WANTED: Have you seen Elias Herodotou?

Homicide Squad investigators are appealing for 28-year-old Elias Herodotou to make contact with police after the dead body of a man was located on Level 8 of the Crown Metropol Hotel, Southbank on Sunday morning.

Officers attended a hotel on Whiteman Street about 2.35am where they found a man with a laceration to his neck.
The 40-year-old Thornbury man died at the scene and the circumstances surrounding his death are being investigated.
Detectives believe Elias may be able to assist with the police investigation and are urging him to hand himself in.

Police have released the below photo of Elias.



Police urge anyone who sees Elias to call triple zero (000) immediately....

Singer/songwriter Sean Marchetti describes music as his “salvation” during some significantly hard times. It was through necessity he developed the characteristic soul/blues/pop hybrid style that now defines his sound. Currently one of Melbourne’s most popular live music acts, Marchetti’s enviable career thus far has seen the 29 year-old play shows right across his home state; including numerous AFL functions, and supporting industry stalwarts: Jimmy Barnes, Thirsty Merc, John Stevens, James Reyne, and Missy Higgins on their respective tours. In early 2014, Marchetti bought a ticket to the USA, and travelled solo in an RV along the Californian coast. His intention was to play as many gigs as possible, without having locked a single date down in advance. Marchetti ended up securing himself an impressive 25+ shows in 9 weeks, playing in many fantastic Californian cocktail bars and venues. Before his US trip, Marchetti had been paving his way as a performer singing othe...

HoMie – a social enterprise that sells high quality clothing to help Melbourne’s homeless community - will open a pop-up store in Melbourne Central Shopping Centre on 29 June.

HoMie is a proud initiative of charity group ‘Homeless of Melbourne’ and the concept is simple – for every transaction made in store, HoMie will donate an item of clothing to a person experiencing homelessness.

HoMie founders Marcus Crook and Nick Pearce began fundraising for the project after earlier success with ‘Homeless of Melbourne’, a Facebook page they created that shares the stories of Melbourne’s homeless community.

HoMie will be selling its own branded merchandise and clothing as well as donated clothing from brands such as Snow Gum, Cotton On, Trend Clothing and Boomerang Exchange. Target is also fitting out the store free of charge.

In addition to providing homeless people with much needed clothes, HoMie will also provide a welcoming space...

Music Victoria today revealed details of The Age Music Victoria 10th Anniversary Hall of Fame inductees and a special concert event to be held at The Palais Theatre on Friday, 20 November 2015.

First introduced in 2006, The Age Music Victoria Awards (formerly The Age EG Awards) are the
largest publicly voted music awards in Australia and at a media launch held this morning at The
Palais Theatre, Music Victoria’s CEO Patrick Donovan, and The Age’s Shortlist Editor Martin Boulton announced the ten legendary Victorian musicians and industry icons who will be celebrated at the event’s 10th Anniversary concert.

Unlike the annual Awards, the selection of the The Age Music Victoria Awards 10th Anniversary Hall of Fame inductees was made by a voting panel including former inductees, musicians and music professionals, all of whom had their work cut out for them in selecting just ten inductees from Victoria’s long and illustrious musical heritage....

Hot on the heels of the completely sold-out season of its 2nd year student production Pescado, Last Orders! is a delicious circus degustation featuring the 2015 graduating students from the National Institute of Circus Arts. This rollicking show will run from June 11 to 20, 2015 at NICA’s state-of-the-art National Circus Centre in Prahran. Circus fans who weren't able to get a ticket to Pescado are urged to book early.











Directed by James Brown and Helene Embling, Last Orders! plays on the behavioural code associated with being a high-class waiter, while drawing inspiration from the classic, time- honoured Parisian waiters’ race of the 1930’s. Set in an alluring and intimate venue equipped with a full bar and cabaret seating, NICA's third year students will showcase their immen...

A new circus work featuring NICA’s second year artists directed by Hayden Spencer and Carita Farrer Spencer

NICA’s talented second-year students will have no trouble fishing for compliments when they feature in this quirky aquarium of circus, cabaret and comedy. PESCADO - A Circus Cabaret Fusion will be performed in the National Institute of Circus Arts’ intimate studio space from 13 to 16
May 2015.

Co-directed by Australian cabaret and circus mainstays, Hayden Spencer and Carita Farrer Spencer, PESCADO will submerge the audience in a wonderful world of piscean characters, outstanding circus skills and tongue- in-gill silliness, all wrapped up in a ‘Venice Beach’ atmosphere.

The directors have plunged their creativity into the underwater theme. “We have created human characters that are based on elements from the ocean. Think aerial trapeze backing vocalists...

The first live telecast of the Logies didn't make much of difference to the ratings with TV's night of nights still failing to attract a million viewers.

The 57th Annual TV Week Logies awards, with Carrie Bickmore winning the Gold, was fifth with only 971,000 viewers, 9,000 more than last year's.

The Red Carpet Arrivals was sixth (958,000).

Both shows came a long way behind the second last episode of My Kitchen Rules which attracted 1.674 million for the Seven Network on OzTAM's overnight ratings.

Most watched shows on Sunday 03/05/2015

1. My Kitchen Rules (Seven) - 1.674 million
2. Seven News (Seven) - 1.607 million
3. Nine News (Nine) - 1.348 million
4. Sunday Night (Seven) - 1.023 million
5. 57th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (Nine) - 971,000
6. TV Week Logie Awards Arrivals (Nine) - 958,000
7. Anzac Test NRL (Nine) - 860,000
8. ABC (ABC1) - 843,000
9. Modern...

All eyes will be on the skies this New Year’s Eve, with the City of Melbourne set to light up the night with a spectacular midnight fireworks display that can be seen from anywhere with a view of the city skyline. Lord Mayor Robert Doyle said the fireworks will be launched from 16 buildings and five other firing sites. “In recent years we have used the rooftops of our city buildings to launch the fireworks so that people can enjoy a magnificent display from all corners of Melbourne,” the Lord Mayor said. Melburnians near and far will be able to sit back and enjoy the show whether they are watching the fireworks from a vantage point in their own suburb, at home on TV or at a live site in the city. “The live sites we introduced on the outskirts of the city two years ago have been increasingly popular and will again be located this year at Docklands, Flagstaff Gardens, Treasury Gardens and Kings Domain,” the Lord Mayor said. “Our biggest challenge on the night remains safely mana...

Caulfield Racecourse has been transformed into a winter wonderland that is, Santa's Magical Kingdom.
Now in it's second year, things have been ramped up with a clear focus on festive design.


Opening to a select few VIP's and celebrities on Friday 14 November 2014, lots of children were on hand to be the first to experience the shows and enjoy the rides.




Guests enjoyed a brand new 30 minute show of spectacular Christmas themed circus production. From breathtaking stunts to amazing skills, take a trip through magic and illusions, comedy and the unexpected, and most importantly - family fun! The Christmas themed circus show will leave you amazed. Prepare to be on the edge of your seat or rolling off it with laughter.



http://santasmagicalkingdom.com.au/...

The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has confirmed interim changes to ensure the safety and wellbeing of horses, racing participants, employees and event patrons for the remaining two days of the Melbourne Cup Carnival.

VRC Acting Chief Executive Julian Sullivan said that the changes had been instituted in response to Araldo sustaining a broken pastern when returning to the Mounting Yard on Tuesday.

In consultation with Racing Victoria Chairman of Stewards Terry Bailey it has been agreed for the remaining Group 1 races of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, horses will come back into the Mounting Yard through the clock tower gate.

“Traditionally horses wait for the winner to lead them down the race, but will now enter the Mounting Yard in the order they return,” Mr Sullivan said.

“The larger crowds that gather for the Group 1 races will still have the opportunity to see the horses return to scale along the track.”

The VRC also...