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The Empire State Building, left, and Madison Square Garden lit up in Australian green and gold on April 4.

On a night like this: The week Australia took New York City by storm

The Empire State Building was lit up in green and gold and the Big Apple was brimming with Australian talent, from Kylie Minogue to Sarah Snook and renowned opera director Barrie Kosky.

  • Michael Koziol

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George Clooney, Charli XCX, Taylor Swift and Beyonce

Celebrities flocked to Kamala Harris, but did it do more harm than good?

In a nation divided, the backing of Taylor Swift, Beyonce and George Clooney played into a narrative of the Democrats as the party of the “bicoastal elite″⁣.

  • Karl Quinn
Brad Pitt in Wolfs.

Wolfs feels like a last hurrah for Brad Pitt and George Clooney

The film may be about underworld fixers, but it’s really about the screen sensation when you put two movie stars together.

  • Craig Mathieson
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Trump assassination attempt was all too predictable

Readers wonder why America can be shocked by the attempt on Trump’s life given the country’s history of political assassinations, gun deaths and its constitutional right to bear arms.

At the fundraiser, former president Barack Obama gently led President Joe Biden off the stage.

‘Shocked’: The moment Joe Biden lost George Clooney and Hollywood

At a June fundraiser in Los Angeles, some of the president’s biggest backers had their eyes opened.

  • Theodore Schleifer, Jacob Bernstein and Reid J. Epstein
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Lockdowns and remote learning led us to this rise in youth violence

The consequences of Victoria’s COVID lockdowns are worn by teenagers now. No one should be surprised writes a reader.

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Coalition is all lip service, but no action on climate challenge

Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy is a masterstroke of spin and distraction say readers.

President Joe Biden shakes hands with George Clooney during the Kennedy Centre honourees reception at the White House in Washington, December 2022.

Pelosi refuses to endorse Biden as Clooney says president should not run

In yet another damaging blow to Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat party elder and ally of the president, has refused to explicitly endorse him.

  • Farrah Tomazin
(Clockwise from top) Ryan Gosling in Barbie; Kirsten Dunst in Wimbledon; Emma Thompson in Matilda the Musical;  Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley in Bend it Like Beckham; Madonna in Die Another Day; and Steve Carell in Foxcatcher.

Your Olympics warm-up: You name the sport, we name the movie

With the Olympics just over a month away, it’s time to improve your sporting knowledge with our Olympic-themed film and TV festival. We’ve (almost) found a movie, TV series or documentary to match all 28 events.

  • Louise Rugendyke

When I let my hair go grey, I didn’t expect to become invisible

In a youth-worshipping culture, my hair was associated with physical and mental decline.

  • Trish Bolton

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