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Former Beattie government minister Liddy Clark (front) in this week’s episode of The White Lotus.

How a former Queensland government minister wound up on The White Lotus

A former Beattie government minister has landed an acting role in one of the most talked about television shows of the past few years.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Ellen Burstyn and Director, Kornél Mundruczó as cameras roll at Disney Studios in Randwick.

‘One of the greatest of all time’: Ellen Burstyn, 92, lands in Australia to shoot new film

The Oscar winner is set to star alongside Taika Waititi in Place to Be. She says there’s never been a better time to escape the USA.

  • Thomas Mitchell
“Live, laugh, love, right guys. OK, mama needs to sleep now.”

Guns, monkeys, bogan Aussies and instant karma: Where is The White Lotus heading?

We’re at the halfway point of Mike White’s razor-sharp satire, so let’s take a look back at where we’ve been and we’re going.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Pedrol Pascal as Joel in The Last of Us.

The Last of Us is back to break your heart. Here’s what we know

Remember the total devastation of that Murray Bartlett and Nick Offerman episode? We could be up for round two.

  • Meg Watson
Matt Moran with Courtney Act in Memory Bites with Matt Moran.

‘All these things connect’: The mates opening up over memories and a meal

Matt Moran has dived into his social circle and asked people to share stories and recipes from their childhood.

  • Bridget McManus
Sisters Setara Amiri, left, and Nazifa Hamdani, the star and writer respectively of the Setara chapter of My Melbourne.

Setara fled the Taliban. Now she’s living her dream, as a movie star

Three years after arriving in Australia as a refugee, Setara Amiri is one of the stars of an Australian movie about to be released in India.

  • Karl Quinn
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“I’ve never understood expensive handbags. I just think that’s a tax on stupidity.”

‘A tax on stupidity’: The one extravagance writer Debra Oswald has never understood

The writer and creator of hit TV show Offspring on being careful with money, researching gruesome deaths – and when she’d commit murder.

  • Benjamin Law
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Motorists are being screwed

As tyre sales go through the roof.

Marcus Graham plays slippery slumlord Benny Bates in the drama series Ten Pound Poms.

‘My father was very cagey’: Marcus Graham’s family secret hits close to home

The actor found an unexpected close connection to the lives of the characters in the immigration drama Ten Pound Poms.

  • Bridget McManus
Australian producer Maya Gnyp, who is nominated for best short documentary for I Am Ready, Warden.

Emotional documentary makes Maya one of Australia’s best chances at the Oscars

Short films have a lower profile at the Academy Awards, but they matter just as much for documentary nominee Maya Gnyp.

  • Garry Maddox

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