The Entertainment Hotline with Anita Anabel

The Betoota Advocate, Australia’s favourite and most trusted newspaper, delves into important Australian stories in their new series The Betoota Advocate Presents, a Paramount+ Australian Original Series. In this episode, Anita Anabel chats with Clancy Overall and Errol Parker, the editors at large behind the infamous social media sensation, who discuss how they create content without being sued!...

You may know the fabulous Art Simone as one of the strongest contestants during season one of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under. You may also know her as the Queen who helped Abbie Chatfield paint THAT portrait during Matt Agnew’s season of The Bachelor. Now, Art is the star of her very own podcast, Concealed with Art Simone. Now in it’s second season, she skilfully leads every-day Aussie’s through co...

When Walkley award-winning journalist Marc Fennell was 19 years old, he “quiet quiet” Pentecostalism after being raised within the confines of the religion. Now, at the age of 37, his new film  The Kingdom , an SBS documentary about Pentecostal Christianity, sees his return to the world for the first time, investigating how Australia produced one of the world’s most successful and scandal-plagued...

No one does a feminist/noir/murder comedy series better than Prime Video’s Deadloch creators Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney. And for the two leads of the whodunnit, Madeleine Sami and Kate Box, being a part of this groundbreaking series was extraordinary. Season one follows the once sleepy seaside Tasmanian town of Deadloch, which is left reeling when a local man turns up dead on the beach. Two...

After the second radio ratings survey for the year was released in April, Will Whitelaw and Woody McMahon's KIIS Network radio show, Will and Woody, was named number one. It was the first time the network had achieved a #1 National Drive position since 2015 and a first for Will & Woody. Now, in an interview with Anita Anabel, Head of Entertainment for Mediaweek and Chattr, the guys chatted abo...

Abbie Chatfield is the host of Binge Original Series FBoy Island. Premiering on May 29, the 10-episode reality series follows three Australian women, Molly O’Halloran, Sophie Blackley and Ziara Rae as they navigate the dating pool together to uncover who are the self-proclaimed “nice guys” looking for love, and who are the self-proclaimed “FBoys” only there to play the game and take home the cash...

In today’s episode, host Anita Anabel spoke with actor Bob Morley, star of ABC’s new dramedy In Limbo. Premiering on May 24, In Limbo, follows the friendship of Nate, played by Bob and Charlie, played by Ryan Corr. When Nate dies at just 38, Charlie is forced to face his grief in a way he could never have imagined as the ghost of his dead friend begins ‘haunting’ him. There are no levitating table...

In this double episode of The Entertainment Hotline, host Anita Anabel chats with Faye Marsay from Stan Original Series Ten Pound Poms and Aussie icon Kat Stewart from Paramount+ Five Bedrooms. Faye Marsay With acting credits like Game of Thrones and Disney+’s Andor, Faye Marsay is becoming one of the world’s most in demand actors. Now, she stars in the Stan Original Series Ten Pound Poms as Annie...

SBS’ new series Safe Home delves into the harrowing stories of family violence, led by Australian actress Aisha Dee in her most dramatic role yet. The four-part series follows Phoebe (Dee), a twenty-something professional who leaves her job at a prominent law firm to work at a struggling family violence legal centre. As interconnecting stories unfold, relationships are tested and the pressure moun...

Much loved TV personality, Khanh Ong, is bringing his passion for fusion cooking to SBS Food with a brand-new series, Khanh Ong’s Wild Food. 10-episode cooking series exploring Australia’s wild side, combining regional produce, adventure and a hint of glamour, premiering on SBS Food on Sunday 30 April with new episodes airing weekly. In this chat, the MasterChef and Australian Survivor star Khanh...

**CONTENT WARNING: This interview contains references to sexual assault and may be triggering to some listeners.** Despite increased discourse on the subject of consent, everyday an average of 85 sexual assaults are reported in Australia and an estimated 90 percent of sexual assaults go unreported. Investigative journalist Jess Hill, returns to SBS with Asking For It, on a mission to spark vital d...

Alethea Jones is one of the hottest directors to come out of Australia and her newest outing is sure to get your toes tapping. Not only did she direct the pilot episode of Grease: Rise Of The Pink Ladies, but she also was at the helm for two more PLUS served as an executive producer. Chatting with host Anita Anabel, Alethea shared a behind-the-scenes look at the Paramount+ show plus shared her ser...

Mark Samual Bonanno and Zachary Ruane are 2/3rds of the comedy trio Aunty Donna, alongside Broden Kelly. In this episode, Mark and Zachary talk about their new ABC comedy Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe, a ridiculously fun, rollicking series featuring songs, characters and celebrity cameos including the very famous Richard Roxburgh who turned up to set with his very own side-burns! You can catch Aunty D...

In today’s double episode, host Anita Anabel chats to the stars of Stan Original film The Portable Door, Miranda Otto, Sophie Wilde and Patrick Gibson.  Anita met with them just after they walked the blue carpet at the world premiere of their new film, which also stars Christoph Waltz and Sam Neil. Then, following a Binge Live Event, Anita sat down with Succession star Nicholas Braun who is plays...

Grant and Chezzi Denyer are co-hosts of the successful Nova podcast  It’s All True.  Now in its seventh season, what started as a way for the couple to tell their story straight from “the horses mouth”, has now taken a turn in a new direction. Guests include an International medium, a hypnotist, a numerologist and a domestic violence survivor, who turned her story into a powerful confidence boosti...

Benjamin Law is a journalist, author, Australian Survivor star, and AWGIE Award-winning screenwriter who created and co-wrote three seasons of the award-winning TV series The Family Law. Now, the talented “slashy” now co-created and wrote Netflix's newest series, Wellmania, starring Celeste Barber. The series follows food writer and human tornado Liv (Barber), who has a major health crisis and is...

With over 1.6 million TikTok followers and an audience of over 990k on Instagram, Shabaz Ali a.k.a Shabaz Says, is one of the most popular content creators on the internet. From his "I'm Rich, You're Poor" series to "Whose sister, Cherie?" video, whatever Shabaz touches turns into comedic gold. In this episode, host Anita Anabel chatted with the UK star about how he went from being a Science teach...

Imagine going to a High School reunion and then being stranded during the end of the world with a bunch of women you haven’t seen in a decade — that’s the premise of Prime Video’s  Class of ’07. In this week's episode, host Anita Anabel is joined by Megan Smart (Amelia) and Steph Tisdell (Phoebe), two stars of the series, which was released on March 17. The girls chatted about their relationship w...

Content Warning: This episode contains references to sex trafficking and may be confronting to some listeners. Nick McKenzie is an acclaimed Australian investigative journalist, working primarily for Melbourne newspaper The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He’s also presented major investigations for the ABC's Four Corners program, 60 Minutes and the Australian Financial Review. After his 2022 6...

At just 23 years old, Markella Kavenagh’s list of acting credits is impressive. From Stan’s The Gloaming and The True History of the Kelly Gang to multi-million dollar production, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, she’s fast becoming one of the most prolific talents of her generation. Now, the Melbourne-born star is playing Portia in the Stan original Bad Behaviour. Markella talks about h...

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains graphic references to Paedophilia and sexual assault and may be triggering to some audiences. Madeleine West is the star of the live musical theatre production of Megan Albany’s acclaimed  The Very Last List of Vivian Walker . She is also host of Predatory  — a podcast where she joined forces with former police detective Gary Jubelin on a mission to expose th...

Lincoln Younes and Claude Jabbour drop into the Entertainment Hotline to talk about their new Paramount+ series, Last King of the Cross. Chatting to host Anita, they discuss the nostalgic element of Sydney's Kings Cross, why physical exercise is important for mental health, how they dealt with the heavy themes of John Ibrahim's story and Lincoln reveals who his biggest fan is! See omnystudio.com/l...