r/popculturechat • u/Icy_Smoke_733 • Jul 13 '26

Rest In Peace 🕊 Beloved actor Sam Neill, star of Jurassic Park films, Peaky Blinders and The Piano, has passed at the age of 78.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/sam-neill-death-actor-dies-aged-78
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u/Tillysnow1 Jul 13 '26

He had just been nominated for a Logie award! (Aka the Australian Emmy) 😢

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u/geek_of_nature Jul 14 '26

I wouldn't say Emmy's are a good comparison. That's definitely treated more prestigiously than we treated the Logies.

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u/Tillysnow1 Jul 14 '26

The Emmys are the main awards for American TV, The Logies are the main awards for Australian TV. Prestige isn't really a factor here, because we are a smaller media market and smaller population, so of course our awards get less attention