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Carl Williams dead — Underbelly back in the headliness
Well, this seems oddly appropriate, and well-timed if you’re Channel Nine, that’s for sure. Not so much if you’re Carl Williams… Carl Williams murdered in prison Notorious underworld identity Carl Williams is dead after an attack by two inmates, one … Continue reading
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No Moran’s Left Now… more Underbelly news
As many will have no doubt read, Des “Tuppence” Moran was murdered yesterday, in broad daylight, in the middle of the day, in a crowded cafe in Melbourne. He follows to the grave his brother Lewis, his nephews Jason and … Continue reading
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Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities… what a disappointment
After my much hit “Underbelly character guide”, I kept thinking I needed to write something about the new Underbelly series, and I kept thinking that I really needed to write something about the series. But since it finished last night, … Continue reading
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New Underbelly series casting reports
In a return to my favourite “audience drawing” topic, the Nine Network is moving ahead with a new Underbelly series, to be shot imminently and aired early next year. Despite what early reports implied, instead of a half-arsed prequel, they … Continue reading
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First week ends and more Wii time
Ha ha ha … of course we’re getting home and playing Wii again. Sallie borrowed this Monkey Island casual game set thing from Video Ezy, and it drive us kind of nuts after a while. Should think about some real … Continue reading
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Letting your reputation do the talking
Pretty good start at the new job … some money problems unrelated to new stuff causing problems … but the days are long, the weather is bad, and the commuting is almost as bad as I could imagine already. So … Continue reading
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Tonight on Underbelly
Think I’ll do this regularly now, though ideally, before the episode airs Tonight’s Underbelly is a bit of a side story, focusing on loan sharks and money in the gangsters world. It shows just how some of these characters make … Continue reading
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Underbelly feature all new and updated
For those of you popping on to my new site from the front, I’ve updated the Underbelly feature significantly, with those pics I’ve been promising for weeks now. That story can be found here.
Underbelly: Now Channel Nine could be in a bit of trouble
I’ve already blogged before about Nine’s legal troubles with screening Underbelly in Victoria, and the ridiculousness of a suppression order on one state in the Internet age. We all knew that copies would be on BitTorrent as soon as they … Continue reading
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