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Rachel Griffiths: “I didn’t go to drama school – I got a teaching degree … I’d do everything I could to build some kind of solid [financial] base.”

Rachel Griffiths: What I learnt from Julia Roberts, Johnny Depp and sex workers

The actor has been dazzling audiences for 35 years. Her latest drama series is Madam.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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Rocker Bryan Adams performing in Melbourne last week. Adams co-wrote the songs to the musical version of the hit film Pretty Woman, playing in Brisbane in October 2025.

Bryan Adams musical will open in Brisbane

The musical adaptation of smash hit movie Pretty Woman will make its Australian debut in Brisbane, but will it be a sure thing?

  • Nick Dent
Graham Norton hosts the rebooted Australian version of Wheel of Fortune.

Graham Norton swaps the glamour of his talk show for an Aussie Wheel of Fortune

Over a nearly 30-year TV career, the Irish chat show host has juggled sex stunts, celebrity guests and game shows. This is how he makes it look so easy.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Could Sydney Sweeney be the next Julia Roberts, or is she in a league of her own?

Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie … Sydney Sweeney? The making of a new Hollywood star

The star of Anyone But You is known for playing the bombshell, but her smart choices behind and in front of the camera could see her propelled to massive stardom.

  • Nell Geraets
Crazy Rich Asians, Notting Hill, You’ve Got Mail, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, When Harry Met Sally and 10 Things I Hate About You.

The nine romcoms we can’t stop falling in love with

We asked 10 well-known Australians to divulge their favourites. Some are classics, some might surprise you – and Love Actually is as divisive as ever.

  • Michael Lallo
Director Ol Parker with Julia Roberts and George Clooney on the set of Ticket to Paradise.

George Clooney and Julia Roberts’ new movie was filmed here, but will Bali get the benefit?

Their new romantic comedy, Ticket to Paradise, might encourage tourists to visit Bali rather than Queensland – where it was actually filmed.

  • Garry Maddox
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George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Ticket to Paradise.

Clooney and Roberts are finally in a rom-com together. But is it good?

Ticket to Paradise offers up plenty of romance but not enough comedy – and it feels like the two main stars were allowed to improvise more often than was wise.

  • Sandra Hall
Director Ol Parker with Julia Roberts and George Clooney on the set of Ticket to Paradise in Queensland.

George Clooney and Julia Roberts channel Mamma Mia! in Aussie-filmed rom-com

The Hollywood stars of movies Ocean’s Eleven and Twelve play a long-divorced couple trying to stop their daughter’s impulsive marriage in Ticket to Paradise.

  • Garry Maddox
My Best Friend’s Wedding, the subversive 1997 hit by Aussie P.J. Hogan, broke the rules of Hollywood romcom lore.

25 years on, Julia Roberts not getting the guy is iconic

My Best Friend’s Wedding, the subversive 1997 hit by Aussie P.J. Hogan, broke the rules of Hollywood romcom lore.

  • Sinead Stubbins
Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in <i>Pretty Woman</i>.

Big mistake? Snooty shop staff and luxury goods prove the perfect fit

Psychologists have discovered that when it comes to selling luxury goods, a neutral or even contemptuous expression helps.

  • Henry Bodkin

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