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Comedian Alan Davies’ career changed once he admitted, ‘I’m one of those’

The performer talks stand-up, mortality and his decision five years ago to reveal his childhood abuse.

  • Michael Dwyer

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The Room Returns!

Bob Odenkirk stars in cult classic as The Room Returns! – to Sydney

It’s considered one of the worst films ever made. And thanks to a raucous tradition at a heritage-listed cinema, the tribute retelling is coming to Australia.

  • Bella Ann Sanchez
Journalist, broadcaster and now author Geoff Hutchison.

This old bloke’s guide to happiness has one golden rule

Former journalist Geoff Hutchison’s book for ageing men is not interested in culture wars – it deals instead with emotional shrinkage, a stubborn stand-off with acceptance.

  • Michael Dwyer

‘Why aren’t you being cancelled?’ Claudia Karvan reveals her problematic past roles

The veteran Australian actor has seen a lot of social change over her decades-long career. There’s a big one at the heart of her latest role.

  • John Bailey
British musician Jacob Collier.

How ‘Gen Z’s Mozart’ almost dismissed Herbie Hancock’s email as a joke

Jacob Collier was a teenager making songs in his bedroom – until his videos caught the attention of the world’s biggest musicians.

  • Michael Lallo
Rhoda Roberts.

The untold story of Frank Roberts, Australia’s own Rocky Balboa

Rhoda Roberts celebrates the story of her cousin Frank, the first Indigenous man to compete for Australia at the Olympics.

  • John Bailey
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Brad Pitt at the European premiere of F1: The Movie this week.

‘Brad Pitt is annoyingly good at everything’: In F1, Damson Idris is just trying to keep up

The makers of Top Gun tapped A-lister Brad Pitt and rising star Damson Idris to make the greatest Formula One racing movie of all time.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Logie winner Hazem Shammas will play Macbeth for Bell Shakespeare’s 2023 season.

‘We all have the capacity to be monsters’: Hazem Shammas on playing Coriolanus

Macbeth has nothing on one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known and most monstrous subjects.

  • John Bailey
Justine Hyde, new CEO of Abbotsford Convent.

Is this Melbourne’s only CEO job with sheep grazing outside the office?

Justine Hyde has an ambitious plan to put Abbotsford Convent on the map, setting her sights on transforming it into more than just a haven for locals.

  • John Bailey
Warren Ellis.

The film Dirty Three violinist Warren Ellis tried to pull

Ellis Park, the documentary about Ellis’ life and work (and his Indonesian animal sanctuary), is something he had no intention or desire to make.

  • Michael Dwyer

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