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October

The Benjamin Button economy has resulted largely from post-pandemic distortions in the US labour market.

The curious case of America’s Benjamin Button economy

Movie buffs will remember the title character, played by Brad Pitt, ages in reverse. The US economy is doing something similar.

  • Jared Franz

March

Brad Pitt road-tripping with photographer Ryan McGinley for GQ magazine.

Why the biggest celebrities in the world trust this photographer

New York-based artist Ryan McGinley has road-tripped with Brad Pitt, hung out with Kate Moss and got Troye Sivan to strip. Now he’s in Melbourne to explain what drives him.

  • Stephen Todd

January 2023

Australian nominees include Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth Debicki and Baz Luhrmann.

Elvis v Avatar: Golden Globes battle for credibility after scandals

One of the glitziest awards ceremonies is back on the Hollywood calendar after the event was abandoned over controversy around race and ethics.

  • Lisa Richwine

December 2022

Brad Pitt: “We weren’t going to do this unless we found like-minded partners.”

Sale values Brad Pitt’s Plan B at $440m

The actor’s independent production house is ready to go “grander and more global” after a deal to sell a stake to France’s Mediawan.

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  • Alex Barker and Leila Abboud

October 2022

Brad Pitt, pictured at the premiere of ‘Bullet Train’ in Los Angeles in August, unveiled his new skincare range last month. The beauty industry is increasingly sceptical of celebrities launching their own beauty products.

Do you trust these people to know what’s good for your skin?

Beauty experts are tired of celebrities “cashing in on skincare” – and Brad Pitt is just the latest of many.

  • Janna Mandell
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December 2021

Spider-Man: Into the Spidey-Verse.

2022 is a big year for big films

January will see the year off to an exceptionally strong start and if the cinemas only manage to stay open, we’ll have something good to remember.

  • John McDonald
Author Anne Rice  in California at a book signing in 2016.

Anne Rice, who spun gothic tales of vampires, dies at 80

Anne Rice was a largely unknown writer when she turned a short story she had written in the late 1960s into ‘Interview With the Vampire’.

  • Neil Genzlinger

April 2021

Oscars 2021 red carpet. Chloe Zhao, Andrew Jackson, Travon Free, Margot Robbie

Nomadland makes history at an Oscars with a difference

Chloé Zhao’s meditation on grief and the damaged American dream, won Academy awards for best picture, director and actress at a surreal ceremony.

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  • Brooke Barnes

February 2021

Angelina Jolie sells Churchill’s WW2 painting for FDR

Christie’s hopes Winston Churchill’s ‘most important’ painting, gifted to the US president in Morocco before being bought by Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, will fetch more than $3 million.

  • JILL LAWLESS

February 2020

Bong Joon Ho accepts the award for best international feature film for "Parasite".

Oscars praise lavished on women but men scoop top gongs

Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho stole the show, during which women were dubbed "superheroes" and praised for their contributions to the film industry.

  • Lauren Sams
Billy Porter arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Men just want to have fun on Oscars red carpet

Janelle, Florence, Margot and Renee amp up the glam – but men are having more fun with fashion

  • Lauren Sams
Actress Rebel Wilson poses for photographers upon arrival at the Bafta Film Awards, in central London, Sunday, Feb. 2 2020. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

'I just don't have the balls': Rebel chides BAFTAS

World War I epic 1917 was the big winner at Sunday's British Academy Film Awards but the talking point was the fact no women were nominated for best director and all 20 nominees for lead and supporting actor were white.

January 2020

Kang-Ho Song, from left, Park So-dam, Bong Joon-ho, Jang Hye-jin, Choi Woo-shik, and Lee Sun Gyun with the award for outstanding performance by a cast for "Parasite".

'Parasite' scores historic upset at SAG awards, boosting Oscar chances

The social satire about the wealth gap in South Korea, was the first film in a foreign language to win the top prize of best cast ensemble in the 26 year-history of the SAG awards.

  • Jill Serjeant

September 2019

Brad Pitt has daddy issues as astronaut Roy McBride.

To Neptune and beyond

Brad Pitt shines in this space odyssey where all the futuristic paraphernalia is merely a backdrop for a personal crisis.

  • John McDonald
Not many studios and production companies hand over $US80 million   for original ideas  like Ad Astra anymore.

Why it took guts to make Ad Astra

It's taken almost 25 years for Brad Pitt and James Gray to get round to making Ad Astra.

  • Lindsey Bahr

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