Pop Culture

Want to win every board game? This is what you need to know.
Lifestyle
Sarah Rainey

How to win all board games this Christmas

Which properties should you buy first in Monopoly? What ‘power words’ should you memorise in Scrabble? Which magic number can help you beat your kids at Connect 4? This is how to win them all.

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Capital idea: Plans to to place an autonomous consumer entity inside the may break the impasse.
US Politics
Webservice User

Paris Hilton teases potential future career in politics

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton can ‘maybe see’ herself getting more involved in politics after years of lobbying to pass the US Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act.

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Cao Fei Haze and fog 04 2013, inkjet print on paper, 70 105 cm Cao Fei. Courtesy the artist, Vitamin Creative Space and Sprth Magers ***This image may only be used in conjunction with editorial coverage of the Cao Fei: My City is Yours' exhibition on display 30 November 2024 13 April 2025, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales and strictly in accordance with the terms of access to these images see artgallery.nsw.gov.au/info/access-to-agnsw-media-room-tcs. Without limiting those terms, these images must not be cropped or overwritten; prior approval in writing is required for use as a cover; caption details must accompany reproductions of the images; and archiving is not permitted.*** Media contact: media@ag.nsw.gov.au
Culture
John McDonald

Cao Fei pits humour and humanity against a post-Mao machine

After growing up in a China that modernised at a furious rate, Cao Fei uses her innovative art to scrutinise globalised techno-utopias and the consumer revolution with wit and warmth.

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Toxic fans are only getting worse with social media platforms rewarding extreme emotions. They have lost all sense of proportion or perspective.
opinion
Pop Culture
Wenlei Ma

Celebrity fan behaviour has become deranged

WENLEI MA: Toxic fans are only getting worse with social media platforms rewarding extreme emotions. They have lost all sense of proportion or perspective.

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Sutton Foster and Hugh Jackman co-starred in The Music Man on Broadway in 2022.
Pop Culture
Georgina Noack

Hugh Jackman ‘shocked by backlash’ to new love but hopeful

Sources say Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster are spending time apart as they manage some awkward family dynamics ahead of Christmas.

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Spotify has teamed up with Google AI to turn listeners’ Wrapped year in reviews into a personalised AI podcast. But not everyone is happy about it.
Culture
The Washington Post

Wrapped provides an AI podcast: Has Spotify gone too far?

The 2024 edition of the app’s year in review features Spotify teaming up with Google AI to give users a podcast in which their musical taste is analysed by bots.

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Neighbours star Ian Smith has quit the Aussie TV show after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.
TV
Taylor Renouf

Neighbours star quits show after terminal cancer diagnosis

The 86-year-old revealed on Monday that he is fighting a ‘non-fixable cancer’.

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Hugh Jackman may be ‘in love’ with his former Broadway co-star Sutton Foster, but that romance may make this Christmas a not-so-wonderful time of the year.
Pop Culture
Georgina Noack

Hugh Jackman ‘facing lonely Christmas’ after ex-wife’s call

Hugh Jackman may be ‘in love’ with his former Broadway co-star Sutton Foster, but that romance may make this Christmas a not-so-wonderful time of the year.

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The longest tenured drummer of My Chemical Romance, Bob Bryar (far right) was found dead on Tuesday.
Music
Michaela Ratliff

My Chemical Romance star found dead aged 44

The band has asked fans for their ‘patience and understanding’ as they process the tragic news.

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Bruce Willis in 2011.
Pop Culture

Bruce Willis pictured two years after devastating diagnosis

The rare photo of the Die Hard actor was shared to celebrate Thanksgiving in America. SEE THE PIC

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Felon to felon: Joe Exotic seeks pardon from President-elect Donald Trump.
World
Max Corstorphan

‘Once you take your position’: Tiger King’s Trump request

Speaking Felon to felon, Joe Exotic has reached out to President-elect Donald Trump seeking imminent freedom.

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"What started back in 1994 has turned into an amazing journey," the Spice Girls say. (AP PHOTO)
Culture
Max Corstorphan

Spice Girl goes nude online with bottom-clutching post

One of the Spice Girls has sent fans into a frenzy, stripping off online and sharing a nude image.

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Elon Musk, Kim Williams, Joe Rogan
Politics
Max Corstorphan

Musk, Rogan hit back after ABC chair’s brazen take down

Popular podcast host Joe Rogan and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk have responded to a brazen attack from ABC chair Kim Williams.

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Penelope Cruz wearing Chanel’s Cruise collection for Vogue Hong Kong.
Fashion
Staff writers

Fabulous at 50! Cruz stuns in Chanel swimsuits for Vogue

The Spanish movie star modelled the iconic label’s looks for the November edition of Hong Kong Vogue.

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Many would argue Elon Musk’s rise to prominence is tied closely with the pick for the 2024 Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year.
Books
Georgina Noack

Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year pick is a bit meta

Australia’s pick for the 2024 Word of The Year is in, and you may not have ever heard it, but you definitely feel it.

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