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David Meddows is an entertainment writer for The Sunday Telegraph, specialising in television, streaming and movie features.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH SPECIAL. Event Cinemas will be launching a brand new cinema concept - Event Junior, an immersive cinema experience specially designed for kids and their families. The cinema will launch at Event Cinemas Macquarie and Shellharbour first, before being rolled out in key locations across Australia.The entire in-cinema experience has been tailored to suit children 8 and under and features: a playground space, complete with slides, a netted climbing gym and VR interactive projector game as well as unallocated kid-friendly day-bed seating. stadium seating for parents, atmospheric light and sound, dedicated play time before the movie starts, a ten minute intermission and a bespoke menu offering snacks and beverages.

Movie theatres turned into kids’ playground

There’s playground equipment, daybeds, a netted climbing gym and a menu specifically designed for kids. Welcome to the future of watching movies. Event Cinemas launches Event Junior, which caters to children and parents wanting to take in a movie.

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Kyle Sandilands hiding in LA mansion

Why Kyle Sandilands won’t come back to Australia

His vile video insulting the Virgin Mary made international headlines and led to claims of death threats against him. While KIIS shock jock Kyle Sandilands will return to air on Monday, he remains holed up in his Los Angeles mansion. FIND OUT WHY

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Dennis Lynn Rader, a man who murdered 10 people.

The real monsters of Mindhunter

Mindhunter proves truth is often more terrifying than fiction. Here are the real life sadistic serial killers who appear through the two seasons of the hit television show.

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FOR SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: SEPTEMBER 29, 2019Great Australian Bake-off season 2019:Maggie Beer and Matt Moran with a contestant Picture: Supplied Foxtel

The Aussie chef that makes Matt Moran melt

Celebrity chef Matt Moran prides himself on being a little rough around the edges. But the boy from Blacktown melts like icing on a hot cake when the subject turns to one of Australia’s most beloved cooks.

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Ben Platt in a scene from The Politician. Picture: Netflix

The new political series everyone will be talking about

Read any of the previews about Ryan Murphy’s highly anticipated new series The Politician and it’s almost guaranteed to be described as a “dark comedy”. But one of the show’s stars thinks this story hits much closer to home than people might think.

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Swingers, sex and death: Sydney mystery inspires new drama

It is one of Sydney’s most puzzling unsolved mysteries — the deaths of a physicist and his lover in 1963. The mystery, which involves a swingers party and wild espionage conspiracy theories, is the inspiration behind a new audio drama from renowned Australian playwright Louis Nowra.

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