Comeback stars:Hollywood’s hypocritical attitude to cancelled stars

Comeback stars:Hollywood’s hypocritical attitude to cancelled stars

For some big names,a comeback seems impossible. But is it?

  • byStephen Armstrong

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Rihanna ignores Johnny Depp’s dirty laundry for her lingerie show

Rihanna ignores Johnny Depp’s dirty laundry for her lingerie show

Following a series of public court cases Johnny Depp is returning to the spotlight in the next Fenty x Savage show. Maybe there’s hope for Kanye yet.

  • byDamien Woolnough
‘It’s horrible’:Lawyer Jen Robinson on the toughest part of working for Assange

‘It’s horrible’:Lawyer Jen Robinson on the toughest part of working for Assange

The surfer,Bomaderry High grad and London-based human rights barrister on the trials of defending Julian Assange,Amber Heard and the world’s disenfranchised.

  • byJane Wheatley
Johnny Depp’s appearance at VMAs divides audiences

Johnny Depp’s appearance at VMAs divides audiences

Johnny Depp made a divisive digital appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards on Monday,three months after winning his defamation case against ex-wife Amber Heard.

  • byAngus Dalton
Forget cancel culture,avoid Johnny Depp’s new album because it’s bad

Forget cancel culture,avoid Johnny Depp’s new album because it’s bad

Johnny Depp has teamed up with guitar legend Jeff Beck on a new album,and whatever you think of the man,the music speaks for itself.

  • byWarwick McFadyen
Johnny Depp looks west for Ledger art gift

Johnny Depp looks west for Ledger art gift

Johnny Depp is giving Perth Children’s Hospital a very generous donation,thanks to the family of Heath Ledger. And NFTs.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
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Amber Heard says jury fell for Johnny Depp’s ‘fantastic’ acting

Amber Heard says jury fell for Johnny Depp’s ‘fantastic’ acting

Heard broke her silence on the trial in a US television interview and spoke about the ‘hate and vitriol’ she received online.

  • byRozina Sabur
You deserve what you get:the Depp-Heard trial was the voice in every victim’s ear
Opinion
Opinion

You deserve what you get:the Depp-Heard trial was the voice in every victim’s ear

Every so often the mask of male civility slips,and we are afforded a glimpse of the misogyny that streaks through some of the men who walk among us.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘Toxic catastrophe’:Johnny Depp won his case but everyone else loses
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Defamation

‘Toxic catastrophe’:Johnny Depp won his case but everyone else loses

The verdict is in but the debates still rage around this celebrity trial and its implications for #metoo,for defamation and for the couple’s endless feud.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Heard-Depp trial is a reality TV check for #MeToo

Heard-Depp trial is a reality TV check for #MeToo

Vicious insults against Amber Heard will no doubt make it harder for women to report domestic violence,but that does not mean all women’s accusations against men must be believed. Women,too,are capable of being wrong - and violent.

  • byParnell Palme McGuinness
Is the Amber Heard judgment really the ‘death of #MeToo’?

Is the Amber Heard judgment really the ‘death of #MeToo’?

Experts in the domestic violence sector say the trial is a “tremendously depressing” affirmation of a reality that many women continue to face.

  • byMeg Watson