Delta Goodrem will be the subject of Enough Rope with Andrew Denton on Monday August 27.
Other guests on the show include Tania Major, a 22 year-old criminologist and Kokoberra woman, and the youngest person ever to be elected to ATSIC.
The show airs 9:30pm Mondays on ABC.
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Ray Martin returns to 60 Minutes this weekend for a story about married men coming out as homosexual.
The story seeks to profile ordinary family men who realise they are living a double life, and take significant steps to address this.
Last time 60 Minutes did a major story on being gay it was a dreadful American-produced item on a child who preferred to play with dolls than GI Joes. It set both the show and an understanding of sexual identity back light years.
Here's hoping Ray can show Australia is far more tolerant and relaxed in 2007!
Press Release:
Once "gay" was just an adjective that meant happy. Now, for most of us it means mardi gras, Priscilla and Elton John. In truth, it's often more complex, less flamboyant and much closer to home. Try next door, for a start. Here in Australia , there are thousands of men living ordinary, suburban lives - a wife, a couple of kids, a mortgage. But they're also living a lie, hiding the fact that they're gay. Not that this is anything new. What is new, though, is that more and more married men are coming out, admitting they're gay.
And you can't begin to imagine what that means, what happens to a family when dad falls in love with another man.
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SBS is sending eight presenters to Osaka, Japan, to cover the IAAF Championships.
It will air an array of events live in prime time between August 25 and September 2.
Les Murray will be joined by emma Simkin, David Basheer, Jane Fleming, David Culbert and
Steve Ovett.
Australia finished seventh in the medal tally at the last games.
212 countries will compete on this occasion.
Press Release:
As the world counts down to the Beijing 2008 Olympics, international athletics stars continue their preparation as they focus on their next major campaign, the prestigious IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Osaka 2007.
SBS will broadcast all the daily action LIVE from Japan in PRIME-TIME as Australia challenges the world’s best from 25 August to 2 September on free-to-air television.
The calibre of Australian athletes is high with strong medal contenders including: Bronwyn Thompson (long jump), Donna MacFarlane (3000 steeplechase), John Steffensen (400m), Sarah Jamieson (1500m), Steve Hooker (Pole Vault), Jana Rawlinson (400m hurdles), Craig Mottram (5000m) and Nathan Deakes (50km walk). Whilst Australia is looking to produce some excellent results in Osaka, the team’s overall goal is to improve on their best ever result from 1999 where Australia placed seventh and, with recent strong performances throughout the domestic and European seasons, the Aussies are on track to realise their dream.
The IAAF World Championships in Athletics is where the best of the best in international athletics compete on the world stage.
“An impressive 212 countries and territories and over 3,200 athletes and officials are expected to take part in this landmark event and SBS’s expert presentation team will be trackside to bring all the success and drama to Australian audiences,” said SBS Head of Sport, Ken Shipp.
SBS will send an experienced presentation contingent to Osaka to cover the World Championships, including the face of SBS Sport, Les Murray, athletics specialist and sports presenter, Emma Simkin, and commentator David Basheer.
Joining the SBS team in Osaka is dual Olympian Jane Flemming, former Australian long jumper, David Culbert, and English athletics legend Steve Ovett, providing expert commentary to the LIVE coverage.
Also LIVE from Osaka, Janice Petersen will present the sports segment for World News Australia and SBS Sports Reporter, Scott McIntyre, will utilise his experience of living in Japan and fluency in the language to bring entertaining and informative reports from the exciting city of Osaka.
At 7.30pm (AEST) each evening from 25 August David Basheer will present the highlights from the morning session, the previous night’s finals plus all the news and updates from Osaka.
Les Murray will anchor the prime-time EXCLUSIVELY LIVE coverage of the evening program from 8.30pm (AEST) and Emma Simkin will bring us the early morning distance events also LIVE.
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Both Seven and Nine will return Sunday movies to their schedule, at least initially.
This Sunday Seven has Meet the Fockers in the old timeslot which was previously home to Grey's Anatomy.
On Sunday August 26 Seven will screen Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy starring Will Ferrell, while Nine is offering Something's Gotta Give starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton.
TEN will screen Rove in his true timeslot of 8:30pm, and the ABC has the ever popular Midsomer Murders which has been getting wins in the timeslot anyway. It will conclude the week after.
SBS has the IAAF World Championships from Osaka.
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Rachel Ward stars alongside Victoria Thane in the harsh, unforgiving land of Rain Shadow, the ABC's new 6 part drama. Premieres 8:30pm Sunday night.
Ewan McGregor will be interviewed by Andrew Denton next Monday on Enough Rope, 9:35pm ABC TV.
Remember when Australian Idol had a sense of humour? This CD of its worst singers in 2004 must be a Collector's Item already (although we can't be sure of its value). There was Jenna, the girl with the dog's pitch voice, the identical Duffy Sisters, Georgy the camp dancer, Nadine who asked "Am I Not Pretty Enough?" and of course Flynn, our own William Hung. Now that's entertainment!