Wes joins the Underworld

Speaking of Australian Idol, last years winner Wes Carr has included some well-known faces from Australian TV in a video clip for his new song "Fearless".

Pia Miranda, Matthew Newton and Vince Colosimo feature in this gangsta-esque short film of sorts. Unfortunately the song is terrible, so my suggestion is to turn the volume down on the video and play something like Amy Winehouse "Back to Black" over the top. Even THEN you still have to watch Wes Carr's terrible acting ... so I'll let you sort it out, here's the vid;


And while I'm on the topic of TV royalty, short films and Pia Miranda, the wonderfully talented Paul McDermott wrote a short film "The Girl Who Swallowed Bees" that I recently caught on SBS. It stars Miranda as the girl and Hugo Weaving as the narrator. The film is produced by Justine Kerrigan and won the AFI Award for Best Short Animation. It's a gorgeous little thing full of sweet, sweet melancholy.

Here's what I could find on YouTube (which doesn't nearly show how beautiful the actual film is);