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Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee - host Guy Montgomery (left) and sidekick Aaron Chen.

TV of the year: 19 shows and moments we couldn’t stop thinking about

End-of-year critics’ lists don’t always catch what made us laugh, groan or cry. So here’s the best and worst of the rest.

  • Louise Rugendyke, Craig Mathieson, Kylie Northover, Meg Watson, Michael Idato and Debi Enker

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Act your age: Why Harrison Ford, not Tom Cruise, is the real silver screen hero

Two cinematic titans are facing off through their respective blockbuster movies. For me, there’s only one winner.

  • Anne Ring
In Dial of Destiny, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) may be older and slower, but he’s a more rounded character than in previous films.

Farewell to Indiana Jones, who finally moves with the times

A more mellow hero emerges in The Dial Of Destiny, the final outing for the archaeology professor. Harrison Ford’s moving performance is the perfect send-off.

  • Jake Wilson
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Pressure to look ‘hot’ is taking the joy out of ageing

Octogenarian Martha Stewart’s Sports Illustrated swimsuit shoot reveals the exhausting lengths older celebs go to in bid to maintain a youthful look.

  • Andrew Hornery
Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton and Helen Mirren as Cara Dutton in 1923.

Succession in a Stetson: everything you need to know about 1923

A western only in the same way that Game of Thrones is a fantasy series rather than a political thriller, once you sweep the western trappings away, 1923 is a huge family soap opera. But not in the sudsy sense.

  • Michael Idato
The 6-foot tribute to frozen-in-carbonite Han Solo, made from bread dough.

Bakery makes life-size replica of famous Star Wars scene out of bread

A Californian bakery trapped Harrison Ford’s character in carbs in their Halloween recreation of the Empire Strikes Back.

  • Michael Levenson
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Harrison Ford and Phoebe Waller-Bridge at D23 in Anaheim, California.

‘This is it’: Indiana Jones steals the show at Disney’s dazzling expo

The 80-year-old actor fought back tears as he appeared with Phoebe Waller-Bridge at the annual Disney convention D23, among a suite of other TV and film previews.

  • Michael Idato
Harrison Ford and Sean Young in Blade Runner.

Forty years on, Blade Runner’s still peerless as a sci-fi classic

Ridley Scott’s world of unchecked technology, environmental disaster and extreme wealth disparities still resonates four decades after its release.

  • Charles Purcell
Harrison Ford was piloting a plane that crossed a runway when another plane was trying to land, according to a statement from the FAA.

Harrison Ford again under FAA investigation after new aircraft incident

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an aircraft incident at Hawthorne Airport last Friday involving the Indiana Jones actor.

  • Richard Winton
In The Call of the Wild, Harrison Ford rolls out his trademark grumpy routine, with CGI dog Buck as his sidekick. 

The Call of the Wild is a tame affair, even with CGI wonder dog Buck

The film has tactfully planed away author Jack London's original raw edges to deliver a much tamer version of Buck's transformation from house dog to hunter.

  • Sandra Hall

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