Today
Ozzy Osbourne, the godfather of heavy metal, dies at 76
The gloomy, demon-invoking lead singer of pioneering band Black Sabbath died just weeks after his farewell show.
Why Gen Z has embraced a Kubrick classic
Stately historical epic Barry Lyndon baffled audiences in 1975, but a new generation is beguiled by the ultimate anti-Netflix movie.
Yesterday
Fill your diary with August’s best arts and entertainment events
From Paul Kelly finally playing an arena tour, to ‘The Book Of Mormon’ ringing our national doorbell once more, there’s plenty to see this month.
This Month
Rare Shanghai Symphony tour keeps soft diplomacy flowing
Founded in 1879, Shanghai SO is Asia’s oldest orchestra, surviving even Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution when Western classical music was banned.
Which PM’s Great Wall visit did Albanese replicate? Take our weekly quiz
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
Salt Path shows why people love a good story (even if it isn’t true)
There is greater tolerance for lies as long as a story has “truthiness”, to use comedian Stephen Colbert’s phrase, by being plausible and emotionally resonant.
Netflix’s Untamed is an edgy crime thriller
Eric Bana and Sam Neill shine in a story that contrasts the grandeur of Yosemite National Park with humanity’s baser instincts.
Rise of the ‘transvestigators’ who think Michelle Obama is a man
The online right is lost inside an “emasculation fetish”, where the children aren’t children, wives aren’t wives and, above all, men aren’t men.
Streaming wars: It’s now a battle between YouTube and Netflix
The two dominant platforms are veering onto each other’s turf as they compete for the same audience.
Brisbane scores coup with trilogy from a contemporary master of dance
French-born, LA-based Benjamin Millepied and his ballet company are heading to Australia for a rare performance at the Brisbane Festival.
How Marvel’s heroes lost their superpowers
The studio has long been the engine that powered global cinema ticket sales. But a crowded and confusing universe has left the comic book characters running out of puff.
Severance dominates Emmy nods as Apple challenges HBO and Netflix
The Netflix drama earned a swag of nominations but nothing came close to dystopian workplace series “Severance” from Apple, which achieved acclaim and audience buzz.
Not enough distress: Japanese whisky sale tanks
The SMSF seller of rare whiskies could have put off buyers, but interest in Escher and Turner proves almost infinite.
$15m nude is proof that women are the future of the art world
Pretty much the only good news in a disappointing London sale season was the results for female artists.
Australian artists set the world’s top photo festival abuzz
It’s the first time photographers from Down Under are showing at Les Rencontres d’Arles in the south of France, widely considered the most important show of its kind.
Glowing quoll shortlisted for science photography prize
A never-before-captured “biofluorescing” Eastern Quoll is among the 12 finalists of this year’s Beaker Street Science Photography Prize.
Meet the woman with NSW’s biggest (and hardest) arts job
Maud Page is the first female to run the Art Gallery Of NSW, but its immediate survival as the costs of a new building bite is what she is dwelling on.
Who’s to blame for pricey coffee? Find out in our weekly quiz
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
Why the Oasis reunion is hitting ’90s kids so hard
They were the last band that wanted to be the biggest in the world – and they’re back at a time when we might need that belief more than ever.
Why the ultra-rich are investing in weird collectables
Forget buying a Picasso. The 1 per cent want nostalgic artefacts such as early computers and dinosaur bones – and auctioneers are struggling to keep up.
In Pictures: Paris Fashion Week
Jaw-dropping styles and celebrity theatrics mark the semi-annual French event.
Superman reboot fails to fly high enough
Writer-director James Gunn is good for eye-popping and colourful action scenes and effects, but there’s nothing innovative here.
Hate has no place? If only that were true
The best way to start to overcome antisemitism is to encourage young people to have a bit more empathy and lot less hatred for those they disagree with.
Why Succession’s Brian Cox would never play Donald Trump
“You look for characters who have some redeeming qualities,” says the actor who played Logan Roy. Presumably this includes economist Adam Smith, who he is portraying in a new stage play.
How Trump 2.0 and social media gave Orwell’s 1984 new life
A stage adaption of George Orwell’s dystopian novel has been packing them in, as its themes – newspeak, thought police and constant surveillance – hit home.