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Jon M. Chu on the set of Wicked with Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
Film
Wenlei Ma

Wicked director couldn’t have made it five years earlier

Jon M. Chu needed all the stars to line up to make a movie that’s been at the top of the list for 20 years.

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Hugh Grant says he "picks holes" in all of his past performances.
Film
Staff Writers

The one character Hugh Grant found ‘despicable’ to play

Hugh Grant has played many a charming rom-com lead, but the actor has since revealed there’s one whose on-screen antics still haunt him to this day.

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The Wolverine star has shared his frightening experience.
Culture
Kayla Sellwood

Hugh Jackman reveals details of tough health battle

The Wolverine star has shared his frightening experience.

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Lindy Lee, Ouroboros, 2021-24 installation view, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, 2024, commissioned for the National Gallery’s 40th anniversary, 2022, photo by Martin Ollman © Lindy Lee Lindy Lee
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Visual Arts
John McDonald

Is the National Art Gallery’s $14m purchase worth it?

Australia’s leading art critic John McDonald runs his eye over the most expensive work ever purchased by the National Gallery and asks: ‘Is it worth it?’

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The 31-year-old can be seen stepping out of an elevator into the basement of the hotel he was staying in Buenos Aires.
Culture
Taylor Renouf

Bombshell new CCTV video emerges of Liam Payne before death

The footage was recorded just hours before he plunged to his death.

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Cameron Diaz will star with Jamie Foxx in the Netflix film Back In Action. (AP PHOTO)
Culture
Ellie Iorizzo

Cameron Diaz ‘Back In Action’ after long acting hiatus

The Netflix film Back In Action, slated for release in January, will see Camron Diaz come out of retirement for the first time since 2014.

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Paul Mescal plays Lucius in Gladiator II from Paramount Pictures.
Culture
Paolo Santalucia

Gladiators, are you ready? Rome's Colosseum to host ‘fights’

Critics are slamming a deal to host staged gladiator fights in the Roman Colosseum, with some calling the campaign with Airbnb ‘a disgrace’.

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Charles Manson is escorted to his arraignment on conspiracy-murder charges in connection with the Sharon Tate murder case in Los Angeles in 1969.
TV
Georgina Noack

Charles Manson spoke of more killings in new prison tapes

New audio has surfaced appearing to catch notorious cult leader Charles Manson admitting to killing more people before the Manson Family murders.

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Deborra-lee Furness attended the New York City premiere of her friend Robbie Williams’ biopic Better Man.
Pop Culture
Georgina Noack

Hugh Jackman’s ex snapped with Robbie Williams after split

Deborra-Lee Furness stepped out on the New York red carpet for the first time since rumours about the reason for her split with Hugh Jackman spiralled out of control.

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Sophie Turner will star as Lara Croft in a Tomb Raider reboot from Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
TV
Wenlei Ma

Sophie Turner set to play iconic video game hero Lara Croft

Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner is in talks to portray Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider series being developed by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

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Hugh Jackman, left, and Deborra-Lee Furness attend The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in 2023.
Culture
Taylor Renouf

REVEALED: Hugh Jackman’s ‘secret’ that ruined marriage

The ex-wife of Hugh Jackman has appeared to confirm the real reason for their shock divorce.

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The radio host has jumped to the Wolverine star’s defence.
Culture
Kayla Sellwood

Kyle Sandilands breaks silence on Hugh Jackman’s ‘affair’

The radio host has jumped to the Wolverine star’s defence.

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Sydney Sweeney says there's no such thing as women helping women in Hollywood. (EPA PHOTO)
Culture
Staff Writers

Sydney Sweeney calls out Hollywood feminism: ‘It’s all fake’

Sydney Sweeney says there's no such thing as women helping women in Hollywood and claims to the contrary are ‘a front’.

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Video
Dwayne Johnson meets cancer patient Shari Gordon Magill .
Culture
Georgie Kearney

The Rock’s emotional encounter with cancer ‘warrior’

The woman told the Hollywood star that doctors ‘can’t do anything’ about her stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

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Yoko Ono didn't realise her former husband's watch was missing until she was tipped off. (AP PHOTO)
Music
Webservice User

Yoko Ono wins back stolen John Lennon watch, court

A watch given to John Lennon on his 40th birthday and later stolen belongs to his widow Yoko Ono, a Swiss court has ruled.

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