Biopics
Bad wigs, salacious romps and lawyers: Australia’s obsession with biopics
Dodgy wigs and a tsunami of social media outrage aside, the greatest revelation about the Warnie series was how little there was left to reveal about the cricketer.
- by Andrew Hornery
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Born to be Warne: Meet the Perth actor selected to play the spin king
Alex Williams not only looks the part to play Shane Warne in this two-part series on his colourful career, but his passion for cricket gave him a deep connection.
- by Mark Naglazas
Sex, scandals, and a whole lot of cricket: Warnie brings our favourite bogan back to life
He was Australia’s favourite sportsman, but does the Shane Warne miniseries tell it like it was? Star Alex Williams spills the (baked) beans.
- by Karl Quinn
Michael Jackson biopic set to start production this year
A biopic detailing the life of pop-star Michael Jackson is in the works, to be produced by Graham King who worked on the Academy-Award winning Bohemian Rhapsody.
- by Billie Eder
Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis dominates AACTA Awards, Mystery Road and Heartbreak High win big in TV
The dazzling biopic won 11 awards, including best film, best director, best actor for Austin Butler and best supporting actress for Olivia DeJonge.
- by Garry Maddox
How Elvis propelled Australia’s Olivia DeJonge to new heights
Olivia DeJonge thought the role of Priscilla in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis had gone to another actor, then she received an unexpected text from her agent.
- by Garry Maddox
Rylance of the Slams: Greatest actor of his generation plays ‘world’s worst golfer’
Mark Rylance is one of the most acclaimed stage and screen actors alive, but in his latest role he plays a man who was acclaimed as the worst golfer ever.
- by Karl Quinn
Elvis director Baz Luhrmann feared just one review: Priscilla Presley’s
Baz Luhrmann’s massive film Elvis, full of the flash of disco and the trash of Vegas, had its gala launch at the Cannes Film Festival.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
My night with Robbie Williams, a Tom Jones impersonator and thousands of Shane Warne fans
Two concerts staged by the English singer over the weekend were part of the filming of the biopic of his life currently in production in Australia.
- by Karl Quinn
Madonnageddon: who will survive ‘gruelling’ auditions to play pop icon?
Madonna’s route to fame was hard-won. For contenders linked to her upcoming biopic, it looks like that same level of all-in effort is being called for in the elimination process.
- by Sarah Thomas
Always second fiddle: How The Crown made us feel for Philip the man
It’s fiction of course, but the Philip we have come to know over four seasons of The Crown is more complex and sympathetic than the one we knew before.
- by Karl Quinn
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