australian actor geoffrey rush dominated the film as real-life david helfgott, a talented pianist with schizophrenia (noah taylor played adolescent helfgott). it was one of rush’s first movies, and certainly the first seen around the world. he subsequently has earned three additional oscar ...
australian actress cate blanchett had already won a supporting academy award as katharine hepburn in “the aviator” — an oscar winner for playing an oscar winner. in the woody allen’s “blue jasmine,” she plays a variation of blanche dubois from “streetcar named desire,” a high-strung ...
Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first person to win it twice. However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner. Born in September, 1897, Irene Curies was the first of the
John Farrow was an Australian-born director and writer whose diverse film credits included film noirs, westerns, and historical adventures. Farrow traveled the world as a sailor before becoming a Hollywood screenwriter in the late 1920s. He helped pen th
Australian-born director and writer Also known as: John Villiers Farrow Written by Michael Barson Michael Barson is the author of more than a dozen books that examine various facets of American popular culture in the 20th century, about which he has been interviewed by National Public Radio on...