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Journalists Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock are the hosts of Ten’s new investigative news program, Ten News+.

Fewer car crashes, meatier news: Ten unveils bold Project replacement

The network says its ambitious new program will contain ‘no opinion and no filler, just the facts’.

  • Michael Lallo

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Charlie Vickers as Kieran in The Survivors.

Powerful acting keeps Netflix’s Australian coastal crime drama from sinking

Despite the now ubiquitous small-town-big-secrets premise, The Survivors has enough going on to keep you watching.

  • Kylie Northover
Above, left: Pocock aged seven in his first year at Sydney’s Redfield, an Opus Dei school. Right: at a 2023 premiere in Melbourne for a film in which he plays an exorcist.

‘A living hell’: X-Men star on growing up gay in Opus Dei

He’s an Australian actor who achieved his Hollywood dream. But it would take years for Tim Pocock to overcome the shame of growing up gay in Opus Dei.

  • Tim Pocock
Dave Hughes (left), Charlie Pickering and Carrie Bickmore in the early days of The 7PM Project.

The Project is gone – but the battle to attract younger viewers to news continues

When Ten’s ambitious news program launched there were no smartphones and social media was in its infancy. Attracting a Gen Z audience will be a lot tougher.

  • Louise Rugendyke
The Project (clockwise from left): Susie Youssef; Georgie Tunny, Sam Taunton, Rove McManus, Hamish Macdonald; Sarah Harris and Waleed Aly. 

The Project’s stars leave Ten as program is axed, replacement announced

Hosts Waleed Aly and Sarah Harris will leave Ten in the biggest change to the network’s prime-time schedule in years.

  • Michael Lallo

The June 8 Edition

Actor Marta Dussdeldorp has been a mainstay of Australian screens, and a move to Tasmania hasn’t affected her popularity. In fact, it’s only fired her up.

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‘As an older woman, courage starts to wobble’: How Marta Dusseldorp finds her strength

Since moving to Tasmania, the actor and co-creator of Bay of Fires has embraced a more connected life.

  • Steve Dow
Rarriwuy Hick stars in the SBS Digital Original Warm Props.

‘There’s always one person’: The show taking a funny and frank look at filmmaking

Based on “lived experience”, Warm Props is part of SBS’ Digital Originals, which has a history of breaking new talent.

  • Bridget McManus
Actor Robyn Malcolm

‘We’re roadkill’: How this Kiwi actor turned middle-age rage into her best work yet

The Kiwi actor has never been stronger or in more demand – and she’s definitely not ready for the La-Z-Boy yet.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Marta Dusseldorp as Stella in season two of Bay of Fires.

Marta Dusseldorp’s ABC crime thriller recaptures its nutty spirit

The actor managed to outwit, outrun and outplay everyone in season one of Bay of Fires, but will her luck run out in season two?

  • Debi Enker

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