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“When the first Saw movie came out, horror was like one rung above porn”: Leigh Whannell.

Horror flicks were once barely a rung above porn: that’s all changed

Saw writer Leigh Whannell is set to discuss the new-found appeal of horror at a five-day festival dubbed ‘Sundance at Surfers’.

  • Garry Maddox

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Robbie Williams is played by a monkey in Better Man.

A monkey playing Robbie Williams in a film was a gamble. But it appears to be paying off

Michael Gracey’s follow-up to The Greatest Showman, Better Man, has set a record for most AACTA Award nominations.

  • Garry Maddox

Leeanna Walsman: ‘I look in the mirror and I see how old I am’

The 44-year-old actor may have been working for three decades, but she says every new job feels like the first.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Actor Hunter Page-Lochard stars in Critical Incident.

What makes a sweet guy turn mean? How Hunter Page-Lochard found his inner villain

The award-winning actor plays a drug dealer in new cop drama Critical Incident, and it’s a long way from Play School. “Even my dad couldn’t watch.”

  • Helen Pitt
“Patty’s just so confident … He’s [never] gotten jealous, and that’s sexy.”

‘Patty’s not allowed to remarry’: Harriet Dyer’s imaginary from-the-grave command

The 35-year-old actor and screenwriter on unusual sex ed, how she’d like to die – and Taylor Swift.

  • Benjamin Law

Some say Celeste Barber’s now too hot to parody beauty standards …

Here’s the comedian and social media star’s blunt reply.

  • Benjamin Law
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Josh Thomas can make his eyebrow touch his nose. Go on, try it

The Please Like Me creator discusses becoming a better listener, why he hates his body – and his secret party trick.

  • Benjamin Law
Sonia Kruger wins the Gold Logie at the 63rd awards.

‘No more popularity contests’: Logies announce major overhaul

In a major change, the TV Week Logie awards have combined major categories in a bid to grant the awards greater legitimacy.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Margot Robbie was a serial winner at the AACTA awards, which were this year held in her hometown of the Gold Coast for the first time.

Margot Robbie dazzles as YouTubers scoop top prize at AACTA awards

Twins Michael and Danny Philippou were the big winners, but all eyes were on hometown hero Robbie at the Australian Academy Awards on the Gold Coast.

  • Karl Quinn
The Newsreader executive producer Joanna Werner and series creator and writer Michael Lucas.

Talk to Me, The New Boy and The Newsreader lead AACTA Award nominations

The AACTA Awards, the annual celebration of Australia film and TV, have announced the nominees for February’s event, including Colin from Accounts and Deadloch.

  • Hannah Story

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