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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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Game of Thrones

BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 08: Maisie Williams during the Shooting Stars 2015 Portrait Session at the 65th Berlinale International Film Festival at Ritz Carlton on February 8, 2015 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for European Shooting Stars 2015)

‘I can’t believe people are still shocked’

AFTER one princess was burned at the stake by her father and another raped by her husband, surely Game Of Thrones has gone too far? Wrong, says Maisie “Arya Stark” Williams.

ESCAPE - MT BULLER .. Enjoying a kids lesson at Ski School . Picture: Supplied

Mt Buller perfect for the quick ski trip

WITH the ski season officially under way, James Wigney takes a look at what you can expect from one of Australia’s most accessible resorts.

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - DECEMBER 05: Honoree Elizabeth Banks attends March of Dimes' Celebration of Babies: A Hollywood Luncheon at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on December 5, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for March of Dimes)

Banks takes reins on Pitch Perfect 2

THE original Pitch Perfect found fans in the most unlikely of places. So what does first-time director Elizabeth Banks have in mind for the sequel?

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones filmed in Iceland .. Kit Harington plays Jon Snow in the hit show. Photo: HBO

Game Of Thrones for dummies

NOW in its fifth season, it’s still the hottest thing on TV. But if you still don’t know who Jon Snow is and why winter is continually coming, here’s a guide.

Children pose to have their photo taken with the Pop Faces featuring reproductions of Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe, 1967, Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, in the POP PLAY area in the Pop to popism exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Photo: AGNSW/Jenni Carter © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

A summer of Sydney arts

JAMES Wigney admires the bold, colourful and modern artworks on display as part of the Sydney Festival — a must see for locals and visitors.

Scene from The Hobbit: the Battle Of the Five Armies. Roadshow Warner films

Final Hobbit movie: First review

DOES the final Hobbit movie stack up to those that came before it? James Wigney is among the first in the world to see it and he says yes.

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Scene from Pitch Perfect 2 - for Sunday papers only, not to run before November 30.

The Bellas are back in Pitch Perfect 2

THE sequel to the hit comedy musical Pitch Perfect is taking shape in the US Deep South, with hilarious Rebel Wilson and Hunger Games’ Elizabeth Banks calling the shots.

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This photo released by Sony Pictures Entertainment shows Brad Pitt as Sgt. Don “Wardaddy” Collier in Columbia Pictures'

Brad Pitt on his love of war movies

HE’S done action, romance, drama and sci-fi — but if war is hell, then why does Brad Pitt keep going back for more? Let him explain.

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The Simpsons Family History by Matt Groening published by Abrams $45.00 Available September

Celebrating 25 years of The Simpsons

A NEW book by The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening traces the history of everyone’s favourite four-fingered family from Springfield.

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FILE - This 2012 file photo released by National Geographic shows filmmaker James Cameron emerging from the Deepsea Challenger after his successful solo dive to the Mariana Trench, during the filming of Cameron's

‘Part of me wanted to chuck it all’

THE highest grossing movie of all time nearly never happened as Oscar-winning director James Cameron traded fickle audiences for the certainty of science.

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