 4 in October. Make sure you stay tuned

Abigail

11-08-2009, 16:17

Both Isabel Lucas' (Tasha Andrews) and Chris Hemsworth's (Kim Hyde) success is beginning to snowball in the States now that they both are set to star in the MGM remake of the 1984 US war film, Red Dawn.

"Lucas will play a Wolverine, the name of the local football team that a group of US high school students who form an insurgency when their town is invaded - this time by Chinese and Russian soldiers - call themselves."

She'll play along side Hemsworth (who'll also take the lead role), Josh Peck (Drake & Josh; Mean Creek) and Adrianne Palicki (Smallville; Supernatural)

"The young cast heads off in a few weeks for military training in an undisclosed location, with filming scheduled to begin next month in Detroit for a September 2010 release."

Abigail

13-08-2009, 12:12

Milla Jovovich has described her A Perfect Getaway co-star Chris Hemsworth as "the next big thing".

Jovovich lines up with the Australian actor, who briefly appeared in this summer's Star Trek and will lead the cast of Kenneth Branagh's Thor, in this week's thriller about couples being stalked by killers while on holiday.

Speaking to DS, Jovovich said that she already sees Hemsworth as a star in the making.

"Chris is amazing," she said. "I was so happy they hired him, he's really such a star in my head. He's going to do so well. As soon as I saw him I said to the director, 'Good choice, man!'

"He is the next big thing, a really great guy, very smart. He's Australian and did a great American accent in this movie, he's a very talented actor."

lizann

24-08-2009, 14:52

Holly Brisley has given birth to her first child and named him Levi Harper Ford.

The Home and Away star, who is married to marketing executive Paul Ford, was said to be "ecstatic" after years of trying to get pregnant.

Brisley told Woman's Day: "After years of trying to have a baby I'm finally a mum, and I am ecstatic. This is my best role ever."

The actress was apparently forced to have a caesarean after doctors said her natural birth plan would not be possible once she had gone into labour.

She added: "The obstetrician told us that the head still hadn't engaged and that a natural birth wasn't looking promising as my hips are quite narrow and he wasn't sure Levi would fit, so he recommended a caesarean. Here I was, wanting a completely natural birth, and I ended up having a caesar with all the drugs.''

Brisley recently returned to the soap to briefly reprise her role as Amanda Vale.

Abigail

29-08-2009, 18:58

We're delighted to announce that 'Home and Away' has won the Television Serial AWGIE for the 5th year running.

The AWGIE's, held this evening in Sydney, are the Australian Writers Guild's much respected accolade for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. This year marked the 42nd annual ceremony.

The winning episode was Episode 4649 which aired in Australia on 29th May 2008, written by Sean Nash. The episode featured the return of Kane Phillips who sneaked into the hospital to see his son Oliver, as well as Jai's deliberate fall off the pier and Ross' uncertainty about his blossoming relationship with Morag.

Many congratulations to Sean and the rest of the writing team!

Abbie

29-08-2009, 22:28

Yay :D yeah thats good :D

Perdita

07-09-2009, 15:15

Former Home and Away star Tammin Sursok has landed a role in new US horror film Husk, reports the Herald Sun.

The After Dark Films production follows five friends who embark on a weekend trip only to become stranded on an abandoned farm before being attacked by killer scarecrows.

The 26-year-old, who played Summer Bay resident Dani Sutherland, currently stars as Colleen Carlton in US soap The Young and the Restless .

She will also reprise her role as Courtney when filming begins on the sequel to Nickelodeon's made-for-TV musical Spectacular!

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a176188/home-and-away-star-lands-us-film-role.html

Abigail

08-09-2009, 11:32

Home And Away star Bernard Curry (Hugo Austin) is set to host Channel 7's new reality tv show Beauty and the Geek.

Beauty and the Geek is series created by Ashton Kutcher, and is advertised as "The Ultimate Social Experiment".

The show already has/had many international versions including a Finnish version (Kaunotar ja nörtti) and a Spanish version (Nadie es Perfecto).

The show is set to air later this year on 7.

Perdita

09-09-2009, 08:31

Former Home and Away star Kate Ritchie has announced that she will marry Australian rugby player Stuart Webb after the NRL star proposed while on holiday in Europe.

The couple, who were introduced through mutual friends, began dating a year ago.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/a176516/kate-ritchie-announces-engagement.html

Congratulations to them :cheer:

Abigail

22-12-2009, 16:51

Jodi Gordon has apparently gone public with her new relationship.

The Home and Away actress, who plays Martha McKenzie in the Australian soap, was seen kissing and cuddling rugby league player Braith Anasta at Sydney's Coogee Beach last week.

An onlooker told Woman's Day magazine: "They couldn’t take their eyes off each other. Jodi had the biggest smile and she kept touching him all the time. They’re really, really into each other."

Gordon and Anasta were first romantically linked in November, when Anasta was spotted leaving her apartment. However, they later insisted that they were just "good friends".

Anasta previously dated Neighbours star Erin McNaught, while Gordon was dumped by her long-term boyfriend Ryan Stokes after she was caught up in a drugs scandal earlier this year.

Abbie

22-12-2009, 23:36

tammyy2j

09-04-2010, 14:01

Perdita

13-04-2010, 07:53

Packed To The Rafters actor Hugh Sheridan has tipped Home and Away's Todd Lasance to beat him at the Logie Awards.

The pair are both in the running for this year's 'Most Popular Actor' prize alongside Rafters regular Erik Thomson (Dave Rafter) and Summer Bay's Luke Jacobz (Angelo Rosetta) and Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart).

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph about the battle, Sheridan commented: "Todd will win for sure I reckon."

Lasance, who plays Aden Jefferies on the Seven soap, has suffered a backlash in recent months following a cocaine scandal.

However, Sheridan predicted that the 25-year-old will bounce back at the ceremony, explaining: "Popularity is popularity. He's a really talented guy."

The Logie Awards will be held in Melbourne on May 2.

alan45

06-05-2010, 16:39

Home and Away star Ray Meagher has revealed that he is now married to his long-term partner Gilly.

The couple tied the knot at a private ceremony a few months ago, but chose not to make a public announcement about their news at the time.

Speaking to New Idea, Meagher commented: "When you've both been there before, you don't want fuss and carry-on and all that. We just went away and did it, and then gradually told a few people who mattered to us. We're both very happy about it."

Meagher, who plays Summer Bay's Alf Stewart, won the prestigious Gold Logie prize at a star-studded ceremony in Melbourne on Sunday. Gilly, who has been in a relationship with the actor for six years, did not accompany him for the occasion.

He explained: "She decided to let me go and do all that by myself. She didn't want to have me worrying about her."

Meagher recently announced that he is to take a six-month break from Home and Away to star in London's West End.

Perdita

06-05-2010, 18:39

Perdita

07-05-2010, 15:52

Home and Away star Esther Anderson has insisted that she is happy to be single because it allows her to focus on her soap commitments.

The actress, who plays Summer Bay's Charlie Buckton, explained that she is keen to concentrate on her career after being in the running for this year's Gold Logie prize.

Speaking to TV Week, Anderson commented: "There's no love in my life at the moment. Love of Home and Away is all there is!

"I'm loving my job, I'm happy and I'm in a good place. It's a really good time for me to be able to focus on my career and Home and Away solely, because I got the nomination and I want to do a good job, I want to live up to this!

"I'm amazed and excited that this is all happening in my career at the moment, and it's really nice to be concentrating on me."

Anderson split from former Home and Away colleague Conrad Coleby (Roman Harris) in January.

alan45

12-05-2010, 16:53

Todd Lasance has dismissed rumours that he is dating former Home and Away co-star Jessica Tovey.

The pair, who played Summer Bay lovers Aden Jefferies and Belle Taylor, set tongues wagging at the recent Logie Awards ceremony by spending most of the night in each other's company.

Additionally, Tovey reportedly added fuel to the fire by joking that Lasance was her "husband" in a conversation with a photographer.

However, speaking to TV Week about the possibility of real-life love, Lasance insisted: "The fans would love to see that - but no, Jess and I are just really good friends. I love her, though. I think she's amazing."

The actor also revealed that he and Tovey now wear each other's rings, explaining: "We were at a party and I grabbed her ring off her and she grabbed mine off me. I said, 'I'm keeping it', and she said, 'Well, I'm keeping it, too'. We did a swapsie and it stuck. We've been wearing each other's rings for six to eight months."

Lasance quit Home and Away last year in order to pursue a Hollywood career.

Perdita

13-05-2010, 16:57

Luke Mitchell has admitted that he would not like girlfriend Rebecca Breeds to be his love interest in Home and Away.

The pair, who play Summer Bay regulars Romeo Smith and Ruby Buckton, recently confirmed that they are dating in real life.

Speaking to TV Week, Mitchell confessed that he and Breeds are grateful for the fact that they are not required to share much screen time.

The 25-year-old explained: "I suppose the good thing is that our characters don't do that many scenes together. Obviously we see each other at work all the time, but I reckon it'd be more difficult if we were love interests on the show and were involved on screen and off.

"So it's kinda cool - we have incidental scenes every now and again, and that's fun to do."

Asked whether he finds it hard to turn off his attraction to Breeds at work, he replied: "I should be careful how I answer this, shouldn't I? No, I quite like to think that I'm professional with my job, so I can just switch into professional mode and switch it all off."

Home and Away couple Luke Mitchell and Rebecca Breeds have admitted that their relationship is not always plain sailing.

The pair, who play Summer Bay's Romeo Smith and Ruby Buckton, started dating earlier this year after falling for each other on the soap set.

Speaking to TV Week, Mitchell confessed that he often bickers with his girlfriend but believes the rows are a good thing.

He commented: "We fall out about anything and everything. We like to have arguments - playful ones. I think that is the basis of our relationship. If you agreed on everything, it would be a bit boring, wouldn't it?"

Offering her own take on the disputes, Breeds said: "We've never had an actual fight, but we do have little tiffs. I push his buttons. We're not perfect - we're just a healthy, normal couple."

Mitchell recently said that he would not like Breeds to be his love interest in Home and Away.

Perdita

27-05-2010, 16:47

An Australian Facebook page named after a Home and Away character that advocates rape has caused outrage.

The 'Alf Stewart Rape Dungeon' page, which has nearly 10,000 fans, has caused many security concerns for users of the social networking site.

The page has absolutely no links to the soap character played by Ray Meagher and a spokesperson from the Seven Network told The Australian that "no-one from Channel Seven will even be dignifying its presence".

A representative from Facebook said that the site should "be a place where people can openly discuss issues and express their views", but Rape Crisis Centre director Karen Willis said that the page could encourage sexual abuse.

Perdita

04-06-2010, 17:24

Rebecca Breeds has insisted that her Home and Away romance storylines never cause problems for her real-life relationship with co-star Luke Mitchell.

The couple, who play Summer Bay's Ruby Buckton and Romeo Smith, started dating earlier this year after meeting on the set of the show.

In an interview with Holy Soap, Breeds was asked whether her screen kisses ever make Mitchell jealous.

Dismissing the suggestion, she replied: "We have a very professional understanding and I think we're lucky we have the same job. I know how much he doesn't have feelings for Charlotte [Best] when he kisses her as Annie - as much as he understands how much I don't [when I kiss someone].

"When you do it you understand how it's just part of the job. You're totally professional, and in character. You're following lines and direction. We're probably less jealous than someone who doesn't understand the industry. It's fine, it's not even an issue."

Mitchell recently confessed that he would not like Romeo and Ruby to fall in love because it would be "difficult" to share so much screen time.

alan45

07-06-2010, 16:00

Actress Samara Weaving has spoken of her happiness after landing a regular role on Home and Away.

The 18-year-old recently signed up to reprise her part as Indigo Walker, a part she played briefly on the Summer Bay soap last year.

Home and Away is the star's second major TV project as she previously played Kirsten Mulroney on the BBC-commissioned show Out of the Blue, which was also based in Sydney.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph about her latest commitment, Weaving commented: "It's a bit easier this time around as I don't have to fit in work and my studies on top of that.

"Everyone has been so welcoming and it's a great place to work - except when you have to wear a bikini on Palm Beach in the middle of winter!"

Meanwhile, revealing why she took up acting, she said: "I was a really shy kid. My parents were worried that I wasn't making friends at school and so they enrolled me in a drama class, and I just loved it after that."

Indigo will be back on screen along with the rest of the Walker family within the next few weeks.

Perdita

11-06-2010, 12:21

The father of Home and Away star David Jones-Roberts has advised his son to avoid alcohol and drugs if he wants to remain successful.

Danny Roberts - best known for starring as Andy Green in '80s soap Sons and Daughters - has been a long-term mentor for the 20-year-old, who plays Summer Bay's Xavier Austin.

In an interview with TV Week, the actor was asked to reveal the guidance he has offered his son over life in the spotlight.

He replied: "Have a good time but stay away from alcohol and drugs. For an actor, it's poison. And it's a different time now everyone's got cameras on their phones, so watch yourself. But I'm extremely proud of him."

The star added that he is confident he has nothing to worry about as David is "very sensible and dedicated".

Jones-Roberts has been a cast member on Home and Away since 2008.

Perdita

17-06-2010, 15:54

Home and Away star Esther Anderson has insisted that she has no plans to date her Dancing With The Stars partner Brendan Midson.

The pair have recently been spending 12 to 15 hours per week in training together as they prepare for the launch of the Seven Network's reality contest.

Asked by TV Week whether their professional partnership could develop into something more, Anderson replied: "No, no, no, no, no!"

However, the single actress did confirm that she enjoys Midson's company when they practise together.

She said: "He's great - I'm so grateful I got him. He gave me a foot massage the other day - my feet were killing me - and he's rubbing my feet and rubbing my calves and he brought me muesli bars, mints and band-aids. Everything I needed, he had."

Dancing With The Stars returns to Seven on June 27.

alan45

21-06-2010, 15:58

Home and Away actress Rebecca Breeds has admitted that her romance with co-star Luke Mitchell took "a long time" to get off the ground.

The pair, who play Summer Bay's Ruby Buckton and Romeo Smith, confirmed their real-life relationship in April after two months together.

However, speaking to Seventeen magazine, Breeds confessed that they were both initially unsure about whether dating a colleague was a good idea.

She explained: "It's tricky dating at work. It took us a long time to decide whether we were going to because we work together. We really love our jobs and we want to do the best we can there."

Meanwhile, asked to name the most romantic thing Mitchell has done for her, Breeds replied: "It's just the little day-to-day things. Little things that just pop up, like messages or little dates or stuff like that. We had his birthday recently and we had a really good time. We went for a surf in the morning, which was fun. Yeah, just doing adventurous things like that."

The couple recently confessed that they often have tiffs, with Mitchell admitting that they "fall out about anything and everything".

tammyy2j

09-08-2010, 16:11

Sharni Vinson has revealed that she is very "excited" about her blossoming film career.

The 27-year-old Australian actress, who left her role as Cassie Turner in Home and Away to pursue a Hollywood movie career, said that she was very happy when she landed a role in new dance film Step Up 3D.

Vinson told OK magazine: "I'm very excited. All I've heard is positive, positive, positive, and if there were any negatives it'd be in one ear and out the other."

Talking about when she first arrived in LA, she said: "It wasn't struggle street at all, because I flew in to LA in December 2007 and within three days I was sent to Thailand to shoot a commercial. That was amazing."

Vinson revealed that her reaction to landing the lead role in her first movie was "screaming, crying, shaking, goosebumps - and then we went out and had a big drink that night". She added: "It was like someone telling you you'd won the lottery."

Vinson also revealed that she regularly sees fellow ex-Home and Away stars Chris Hemsworth and Isabel Lucas in LA.

Perdita

15-08-2010, 19:28

Home And Away's Ray Meagher insists Alf Stewart and Marilyn Chambers are just "wonderful friends".

The pair have known each other for years and recently even went on a date, but Ray doesn't see a future for his character with the lovely Marilyn, played by Emily Symons.

He told Inside Soap magazine: "I think they're wonderful friends more than anything - they care very much for one another and there's a lot of respect there, but I can't see them being paired up.

"I think Marilyn's had her older man already with her ex-husband Don Fisher. Emily Symons is a wonderful girl, though, and I really love working with her."

Ray is the last remaining original cast member of Home And Away, and in 22 years on the soap he has never been late for work.

He proudly declared: "I've never miss a set call, never had a day off sick or anything. But I don't see that as an achievement, I see it as as a requirement of the job.

"There's no secret to it - just make sure you set two alarm clocks! I always allow more time than I need in the mornings."

Press Association

Perdita

28-08-2010, 14:52

Home and Away writer Sam Meikle has once again emerged victorious from the annual AWGIE awards.

The 43rd annual AWGIE's, held last night in Melbourne, are the Australian Writers Guild's much respected accolades for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards are based solely on the writer's original intentions in the script, as opposed to the final product seen on screen.

The Television Serial award, which H&A has won for the sixth year running, was awarded to Episode 5068 - which saw Miles Copeland say goodbye to the spirit of his dead daughter 'Rabbit'.

Competition was not too fierce for the show however, with H&A receiving three of the four nominations for the category (the other episodes being Episode 4917 and Episode 5003), with a Neighbours episode making up the final entry.

This is the third AWGIE (out of seven nominations for various shows) to be awarded to Sam Meikle, having already won for H&A in 2006 for Episode 4121 (Flynn's Death), and in 2007 for Episode 4212 (Jack & Martha's Wedding aftermath).

Abigail

28-08-2010, 22:22

I don't think H&A has been on form since Bevan Lee left a couple of years ago. Sally's departure, Cassie's HIV, Aden's abuse, Melody - those were all great storylines written by Bevan. The stuff coming out now compared to two years ago is pants.

Perdita

07-09-2010, 09:33

Lincoln Lewis is dating Rhiannon Fish, it has been reported.

The 22-year-old former Home and Away actor, who used to play Geoff Campbell in the Australian soap, split from So You Think You Can Dance star Kat Risteska in March this year.

19-year-old actress Fish, who currently plays April Scott in the show, told Pop Sugar magazine of Lewis: "He's pretty amazing and I'm very lucky that he's a part of my life right now."

Lewis recently starred in Australian action film Tomorrow When the War Began.

Perdita

27-09-2010, 08:06

Kate Ritchie has married Stuart Webb.

The 32-year-old Australian actress, who is best known for playing Sally Fletcher in Home and Away, exchanged vows with sports star Webb in a private ceremony in Tasmania at the weekend.

According to The Daily Telegraph, the couple only invited about 50 members of family and close friends to the celebrations.

Ritchie and Webb, who have now released photographs of the day, said: "[It was] exactly the day we had hoped and planned for. A celebration of our love and commitment, surrounded by our most dear family and friends. We are so very happy to be husband and wife."

Sources said that Ritchie, who wore a Steven Khalil wedding dress as she was given away by her father Steve, was "deliriously happy" to be married.

alan45

27-09-2010, 14:29

Our little Sally Fletcher is all grown up!

The Home and Away legend, who is of course called Kate Ritchie in real life, has gone and got hitched to her beau, former rugby player Stuart Webb.

The couple tied the knot in an intimate ceremony, with only 50 guests on hand to witness the nuptials, including ex-Bay star Bec Hewitt and her tennis player hubby Lleyton and former Home and Away star Judy Nunn.

Kate donned a strapless, full-length gown by Sydney designer Steven Kahlil.

Her dad Steven gave her away, and sisters Rebekah and Susan were her bridesmaids.

The actress planned the three-day celebration herself, and was thrilled when the skies cleared, allowing her to have an outdoor ceremony at the Quamby Estate in Tasmania.

The couple said the event was "exactly the day we had hoped and planned for. A celebration of our love and commitment, surrounded by our most dear family and friends. We are so very happy to be husband and wife".

Aww! We bet a few tears were shed.

Perdita

04-10-2010, 06:54

Bernard Curry has become a father for the first time.

The 36-year-old Australian actor, who is best known for playing Hugo Austin in Home and Away, said that baby son Fox William has brought him and partner Sonya Bohlen much closer together.

Curry told New Idea magazine: "We have been really blessed. Sonya became pregnant pretty much first time, which sometimes makes you feel guilty when you know people who've been trying for years.

"At one stage my mum and dad had five kids under 7 and I don't know how they did it! You're so much in the dark at first and you're so willing to hear other people's parenting tips.

"I guess it's all about staying positive and knowing deep down that you're trying your best. You get very good at doing things with one hand - you just can't clap."

Perdita

04-10-2010, 06:55

Beau Brady has revealed that Bec Hewitt broke his heart.

The 28-year-old Australian actor, who met and got together with Hewitt when they played Noah Lawson and Hayley Smith respectively in Home and Away, said that he regrets ever asking her to marry him.

Brady told Woman's Day magazine: "I look back at it now and realise proposing to Bec was one of the biggest mistakes I ever made. It was just a stupid, young mistake and if I had my time over I would never ever have proposed."

He also revealed that he was heartbroken when Hewitt apparently developed a friendship with now-husband Lleyton Hewitt during their engagement.

He said: "I'm only speculating, but in the end I'm still not really sure why Bec broke it off - maybe it was because I didn't own a Ferrari!"

Perdita

06-10-2010, 07:03

Home and Away fans may do a double take when they see Summer Bay newcomer Richard Brancatisano... He's been in the show before.

Richard has joined the cast as Italian prince Vittorio Seca, an old flame of Bianca Scott (Lisa Gormley).

But he previously appeared in the soap in 2007 as Theo Barrett, who kidnapped Belle Taylor and held her hostage, and had a small role in Summer Bay in 2002.

Asked if it surprises him that fans still remember him as Theo, Richard told the Home And Away website: "It would normally because Theo and Vittorio are quite different. You'd never catch Vittorio in a Hawaiian shirt!! Jokes aside though, YouTube makes it a lot easier for people to track your work so I guess these days it's less of a surprise."

He added that he feels 'so lucky' to be back on the show.

As Vittorio, he will try and win back Bianca, but will be caught up in a love triangle involving her new love interest Liam Murphy (Axle Whitehead).

Perdita

13-10-2010, 17:33

Home and Away's series producer Cameron Welsh has predicted that the soap's recent recruit Samara Weaving is destined for "big" things in the acting industry.

Weaving first played Summer Bay's Indigo Walker for a brief stint last year, and she has since been brought back as a regular cast member along with the rest of her screen family.

Following her comeback, many of Indigo's storylines have revolved around her blossoming romance with Romeo Smith, played by Luke Mitchell.

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph about the 18-year-old star, Welsh commented: "Sam's genuinely laid-back and funny and all that comes through on screen. Hopefully she'll stick around for a while, but really the sky's the limit for her.

"Obviously she's a rare mix of humility, extraordinary talent and great looks. They don't come along that often. When they have all those things in bucket loads, you know they're special and destined for something big."

Prior to her Home and Away role, Weaving played the part of Kirsten Mulroney on the BBC's Sydney-based soap Out of the Blue.

Perdita

14-10-2010, 15:41

Home and Away star Lynne McGranger has revealed that she loves the "excitement" of never knowing what is in store for her soap character.

The actress has played the role of Irene Roberts on the Summer Bay show since 1992, making her the programme's second longest-serving cast member after Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart).

Speaking to TV Tonight about her time on the drama, McGranger commented: "Being very pragmatic, I love my job. You couldn't be doing this for 18 years if you didn't love it. You would go stark raving nuts, because it is intense.

"But one of the things that attracts me to it is that every week is completely different. But that doesn't suit a lot of people. Some people like to know what their life holds in store. I quite like the excitement of not knowing whether I'm going to be working next Wednesday night or not."

She continued: "Unlike a play, I'm not doing the same thing day in, day out. I don't have a short-lived life span like a movie. My character has a life that goes on and on. She lives a different life each episode. Of course there was a beginning, and there will be an end, but it's not foreseeable. It goes on and has this lovely life of its own."

The part of Irene was previously portrayed by actress Jacqui Phillips for a year from 1991.

Perdita

09-11-2010, 11:39

Kate Ritchie's new TV show has been labelled a "dud".

The newly-married Australian actress, who is best known for her role as Sally Fletcher in Home and Away, now plays a police detective in Channel Nine's Cops LAC.

An industry insider told The Daily Telegraph that the series is almost certain to be axed after only 13 episodes after production on a Christmas DVD of the drama was cancelled last week.

The source said: "There was a team working on [the DVD] but they got the call on Thursday to stop immediately - the project was being canned because the show has been such a dud. It hasn't had the ratings to justify the risk of putting it out there in the market."

Another industry spokesperson added: "Kate was by far the best thing about a bad production and she will survive. It's the producers who should take a good hard look at themselves - the scripts were just something else."

alan45

20-11-2010, 02:07

Home and Away's Ray Meagher has said that he still loves appearing on the show after 23 years.

The veteran actor, who plays Summer Bay stalwart Alf Stewart, told Inside Soap that despite his current break starring in London's Priscilla Queen of the Desert: The Musical, he still relishes his role in the soap.

Meagher said: "I enjoy it as much as when I started out - in fact, maybe even more so.

"Over the course of 23 years, there've been periods where the show felt like it was on a downward spiral, and some of the storylines were a bit inane.

"But I'd say that for 95% of the time that I've been working there, I've thoroughly enjoyed it."

He added: "I love the show, I love the character, and I'll be quite happy to go home and play him again, but this is a wonderful change of pace for me.

"I never thought in my wildest dreams that I'd do anything in the West End - let alone a musical - so it's a fabulous experience."

Perdita

26-11-2010, 09:43

Axle Whitehead has started dating his Home and Away co-star Lisa Gormley, according to reports.

The pair - who play on-off lovers Liam Murphy and Bianca Scott on the Summer Bay soap - went public with their real-life romance at the Australian X Factor final on Monday night, The Daily Telegraph claims.

A source told the newspaper: "They looked very, very cosy and were obviously enjoying each other's company at the finale. They have worked with each other this year but what was a friendship has ignited into something else."

Meanwhile, show insiders told the publication that the duo are "very happy" together.

On screen, Liam and Bianca became a couple earlier this year, but matters were complicated when Bianca's ex-boyfriend Vittorio arrived in town and she was forced to choose between them.

Whitehead and Gormley's fellow cast members Luke Mitchell (Romeo Smith) and Rebecca Breeds (Ruby Buckton) are also an item in real life.

alan45

28-11-2010, 10:02

Home and Away's Bianca Scott is so glamorous and sophisticated, she has strutting around Summer Bay down to a fine art.

But Lisa Gormley, who plays the feisty "princess", claims she is so clumsy that in reality she leaves a trail of destruction and devastation in her wake.

Lisa told Inside Soap magazine: "Embarrassing things happen to me all the time - I'm so uncoordinated.

"In only my second week of filming, I was sitting on a desk which promptly gave way beneath me.

"The same thing happened last week, and everyone looked at me like 'I can't believe you've done that again.'

"I've sat on suitcases that have disappeared from underneath me, fallen down stairs, you name it."

The 26-year-old blonde also claims to be nowhere near as glamorous as her on-screen character.

She said: "I'm a dag in real life, so to be given beautiful clothes and shoes and get my hair and make-up done is brilliant. Without spray tan, I'm nothing. I'm so white, I'm blue. I'm a road map."

Maybe a bit to much information Lisa, but we admire your honesty.

Perdita

29-11-2010, 05:51

Ada Nicodemou has revealed that she was bullied as a child because she is Greek-Cypriot.

The Home and Away actress, who plays Leah Patterson-Baker in the Australian soap, said that she struggled to deal with the racism riot storylines in the show last year since she had been picked on because of her looks before.

Nicodemou told TV Week magazine: "I actually didn't like [the storyline]. I found it very challenging. It was one that really hit home for me because, obviously with my background, I've experienced it and people I know also have firsthand experiences.

"I didn't understand what those girls [at school] meant by 'go home'. I didn't understand because I was only 7 and this was my home, so my mum had to explain it to me."

alan45

29-11-2010, 14:43

On our screens right now, Ruby Buckton is poised to get a crush on her driving instructor, while Romeo Smith is all loved up with Indigo Walker.

But all that is about to change.

Rebecca Breeds has revealed her character is going to set her sights on the blond hunk.

And as Rebecca and Romeo actor Luke Mitchell are boyfriend and girlfriend in real life, it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to play.

"It's going to be the easiest thing I've ever had to do. There's no acting involved at all," she joked in an interview with Home and Away's Aussie website.

"But he's got a girlfriend so I have to find a way to justify going after someone who has a girlfriend. So that's kind of hard.

"But he's the hero. She believes he's the love of her life. I guess with that in mind you wouldn't let anything get in the way of that. Who knows, he might be?"

She's ever the professional, but in the past Rebecca has confessed she doesn't want Romeo and Ruby to get together on screen, saying she likes having "the separation".

But she added: "It would probably be interesting to watch because we'd have a lot of chemistry. So for you guys it would probably be awesome but for Luke and me, to leave things less complicated than they need to be, I'd probably prefer not to."

Hmmm, sounds like she won't be getting her wish!

lizann

28-12-2010, 20:55

Chris Hemsworth has reportedly married girlfriend Elsa Pataky.

The Thor star and the Snakes on a Plane actress tied the knot over the holiday, reports People.

Hemsworth, 27, hails from Australia, while Pataky is from Spain.

Thor opens May 6, 2011 in US cinemas. Hemsworth will reprise the role of Thor in Marvel’s forthcoming Avengers movie.

Perdita

07-01-2011, 14:27

Perdita

03-03-2011, 05:51

Isla Fisher has said that she continues to have fond memories about her time on Home and Away, adding that it is where she learned to act.

The actress, who portrayed Shannon Reed in the Summer Bay soap from 1994 to 1997, revealed that she remains in touch with people that she met during her time on the show and feels grateful for her experience.

According to Holy Soap, the Rango star explained: "I still look fondly back on those days of course - that's where I learnt.

"I still have friends from that era and I loved it, yeah."

Fisher also revealed that she had begun working on a number of self-penned scripts, after realising that there was a lack of comic material for actresses.

DS

Perdita

14-03-2011, 13:40

Lynne McGranger has reflected on the success of her Home and Away character Irene Roberts as the Summer Bay matriarch enters her 20th year on screen.

Irene first appeared on the soap in 1991 with actress Jacqui Phillips in the role, before McGranger took over in 1992 when the part was recast.

In an interview with TV Week to mark the milestone, McGranger described Irene as "a rough diamond with a heart of gold".

She continued: "Her journey over the past 20 years has been enormous. Possibly the only thing missing in Irene's life is true love. She hasn't had a lot of success - every time she gets involved with a guy, he ends up dead or in prison!"

McGranger is Home and Away's second longest-serving cast member, behind show legend Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart).

Asked whether she has ever considered quitting the programme, McGranger replied: "Honestly, no. If another job came my way, I think I'd do what Ray's done in going to London to do Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. I wouldn't have stayed in this long if I was miserable. They will carry me out in a box!"

The star's interview has led to a number of Home and Away fans sending her messages of support and congratulations on Twitter.

Writing on the social networking site earlier today, she said: "Thanks for the kind thoughts guys. Irene first appeared 20 years ago, I've been channelling her for 18 years!… Touched and overwhelmed by all the love and good wishes. Thank you SO much! I love my job but it would amount to nothing without you all."

DS

:cheer: :thumbsup:

Perdita

28-03-2011, 06:44

Kate Ritchie is rumoured to be pregnant with her first child.

The 32-year-old Australian actress, who quit her role as Sally Fletcher in Home and Away in 2007, has been photographed wearing loose clothes and hiding her stomach with bags on various occasions recently.

One onlooker at the Ski Activ Digestion yogurt event that Ritchie attended last week told Woman's Day magazine: "She's obviously in a very happy place in her life right now. She was literally glowing."

Ritchie was spotted buying baby clothes but her manager insisted that they were for a "friend". She has also reportedly cut back on exercise and stopped drinking.

A source added: "Kate usually wears either tighter-fitting dresses or jeans. She has a good body, but she's changed her wardrobe almost completely lately, which makes you wonder what she's hiding."

Ritchie married rugby league star Stuart Webb in a private ceremony in Tasmania last year.

DS

Perdita

19-04-2011, 06:28

Axle Whitehead has reportedly been banned from attending Sydney Swans games after "screaming abuse" during Saturday night's match.

The Australian actor, who is best known for playing Liam Murphy in Home and Away, was attending the team's Forward Pocket function as the VIP guest of a club supporter but allegedly upset fans with his "offensive" behaviour.

Onlookers told The Daily Telegraph that Whitehead, who was joined by fellow TV stars Daniel Macpherson and Sarah Cummin, shouted at crowd members, made lewd hand gestures and used bad language.

One said: "He looked like he had far too much to drink and was yelling and screaming abuse during the game. Everyone was really angry but when they told him to behave he called supporters 'd**kheads'."

Another source added: "You don't go to a football game, in a function room, and abuse fans of the home team. We left early and made it clear to event staff [that] Axle's behaviour was extremely offensive."

Whitehead's spokesperson Denise Roberts yesterday claimed that people were "making a mountain out of a molehill", saying: "Axle was defending himself against one woman in particular who was abusing him. He didn't start the altercation."

It is believed that Swans bosses have now barred Whitehead from attending any future events at the club.

Last year, Whitehead was rumoured to be dating his Home and Away co-star Lisa Gormley, but she recently insisted that she is single.

DS

Perdita

13-06-2011, 08:41

Jodi Gordon has become engaged to Braith Anasta, it has been reported.

The Australian actress, who is best known for playing Martha Mackenzie in Home and Away, is believed to have inked a contract worth $200,000 (£130,000) with a glossy magazine for exclusive rights to her engagement to Roosters captain Anasta.

The couple have been dating since December 2009. She has since described him as "beautiful", while he said he feels "lucky" to have her. She has also revealed that she is "still learning a lot" about rugby league by watching him play.

Anasta and Gordon were believed to be experiencing relationship problems in January, when an eyewitness said that the couple seemed "disconnected" while having dinner together.

A friend of Anasta also said that they doubted he would make it to three years with Gordon, as he never got past that mark with ex-girlfriends Sara Bray, Erin McNaught or Candice Falzon.

Gordon split from Channel Seven heir Ryan Stokes in 2009 shortly after she was found by police hiding in a Sydney apartment with a suspected gangster. Drugs and firearms were believed to be involved in the incident.

Perdita

24-06-2011, 12:15

Home and Away star Ray Meagher is returning to West End musical Priscilla, Queen of the Desert in the autumn, it has been announced.

The actor has signed up to reprise his role as Bob in the popular musical and will appear on stage again from October 5, according to Official London Theatre.

Meagher took a six-month break from his role as Summer Bay's Alf Stewart last year in order to star in the show, but has since returned to filming at the soap.

He also previously appeared as Bob for two weeks in the Sydney production of the musical.

It is currently unclear how long Meagher's latest stage stint will last, but Priscilla is known to be taking bookings for shows running until January 7, 2012.

Priscilla has been running at the Palace Theatre in London since early 2009.

Perdita

27-06-2011, 05:38

A friend of Samara Weaving has revealed that the soap star is "happily single".

The 19-year-old Australian actress, who is best known for playing Indigo Walker in Home and Away, reportedly split from her boyfriend of three years, a Canberra-based university student named Paul, back in April.

A friend of Weaving told The Daily Telegraph: "Samara moved to Sydney from Canberra last year after being cast as Indi, and her relationship became a long distance one because of Paul's university studies.

"They kept the romance going - but in the end the distance between the two was the catalyst for the relationship to end. So Samara is happily single, working long hours."

Weaving's Home and Away character is poised to marry on-screen boyfriend Romeo Smith, who is played by actor Luke Mitchell, in upcoming episodes.

The duo have previously admitted that they found their proposal scenes "weird" and their on-screen kissing "awkward".

Weaving recently said that she "loves" men "with English accents", adding: "I'm so quirky and weird, so I need a weirdo to hang out with!"

Perdita

27-06-2011, 16:22

Home and Away's series producer Cameron Welsh has confirmed that the soap's team have been aiming for a change of tone in recent months, bringing relationships back to the forefront of the programme.

The showrunner told TV Tonight that he believes the serial has cut down on darker storylines this year following previous plots about killers and stalkers.

In an interview with the website, Welsh described "the heart of the show" as "youth and teenagers who are growing up in what is an uncertain world and they seek the guidance of the people around them".

Discussing some of the soap's more recent seasons, he continued: "It did get particularly dark. All that I have described was going on but it was probably taking a bit of a back seat to some darker storytelling.

"But last year and definitely this year we looked to turn that around, and we got the focus back on to characters and relationships and pulled back on that stuff.

"This season has seen a lot of the River Boys and yes they are a bunch of rogues, but it's a different tone to the crazed gunmen and stalkers. They still provide a sense of danger and can be antagonists but not at the same tonal level."

Welsh also hinted that another disaster storyline could be on the way as a special week of episodes airing later this year will see "a major storm" hit Summer Bay.

Dazzle

28-06-2011, 14:56

Disasters and psycho stalkers is what Summer Bay does best.

Perdita

08-08-2011, 08:05

Jodi Gordon and Braith Anasta have announced their engagement.

The Australian actress, who is best known for playing Martha Mackenzie in Home and Away, was reportedly paid $140,000 (£89,000) to show her new ring off exclusively on the front cover of this week's New Idea magazine.

Sydney Roosters captain Anasta was first rumoured to have proposed to Gordon in mid-June after they were spotted leaving a Sydney jewellers, but both have since repeatedly denied the reports.

Anasta told New Idea: "I just asked Jodi to spend the rest of her life with me and grow old together. I wanted to get it right because it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing."

Gordon said of her new fiancé: "He's incredibly loving, determined, smart, sexy, intelligent. He ticks all the boxes - not just his physical appearance, but in every way I feel very lucky. The best thing is that Braith is going to be the most incredible husband and father in the world."

The duo said that the proposal took place in the middle of July shortly after they moved into their new home in Clovelly.

Gordon split from Channel Seven heir Ryan Stokes in 2009 shortly after she was found by police hiding in a Sydney apartment with a suspected gangster, while Anasta has previously dated Neighbours actress Erin McNaught.

Perdita

11-08-2011, 11:28

Ray Meagher is poised to be immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds.

The Australian actor, who is best known for playing Alf Stewart in Home and Away, will be the first celebrity to be featured in the new Sydney branch of the waxwork museum when it opens in May next year.

According to AAP, there will be 70 wax figures at the exhibition including Australian stars such as Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman and international faces like Johnny Depp and Lady GaGa.

Merlin Entertainment Australia director Edward Fuller revealed that each wax model can take up to six months to create, saying: "The hair is all individually inserted into the head."

He also said that the celebrities involved donate their own clothes for their models, adding: "Not only can you get up close and personal to your favourite star but they're actually wearing the clothes they might have turned up to the Oscars in."

Meagher has played Alf in Home and Away since 1988. In 2010, he won the Gold Logie Award for the 'Most Popular Personality' on Australian television.

It was recently revealed that he will be returning to the West End to reprise his role in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

Perdita

29-08-2011, 11:13

Home And Away star Tessa James has got engaged to her rugby star boyfriend, according to reports.

The 19-year-old, who plays Nicole Franklin in the sun-drenched soap, is set to tie the knot the rugby league player Nate Myles.

A spokesman for the sportsman confirmed the engagement to the Herald Sun.

Nate is said to have proposed before Christmas, presenting his bride-to-be with a two carat yellow diamond engagement ring.

The couple are thought to have jetted to Bali for a holiday.

PA

Tessa James has split from Nate Myles, according to reports.

The Australian actress, who is best known for her role as Nicole Franklin in Home and Away, announced her engagement to rugby star Myles in March this year but has now apparently cancelled the wedding scheduled for December.

A friend of James told The Daily Telegraph that the star has now decided to embark on a Hollywood acting career.

Myles was recently fined and sacked by the Sydney Roosters after he and teammates Todd Carney and Frank-Paul Nu'uausala broke the rules of a team alcohol ban earlier this month.

The club released a statement saying: "Following discussions with Nate Myles and his manager in relation to the recently issued breach notice, it has been determined that Nate will be fined an undisclosed sum and will continue to be excused from training and playing, as well as any other club activity under the terms of his contract.

"The club acknowledges Nate's contribution over the past five years and wish[es] him every success in the future."

Earlier this year, James described Myles as "the one", adding: "We're both easygoing and, while we're both in completely different professions, at the same time, they are very similar. We both have really high aspirations and want to do things together, like travel."

The couple are believed to have met through James's former Home and Away co-star Jodi Gordon, who recently announced her engagement to Roosters captain Braith Anasta.

Perdita

05-09-2011, 07:58

Jodi Gordon's former friend Mark Judge is in a coma after being stabbed nine times. :eek:

Ex-Home and Away actress Gordon was linked to the 31-year-old former Rebels associate in 2009 when police were informed of gunmen about to storm a Sydney flat. However, officers only found the duo cowering in a bedroom after a rumoured drug-fuelled episode.

According to The Daily Telegraph, Judge was stabbed in the chest, neck and thigh by a mystery attacker in the garage of his Bellevue Hill apartment late last week. A spokesperson for St Vincent's Hospital has described his condition as "extremely critical" after he underwent emergency surgery to stem the bleeding and repair damage to his kidneys, lung and bowel.

Although Gordon's friends have insisted that she has had no contact with Judge since the 2009 incident, she was spotted yesterday in Darlinghurst near the hospital where he is receiving treatment.

A police source has said that Judge's history of violent assault and drug offences, together with links to a bikie gang, could produce a long list of potential suspects. One senior officer said: "With his reputation and history, it could be anybody."

Since Judge was convicted of drug possession in 2002, assault in 2005 and hindering a police officer in 2008, he has been forced to take regular drug tests, but all have come back negative.

Gordon was in a relationship with Seven Network heir Ryan Stokes at the time of the incident involving Judge, but they later split over the scandal. She is now engaged to Roosters captain Braith Anasta.

Perdita

05-09-2011, 17:16

Home and Away star Dan Ewing has revealed that he would like to pursue a movie career in the future.

The 26-year-old has been appearing as bad boy Heath Braxton on the Summer Bay soap since the beginning of the year, and fans in the UK are about to see him start playing a more prominent role in storylines.

Speaking to OK Extra about life on the Home and Away set, Ewing commented: "I absolutely love it. As an actor, it's a dream come true being cast in a soap because it's guaranteed regular work. It's actually not the first time I've appeared on the show. I had a small part as a character called Reuben five years ago.

"The producers liked me but back then I was 20 and wasn't quite ready to appear on the show. They asked me to audition for the part of Heath's younger brother but I ended up getting the main part. I haven't looked back since!"

Asked whether he has any future acting ambitions, he replied: "I definitely want to make films. I really admire people like Russell Crowe and Ryan Kwanten who have gone on to make it in Hollywood. They've shown that it's possible to be more than a soap actor."

Ewing also explained that he is currently single and is not looking for a girlfriend.

"I don't think it would be fair to be in a relationship," he said. "I know what I'm like when I come home from filming. I'm moody and tired - who wants to be around that?"

Ewing recently told Digital Spy that upcoming Home and Away storylines will explore Heath's past.

tammyy2j

07-09-2011, 12:36

Twilight actor Kellan Lutz is believed to be dating former Home and Away actress Sharni Vinson.

The actor, who plays Emmett Cullen in the vampire movies, reportedly met Vinson through a mutual friend and they have now been photographed strolling through Venice Beach together.

A friend of the duo told Us Weekly that they've been dating for about "two months", adding: "She's a lot of fun. They are both very into working out. They hang out in Venice a lot and just stay low-key."

Lutz previously dated 90210 AnnaLynne McCord for about two years, but he confirmed that he is "definitely single" in May this year. He later revealed that what attracts him most to a woman is a pretty, natural face".

He said: "A girl's face gets my attention. The face has so much, and I love the eyes and a big smile. Especially if you can wake up next to them in bed and they still look the same after a long night of watching movies with strawberries and champagne and cuddling. That's sexy!"

Vinson, who has had roles in Step Up 3D and Blue Crush 2, initially moved to Los Angeles from Australia to be with long-distance boyfriend, CSI: NY actor AJ Buckley. They later split.

Perdita

19-09-2011, 16:27

Home and Away star Dan Ewing has announced that he is engaged.

The actor, who plays Summer Bay bad boy Heath Braxton, popped the question to girlfriend Marni Little while they both attended a recent basketball match at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

As the couple have a shared passion for the game, Ewing decided to make the proposal extra special by persuading NBA star Patrick Mills to help him with the romantic moment.

According to reports, Mills jumped over the fence while the pair were in the audience, before asking Little: "Will you help this guy get married?"

Ewing told Home and Away's official website: "Basketball first brought us together, and it's huge in both our lives, so it seemed a great way to surprise Marni and make the proposal really special."

Meanwhile, writing on Twitter today, he said: "It's official @marnilittle and I are engaged! Thanks to our man @Patty_Mills for the big 'assist' with the proposal. Lucky me huh!"

Ewing later added: "Thanks for all the love guys @marnilittle and I are so happy and really appreciate it."

The 26-year-old has been appearing on Home and Away since the beginning of the year.

Perdita

26-09-2011, 10:26

Kate Ritchie has revealed that she will be making her first theatre appearance in years.

The former Home and Away actress, who has also starred in Cops LAC and hosted a breakfast radio show, said that she looks forward to starring in a play inspired by the Bali Nine called Bondi Dreaming.

According to The Daily Telegraph, Ritchie plays the girlfriend of one of three young men arrested in Bali for drug trafficking, but will not appear live on stage. Instead, she appears only in a documentary-style video aired during the play.

She recently told the paper: "I work on endorsements and other stuff, but this year I've explored other things like writing and developing my own project. I'm hoping another project will be locked down for the New Year, which I can't talk about... but I've enjoyed having almost a year off."

Ritchie has also revealed recently that she feels finally ready to start a family with Stuart Webb, who she married in a private ceremony in Tasmania last year.

She said: "I've always wanted to be a mother and I've found the right man to do it with, so of course it's on the cards."

After quitting Home and Away in 2007, Ritchie admitted that she wasn't sure if she would be okay, but later became "confident" through other acting and radio presenting jobs.

Perdita

03-10-2011, 08:50

Two co-stars from Home and Away are believed to be moving in together.

Aussie actors Luke Mitchell and Rebecca Breeds, who play Romeo Smith and Ruby Buckton in the Australian soap, have been dating since the beginning of last year and are even rumoured to be considering marriage.

According to The Daily Telegraph, the couple were spotted looking at an apartment for sale in the Randwick area of Sydney at the weekend.

Mitchell has previously said that the couple "like to have arguments" about "anything and everything", while Breeds said: "We do have little tiffs. I push his buttons. We're not perfect - we're just a healthy, normal couple."

Despite previously saying that they never wanted their Home and Away characters to become romantically involved, Mitchell and Breeds did have to film love scenes when Romeo cheated on girlfriend Indi with Ruby.

He said: "It's kinda cool - we have incidental scenes every now and again, and that's fun to do... but I reckon it'd be more difficult if we were [permanent] love interests on the show and were involved on screen and off."

Perdita

12-10-2011, 05:51

Esther Anderson has said that she was too "skinny" last year.

The Home and Away actress, who plays Charlie Buckton in the Australian soap, said that she lost a lot of weight after taking part in Dancing with the Stars Australia last year and then struggled to put it back on.

When asked if she thought she was too thin at the time, Anderson told New Idea magazine: "Absolutely. I was eating as much as I could but that's just the way my body is. I don't exercise a lot, so when you add 30 hours of training in, my body changed. But it's history now and I feel really good and womanly again.

"I just wanted to get back to my normal size as quickly as possible. I'm back to my normal weight. I eat whatever I want, but it's healthy."

Anderson continued: "I was brought up on healthy food. I don't exclude anything - I have treats. It's just not too much excess. I love coffee and I love wine. I eat pizza.

"It's been a huge year, in terms of my professional workload. I'm so content with my job and where I am in life at the moment. Everything feels as it should be."

After her dramatic weight loss on Dancing with the Stars, Anderson said: "I don't want young girls to look at me and think I'm trying to be skinny and that I think protruding ribs look good, because I don't. I would love to be a lot more curvy."

She also said that all the hours of dancing made her feel hungry.

Perdita

13-10-2011, 05:56

Home and Away actor Ray Meagher has revealed that he has no intention of retiring in the near future.

The veteran actor, 67, is the longest-serving member of the soap's cast, having joined in 1988 for the pilot episode as Alf Stewart.

"My contract runs until the end of next year and if I feel the way I feel now I'd be happy to do some more," Meagher told the Daily Express

"I absolutely still enjoy playing Alf. I've become accustomed to fans approaching me in the street, they're always so nice and friendly."

Meagher is currently starring in the West End's Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. He has reprised his role as Bob to celebrate the show's 1,000th production.

He was recently named as the first celebrity to be included as a waxwork in the Sydney branch of Madame Tussauds.

:cheer::cheer:

Perdita

13-10-2011, 06:26

Home and Away's Esther Anderson has hit back at reports that she is dating her co-star Steve Peacocke.

The 32-year-old Australian actress, whose character Charlie has been romantically involved with Peacocke's Brax on screen, said that she doesn't mind if people think they are together because it shows that she is doing her job well.

Anderson told New Idea magazine: "I guess it's a compliment to my acting, which is good. That's what you want [but] we are just friends. Steve's one of the most talented actors I've ever worked with and he's completely humble about it. He's brought out the best in my acting as well.

"I'm single. But I'm really happy where I am. I don't feel like there is anything missing and I think I kind of feel, in a way, a bit excited that I've still got the relationship side of things to look forward to when it happens."

Anderson recently said that she let herself get too "skinny" while taking part in Dancing with the Stars last year, but said that she is now a healthy weight and feels "really good and womanly again".

tammyy2j

19-01-2012, 12:49

Chris Hemsworth and his wife Spanish actress Elsa Pataky, are expecting their first child, Hola! magazine reports.

Pataky tells the magazine that the couple will wait to learn the sex of their child and that Hemsworth, 28, will be taking a crash course in Spanish to prepare for the new arrival. "I'm only going to speak to the baby in Spanish," Pataky, 35, says. "I already told my husband, 'Get ready fast with Spanish because, if not, you're not going to be able to understand what we say.'"

Hemsworth and Pataky married in Australia over the 2010 Christmas holidays.

Perdita

18-02-2012, 18:52

Home and Away star Emily Symons has confessed that she has come to terms with not having children.

The actress, who plays Marilyn Chambers in the Australian soap, split from second husband Lorenzo Smith in 2005 after two unsuccessful IVF attempts.

However, losing her mum to breast cancer in May 2010 helped her to gain a new perspective on the situation, Symons told the Herald Sun.

"I spent a lot of my 30s being so anguished about not having a baby," she said. "Then you realise life is really too short. When you spend a lot of time on a cancer ward, it makes the baby thing seem irrelevant. There's a longing and a biological need to have a baby that I don't think men have.

"But the flip side is that IVF can take over your life. It gets to the point where you're so desperate to have a baby, everything else falls by the wayside. There was a phase when I thought, if I had a baby, my mum might stay alive longer. It was crazy; your hormones [go mad]. But I'm at peace with that now. I understand it wasn't meant for me."

Symons spent eight years in Emmerdale before returning to Australia in 2009 to look after her mother, and subsequently reprised her role as Marilyn in Summer Bay.

"Suddenly I left my job and my friends," she said of leaving the UK. "Overnight, I was standing in Sydney. Of course, it's my home, but I hadn't lived here for 10 years. There's an adjustment period. You have to reconnect with your family and your old friends. I felt like a fish out of water."

She also thanked her Home and Away colleagues, such as Ray Meagher (Alf Stewart), for supporting her following her mum's death.

Perdita

12-03-2012, 06:36

Home and Away star Luke Jacobz has been seriously electrocuted.

The Australian actor and TV presenter, who played Angelo Rossetta in the Aussie soap from 2007 until last year and also fronts The X Factor, was rushed to hospital after receiving a shock in his Sydney apartment.

Jacobz told TV Week that he was standing at his stove and "touching too many electrical things at the one time" when he was suddenly thrown across the kitchen.

He added: "I had quite a few thousand volts go through me."

Jacobz was reportedly told at hospital that he was "really lucky" not to have been more seriously hurt.

Last year, the star revealed that he was going to "try [his] luck" in Hollywood, saying: "I've never had the chance to go over because I've been busy working, so this year I'm making sure I just do it. I might ring Mr [Chris] Hemsworth and crash on his couch for a while."

When he left Home and Away, Jacobz said that he had "thoroughly enjoyed" playing the role, but later admitted that he was "upset" at the programme's executives deciding that his character had "reached all the different goals that the show wanted him to".

shalagee

14-03-2012, 15:38

Does anyone know what channel broadcasts Home and Away in Canada? I have begun to have problems seeing episodes ans would like another place I can try and see tem. Thank you

chathappy

29-03-2012, 13:14

I love home and away its brill ;0)

Perdita

14-05-2012, 14:39

Home and Away stars Luke Mitchell and Rebecca Breeds have announced their engagement.

Mitchell popped the question to Breeds in April as they shared a four-day break on Hayman Island, Queensland to celebrate his birthday. He had been preparing for the proposal for three months.

The pair, who play Summer Bay's Romeo Smith and Ruby Buckton, confirmed their news in the latest issue of New Idea magazine.

Mitchell told the publication: "Honestly, it was one of the most difficult things I've ever done in my life. I had the element of surprise - I didn't tell anyone what I was planning, not a soul, not even my parents.

"But pretending there was nothing special on my mind for three months before I actually asked her to marry me - that was the best acting I've ever done!"

Recalling the proposal, Breeds commented: "I turned around and there was Luke on one knee with a ring box in his hand. My jaw just hit the ground. I was so surprised I forgot to say 'yes' at first!"

The couple first met in May 2009 shortly after Mitchell had been cast in Home and Away. They initially became friends before embarking on a relationship.

Home and Away fans have also seen Romeo and Ruby have an on-off romance in the soap's storylines.

Breeds added: "I don't want a long engagement. There's a film out at the moment, The Five Year Engagement, but I don't think that's how we're going to roll!"

Home and Away airs weekdays at 6pm on Channel 5 in the UK and weekdays at 7pm on Network Seven in Australia.