Welcome to Toni Collette Online, an unofficial information resource on the Australian act-ress and singer, best known from "Muriel's Wedding", "The Sixth Sense" and "Little Miss Sunshine". This site offers all essential info on her life and career with a comprehensive archive of press articles, news, images and video clips. Enjoy your stay!

UPDATES ARCHIVE | SEPTEMBER 2006 TONI COLLETTE AND THE FINISH TOUR DATES Posted: 2006-09-27 Info courtesy Undercover.com: Toni Collette will take a break from acting to release her debut album ‘Beautiful Awkward Pictures’ on October 7. The album was recorded with her band The Finish featuring her husband Dave Galafassi on drums, Glenn Richards from Augie March on guitar, David Lane on piano and keyboards and Peter Farley on bass. Toni Collette and The Finish will perform: November 9, Sydney, The Basement November 10, Newtown, Newtown RSL November 11, Bulli, The Heritage Hotel November 12, Cronulla, The Brass Monkey Click here for all details. Melbourne dates will be announced soon. COLLETTE SINGS IN THE BASEMENT Posted: 2006-09-27 Article courtesy The Daily Telegraph: Toni Collette is relieved she was coerced 11 years ago to perform acapella after a couple of drinks at Sydney live institution The Basement. Having already trod the boards of that venerable venue's stage should quell her nerves when she unveils her debut record, Beautiful Awkward Pictures, there on November 9. Collette and her band The Finish will launch the album, released on October 7, with eight shows in Sydney and Melbourne, leading up to their slot on the Home Bake festival in December. The band includes her husband Dave Galafassi on drums, Augie March frontman Glenn Richards on guitar, pianist David Lane and Pete Farley on bass. "I said to Dave the other day that I was glad I have stood on that stage and sung a couple of songs after a couple of drinks - it was for Bruno Lawrence, who was sick at the time,'' she said yesterday. "Now performing there will be exciting rather than nerve-wracking.'' Read complete article here. "IN STYLE" SCANS Posted: 2006-09-23 Toni is featured in the October issue of the Australian InStyle with a very interesting article and an awesome new photoshoot. Check the scans below, many thanks to the great Rebecca for sending them in. THE CHARLIE ROSE SHOW CAPTURES Posted: 2006-09-21 Added caps of Toni's appearance on "The Charlie Rose Show", August 03, 2006. FILMINK MAGAZINE SCANS Posted: 2006-09-20 Toni is featured in the October issue of the Australian FILMINK Magazine. Be sure to pick up your copy, scans are below with many thanks to Brian. NBC4 REEL TALK INTERVIEW Posted: 2006-09-16 Added caps and clips of an interview Toni gave NBC4 Reel Talk on August 04, 2006. Click below for the caps, the clip is in the Video Archive. FOCUS STARTS PRODUCTION ON "EVENING" Posted: 2006-09-14 This is not official yet to my knowledge but it sounds awesome!: Uniting a stellar cast, Evening begins filming in Rhode Island this week for Focus Features. The Hart Sharp Entertainment production, adapted by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham from Susan Minot's best-selling novel of the same name, is directed by Lajos Koltai. The cast of Evening includes Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy, Natasha Richardson, Dame Eileen Atkins, Mamie Gummer, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Glenn Close, and two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep. The drama explores the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant (played by Redgrave) and her daughters, Constance (Richardson, who is also the real-life daughter of Redgrave) and Nina (Collette). As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman (played by Danes). Gummer and Streep, who are mother and daughter in real life, are portraying Ann's college friend Lila as a younger and older woman, respectively. Click here to read the complete article, thanks to Frank for letting me know :-) "LIKE MINDS" ON DVD IN GERMANY OCTOBER 26, 2006 Posted: 2006-09-12 "Like Minds" will be released on DVD in Germany on October 26, 2006 - two weeks before its Australian theatrical release on November 09, 2006! The DVD features an english track as well, so in case you have a region-free player you can pre-order it at Amazon Germany Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound Languages: German (Dolby Digital 5.1), Englisch (Dolby Digital 5.1) Distributor: EMS GmbH Release: 26. October 2006 Length: 104 Minutes "SUNSHINE" TRIUMPHS AT DEAUVILLE FILM FESTIVAL Posted: 2006-09-12 The road trip comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" won the top prize Sunday at France's Deauville Film Festival for American movies. The black comedy starring Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette and Steve Carell tells the story of a family's calamitous trip to a child's beauty pageant. The festival is a European showcase for mainly small-budget American films. French director Nicole Garcia presided over a nine-member jury. "TONI COLLETTE & THE FINISH" OFFICIAL WEBSITE AND MYSPACE Posted: 2006-09-09 The Official Website of "Toni Collette & the Finish" has launched at tonicolletteand-thefinish.com, head over for audio samples, news and (upcoming) photos. There's also the cover art for "Beautiful Awkward Pictures". Further, the band has opened its profile at MySpace - myspace.com/tonicolletteandthefinish "DAVID TENCH TONIGHT" CAPS & CLIP Posted: 2006-09-09 Added 30+ screencaps of Toni's appearance on "David Tench Tonight" (as reported below), a video excerpt from the interview courtesy the Official Website can be found in the Video Archive. TONI TO ATTEND "DAVID TENCH TONIGHT" Posted: 2006-09-05 Toni will be on "David Tench Tonight" this Thursday, September 07 2006, at 8:00 pm on Channel 10. Thanks to Rebecca for the heads-up.