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Mao’s Last Dancer – Opens in USA

“Mao’s Last Dancer” is Officially Opening in the USA mid-August.  Pictured is me (who played Betty Lou) and Li Cunxin at the AFI Awards in Australia. A ‘must see’ film, broke box office records, won awards and stole hearts of this amazing man and this true story in Australia.  A short review - read more

The Award Goes to…

Oscar Statue Well, unless you’ve been under a rock or don’t care, the “winners” have been chosen for the Oscars.  Interesting Face-off between Cameron (Avatar) and ex-wife,  Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) seems a bit ‘political’ to me, but you read my preview of ‘Avatar’. So, here’s the - read more

USA Box Office Film Rankings (12/31/2009)

Here are the box office rankings for the last week of 2009. We are still waiting for ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ to come to America! Help it out by checking out its IMDb page and by writing your own blog posts about how eager you are to see it. These are the earnings for the previous weekend; - read more

AFI Awards 2009

Suzie Steen on the AFI Awards Red Carpet

I flew down to Melbourne from Sydney for this Red Carpet event. The members and Cast and Crew were treated like royalty and the evening was very enjoyable. Australian ‘stars’ who came from the USA were Anthony LaPaglia & Toni Collette. I met up with Rachel Ward & Bryan Brown again briefly - read more

Mao’s Last Dancer in cinemas TODAY!

Maos-last-dancer-poster

Hey!  ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’ OPENS today, October 1st, 2009.  I’ve seen it and it has been screening in various places (Toronto International Film Festival – TIFF) and audiences in Australia to rave reviews. If you read the reviews, you will not want to miss this film. I think this is - read more

MAO’s Last Dancer Trailer is here!

Here it is guys!  It’s up for all kinds of awards.  I’m going to the industry screening on Wednesday, 19th Aug.  Can’t wait to see the film!  It’s going to be beautiful and I’ll probably cry.  Hope I don’t get recognized though.  Although my acting was, of course, brilliant — the wardrobe - read more