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The Palm Springs International Film Festival is bringing a little bit of the outback to the desert.

In this Jan. 11, 2009 file photo, Tony Shalhoub arrives at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Australian actor Toni Collette at the AFI Awards in Melbourne. The Australian Film Institute Awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry / AAP Source: AAP Toni Collette among red carpet stars AFIs celebrate best in Aussie films THE AFI Awards proved they are Australia's most elegant awards ceremony, with Toni Collette, Kate ...

Glass half-full: Anthony LaPaglia says far from being a curse, small budgets help foster independence and ingenuity in the Australian film industry.

In a recent "Saturday Night Live" parody, cast members with the help of guest star Ryan Reynolds pretended to be actors on a Norwegian drama that was modeled after an American crime procedural, a la "Law & Order." The funniest part about the sketch was the bad American accents that the actors used in an attempt to sound as authentic as possible.

The French resort of St Tropez hosts the Antipodes film fest next week, featuring about 50 movies from Australia and New Zealand, with actor Anthony LaPaglia as head of the jury.

Golden Globe and Emmy award winner Anthony Lapaglia from the CBS drama "Without a Trace" drops by "Good Day LA" to talk about the amazing work that law enforcement has done rescuing child prostitutes from the streets.

Willy Wonka could soon be kicking up his heels. Warner Bros. is developing a stage musical based on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," the children's classic that it bought to the big screen four years ago.

Someone wise - I believe it was the feminist writer Gloria Steinem - once observed pithily that the surest way to be alone is to get married.

Aussie star Anthony LaPaglia celebrated the end of each season of recently-cancelled missing persons drama Without A Trace by shaving off his hair.

This remarkable and deeply distressing film from Robert Connolly, one of Australia's most percipient and politically involved writer directors , is a near docudrama developed from the startling expose by journalist and Balibo crusader, by Jill Jolliffe, Cover-Up . It's all set up and shot in a naturalistic style in 1975, the dying months of the ...

W hat? We don't have enough American actors? I'm just saying that a lot of our brothers and sisters from Australia, New Zealand, Britain and Canada are playing us on the TV: Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste ; Simon Baker, Owain Yeoman ; Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten, Anna Paquin ; Rose Byrne ; Jason Clarke, Jason Isaacs ; ...

Committed to the role: Anthony LaPaglia in Balibo . Photo: Supplied Other related coverage Balibo August 7, 2009 Anthony LaPaglia strived for truth about the Balibo Five, writes Philippa Hawker.

Committed to the role: Anthony LaPaglia in Balibo . Photo: Supplied Other related coverage Balibo August 7, 2009 Anthony LaPaglia strived for truth about the Balibo Five, writes Philippa Hawker.

ANTHONY LaPaglia suffered an unexpected side effect from working on his new film - a political thriller, filmed on a shoestring budget and in testing conditions in East Timor.

Committed to the role: Anthony LaPaglia in Balibo . Photo: Supplied Other related coverage Balibo August 7, 2009 Anthony LaPaglia strived for truth about the Balibo Five, writes Philippa Hawker.

ACCLAIMED Aussie actor Anthony LaPaglia yesterday revealed he may have given up acting for good.

THE article on Australians who have made it big in Hollywood was very interesting.

Dear Incredible Dave: My wife and I were wondering who played the brother of Daphne on 'Frasier.' We thought it might be Anthony LaPaglia of "Without a Trace." Are we right? - Z.B., via e-mail Dear Z.B.: Yep.

Director Robert Connolly will unveil footage from his much-anticipated film Balibo about the death of five Australian journalists in East Timor at an international press freedom summit in Finland next week.