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Roger Ailes

November 2023

Rupert Murdoch and Elena Zhukova on a recent trip to Greece.

Rupert Murdoch gets the Fox News treatment

A brutal book on the cable channel argues that its founder came to exercise less influence over the network than the politician it created – Donald Trump.

October 2023

Michael Wolff’s new book, The Fall, looks at the long-term future of Fox News.

Wolff claims credit for Rupert Murdoch’s sudden retirement

The writer says his expose about the dire leadership situation at Fox Corporation, owner of Fox News, played a part in Rupert Murdoch’s decision to step back.

December 2020

Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron: ‘My industry is embarrassed’

The actor is hoping Bombshell will remind audiences that sexual harassment and assault is a ‘non­-partisan issue’.

February 2020

Chiu was a 24-year-old Oxford graduate and she had only worked for Weinstein for two months when she says he tried to rape her in a hotel room during the Venice film festival.

Weinstein's secret weapon against his victims exposed

Harvey Weinstein's former assistant Rowena Chiu says the case has exposed the frailties of the legal system to deal with rape cases.

January 2020

Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson in Bombshell.

When spin is more important than the facts

Fox News supremo Roger Ailes’s deeds as a serial sexual harasser eventually brought him undone but the bigger issue in the film concerns the mechanics of power.

In Hollywood, crime always pays: Martin Scorsese, centre, Al Pacino, left, and Robert De Niro have made their names together in gangster films.

Netflix leads Hollywood pack in Oscars race

A star powered line-up of films has propelled the streaming giant to the top of the Academy Awards nominations lists, with a tally of 24 for a range of movies.

Harvey Weinstein hobbled into a New York court on a walker.

Watching a pathetic Weinstein enter court is already a win

The once fearsome producer whose sexual bullying helped fuel the rage behind MeToo now appears weak, pale and pathetic. It all feels very calculated.

Stars of The Morning Wars Reese Witherspoon, left, and Jennifer Aniston at the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards .

Golden Globes stars' outpouring of support over bushfires

The Golden Globes winners had a political message for Australia.

Russell Crowe

Crowe uses Golden Globes stage for climate change message

Russell Crowe used a victory speech at the award ceremony to declare the bushfires are the result of climate change, as other celebrities voiced their support for Australia.

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