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JMO IN MAJOR NEW DRAMA!

Hi funsters

I’m beyond excited to announce that I’ve been cast as one of the female leads in Nine’s “House Husbands”, a new drama from Playmaker media.

Here’s the skinny from the press release lv jxx

NINE NETWORK ANNOUNCES CAST FOR HOUSE HUSBANDS

The Nine Network and Playmaker Media today announced the cast for the upcoming television drama, House Husbands.

Leading the cast on the new 10-part series are Gary Sweet (Rescue Special Ops) as Lewis, Rhys Muldoon (Lockie Leonard) as Mark, Gyton Grantley (Underbelly) as Kane, Firass Dirani (Underbelly: Golden Mile) as Justin, Julia Morris (Celebrity Apprentice) as Gemma, Anna McGahan (Underbelly: Razor) as Lucy and Natalie Saleeba (Winners and Losers) as Abi. Other cast members are still to be announced.

Warm, funny and entertaining, House Husbands gives a real perspective on the way we live today from four modern families with one thing in common: the men are in charge of raising the kids.

“House Husbands is a fresh and dynamic look at Australian family life with a very modern twist,” says Michael Healy, Nine’s Director of Television.

“Audiences will fall in love with our characters as they deal with the challenges of raising families in today’s hectic world.”

House Husbands was created by Ellie Beaumont and Drew Proffitt and will be produced by Sue Seeary (Slide) and Drew Proffitt (Lockie Leonard).

The series will be directed by Geoff Bennett (The Great Mint Swindle) and Shirley Barrett (Wild Boys, Offspring), with Nine’s Jo Rooney and Andy Ryan plus Playmaker’s David Maher and David Taylor as executive producers.

“The timing feels right for a funny and honest Aussie drama that lifts the lid on what stay-at-home dads actually get up to. We are thrilled to be producing this series for Nine,” says Playmaker’s David Maher.

Production commences in Melbourne at the end of the month.

Help me raise $$$$$ for Ben!

A couple of months ago a lovely woman got in contact with me to help with a fundraiser for her autistic son Ben. The family’s story really touched me. So often I work for big charities but this is just one family struggling.

Ben was diagnosed in March 2010, he was aged 28 months. 8 weeks later he started Intensive Early Intervention ABA Therapy. The family very quickly used the limit of their savings, federal funding, Superannuation and borrowed money from the Bank. Ben is deemed ineligible for any NSW Government services and was rejected by Government funded ABI programs. The next step was to sell their home, or stop therapy.

It broke my heart. So I begged some comedy mates to come and help me put on a fantastic comedy spectacular.

On Wednesday May 2nd, in a room kindly donated by the Cronulla Sharks Leagues Club, we will bring laughs to aid a very special Shire boy who is in need of our help.

LOVE BEN, THE COMEDY SPECTACULAR includes stand-up stars GARY ECK, TOMMY DEAN, ANTHONY ACKROYD, MIKEY ROBBINS & ME, OLD LADY JMO… plus there will be awesome raffle prizes to be won. Tickets are $50 each and you can book them via http://www.loveben.org/ or call Kerry on 0421 63 5590.

Please come and support us on this magical comedy night. What a line up.

love jx

JMo’s Kitchen Rules!

It’s no “Bananas Foster” but I’m hoping it’s enough to get me through to the next round… jx

LadyJMoGaGa!

From one lady to another at the Starry Starry Night fundraising ball for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation in November 2011 – slightly confused on a few of the words but not bad for only one rehearsal! Same DNA… lv jxx p.s. For more information on helping to keep children safe from violence, check out http://www.amf.org.au/

JMOFEST 2011 – WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

Congratulations to Jill Peacock & Jackie Thompson, Hayden Bevis and Dan Steele, Chris Kennedy, Elise Batchelor and Judy Nadin for their JMoFest wins at “Laughs For Hooters 2″ at the Metro Theatre Sydney last night – it was AWESOME fun! The winners are all live on the JMoFest page.

Thanks to David Campbell, Kitty Flanagan, Peter Berner and Mr.Percival for their rockingly rocking and hilarious performances, Jorge Menidis and the team at Century Entertainment for making the night happen, the wonderful girls at 6dc, Canon, Camera House and Gary Pitts for donating the fabulous prizes and  and everyone who came and supported the night. Don’t know the final tally yet but we definitely raised well over $10,000 for the  National Breast Cancer Foundation!

lv jxx

HIRED!

Hey Gang,

I am really over the moon about winning the Celebrity Apprentice and hugely touched by all your messages of support and love during the past few weeks. It was one of the most fun, exhausting, rewarding, confronting, insane and profoundly positive life-changing experiences I have ever had.

I dedicate this win to my childhood friend, the glorious Sarah Kong, who lost her battle with breast cancer earlier this year. I know Sarah would have laughed non-stop at the ongoing silliness on the show and been blown away by the amount of money Mr Bouris and the rest of the cast helped me raise.

Over $160,000 has been handed over to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, who will use the money for research to help rid the planet of this disgusting disease that is stealing the lives of our friends and family.

Loads of love
jx

JMoFest movie entry: “LADYCOP”

Love this one from Jill Peacock! x

Help raise another $25,000 for the NBCF!

…by buying tickets for the “Laughs For Hooters 2″ JMoFest finals and NBCF fundraiser at the Metro Theatre in Sydney on Wednesday 30th November – the awesome special guests (all generously giving their time for nothing) include DAVID CAMPBELL, PETER BERNER, KITTY FLANAGAN and MR PERCIVAL!

Please book now  - click HERE for the bookings page or call (02) 9550 3666. Tickets are $49.50 including booking fee and also include a free raffle ticket to win a Canon video camera HF M40 ($999RRP).

What are you waiting for – get involved! jx

JMoFest movie entry: “LOST IN J-MOTION”

Thanks to Louise Lenihan for this JMoFest homage to Lost In Translation xx

JMoFest movie entry: “JLOVE”

I’m joined by my musical namesake JLo in this bit of silliness by Tone Magistrale xx

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