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Pamela Anderson had a secret. Revealing it has blown our minds

The Last Showgirl changed everything for the former Baywatch star, but the emotions she brought to it had been building for years.

  • Stephanie Bunbury

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The greatest trick ever will change your mind about magic

The climax is no less moving than a great line of poetry or a soaring phrase of music.

  • David Free
Renee Zellweger as Bridget Jones: I liked her just as she was.

Another Bridget Jones? Rom-com sequels are an abomination

They are antithetical to the very genre that birthed them.

  • Jenna Guillaume
A black corner flag at Old Trafford to commemorate the 1958 Munich air disaster.

A solemn reimagining of the 1958 Munich air disaster

The third novel in David Peace’s football trilogy, Munichs is the story of the aftermath of the plane crash that killed eight members of Manchester United’s team.

  • Adrian McKinty
Ren Zhengfei, founder and CEO of Huawei Technologies Company, in May 2019.

Inside the company that sparked the US-China battle for tech supremacy

From humble beginnings in a greenhouse on top of a block of flats, Chinese company Huawei grew to become one of the world’s most powerful technological empires.

  • Kurt Johnson
Charmaine Wilkerson’s second novel is a taut multi-generational saga.

This novel reminded me of the ecstasy of inhaling a well-written book

Charmaine Wilkerson’s Good Dirt is a tale of family, loss and legacy.

  • Jessie Tu
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'The Russian Revolution' on the ABC Picture shows Nicholas II, Tsar of all the Russias.

Was it a series of bad decisions that brought down the Romanovs?

Historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa’s new book examines the self-destruction of the autocratic Russian dynasty.

  • Ken Haley

Will multinational takeovers spell the end of local indie publishers?

In the past six months, two big multinationals have taken over two independent publishing houses. Should we be worried about the future for local voices and writing?

  • Jane Sullivan
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Can pop’s new stars smash the Grammys?

The typically conservative Recording Academy has put a foot in the present while the other’s perpetually in the past. It makes for the most intriguing Grammys in years.

  • Robert Moran

Film puts us in the room as Munich’s ‘Happy Games’ turned to horror

September 5 stars Peter Sarsgaard as a veteran sports broadcaster confronting a hostage crisis at the 1972 Olympics.

  • Stephanie Bunbury

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