January
Mel Gibson among Trump ‘envoys’ to sort out ‘troubled’ Hollywood
The president-elect announced on his social media site this week that three actors would be his eyes and ears to the movie-making town.
- Lindsey Bahr and Jill Colvin
November 2024
Five days on a Greyhound bus into an anxious America
Catching a Greyhound bus across the “rust belt” swing states gives an extraordinary insight into the psyche of American voters ahead of the US presidential election.
- Matthew Cranston
May 2024
Behind Ian Malouf’s $50m bet on umbilical cords
The Dial-A-Dump founder has shrugged off doubts about stem cell therapy and is investing heavily to get the treatments more widely approved.
- Michael Bailey
April 2024
Sarah, Cate, Kip, Baz and Mel are all alumni, but NIDA is broke
Australia’s premier dramatic arts institution produces the biggest names in theatre and entertainment, but it is struggling to get by.
- Julie Hare
August 2022
Battle over Olivia Newton-John’s heritage
After the death of the superstar singer, different nations are clamouring for recognition.
- Liam Walsh
June 2021
- Opinion
- Celebrities behaving badly
Admit everything! How to make a modern Hollywood apology
Outraged mob at your door? You’d better ‘listen’, ‘learn’, ‘evolve’ and, most important of all, show gratitude.
- Sam Leith
January 2021
- Exclusive
- Art
NIDA gets second act after emergency funding
The performing arts school is among the first four recipients of a $35 million federal lifeline for arts companies crushed by COVID-19.
- Michael Bailey
August 2020
- Analysis
- Courts
Johnny Depp, the High Court and the reality of fame
The libel trial brought by the Pirates of the Caribbean star says as much about the dazzle of celebrity as the quest for truth.
- Henry Mance
January 2020
Australia's worst movies: a screen test
So long as we see our first priority as being ‘supportive’ to our film industry, Australia will continue to make movies that nobody wants to watch.
- John McDonald