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Simon Baker avoids conviction for drink-driving charge
The Hollywood star was met by a media scrum when he arrived at Mullumbimby Local Court in NSW on Wednesday wearing a sage-green suit.
- by Fraser Barton
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Actor Simon Baker pleads guilty to drink-driving
The Boy Swallows Universe star has pleaded guilty to drink-driving in a northern NSW court.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
‘I was so overwhelmed’: Why Trent Dalton couldn’t stay on set of Boy Swallows Universe
The TV adaptation of the best-selling book has been an emotional ride for its author, who was confronted once again with his troubled childhood.
- by Louise Rugendyke
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In Limbo we watch as an unrecognisable Simon Baker takes on a cold case
The director of Mystery Road and Goldstone, Ivan Sen, returns to a tried-and-true formula to examine the schisms between black and white Australia.
- by Paul Byrnes
★★★½
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Swarovski-studded dragon breathes fire into a bold Aussie movie
Del Kathryn Barton’s psychological thriller Blaze boasts a remarkable performance from Julia Savage as a young girl who witnesses a horrific crime.
- by Sandra Hall
The real trauma behind Del Kathryn Barton’s astonishing new movie
The Archibald Prize-winning artist has directed a gut-knotting story about the aftermath of a sexual assault witnessed by a 12-year-old girl called Blaze.
- by Louise Rugendyke
★★★★
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Nicole Kidman and Judy Davis go head-to-head in female-focused Roar
Ranging from magical realism to Black Mirror-esque sci-fi, there’s much to enjoy in eight episodes of anthology series Roar.
- by Brad Newsome
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Simon Baker returns to Lennox Head hometown in $2.91 million shack
Simon Baker returns to his North Coast hometown, while billionaire Chinese car dealer Yi Huang’s wife buys a mansion next door to friend Chau Chak Wing.
- by Lucy Macken
How $32.5m mansion sale triggered huge year in prestige property
Seven’s Bruce McWilliam fired a starter gun on the strongest trophy home market ever when he sold his Point Piper investment property.
- by Lucy Macken
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Low-key billionaire Kie Chie Wong buys $9.4m Southern Highlands farm
Little-known billionaire Kie Chie Wong has kept his real estate interests fairly modest by iron ore oligarch standards, but that changed this week when he bought the Sutton Forest cattle and thoroughbred farm Braebrook for $9.4 million.
- by Lucy Macken
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Julia Roberts and Ed Sheeran ride out mandatory quarantine together
The celebrity friends stayed in isolation at a luxury estate on the Hawkesbury River rather than face hotel quarantine.
- by Lucy Manly
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