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Stills from new series Robin Hood, starring Australia’s Jack Patten.

Will next-gen NIDA grads join former alumni Cate, Baz, Toni and Hugo?

Just 22 students – whittled down from 1000 applicants – will graduate from the world-acclaimed drama school next Friday.

  • Andrew Hornery

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Mad Max comes to Canberra. Couldn’t happen. Could it?

Vague, unsubstantiated scuttlebutt suggests Mel Gibson could be appointed as the US ambassador to Australia. Sounds absurd – except this is the second Trump administration.

  • Tony Wright
A unique artist: Gillian Armstrong on set of Mrs Soffel with Diane Keaton.

Diane Keaton and me: Director Gillian Armstrong’s tribute to a unique artist

Diane Keaton starred in my 1984 MGM film Mrs Soffel with our superstar Mel Gibson. So, two superstars. Not always a fun thing for them, I discovered.

  • Gillian Armstrong
Nick A’Hern has discovered disturbing levels of forever chemicals in his blood, after his tap water supply was contaminated. A’hern, his partner actress Joanne Samuel and his son have all recovered from cancer.

Nick and his family were stalked by cancer. Then came a blood-test bombshell

Nick A’Hern and his actor wife left Sydney for a pristine place to raise their children, but have since discovered their tap water was toxic.

  • Carrie Fellner
Australian TV and film to stream now (from top left) Eric Bana in The Dry; Kitty Flanagan in Fisk; Madeleine Sami, Kate Box and Nina Oyama in Deadloch; Aaron Pedersen in Mystery Road; and Scott Ryan in Mr Inbetween.

Tell ’em you’re streaming: 20 Australian TV shows and movies to watch this long weekend

From romcoms to thrillers and, yes, The Castle, these home-grown screen heroes will keep you watching this long weekend.

  • Craig Mathieson
Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone  (along with Mel Gibson) cast as Trump’s Hollywood envoys.

Trump casts Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight as his ‘Hollywood envoys’

The US president-elect has selected the three entertainment giants to help “a great but very troubled place”.

  • Farrah Tomazin
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Mason Thames, Noah Cottrell, Julian Lerner and Abby James Witherspoon in Monster Summer.

Spielberg meets Stranger Things in this paranoid teen-horror fantasy

Monster Summer, which stars Mel Gibson, is reminiscent of Jaws, but with a more nebulous enemy.

  • Jake Wilson
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How to darn a black hole

In the laundry at the end of the universe.

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The hills are alive with the sound of studiousness

Nothing like a Taylor-made word.

NIDA graduates, from left, Jack Patten, JK Kazzi, Madeline Li and Teodora Matovic

Move over Blanchett and Weaving, NIDA class of ’23 is ready for its close-up

NIDA has produced some of Australia’s biggest acting exports, including Cate Blanchett, Judy Davis, Mel Gibson and Hugo Weaving, but on Friday the world got to meet the class of ’23.

  • Andrew Hornery

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