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James WigneyHit.TV Editor/Scene editor

James Wigney is the editor of the Hit.TV and Scene entertainment liftouts in the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald sun and has been writing about film, music, television and comedy for more than two decades. In that time he has interviewed some of the biggest names in the entertainment world – from Pink Floyd and Pink to Harrison Ford and Jennifer Lawrence – and been behind the scenes on Marvel and James Bond films and backstage with Coldplay and U2. He’s also a pop culture tragic, with a particular interest in sci-fi, and very broad musical tastes (and a particular soft spot for classic rock).

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Julia Morris host of the new Channel 10 reality dating show Blind Date for Hit.TV. Not to be used before October 10.

Dating show where barbs are off limits

JULIA Morris has toned down the gags for Channel 10’s Blind Date, where contestants range from 18 to 80 and include single sex couples in a modern-day Perfect Match.

ABBEY RD STUDIOS Photo of George MARTIN and Geoff EMERICK, George Martin (Beatles producer) and Geoff Emerick (Beatles studio sound engineer from 1966-1970) - posed at mixing desk in Abbey Road Studios. Picture: Getty

Guru behind legendary Beatles album dies

THE trailblazing sound engineer behind some of The Beatles’ greatest moments, Geoff Emerick, as died at the age of 72.

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A scene from the movie Venom (2018). Sony Pictures.

New comic book universe riding on Tom Hardy’s Venom

ONLY the most diehard comic book fans will know who Venom even is, but there’s a whole lot riding on Tom Hardy’s new superhero movie.

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Picture Shows: Yasmin Khan (MANDIP GILL), Graham O'Brien (BRADLEY WALSH), The Doctor (JODIE WHITTAKER), Ryan Sinclair (TOSIN COLE) Doctor Who Series 11 for Hit.TV only.

How the first female Doctor Who became a hero

WITH her first episode just days away, the new Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker, hopes her role as the first female doc of the series will break the glass ceiling for young women “I don’t have to be the sidekick, I can be the hero.”

US actor Jack Black poses on the red carpet upon arrival to attend the World premiere of the film "The House With A Clock In Its Walls' in central London on September 5, 2018. (Photo by Anthony HARVEY / AFP)

’I’m fortunate to still be alive’

FROM heading down “risky roads” in his “wild younger years” to feeding his boys cookies for breakfast: the evolution of everyone’s favourite funnyman, Jack Black.

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Rowan Atkinson in a scene from Johnny English Strikes Again. Universal Pictures.

Mr Bean’s plea for right to offend

MR BEAN actor Rowan Atkinson plays an old-school analogue agent in Johnny English, and is no fan of the damage done to free speech and comedy thanks to social media.

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Australian comedian Jim Jefferies.

How honestly offensive Jim Jefferies conquered comedy world

FILTHY and forthright, crude and controversial: Jim Jefferies is impossible to pigeonhole — and the globetrotting Aussie comedian wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Madeleine West more ambitious than ever after split

MADELEINE West says she’s “never been more ambitious” as she moves on from her split with chef Shannon Bennett. The Playing for Keeps star is going full steam ahead after years of putting her professional career on hold for family.

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Emilia Clarke in the role of Daenerys Targaryen from the seventh season of Game of Thrones.Picture: HBO

Your guide to the Emmy favourites

FROM Game Of Thrones and Killing Eve to The Handmaid’s Tale and GLOW it’s a golden age for TV, but you have to go looking for the very best

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Australian comedian Jim Jefferies.

Jim Jefferies’ dud gig for Mariah and James

AUSSIE comedian Jim Jefferies says his private party gig for Mariah Carey and James Packer was so bad that he could get a whole routine from it.

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