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James WigneyHit.TV Editor/Scene editor

James Wigney is the editor of the Hit.TV and Scene entertainment liftouts in the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald sun and has been writing about film, music, television and comedy for more than two decades. In that time he has interviewed some of the biggest names in the entertainment world – from Pink Floyd and Pink to Harrison Ford and Jennifer Lawrence – and been behind the scenes on Marvel and James Bond films and backstage with Coldplay and U2. He’s also a pop culture tragic, with a particular interest in sci-fi, and very broad musical tastes (and a particular soft spot for classic rock).

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SHFG. Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Peter Parker (Jake Johnson) and Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) in Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation's SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE.

New Spider-Man has viewers seeing double

The rising star behind the latest iteration of Spider-Man says he’s happy to be playing a black webslinger, but has cautioned Hollywood against being ‘lazy’ in their quest to diversify beloved franchises.

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LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 27: Producer and screenwriter Peter Jackson attends the "Mortal Engines" world premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square on November 27, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

The wise words Peter Jackson offered his protege

Oscar-winning Kiwi director Peter Jackson put his own nightmare experiences making the Lord Of the Rings to good use to prepare his Mortal Engines protege, Christian Rivers, for the worst.

FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2018 file photo, Michael B. Jordan poses for a portrait at a press junket at the Montage Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, Calif. Jordan's latest film, "Creed II," hits theaters on Wednesday, Nov. 21. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Jordan comes out swinging in Stallone’s boxing sequel

Michael B. Jordan gets back in the ring to go a few more rounds as Adonis Creed — but will the Academy recognise the cultural phenomenon that was Marvel’s Black Panther?

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Cricket greats Ricky Ponting and Adam Gilchrist.

Gilchrist, Ponting on new ball game for TV cricket

The new faces at Fox and Seven are promising a fresh and fun approach to calling cricket this summer, with two of the game’s greats looking to revitalise the coverage and commentary, writes James Wigney.

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Australian singer Amy Shark poses for a portrait in Darlinghurst, Sydney. Picture: Brett Costello

No ARIA revenge plot for humble Amy Shark

Aussie pop star Amy Shark is widely tipped to clean up at tonight’s ARIA Awards. But she won’t rub her success in the faces of early critics of her music career.

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FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2018 file photo, Dolph Lundgren attends the world premiere of "Creed II" in New York. Lundgren remains grateful to Stallone, not only for casting him in the 1985 film, "Rocky IV", but for bringing him back in a heartier, more substantial role. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)

Ivan Drago’s surprise return

Dolph Lundgren never thought he’d play Russian boxing beast Ivan Drago again until his old sparring partner Sylvester Stallone threw him yet another career lifeline.

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This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Viola Davis, left, and Cynthia Erivo in a scene from "Widows." (Merrick Morton/20th Century Fox via AP)

Five ensemble cast blockbusters you must stream

Gripping ensemble thriller Widows starring Viola Davis, Colin Farrell and Liam Neeson opens in cinemas this week — here are five more big-ticket flicks with a big cast that you should watch.

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Ben Mendelsohn attends the 2018 Kirk Douglas Award for Excellence in Film Honoring Hugh Jackman at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, in Goleta, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Why Aussie Ben Mendelsohn is Hollywood’s favourite villain

He’s carved out a lucrative niche as Hollywood’s villain of choice. As Melbourne’s Ben Mendelsohn approaches the big 5-0, he reflects on his “extraordinary” career renaissance.

Scene from the Foxtel drama My Brilliant Friend. From left, Elisa Del Genio (young Elena) & Ludovica Nasti (young Lila)_Photo by Eduardo Castaldo

Why these girls are the best child actors of 2018

Elisa Del Genio and Ludovica Nasti have the toughest acting job of 2018 — anchoring the early episodes of the TV version of Elena Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend — and they are stunning.

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Adapted from Deborah Harkness best-selling trilogy of novels, A Discovery of Witches is a bold and romantic thriller that uncovers a secret underworld of extraordinary beings hiding in plain sight for fear of persecution by humans they are vampires, witches and daemons. Brilliant historian Diana Bishop is a witch denying her own heritage. But when she unexpectedly calls up an ancient, bewitched manuscript from Oxfords Bodleian library, one that was thought by the creatures to be lost and could answer the mysteries of their existence, she finds herself thrown into the heart of a dangerous mystery and into the path of the enigmatic geneticist and vampire Matthew Clairmont. Matthew is driven to solve the looming threat of the creatures decline and extinction, but their unlikely alliance to find the book before it falls into the wrong hands and their deepening relationship threatens to violate age-old taboos and shake the fragile peace that exists between the species. Starring: Pino Maiello, Alex Kingston, Valarie Pettiford.

Teresa Palmer’s bewitching new role

Aussie star Teresa Palmer tells all about pregnancy number three — it’s a girl — and going supernatural for her hit television show, A Discovery of Witches.

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