This is My Australia looks at the inspiring stories of recipient and nominees of the Australian Of The Year Awards.
Channel 10, Friday Jan 24th at 10:00PM
Ballet Director and inspiration for film Mao's Last Dancer Li Cunxin is one of eight finalists for the prestigious Australian of the Year Award 2014
Born into extreme poverty in rural China, Li became one of China's foremost ballet dancers. He became Principal Artist with the Australian Ballet in 1995, and his autobiography, Mao's Last Dancer, was translated onto the screen in 2009. Today, Li inspires many Australians with his personal story of hardship, perseverance and success.
When asked to identify three Australians that he's taken inspiration from, Li named his wife, Mary Li, scientist Professor Ian Frazer and America's Cup skipper John Bertrand.
Thousands of motorcycles are stolen in the U.S. each year, and fewer than 40 percent are ever recovered. So when a motorcycle has been missing for 46 years, well the chances of it ever showing up again are slim.
But don't tell that to Don Devault. His 1953 Triumph motorcycle was returned to him this week in Omaha, Nebraska - the same place it was stolen in 1967, when Don was 27.
To view the Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/53847-nicb-omaha-man-reunited-with-motorcycle-stolen-46-years-ago
Cast appearance:
Peddler - Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)
Gazeem the Thief - Mr. Snoops (The Rescuers)
Jafar - McLeach (The Rescuers Down Under)
Iago - Tigger (Winnie the Pooh)
Cave of Wonders - Monster House
Aladdin - Kermit the Frog (The Muppets)
Razoul and his Henchmen - The Gangreen Gang (The Powerpuff Girls)
Woman at the Window - Mulan
Ladies Laughing at Aladdin - Flowers (Alice in Wonderland (1951)) including Madeline Kahn
Abu - Conker the Squirrel (Conker\'s Bad Fur Day)
Three Balcony Harem Girls - Muses (Hercules)
Three Balcony Harem GIrls\' Mother - Pocahontas
Necklace Man and Woman - Philoctetes (Hercules) and Rapunzel (Tangled)
Fat Ugly Lady - Princess Morbucks (The Powerpuff Girls)
Two Hungry Children - Roo (Winnie the Pooh) and Lumpy (Pooh\'s Heffalump Movie)
Prince Achmed - Hercules
Two men watching Prince Achmed - Pain and Panic (Hercules)
Sultan - Pumbaa (The Lion King)
Rajah - Tod (The Fox and the Hound)
Jasmine - Miss Piggy (The Muppets)
Omar; Melon Seller - Tantor (Tarzan)
Pot Seller - Woody (Toy Story)
Nut Seller - Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story)
Necklace Seller - Hamm (Toy Story)
Fish Seller - Rex (Toy Story)
Fire Eater - Mr. Potato Head (Toy Story)
Boy wanting an apple - Andy (Toy Story)
Farouk; Apple Seller - Edgar (The Aristocats)
Old Jafar - Mr. Nebbercracker (Monster House)
Carpet - The Powerpuff Girls
Genie - Fozzie Bear (The Muppets)
\'Laddie\' Dog Genie - Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
Rabbit Genie - Bean Bunny (The Muppets)
Dragon Genie - Dragon Madam Mim (The Sword in the Stone)
Genie\'s Three Dancing Girls - Frog Tiana (The Princess and the Frog), Miss Bianca (The Rescuers), Duchess (The Aristocats)
Sheep Genie - Ram (Charlotte\'s Web)
Camel Abu - Great Prince (Bambi)
Horse Abu - Spirit (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron)
Duck Abu - Duck (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
Ostrich Abu - Coco (Foster\'s Home for Imaginary Friends)
Turtle Abu - Turtle Merlin (The Sword in the Stone)
Car Abu - K.A.R.R. (The Powerpuff Girls)
Elephant Abu - Manny (Ice Age)
Old Man Genie - Eustace (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
Little Boy Genie - Dash (The Incredibles)
Fat Man Genie - George Darling (Peter Pan)
75 Golden Camels - Camel (Dumbo)
Genie as TV Parade Host Harry - Prince Phillip (Sleeping Beauty)
53 Purple Peacocks - Crows (Dumbo)
Genie as TV Parade Host June - Aurora (Sleeping Beauty)
Exotic-Type Mammals - themselves
Leopard Genie - Bagheera (The Jungle Book)
Goat Genie - Sid (Ice Age)
Harem Genie - Nita (Brother Bear 2)
95 White Persian Monkeys - Monkeys (The Powerpuff Girls)
60 Elephants - themselves
Llamas - themselves
Bears and Lions - themselves
Brass Bands - themselves
40 Fakirs - themselves
Cooks and Bakers - themselves
Birds that \'warble on key\' - themselves
Genie as Rodney Dangerfield - Winnie the Pooh
Super-Spy Genie - Owl (Winnie the Pooh)
Teacher Genie - Rabbit (Winnie the Pooh)
Table Lamp Genie - Prince Cornelius (Thumbelina)
Bee Genie - Manny (A Bug\'s Life)
Submarine Genie - Louis (The Princess and the Frog)
One of Flamingos - Snipes (Rock-a-Doodle)
Gigantic Genie - Lotso (Toy Story 3)
Rajah as Cub - Young Tod (The Fox and the Hound)
NBA superstar Amar'e Stoudemire talks about the inspiration behind his new middle grade series, STAT: Standing Tall and Talented. Find out more at www.scholastic.com/sports Young Adult, Sports
The wait is finally over and the spotlight is shining brightly on Felicia Millikan of Colorado Springs, Colorado. After more than two months of tough competition and over 10,000 online votes by fans for their favorite rising musical stars, three-time Grammy Award-winning artist NE-YO, and his team of YouTube apprentices, artists who became famous through YouTube, hand-picked Felicia as the TGI Fridays Red Hot Summer of Music grand-prize winner. Felicia, who YouTubed her rendition of
The quaint Irish village of Ballybucklebo is full of colorful characters and eccentric patients that two country doctors must tend to, but with love in the air each doctor has their hands, and hearts, full. NY Times bestselling author Patrick Taylor transports us back to the Ireland of the 1960s with his beloved Irish Country Books series. Find out more at http://us.macmillan.com/anirishcountrywedding/PatrickTaylor. Fiction, historical fiction
TGI Fridays has crowned Hiroyuki “Mark” Yamada of Tokyo the World’s Greatest Bartender at the 22nd annual World Bartender Championship (WBC) in Dallas. Yamada’s flawless mixology, precision and speed, coupled with his winning personality behind the bar, wowed a panel of industry expert judges and helped him secure the title of World’s Greatest Bartender.
To view Multimedia News Release, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/60574-tgi-fridays-22nd-annual-world-bartender-championship-winner
For his Spring 2013 collection, Zac Posen envisioned rich, vibrant hair color to make the runway looks truly pop. John Frieda® International Creative Consultant Harry Josh brought this vision to life, using John Frieda® Precision Foam Colour to enhance models’ shades with saturated colour and shine that complemented Zac Posen’s spring pieces. An essential part of the runway look, the hair colour brought vibrancy and brightness to Posen’s singular designs. Harry Josh chose Precision Foam Colour for its salon-quality coverage and expert colourist-selected shades, using tones that closely matched the models’ own hair colours, serving to enrich their shades rather than completely change them.
To create the style seen on the runway, go to http://www.multivu.com/mnr/57932-john-frieda-with-zac-posen-harry-josh-luigi-murenu-precision-foam-colour
The Dalai Lama travels the world and
spreads his message of peace, compassion and interdependence. Don't
miss this great once in a lifetime chance to see and hear him in
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I was very close. His last World Mug punishment kick came within the Rose Bowl, and while he missed, Italy lost the title game to Brazil.
Chile tied it as Fabian Estay\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s left-wing nook kick was headed incredibly by Ivan Zamorano and the ball touched the foot of teammate Pedro Reyes. Roberto Baggio stood at the punishment spot and, for an occasion, flashed back to Pasadena.
``We took hazards to win within the final minute afterwards being in danger to lose,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Baggio mentioned.
``I am very unhappy, as a result of the endeavour my teammates made. Vieri and Baggio had merely two defenders amidst them and the world wide web as Baggio took a lengthy pass from Paolo Maldini.
``I did not make an effort to prevent the ball with my hand,\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Fuentes mentioned.
Cameroon had taken a 1-0 direct within the 77th minutes when Pierre Njanka, forming merely his 3rd multinational appearance, prevented two defenders on a spectacular 40-yard rush. But still, Paraguayan referee Epifanio Gonzalez issued merely two yellowish cards, one to Pfeffer and the other to Cameroon\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Samuel Ipoua.. ``It was all no points before and it is all one point at present.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
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Chile was leading 2-1 thank you to 2 astonishing strikes by Marcelo Salas, afterwards Religious person Vieri had given Italy a tenth direct off Baggio\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s laterally pass.
Italy took the direct on a counterattack. Starting merely far after the midfield row, Njanka sidestepped Wolfgang Feiersinger and after that Peter Schoettel before blasting his shot beyond diving Austrian goalkeeper Michael Konsel.
The game was marred by arduous play, and the Austrians sounded particularly disillusioned beyond quite a few tackles by the Indomitable Lions. It fell to Salas, who turned to flare it home with his left foot. It also livened up a game which had featured slips, glides, rushes and great helps to protect on the rainy playing surface of the fresh Municipal Battleground, that was drenched by heavy rains some time before kickoff.
Baggio saved the Italians in many instances in 1994, so he transfers minor blame or disgrace beyond the missed punishment kick within kinh mat the finals shootout. And he rescued his group from inside the enormous troubled against the Chileans. ``We envisioned the initial World Mug match to be hard.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'
The veteran striker, remembered about the Italian lineup at age 31 afterwards playing just one game for the countrywide group in 36 months, smoothly sent the ball past goalkeeper Nelson Tapia afterwards Ronald Fuentes\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' right arm couldn\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t get out from the technique for Baggio\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s pass.
The end result left all four groups tied in Team B. http://lucyyou.com
Dante Hillmedo just released his new dubstep hip hop hit "Till I Die" which features clips from popular anime and cameos from members of Trabass TV! This hard hitting, energetic track is sure to get you amped up especially if you're in the gym. "Till I Die" is a song based upon never giving up on doing what you love!
