December 2022
Washington honours stars of stage and screen
Actor George Clooney, singer-songwriter Amy Grant, singer Gladys Knight, composer Tania León and rock group U2 were celebrated for their contributions to the arts.
- Jeff Mason and Daphne Psaledakis
January 2021
Joe Biden and me
Even Australian students can get unprecedented access to America's most senior politicians when Iowa becomes the epicentre of the political universe.
- William Davis
October 2020
Crude, cringeworthy but compelling: Borat is back
As America's reality TV President turns the nation into a Jerry Springer show, satire hardly seems needed. But somehow, this is the right movie for our times.
- John McDonald
'Very nice!': Kazakhstan taps new Borat movie slogan to woo tourists
The catchphrase of Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy character is being used by the tourism board, but the foreign ministry still says the film is racist.
- Andrew Osborn and Mariya Gordeyeva
- Analysis
- US votes 2020
Giuliani the unwitting star of Borat's surprise sequel
In tweets, Giuliani called the video a 'complete fabrication' and said he was tucking in his shirt 'after taking off the recording equipment'.
- Sonia Rao
November 2019
Social media the 'greatest propaganda machine in history': Baron Cohen
The actor did not need any of his on-screen personas to rip into the world's biggest social media organisations for facilitating the kind of racism and hate he regularly lampoons.
- Katie Shepherd