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Blog Hating Jim Schembri Gets Abused At The AFI Awards, Responds Like An Angry Blogger.
3:55PM Jess McGuire | Ah, public spats – you gotta love ‘em. The one I’m currently viewing from afar involves an AFI award winner, a well-timed profanity, and one hurt pissed off critic.
Let’s allow Jim Schembri, film reviewer for The Age and blog-hating blogger, tell his own tale of woe.
A telling thing happened at the AFI Awards on Saturday night. And it was all because of me.
While accepting an award for best original screenplay for The Black Balloon, co-writer Jimmy Jack took public exception to my long-standing criticisms of the Australian film industry, and of his film. He read some of it out, then followed it by saying “Jim Schembri. F*** you.”
This undignified descent into blogspeak – whatever remaining shreds of class the AFI awards had are now gone – reportedly drew a spontaneous round of applause from some in the crowd.
I didn’t realise the term “Jim Schembri. Fuck you!” was official blogspeak, but as a Professional Blogger TM, I plan on finishing every post with it from now on as I would hate to be seen as behind the interweb times! The other bloggers would, like, totes stop linking to me!! OMG
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You Will Never Read About Madeleine West’s Blissful Family Life In Woman’s Day
10:35AM Jess McGuire | She may be up for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s AFI Awards after a star turn as Danielle McGuire in Underbelly, but former Neighbours starlet Madeleine West doesn’t appear to be the type of television thespian chasing fame for the sake of it, or at least that’s the conclusion we can safely draw after she spoke to the Herald Sun over the weekend.
Underbelly and Satisfaction star Madeleine West has left little to the imagination in her on-screen roles this year, but she’s determined to keep her private life under wraps.
The stunning former Neighbours actor has rejected numerous offers from women’s magazines to sell the story of her life with longtime partner, celebrity chef Shannon Bennett, and their two young children.
She’s done a rather good job of keeping her home life under wraps, if you ask me. I am an idiot savant when it comes to knowledge of celebrity babies (no matter how C-list!) and I was only aware of the West-Bennett union resulting in one offspring.
Back to her craft, then! It’s unsurprising to learn that Madeleine is chuffed to be up for a major award. More » 