Indholdsfortegnelse for December 2021 i Foxtel Magazine

Carrie Bradshaw – she’s the character who catapulted Sarah Jessica Parker to fame, boldly saying the things we were all thinking. When Sex and the City launched in 1998, it immediately resonated with viewers. Fashion-loving New York friends Carrie, Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) introduced the world to many firsts – cupcakes, cosmopolitans and explosive sex vocabulary – that are now ingrained in pop culture. While Cattrall has bowed out, the others return this month in And Just Like That… Turn to page 14 for all the goss. In sport, Supercars roars into Bathurst, with racing’s top event set to hit overdrive. Meanwhile, the festive season is upon us and, boy, do we have some cheer for you! This issue is packed with the very…

It’s no surprise the eldest son of global star Stellan Skarsgård (Chernobyl, watch On Demand) found early success as a teen idol in his native Sweden. But Alexander Skarsgård wasn’t comfortable with fame, so he took a break to figure life out. Luckily for us, he eventually rediscovered his passion, as we couldn’t imagine anyone else playing Eric Northman, the vampire leader in True Blood. That role launched Skarsgård, now 45, into the stratosphere and led to many more must-see performances, such as these, all available On Demand. GODZILLA VS KONG (2021) Saturday December 25 at 8.30pm on Foxtel Movies Premiere [401] When it comes to Nathan Lind, the geologist and cartographer tasked with luring King Kong to Hollow Earth in order to save the planet from Godzilla’s wrath, Skarsgård was more…

STAR PICK! WITH SHANNEN DOHERTY “[Succession is the] best show on TV, hands down. My obsession with it runs deep and [Sarah Snook] you are beyond words in it.” Natasha Rothwell!! Such a gifted actor with true range. From soothing and sincere in [The] White Lotus to sassy and searing on Insecure. @craigertacoma, via Instagram Loving the new season [of The Real Housewives of Melbourne]! Janet, Jackie and Gamble are doing a grand job of keeping me entertained with all their catty banter. Keep up the great work! My favourite franchise along with Potomac, [it] never disappoints. @mylesfra, via Instagram Tell us what you think… Send an email to foxtel@mediumrarecontent.com or write to FOXTEL magazine, Level 1, 83 Bowman St, Pyrmont, NSW, 2009, and see below to have your say…

MARGARET’S TOP PICK PAW PATROL: THE MOVIE (G) Available from December 8 Parents of preschoolers will sigh in relief at this anticipated big-screen adaptation of the incredibly popular Canadian animated TV series, now in its ninth year. Not only will it entertain the young ones, it’s actually not a yawn-inducing outing for their adult minders. For the uninitiated, the series is about a group of pups: Chase the police dog, Marshall the firefighter and paramedic, Skye the rescue pilot, Rocky the handyman, Rubble the construction pup and Zuma, who specialises in aquatic rescue. The leader of the PAW Patrol is a 10-year-old boy named Ryder. The team’s nemesis in this narrative is arch-rival Humdinger who, in a rigged election, has become Mayor of the nearby Adventure City and whose revolutionary…

NBL LIVE from Friday December 3 at 7.30pm ESPN [509] There are a great many intriguing storylines in the 2021-22 NBL season, with the rise of Melbourne United’s William Hickey one to keep an eye on. ‘Davo’, as he is known to mates, has joined the defending champions as a development player on a two-year contract. A proud Wiradjuri and Gamilaroi/Gomeroi man, he grew up in Redfern, Sydney and comes to United in line with the NBL’s reconciliation action plan. “[My heritage] is something that I have always held very close to my heart. Both of my grandmothers really instilled that in me at a young age, just to make sure that I know I am an Aboriginal man, a Black man, and that comes before anything else,” Hickey tells FOXTEL magazine.…

TASKMASTER’S NEW YEAR’S TREAT Friday December 31 at 8.30pm on UKTV [105] and watch On Demand Who will win Greg Davies’ golden eyebrows when actors John Hannah and Nicola Coughlan (pictured), news anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy, TV and radio star Rylan Clark-Neal and dancer Shirley Ballas compete in this riotous New Year’s Eve special? BEST OF BOXSETS From Wednesday December 1 from 10am on BoxSets [150] ’Tis the season to catch up on the series everyone’s talked about over the years or relive every must-see moment. Wentworth (starring Pamela Rabe and Kate Atkinson, from left), Veep, The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Band of Brothers, Game of Thrones and The Pacific all feature.…

It’s been a huge – if challenging! – year for Australian TV and, this month, it will be celebrated at the 2021 AACTA Awards. Recently wrapped FOXTEL Original Dramas Wentworth and Mr Inbetween will duke it out for Best Drama Series, while Wentworth star Pamela Rabe (pictured) and Mr Inbetween’s Scott Ryan will be hoping to land their second Best Lead Actress and Actor in a Drama gongs, respectively. Noni Hazlehurst is up for her supporting role in The End (also nominated for Best Miniseries or Telefeature), while The Real Housewives of Melbourne, Love It Or List It Australia, Gogglebox Australia and Grand Designs Australia are all hot contenders. 2021 AACTA AWARDS Saturday December 11 at 8.30pm on FOX ARENA [111] and watch On Demand…

If you’ve ever wondered what lovable Patrick Star was like when he was younger, The Patrick Star Show takes viewers back to when he was hosting his own variety show from his television-turned-bedroom. Bill Fagerbakke, who voices him, reveals why you should tune in to this must-see SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off. 1 SPONGEBOB IS A HIT AND THIS WILL BE, TOO Having voiced Patrick for 22 years, finding out his beloved character was going to be front and centre in a new show was a thrill for Fagerbakke. “I was pretty anxious because, in my mind, Patrick exists in relation to SpongeBob,” Fagerbakke tells FOXTEL magazine. “But they [have] brought such a great… writing energy to the show.” 2 THERE WILL BE LAUGHS GALORE “It is constantly surprising me and amusing…

E! LIVE FROM THE RED CARPET: THE 2021 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS Wednesday December 8 EXPRESS at 11am, ENCORE at 6.30pm THE 2021 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS Wednesday December 8 EXPRESS at 1pm, ENCORE at 8.30pm and watch both On Demand E! [121] One thing the pandemic has taught us is that there are hours of quality TV to watch without feeling the slightest bit guilty! This month, the People’s Choice Awards celebrates our favourite shows, while also bringing plenty of glamour, fun and frivolity. In 2020, Jennifer Lopez proved she just gets better with age, winning the People’s Icon award, while Tracee Ellis Ross (The Premise, watch On Demand) took out the Fashion Icon award. So who will reign in 2021? From perennial favourites The Walking Dead and Below Deck, the totally binge-worthy limited series Mare of…

AND JUST LIKE THAT… Coming EXPRESS this month. For screening times, check the EPG or visit foxtel.com.au/tvguide FOX SHOWCASE [112] Sarah Jessica Parker is one of those people who always wants to create “new ones”. New memories, new challenges, new creative ventures to pour her energy into. After the birth of her son, James Wilkie, 19 years ago, the first-time mother, who became a worldwide style icon and star thanks to her hit series Sex and the City, realised “firsts” become more fleeting with age. She went on to have two more kids – twins Marion Loretta Elwell and Tabitha Hodge, now 12 – with husband Matthew Broderick but, in that moment with little James and approaching 40, there was a weight on her. “You always want more [children],” she told Oprah Winfrey of…

This year marks the first time there’s been a festive edition of Death in Paradise and what better way to get into the spirit than some fun in the sun – and a little murder – on the idyllic Caribbean island of Saint Marie? The feature-length episode to conclude the show’s 10th-anniversary celebrations sees a much-loved face from the past return: charismatic police officer Dwayne Myers (Danny John-Jules). As DS Florence Casell (Joséphine Jobert) leaves the island to spend Christmas with her family, the team welcomes their old friend back with open arms to help solve a case. However, Dwayne is startled to recognise trainee officer Marlon Pryce (Tahj Miles), having once arrested him! Can they now work together on police matters? Meanwhile, fans who have watched DI Neville Parker’s…

Did you know that access to Store* is available to all internet-connected iQ3/iQ4/iQ5 boxes, regardless of the pack you’re subscribed to? That’s right, you don’t need to be a Movies pack subscriber to rent the new-release box-office blockbusters that drop each and every month – as well as an ever-growing library of all-time film favourites and TV episodes. Connect your box to the internet via wi-fi or with an ethernet cable to get started. If your modem is out of reach, you can order a powerline adapter through My Account. To find out more about what’s on Store this month and for more information, simply head to foxtel.com.au/store *Requires internet-connected iQ3, iQ4 or iQ5. Rental charges apply. Dates are subject to change.…

With the world only open to us via our TV screens the past 18 months, we’ve all watched more foreign TV shows and movies than ever, right? So it’s good news that FOXTEL has acquired a host of new HBO Europe foreign-language series to keep us entertained. According to Dan Wallman (pictured inset), FOXTEL’s General Manager of Premium Entertainment, the huge selection is worth fastening your seatbelts for. “We definitely didn’t want to concentrate on just ‘Nordic noir’ series as we now see that genre often. We were looking for a selection and a sprinkling of subgenres,” he shares. “As a viewer who has been locked in their own country for a couple of years now, being able to peer through and look into lives in another country is really…

There’s no shortage of grand ideas across the LifeStyle channels to ensure it’s a holiday season everyone remembers for all the right reasons. Think culinary masterpieces inspired by some of the world’s best chefs and fun decorations to brighten your living areas. This array of Christmas viewing is about sharing in the season that brings the whole family together. GREAT BRITISH CHRISTMAS MENU (s2) There’s a shake-up in this season. Former judge Andi Oliver takes charge as host and there’s one main mission: to create a festive feast for frontline heroes of the pandemic. Unlike in previous outings, the eight cooks competing – all former winners – are split into two teams and each will judge the other’s masterpieces in a blind taste test! But as the pandemic banquet looms,…

MILLION DOLLAR LISTING LOSANGELES Watch seasons 11-13 On Demand An elite circle of skilled but quirky agents and buyers manoeuvre and collaborate to sell historic Hollywood mansions, celebrity beachfront homes and sprawling Beverly Hills estates. Whether quizzing fellow agent Tracy Tutor on her love life or delivering a droll quip during a property tour, Josh Flagg is always the life of the party. Flagg isn’t above kidnapping Tutor’s pooch and doting over it like it’s his own, but it’s the clients’ kids who shine. Out of the mouths of babes! “I’m happy. If you don’t like it, then beat it”– Tutor on dating her hot, younger boyfriend, Erik Anderson. Expanding his enterprise to LA, New York star Fredrik Eklund is starstruck when tasked with selling the house of his childhood idol,…

KFC BIG BASH LEAGUE LIVE from Sunday December 5 at 6.30pm MEN’S VODAFONE ASHES SERIES LIVE from Wednesday December 8 at 10am FOX CRICKET [501] Like most kids growing up in Oz, we played backyard cricket at my grandparents’ house in Rutherglen, which is a small [Victorian] country town on the Murray River, every summer. I had six male cousins, which meant I bowled a lot. And I just loved it. Cricket was always on the TV and we were playing it in the backyard or at school all the time with mates. It was when I got to primary school and then high school that I was just very fortunate to have teachers who were supportive of me playing, because no other girls really wanted to play too much. They got me involved…

UPRIGHT (s1) With Tim Minchin’s road-trip saga returning in 2022, now is the perfect time to experience this heartwarming comedy about misfits Lucky (Minchin) and Meg (Milly Alcock), who forge an unlikely friendship while transporting an upright piano across the Nullarbor. “There’s a lot you can still do with Meg and what she needs,” Minchin says of the second outing. “We have a really great plot plotted out for season two.” LAMBS OF GOD Three nuns (Essie Davis, Ann Dowd and Jessica Barden) living a cloistered life on a remote island are disturbed by a priest (Sam Reid), who arrives with plans to turn their slice of heaven into a profitable resort. When they take him hostage, things take a turn for the disturbing in this dark drama. THE END…

THE COURIER Saturday December 18 at 8.30pm and watch On Demand Foxtel Movies Premiere [401] Benedict Cumberbatch is no stranger to the espionage genre, with his roles in the 2003 BBC limited series Cambridge Spies and the Oscar-nominated 2011 drama Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Now, in Cold War thriller The Courier, the actor plays real-life Welsh businessman Greville Wynne, who is persuaded by British and US intelligence to smuggle documents out of the Soviet Union in the early 1960s. A frequent traveller to Eastern Europe on business, the unsuspecting salesman is tasked with going to Russia and posing as a business partner of Soviet officer Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Ninidze) in order to courier intelligence that would play an important role in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Here, the star of Sherlock and The…

FORMULA 1 The past 18 or so months have been a difficult time for all of us, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but spare a thought for Formula 1 driver Sergio Pérez. He scored a new gig this year with top squad Red Bull Racing, but it’s been no walk in the park alongside teammate Max Verstappen. We’re not overstating the punishing heat working in that proverbial blast furnace either. Verstappen is a career killer and one of the fastest drivers ever to hit the grid, with Pérez his third teammate in three years, following Pierre Gasly and Alex Albon. There’s no second chance at Red Bull. “Yeah, obviously, it’s tough,” the Mexican, who is in his 11th season racing at the pinnacle of motorsport, tells FOXTEL magazine exclusively. “Mentally,…

1 Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne Australia’s two best batsmen are primed for a huge Ashes. Both players (Smith pictured) will be looking to go big in every innings and hold the keys to our success. 2 Australia’s fast bowlers “The Aussie fast bowlers are absolutely world-class,” says FOX CRICKET’s Brett Lee, who knows the importance of pace trio Pat Cummins (pictured), Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc. 3 Joe Root The England captain has had a phenomenal 2021, amassing 1455 Test runs for the calendar year. An Ashes series Down Under can be punishing, so Root will need to stand tall for his country. 4 James Anderson In his final Ashes series, Anderson is looking to add to his 632 Test wickets. He’s unlikely to play every Test, but he’ll figure…

DOCUSERIES AT HER MAJESTY’S SERVICE Take a peek behind the closed doors of Queen Elizabeth II’s official royal residences across the UK in this delightful four-part series hosted by actress Dame Penelope Keith (pictured). From Windsor Castle, featuring St George’s Chapel – where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex wed in 2018 – to Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland and Edinburgh’s Holyroodhouse, meet the people at the heart of palace life and always at Her Majesty’s service. Starts December 13, Mondays at 8.30pm on HISTORY [130] and watch On Demand FACTUAL MOUNTAIN MEN (s10) Isolated in the mountains of North America for seven-month winters with temperatures dropping to 50 below, stalwart survivalists Eustace Conway (pictured) and Tom Oar are masters of living the old-fashioned way. Watching this series gives rise to the question:…

MORE DRAMA Try movies like In the Name of the Land, a beautifully filmed tale of a French farmer’s struggles, Little Wing, a gentle coming-of-age movie from Finland, or In Bloom, from Georgia, about what happens when a gun lands in the hands of a 14-year-old girl. FASCINATING DOCOS If you’re after soul food, Passione is John Turturro’s celebration of the music of Naples, looking at how the Italian city has been influenced by foreign invaders, from ancient Greeks to the US occupation of WWII. FEEL-GOOD COMEDIES Laugh out loud at Let Yourself Go!, the story of an Italian psychoanalyst and his personal trainer, or Nonnas on the Run, where two 70-year-olds find themselves on the biggest adventure of their lives. WORLD MOVIES MONDAY Mondays from December 6, you’ll be…