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Celeste Dalla Porta with Daniele Rienzo and Dario Aita in Parthenope.
Cinema

A mysterious woman,a sudden death keep us guessing in Parthenope

  • byStephanie Bunbury
Kangaroo Beach Summer Special:Mountain Mystery heads inland to teach about water safety.
Australian TV

The Australian cartoon making waves overseas

  • byBridget McManus
Ho ho holy moly,you have plenty of Christmas movies to stream this silly season!
Christmas

The best movies to watch at Christmas - and there’s no Love,Actually in sight

  • byNell Geraets
James Gunn’s Superman will be released in July 2025.
DC Universe

It’s Superdog! Co-star looks to steal the show in new Superman film

  • byMichael Idato

Movies

Cinema

‘We can bury anyone’:Blake Lively,the director and allegations of a smear campaign

Private messages detail an alleged campaign to smear the actress after she accused Baldoni of misconduct on the set of It Ends With Us.

  • byMegan Twohey,Mike McIntire andJulie Tate
Celeste Dalla Porta with Daniele Rienzo and Dario Aita in Parthenope.
Cinema

A mysterious woman,a sudden death keep us guessing in Parthenope

Paolo Sorrentino was orphaned at 16. His films still grapple with the questions that followed.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
Celeste Dalla Porta.
★★★
Review

Italian master Paolo Sorrentino’s films feel like deranged ads. His new one is no exception

  • byJake Wilson
Jim Carrey as Ivo Robotnik and Gerald Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
★★
Review

Jim Carrey’s showboating double-act can’t save Sonic the Hedgehog 3

  • byJake Wilson
Kieran Culkin (left) and Jesse Eisenberg play cousins honouring their grandmother in A Real Pain.
★★★½
Review

Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin collide in not-so-solemn Holocaust pilgrimage

  • byJake Wilson
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TV&radio

Vybe is the next Drag Race Down Under Season 4 Runner Up.
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Vybe is the next Drag Race Down Under Season 4 Runner Up.

Mandy Moobs is the next Drag Race Down Under Season 4 Runner Up.
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Mandy Moobs is the next Drag Race Down Under Season 4 Runner Up.

Freya Armani is the next Drag Race Down Under eliminated Queen.
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Lazy Susan is the Drag Race Down Under Season 4 winner.
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Film still from the movie Heretic starring Hugh Grant and Keira Knightley in a scene from Black Doves.
Opinion
Streaming

This Christmas,Keira and Hugh take us from Love Actually to mass murder,actually

  • bySteve Meacham
The epic return of Yellowstone is now streaming,only on Stan.

The epic return of Yellowstone is now streaming,only on Stan.

The thrilling brand new season of From is now streaming,only on Stan.

The thrilling brand new season of From is now streaming,only on Stan.

Music

Seven years’ research and experimentation by Einar Selvik (centre) led to Wardruna.
Stage shows

One man’s journey from on-stage crucifixions to ethereal folk music

  • byScott Ellis
Lola Young:“When I’m manic,I can write a song in like,five minutes,” says the 23-year-old.
New music

Only one singer could convince Amy Winehouse’s manager to get back in the game. Meet Lola Young

  • byAnnabel Ross
Hard-Ons
Features

Wild,talented and loud – is this the most Aussie band ever?

  • byRod Yates
‘There was a definite,unspoken prejudice about gay men in the folk world,’ says Rufus Wainwright,who tours Australia in 2025.
Interview

Affairs,drugs and Elton John:Rufus Wainwright’s turbulent youth

  • byMichael Lallo
Doechii has become every pop star’s go-to feature artist.
New music

This is the artist everyone will be talking about in 2025

  • byRobert Moran
Smash Mouth,it’s time to baggage claim your Christmas title.
The Verdict

Somebody once told me that the best Christmas song is actually by Smash Mouth

  • byTom W Clarke
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Live reviews

Atlas Adams,Eleanor Stankiewicz and Trubie-Dylan Smith in a scene from Dungeons&Dragons The Twenty-Sided Tavern.
★★★★
Stage shows

Expect the unexpected from a delightfully bonkers night at this pub

  • byMichael Idato
Beau Woodbridge as Evan Hansen in the Melbourne production of Dear Evan Hansen.
Melbourne live reviews

Dear Evan Hansen is finally in Melbourne. Was it worth the wait?

  • byCameron Woodhead andAndrew Fuhrmann
Crowded House perform at Rod Laver Arena,December 10,2024.
Melbourne live reviews

Crowded House came to Melbourne and the whole night was wonderfully uncool

  • byWill Cox,Tony Way,Cameron Woodhead andJessica Nicholas

Celebrity

Luigi Mangione Mangione has emerged as an anti-hero,dubbed “the Adjuster”,and quickly lionised.
Documentaries

Documentary makers swoop on Luigi Mangione story

  • byKayla Olaya
Comedian Stephanie Broadbridge wrote and was set to star in Raygun:The Musical.
Comedy

Raygun defends action to shut down comedian’s musical

  • byKayla Olaya
Elton John during his 1976 interview with Rolling Stone Magazine in which he revealed his bisexuality.
Pop music

This is the moment when everything changed for Elton John

  • byMichael Lallo

Stage

Performing arts

‘Stressful time’:Raygun responds to criticism for demanding $10k in legal fees

  • byNick Galvin andLachlan Abbott
Rachael Gunn was the inspiration for Raygun:The Musical.
Performing arts

Raygun hits up comedy club owner for $10,000

  • byKayla Olaya andNick Galvin
Drag queen Bianca Del Rio
Interview

‘Everything I was punished for as a child,I’m celebrated for now’

  • byLenny Ann Low
Torben Brookman at Circl Wine House.
Review

Torben was studying to be a physio. He quit – and became the biggest name in musical theatre

  • byCassidy Knowlton

Art&design

University of Melbourne has been gifted one of the largest collections of Aboriginal cultural heritage by the family of Professor Donald Thomson.
Indigenous

‘This is for all Australians’:Invaluable Aboriginal cultural collection reunited at Melbourne University

  • byWill Cox
Powerhouse president,David Borger,says there is a lot riding on the opening of the Parramatta museum.
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City life

‘We don’t want to be too stuffy’:New Powerhouse boss on what we can expect

  • byLinda Morris
Vale Leunig
Vale

Michael Leunig,master of weaponised whimsy,found community in aloneness

  • byKarl Quinn
How long will my life be? (2014)
33 images
Vale

Gallery:Michael Leunig’s life in cartoons

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Books

Author John Marsden died this week.
Literature

John Marsden taught me how to have a big,brave life

  • bySally Rippin
Author John Marsden.
Updated
Vale

Acclaimed Australian author John Marsden dies aged 74

  • byLachlan Abbott andDebbie Cuthbertson
Review

Australian gothic,cat ladies and an elegy to oceans:eight new books

  • bycameron woodhead andFiona capp
Nikki Gemmell:“He’d envisaged me as the woman who’d look after the kids...He didn’t see me as a creative equal.”
Review

I am baffled by Nikki Gemmell’s new ‘feminist’ novel

  • byHelen Elliott

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