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Australian actor in McLeod’s Daughters, Chopper – Deadline

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March 21, 2023

Australian actor Peter Hardy, best known for such TV shows as McLeod’s daughtersas well as movies and musicals, drowned while snorkeling on Western Australia South Beach in Fremantle on Thursday 16 March. He was 66 years old.

The actor was reportedly pulled out of the water, unconscious, at 10:40 a.m. local time on Thursday. Before paramedics arrived at the scene, passers-by tried to revive him, but they failed to save him.

Hardy’s work includes drama/romantic series. McLeod’s daughters in which he appeared in 44 episodes. He also made three appearances in the long-running series. neighboursas well as participation in crime dramas hurry another sting. He was also in Andrew Dominic’s award-winning 2000 film. choppers which starred Eric Bana.

His musical track record includes over 1,500 performances as Bill Austin in an Australian cast. Mamma Mia! Hardy, so in Boy from Oz with Hugh Jackman during his Australian tour and in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, musical.

In a Facebook post, Hardy’s brother, Michael Hardy, wrote: “I am devastated to report that my brother, Peter Hardy, passed away suddenly this morning. This is the only way to contact his large group of relatives and friends. Rest in peace, my beloved little brother.”

In accordance with Guardiansthe coroner’s conclusion is awaited.

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Winnie the Pooh movie pulled from Hong Kong theaters

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March 22, 2023

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HONG KONG — Public screenings of the Winnie the Pooh slasher were abruptly canceled in Hong Kong on Tuesday, sparking discussions about tightening censorship in the city.

Film distributor VII Pillars Entertainment announced on Facebook that the premiere of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey on Thursday has been canceled with “great regret” in Hong Kong and neighboring Macau.

In an email response to the Associated Press, the distributor said theaters had notified him that they were unable to show the film as scheduled, but did not know why. The cinema chains involved did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

For many residents, the Winnie the Pooh character is a playful mockery of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Chinese censors have briefly banned bear searches on social media in the country in the past. In 2018, “Christopher Robin”, which also starred Winnie the Pooh, was reportedly denied theatrical release in China.

The screening of the film in Hong Kong sparked concern on social media about the curtailment of freedoms in the territory.

The film was originally scheduled to be shown in about 30 theaters in Hong Kong, VII Pillars Entertainment reported last week.

The Film, Newspapers and Articles Authority said it had approved the film, and arrangements by local cinemas to show approved films “are the commercial decisions of the respective cinemas.”

The screening, originally scheduled for Tuesday night at one cinema, was canceled for “technical reasons,” the organizer said on Instagram.

Kenny Ng, a professor at the Hong Kong Baptist University Film Academy, declined to speculate as to the reason for the cancellation, but suggested that the mechanism for suppressing criticism appears to be commercial solutions.

Hong Kong is a former British colony that returned to Chinese rule in 1997 with a promise to keep its Western-style freedoms. But China introduced a national security law after massive democratic protests in 2019, silencing or jailing many dissidents.

In 2021, the government tightened the rules and empowered censors to ban films deemed to violate the sweeping law.

Ng said there have been more cases of censorship in the city in the past two years, mostly targeting non-commercial films such as independent short films.

“When there is a red line, there is more taboo,” he said.