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Winners at the AACTA Awards: Robbie Williams (right), with Jonno Davies, who won best actor for playing him in Better Man.

Robbie Williams film and Boy Swallows Universe dominate AACTA Awards

A biopic of pop superstar Robbie Williams and the Netflix drama based on Trent Dalton’s bestseller cleaned up at the annual film and television awards.

  • Garry Maddox

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Stars at the AACTA awards: Phoebe Tonkin in Chanel; Sophie Wilde in Loewe; Alycia Debnam-Carey in Christopher Esber.

Google these names now: The 5 best dressed stars at the AACTAs

Australian actors cover up on the red carpet for the Australian film and television awards.

  • Damien Woolnough
Jonno Davis is nominated for best actor for his motion capture performance in Better Man.

Best Aussie actor nod? No face required

Meet the man behind the chimp who stole our hearts in the Robbie Williams biopic, Better Man.

  • Garry Maddox
The Working Dog crew: (top left) Michael Hirsh and Jane Kennedy; and (bottom from left) Rob Sitch, Tom Gleisner and Santo Cilauro.

From The Late Show to The Cheap Seats: the inside story of Working Dog

In a rare interview, the five members of this iconic Australian production company reflect on their nearly 40-year partnership.

  • Debi Enker
“When the first Saw movie came out, horror was like one rung above porn”: Leigh Whannell.

‘Sundance at Surfers’: Leigh Whannell’s next destination after Wolf Man

Saw writer Leigh Whannell is set to discuss the new-found appeal of horror at a five-day festival dubbed ‘Sundance at Surfers’.

  • Garry Maddox
Robbie Williams is played by a monkey in Better Man.

A monkey playing Robbie Williams in a film was a gamble. But it appears to be paying off

Michael Gracey’s follow-up to The Greatest Showman, Better Man, has set a record for most AACTA Award nominations.

  • Garry Maddox
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Leeanna Walsman: ‘I look in the mirror and I see how old I am’

The 44-year-old actor may have been working for three decades, but she says every new job feels like the first.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Actor Hunter Page-Lochard stars in Critical Incident.

What makes a sweet guy turn mean? How Hunter Page-Lochard found his inner villain

The award-winning actor plays a drug dealer in new cop drama Critical Incident, and it’s a long way from Play School. “Even my dad couldn’t watch.”

  • Helen Pitt
“Patty’s just so confident … He’s [never] gotten jealous, and that’s sexy.”

‘Patty’s not allowed to remarry’: Harriet Dyer’s imaginary from-the-grave command

The 35-year-old actor and screenwriter on unusual sex ed, how she’d like to die – and Taylor Swift.

  • Benjamin Law

Some say Celeste Barber’s now too hot to parody beauty standards …

Here’s the comedian and social media star’s blunt reply.

  • Benjamin Law

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