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Last King of the Cross Returns for Season Two: Here’s Why You Should Be Watching

Photo: Courtesy of Paramount Plus / Daniel Asher Smith

The Australian crime saga set viewing records in its first season. Now it’s back for another season with more action, underworld figures and drama. In partnership with Paramount+, here are the standout reasons to dive into season two.

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Cinematic and stylish, it’s no wonder Last King of the Cross became the most-watched Australian show on Paramount+ on its debut last year. The Sydney-set crime series is fictitous drama inspired by the true story of brothers John and Sam Ibrahim, who escaped as children from war-torn Lebanon and became rising figures in the Australian underworld of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

As the darkly compelling, fictional saga returns from August 30 on Paramount+, the focus switches from Kings Cross to Oxford Street. Season two picks up 18 months after the last season’s white-knuckle climax, with both new and returning characters on board. The second season proves even more suspenseful and perilous – with more punchy action and family drama than before.

We’ve highlighted five key reasons to add the second season to your must-watch calendar. If you haven’t seen season one yet, don’t worry – you’ve still got time to catch up.

Naveen Andrews joins the cast as a formidable underworld figure

Best known for his long-running role on Lost, British-American actor Naveen Andrews joins Last King of the Cross as fictional character Ray Kinnock, the current boss of Oxford Street. That places him in direct opposition to John Ibrahim, who has set his sights on the bustling district to bolster his waning Kings Cross empire. Given Andrews’s track record for playing quirky yet charismatic characters, audiences can expect Ray Kinnock to be an unforgettable antagonist.

Brotherhood sits at the heart of this expanded family story

The first season thrived on the friction between brothers John and Sam, played with gritty conviction by lead actors Lincoln Younes and Claude Jabbour. This season introduces younger siblings Michael and Fadi Ibrahim, played by Dave Hoey and Alex Kaan respectively. While the younger brothers play a smaller role, they complicate the already tense struggle for dominance between John and Sam. That heated family dynamic will be at the centre of season two, as Sam is released from prison and begins to assemble the most substantial bikie chapter in Australian history. Meanwhile, John gets to work re-establishing himself as a key Sydney nightlife figure.

Sydney’s Oxford Street provides an energetic new backdrop

The first season was firmly centred on Kings Cross – but this time we jump to Oxford Street, with the former hotbed of crime and nightlife all but extinguished. The corridor was home to Sydney’s fashion scene and queer culture in the late 1990s, when this season takes place. That makes for a colourful and diverse new location to rival Kings Cross, which was famously recreated with an elaborate set for season one. With new antagonist Ray Kinnock dubbed as “the reigning queen of Oxford Street,” a focus on the street’s lasting queer legacy seems promising. After all, it’s where Sydney’s first Mardi Gras was held in 1978.

Fast-paced action punctuates this high-stakes crime drama

Realistic car chases, shoot-outs and brawls set the tone for Last King of the Cross. That’s especially true of the second season, which ramps up the action and the stakes. As brothers John and Sam each ascend the ladder of Australia’s criminal underworld, their competition won’t go down without a fight. And don’t forget Liz Doyle (played by Tess Haubrich), the driven Sydney detective who has been promoted to senior sergeant and commissioned a new crime taskforce.

John Is a strong addition to television’s modern canon of antiheroes

Modern television is full of memorable antiheroes: think Tony Soprano, Breaking Bad’s Walter White and Mad Men’s Don Draper. This season, John makes a strong case to join their ranks. While Sam and their younger siblings are compelling in their own rights, John moves to centre stage as he wrestles with Ray to gain control of Oxford Street. The tug-of-war between John’s underworld machinations and his family loyalties proves especially gripping this time around.

Season two of Last King of the Cross is streaming August 30 only on Paramount+.

This article is produced by Broadsheet in partnership with Paramount+. Last King of the Cross is a dramatisation inspired by true events from John Ibrahim’s autobiography. Several characters and events represented in the series are fictional. Any similiarity to the name, character or history of any living persons is entirely coincidental and unintentional.

Source: Broadsheet

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Last King of the Cross is coming to Oxford Street

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Last King of the Cross is coming to Oxford Street

Season two of the hit Paramount+ crime drama Last King of the Cross has begun filming around Sydney and will focus on Sydney’s gay scene and Oxford Street in the early 2000s with a plot line that will have John Ibrahim butting heads with a gay crime boss.

According to a statement by the show’s producers, season two will focus on John Ibrahim setting his sights on “capturing a new kingdom – the glittering prize of Oxford Street, Sydney’s nightclub empire.”

“With it, comes all new challenges and enemies. John is thrown into a struggle for power with the reigning queen of Oxford Street, Ray Kinnock, who is determined to either keep John out, or take him down, while facing the relentless scrutiny of newly promoted Senior Sergeant Liz Doyle and her new taskforce.”

Last King of the Cross is based on John Ibrahim’s 2017 memoir of the same name but takes a fair amount of creative licence in adapting the story for television.

Tim Roth played series one antagonist Ezra Shipman who was loosely based on real Kings Cross identity George Freeman who died in 1990.

Ray Kinnock appears to be a wholly fictional character, but in real life John Ibrahim did buy the DCM (Don’t Cry Mama) night club in the early 2000s as well as seven other clubs along Oxford Street and the second series will focus on that expansion of his business empire outside King Cross 18 months after the events of of the first season.

Transgender actress Janet Anderson’s character of Simone who featured in the plot of season one is also returning for season two and the show put out a call for members of the Sydney LGBTQIA+ community to work as extras on the show in late December.

SVP Content & Programming, Paramount ANZ, Daniel Monaghan said in a statement, “After the phenomenal success of the first season, we’re excited to kick off filming for Last King of The Cross.”

“The second season promises to captivate audiences with a gripping tale of power, loyalty, and the evolving dynamics of Kings Cross with all new challenges on Oxford Street. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride as we delve deeper into these intricate, decadent and dangerous worlds.”

Helium Pictures’ Mark Fennessy said, “We’re super excited to continue the story of Last King of The Cross – bringing more extreme and fascinating untold stories of John Ibrahim and his family.”

“Season 2 will surprise and thrill our audience in unexpected ways as we enter the seductive, dangerous, and ecstasy-fuelled world of the early 2000’s.

“Last King of The Cross promises to once again push the boundaries, showcasing the evolution of our characters against the backdrop of Sydney’s gritty and glamorous nightlife scene where power, sex, crime, and business intersect.”

Lincoln Younes and Claude Jabbour return as brothers John and Sam Ibrahim, while audiences will be introduced to the characters of John’s younger brothers Michael Ibrahim, played by digital creator Dave Hoey (Granny Flat Comedy), and Fadi, played by newcomer Alex Kaan.

Also returning are the characters of Detective Liz Doyle (Tess Haubrich), Big Tony (Matt Nable) and Tongan Sam (Uli Latukefu).

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It Seems Like Nothing Changes

by Paul Cussen

September 1919

The Cork Furniture Store, which in June had taken over London House, changes its name to Roches Stores.

Fr Dominic O’Connor puts Josephine McCoy in touch with Florrie O’Donoghue to whom she passes secret army reports. The IRA claim that her assistance results in the deaths of three British Army officers and six civilians accused of assisting the Crown forces.

The Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, Sir Frederick Shaw suggests that the police force in Ireland be expanded via the recruitment of a special force of volunteer British ex-servicemen.

James Joyce finishes copying “Cyclops” which is to appear over three issues the Little Review from November 1919 to January 1920.

General Pershing leads his troops in a victory parade in New York.

The last soldiers of the British West Indies Regiment return home to Jamaica, Barbados & Trinidad from Europe.

2 September              

R.I.C. Sergeant Philip Brady is shot dead between Carrigahorig and Lorrha, Co. Tipperary. Constable Foley is badly wounded in the ambush.

2-16 September        

The Florida Keys hurricane travels from the Leeward Islands to West Texas claiming 772 fatalities and causing $22 million of damage.

3 September              

Tom Barry is granted a pension for 66 weeks for suffering malaria and DAH (Disordered Action of the Heart, a medical condition on his file). His address is given as Convent Hill, Bandon, Co. Cork.

The body of farmer Owen Daly of Rowel, Co. Cork is found on the road near Broadford. He was shot several times and death was believed to have been instantaneous. Mr. Daly had police protection some years ago and it is believed this may have some connection with his murder.

7 September              

Cork Volunteers, under the leadership of Liam Lynch, assisted by Mick Mansfield and George Lennon of Waterford, attack members of the Royal Shropshire Light Infantry en route to services at the Wesleyan Church in Fermoy.

Private William Jones receives a fatal gunshot to the heart and a Private Lloyd is shot in the neck. Fifteen rifles are captured. Lynch is wounded in the shoulder and taken to a Youghal safe house.

Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou is born Kingston, Jamaica  (d. 2006)

8 September              

Two hundred British soldiers loot and burn several commercial buildings in Fermoy in reprisal for the death of Private Jones.

The Coroner's Jury on the death of Jones reached the verdict that "these men came for the purpose of getting rifles, and had no intenton of killing anyone".

In Honduras President Bertrand resigns after ten people are killed in political violence in Tegucigalpa.

9 September              

British troops in Fermoy are confined to barracks.

The last contact with the steamship Valbanera, which sinks in the Carribean during a hurricane, with the loss of 488 crew and passengers.

1,117 of Boston’s 1,544 Police Department fail to report for work, going on strike seeking recognition for their trade union.

10 September            

British troops are confronted on Emmet Street in Fermoy and driven back to their barracks by a large crowd of local residents armed with sticks, stones and other weapons.

5,000 Massachusetts State Guard are deployed in place of the police force to combat looting. Robert Lallie is shot and killed when State Guard troops “cavalry charge” in Scollay Square.

The treaty is signed officially ending the war between the Allies and Austria in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

11 September            

US Marines are deployed to Honduras in a peacekeeping capacity.

12 September                        

Dáil Éireann is outlawed by the British.

A number of Sinn Féin centres are raided.

Mr. Patrick O'Keefe, M.P. for North Cork, is arrested under a direction issued by the General Officer Commanding Southern District, Ireland, and tried by district court-martial in Dublin, and sentenced to imprisonment without hard labour for one year and six months for offences under the Defence of the Realm Regulations.

Mr. Ernest Blyth, M.P. for North Monaghan, is arrested and committed to Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, to await his trial by court-martial for an offence against the Defence of the Realm Regulations.

Detective Daniel Hoey of G Division of the Dublin Metropolitan Police is assassinated by Volunteers Tom Ennis, Mick McDonnell and Jim Slattery.

The poet Gabriele D'Annunzio organizes a militant nationalist group and takes Fiume (Rijeka) for Italy.

The German Worker’s Party accepts its seventh member, an army spy, Corporal Hitler.

Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev dies in Finland of heart failure (b. 1871)

13 September            

The Boston Police Strike ends when Commissioner Curtis announces the replacement of all striking workers with 1,500 new officers on higher wages. Eight of the nine fatalities of the Boston Police Strike are shot by members of the State Guard.

George Weidenfeld is born in Vienna (d. 2016)

15 September            

Michael ffrench-O'Carroll is born in Dublin (d. 2007)

16-20 September      

The second PGA Championship is played at the Engineer’s Country Club on Long Island and is won by Englishman Jim Barnes.

19 September            

The official founding of ‘The Squad’ the IRA counter-intelligence and assassination squad.

21 September            

Cork wins the All-Ireland hurling final:

Cork     6-4                  

Dublin     2-4

25 September            

Eastern Transbaikalian Front partisans under Pavel Zhuravlev attempt to escape encirclement by White Transbaikalian forces under Grigory Semyonov in the Battle of Bogdat which lasts until October 19.

President Woodrow Wilson collapsed from “a nervous reaction in his digestive organs” after addressing a crowd in Pueblo, Colorado.

26 September            

The Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine defeats the White Volunteer Army at the Battle of Peregonovka, capturing machine guns and artillery pieces.

Matilde Camus is born in Santander (D. 2012)

27 September            

British troops withdraw from Archangelsk after fighting Bolsheviks.

In the US the Democratic National Committee votes to allow female members.

28 September

President Wilson tips his hat to the waiting crowd at the train station in Washington, shakes the hands of some people gathered along the track platform, and is whisked away to the White House.

28-29 September      

The Omaha race riot occurs, resulting in the brutal lynching of Will Brown and the attempted hanging of mayor Edward Smith.

30 September            

Avery Hopwood's Gold Diggers premieres in New York.

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Royal Irish Regiment soldiers who died on 27th September

1914

2nd Bn

6852 Corporal Peter Hoey, Widens, Lancashire. Interred Coulommiers Communal Cemetery, France.

1916

3rd Bn

8504 Private Michael O’Connor, Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford. Interred Templemore Catholic Cemetery, Co. Tipperary.

1917

2nd Bn

7207 Private Joseph Collins, Charleville, Co. Cork. Interred Hermies Hill British Cemetery, France.

1918

2nd Bn

Second Lieutenant William Gore MM, Sandymount, Co. Dublin. Royal Munster Fusiliers attached Royal Irish Regiment. Interred Anneux British Cemetery, France.

9913 Private John Ward MM, Dublin. Interred Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France.

16475 Private Patrick Mahoney, Passage West, Co. Cork. Interred Cantaing British Cemetery, France.

18662 Private Patrick Barron, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal. Interred Louverval Military Cemetery, Doignies, France.

16619 Private Henry Escott, Neyland, Pembrokeshire. Interred Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France.

16633 Private John Stinchcombe, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan. Interred Moeuvres British Cemetery, France.

Interred Hermies Hill British Cemetery, France.

16513 Private William Brooke, Bradford, Yorkshire.

18557 Private Alfred Dunmore, Reading, Berkshire.

5758 Private Denis Tolton, Bruff, Co. Limerick

Interred Moeuvres Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Lieutenant Harry North, Merrion, Co. Dublin.

12344 Sergeant Samuel Thomas, Walthamstow, Essex.

18248 Private James Burke, Naas, Co. Kildare.

16294 Private Michael Cullen, Dublin.

16255 Private Thomas Landers, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

16574 Private Daniel Logan, Swansea.

12049 Private William McHarg, Lanarkshire.

16403 Private James Rock, Dublin.

6223 Private Patrick Rooney, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal.

18521 Private Robert Vogan MM, Belfast.

16437 Private Noel Yeomans, Wirksworth, Derbyshire.

Interred Sucrerie British Cemetery, Graincourt-Les-Havrincourt, France.

16453 Private William Brown, Choppington, Northumberland.

18368 Private William Dawson, Retford, Nottinghamshire.

9990 Private Michael Dillon, Cahir, Co. Tipperary.

5017 Private Patrick Hickey, Arklow, Co. Wicklow.

874 Private Patrick Miskell, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway.

16600 Private Columbus Owen, Pontypridd, Wales.

3530 Private Quigley, Omagh, Co. Tyrone.

Commemorated on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, France

10869 Lance Corporal David Reilly MM, Callan, Co. Kilkenny.

6713 Lance Corporal Matthew Sims, Ballinakill, Co. Laois.

12270 Private Isaiah Armstrong, Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh.

3637 Private Thomas Barber, Gorey, Co. Wexford.

7388 Private James Crockett, Liverpool.

7280 Private  John Heffernan, Askeaton, Co. Limerick.

6611 Private Edward Kickham, Cork.

6429 Private  John Mcbride, Glasgow.

6739 Private David Prendergast, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

16369 Private Richard Rawcliffe, Blackburn, Lancashire.

10936 Private  Alfred Seymour, London.

6th Bn

8348 Sergeant Timothy McCarthy MM, London. Attached Labour Corps. Interred Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery, Belgium.

7th (South Irish Horse) Bn

25565 Private Francis McNamara, Ennis, Co. Clare. Interred Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France.

8th Bn

3999 Private Albert Garland, London. Interred Le Grand Beaumart British Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.

18898 Private Charles Fry, London. Commemorated Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium.

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Last King of The Cross – Season 2 trailer

Premieres On Friday, 30 August.

Claude Jabbour as SAM IBRAHIM & Lincoln Younes as JOHN IBRAHIM – Last King Of The Cross – Season 2. Photo by Daniel Asher Smith

Paramount+ has revealed the trailer for Season 2 of Last King of The Cross, the Australian crime series that follows a fictional John Ibrahim in his mission to capture Oxford Street’s late-night empire.

While the series takes some inspiration from the real-life John Ibrahim, who had links to organised crime in Sydney (but was never convicted of any crimes), Last King of The Cross is not a biopic, and is only loosely inspired by real events.

In Season 2, John finally returns to Sydney after hiding out in Ibiza. Once there, he sees that his two younger Ibrahim brothers, Fadi (Alex Kaan) and Michael (Dave Hoey) have grown up, while older brother Sam (Claude Jabbour) remains in prison. The latter is steadily growing a following as he attempts to establish his own Black Flags chapter, which forces John to realise that the Kings Cross he left behind has changed forever.

The once thriving area is all but dead in the wake of the Royal Commission, and John wants in on the new hotspot of Oxford Street. Nightclub owner Ray Kinnock (Naveen Andrews – Lost, The Dropout, The English Patient) employs every trick in his well-connected arsenal to challenge John’s crown, while Dean Taylor (Luke Arnold) and Benny Vasquez (Matuse) emerge as new threats. Meanwhile, Senior Sergeant Elizabeth Doyle (Tess Haubrich) follows his every move.

You can watch the new trailer for Last King of The Cross below:

Original link (only for Australia audiences)

Video credit: Now to Love Au

Source: Screen Hub