F.D.I. Music In Film...
TWO FISTS ONE HEART, a film by Palm Beach Pictures released in March 2009, is the latest offering from renowned Australian producer David Elfick, whose credits include ‘Newsfront’, ‘Blackrock’ and ‘Rabbit Proof Fence’. The film is a contemporary drama set in Perth, Western Australia and is a hard-hitting movie about the fight for the love of a critical father and winning the heart of a girl from the right side of the track. In brief, Anthony Argo is a champion boxer and nightclub doorman. He is trained by his father Joe who has brought his Sicilian values with him to Australia. Joe’s proud traditional view of the world increasingly comes into conflict with his son’s pursuit of “la dolce vita”. All of the movie was filmed in Perth and features plenty of recognizable locations and famous faces. Three particular places in the story are quintessentially Italian and in these scenes the producers needed music that reinforced the strong Italian texture of the film. Apart from Marina Rei’s ‘Primavera’ as the dance track for a birthday party scene also providing popular music for the same party and other scenes are three tracks by Sydney group F.D.I. (Fratelli D’Italia) ‘E Cosi’, ‘La Mia Citta’ and ‘Anche Per Me’, all composed by the F.D.I. team led by talented duo Peter Paul Buhne (pictured) and Tony Buono. The F.D.I. outfit has previously contributed seven works performed by various artists on the compilation audio CD ‘Italian Love Mix Vol.1’ published by Groovy Music.


34th Mo Awards...
The evening of Tuesday 11th May 2010 saw the large cabaret room of Sydney's Bankstown Sports Club packed to capacity with a glittering array of Australian showbiz stars gathered to mark the 34th Annual 'MO' Awards, the longest running annual entertainment industry awards which recognize the achievements in live entertainment in Australia. The Mo Awards began in 1975 as the New South Wales Star Awards, when local entertainers started the awards to promote live entertainment in New South Wales. When Johnny O'Keefe became chairman in 1976, he decided the awards should become a national awards program . Don Lane then proposed the awards be renamed the Mo Awards in honor of Australian entertainer Roy Rene, who used the stage name "Mo McCackie". The evening was presented by Barry Crocker and proved to be special for many including entertainer extroaordinaire and GMP writer Tony Pantano who, for a record thirteenth time, received the Mo Award for "Best Male Vocalist".