Olivia Newton-John
★★★★½
Review
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- by John Shand, Peter McCallum, Harriet Cunningham, Chantal Nguyen and Shamim Razavi
Latest
‘An inspiration’: Sydney’s newest Sandy pays tribute to Olivia Newton-John
Grease, the musical Olivia Newton-John made famous, opens for the first time in over a decade at the Capitol Theatre.
- by Helen Pitt
Bad wigs, salacious romps and lawyers: Australia’s obsession with biopics
Dodgy wigs and a tsunami of social media outrage aside, the greatest revelation about the Warnie series was how little there was left to reveal about the cricketer.
- by Andrew Hornery
‘Doody’ from Grease on Olivia Newton-John: ‘She was one very special woman’
“She wanted to prove she could do the role of Sandy,” recalls actor Barry Pearl. “John Travolta really helped her with that because he wanted her for the part.”
- by Jane Rocca
The Pink Ladies are back, hopelessly devoted to an origin story
In the universe of the Grease films, no one was cooler than the Pink Ladies. One of the “OG” Pink Ladies, Lorna Luft, recalls the transformative power of the iconic pink jacket.
- by Michael Idato
‘Supernatural’ and ‘magic’ Olivia Newton-John farewelled at memorial
Delta Goodrem, Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman helped farewell Olivia Newton-John at her state memorial.
- by Martin Boulton
We were in Xanadu: How a girl named Fleur gave Olivia her look
Fleur Thiemeyer’s friendship with Olivia Newton-John spanned half a century, and was the spark for a story that has never really been told.
- by Neil McMahon
‘An inspiration to many’: Olivia Newton-John to be farewelled at state memorial
The 90-minute service to celebrate Newton-John’s life will be held on February 26 at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall.
- by Caroline Schelle
Punk rock lives, and other things we learned in Australian music in 2022
This year’s ARIA awards, back live after a three-year absence, offer a handy pulse-check on the state of the local music scene.
- by Michael Dwyer
ARIA Awards to pay tribute to Newton-John, Roach, Durham
Natalie Imbruglia will host this year’s ARIA Awards and honour Olivia Newton-John, in a musical tribute directed by Tones and I.
- by Jackson Graham
Opinion
Death
From Warnie to Olivia Newton-John, 2022 has been a year of real tears
We don’t know most of these high-profile individuals but when celebrities die, a sense of grief often resonates.
- by Stephen Brook
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