Finally,an Australian red carpet to make us proud

Finally,an Australian red carpet to make us proud

At the AACTAs Chris Hemsworth,Nakkiah Lui and Aisha Dee strove to make a style statement without apologies.

  • byDamien Woolnough

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The Missy Higgins song that still makes fans ‘have a good cry’

The Missy Higgins song that still makes fans ‘have a good cry’

Watching her grandmother battle dementia helped the musician write a song that has made fans emotional for more than 10 years. Now she’s encouraging others to “share a song”.

  • byAngus Thomson
A medical discovery changed Chris Hemsworth’s life. What is the Alzheimer’s gene,and should you get tested?

A medical discovery changed Chris Hemsworth’s life. What is the Alzheimer’s gene,and should you get tested?

The 39-year-old Thor star says he will take a break from acting after discovering he has the ApoE4 gene. What is it,and can you get tested?

  • byLauren Ironmonger
Natalie Portman’s buff superhero hammers the beauty myth
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Natalie Portman’s buff superhero hammers the beauty myth

The Thor:Love and Thunder actress’s transition into a hammer-wielding badass is proof that being both strong and a lady are characteristics that can indeed co-exist.

  • byMel Buttigieg
Is Hollywood finally realising that older women want younger men?

Is Hollywood finally realising that older women want younger men?

There is a 15-year age gap between Sandra Bullock and her handsome leading man Channing Tatum in their most recent film. Maybe Hollywood is waking up to what women want.

  • byCarmen Forward
We need to talk about Russell Crowe’s accent in Thor (and everything else)

We need to talk about Russell Crowe’s accent in Thor (and everything else)

Internet wisdom has it that you can’t do accents for comic purposes any more. Russell Crowe clearly didn’t get the memo.

  • byKarl Quinn
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Thor’s new self-mocking spectacle wants to be both silly and serious
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Thor’s new self-mocking spectacle wants to be both silly and serious

It’s all in the delivery and Thor:Love and Thunder is a blend of childish silliness and willed gravitas. It’s a bit Monty Python,a bit Wes Anderson.

  • byJake Wilson
40-year-old aversion:Why male heroes are allowed a midlife crisis,but not women

40-year-old aversion:Why male heroes are allowed a midlife crisis,but not women

Chris Hemsworth is about to turn 39,but his run as an action star is not slowing down because Hollywood gives male characters something they won’t give women – a chance to grow old.

  • byAndrew Hornery
Matthew Reilly got sick of Hollywood not making his movies,so he did it himself

Matthew Reilly got sick of Hollywood not making his movies,so he did it himself

The bestselling Aussie author figured the only way to realise his childhood dream of making movies was to write and direct one himself.

  • byKarl Quinn
Hush descends on Hemsworths’ link to Byron Bay’s $10.5m sale
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Hush descends on Hemsworths’ link to Byron Bay’s $10.5m sale

Settlement of a $10.5 million sale in Newrybar near Byron Bay piqued the interest of big-ticket property watchers like yours truly,and for good reason.

  • byLucy Macken
‘Australia’s most marketable’:Barty to surpass Hemsworth,Jackman

‘Australia’s most marketable’:Barty to surpass Hemsworth,Jackman

There is now no doubt Ash Barty is the most marketable athlete in Australia,say experts. The question now is whether Barty is Australia’s most marketable person.

  • bySam Phillips