Will the MCA door charge work?
Free entry to the great museums of the world allows truly democratic access to some of the most important art and archaeology of the world. Has the MCA doomed itself to failure?
Free entry to the great museums of the world allows truly democratic access to some of the most important art and archaeology of the world. Has the MCA doomed itself to failure?
At 73, the frontman of Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats – and organiser of iconic benefit concerts Live Aid and Live 8 – reflects on money, his alter ego and smuggling painkillers.
The relentless pile-on against Nina Sanadze, who moved to Australia in 1996 after her family fled the Georgian civil war, reflects the deep and damaging splits in the arts caused by rising tensions over the Israel-Gaza conflict.
The Palisades fire has burned through over 7000 hectares in one of Los Angeles’ most affluent areas, home to celebrities including John Goodman, Hunter Biden, Paris Hilton and Tom Hanks.
As a post-Beatles solo artist, Starr recorded an album of country songs in 1970, but it’s taken him more than 50 years to record another one after a string of 20 hit-and-miss pop albums.
In 2003, aged 29, Adrien Brody became the youngest recipient of the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in The Pianist. I’ll be surprised if he is not nominated again for this film.
In 2024, John Farnham overcame facial disfigurement from radical cancer surgery as well as a very public reckoning with abhorrent historic abuse – in the process reminding us all of his inspiring courage and tenacity.
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The two films share a similar starting point – a rich man hires a beautiful prostitute – but Anora does what Pretty Woman thought about, but pulled back from.
Geographically speaking, Emilia Perez is one out of the box. It’s cheesy and loopy and fun to watch – but I’ll be surprised if it wins an acting or directing award at the Oscars.
Telling whoppers – and white lies – has served this writer well throughout her life, but for reasons that have changed over time, she explains.
When this veteran British heavy metal band toured Australia last year, one of the musicians on stage was so far past it that he dragged down the entire show.
Derided as a ‘popcorn actress’ and damaged by drugs, Demi Moore experienced difficulties in her career and married life. But at 62, she has finally received recognition at the Golden Globes.
Move over, thrillers and crime novels – a wildly popular genre and its offshoot promise to dominate reading lists in 2025.
A phoenix rising in custom Giorgio Armani Privé, 62-year-old Demi Moore won her first ever award on a night of surprises at the Golden Globes.
The author of Braver Than You Think: Around the World on the Trip of My (Mother’s) Lifetime, reflects on books that made a special trip memorable.
Hollywood writer-director Jeff Baena, who was married to creative collaborator Aubrey Plaza, has died at 47.
Hopes and Fears traces the successive waves of migration that made Australia a more harmonious multicultural nation.
Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s family is seeking to entrench the Indigenous superstar’s legacy with a new posthumous album.
Chief literary critic Geordie Williamson previews the titles we can look forward to this year – in both fiction and nonfiction.
Out of copyright, Popeye the Sailor Man will appear in two horror movies in 2025.
Folk legend Neil Young has pulled out of this year’s Glastonbury music festival, alleging it has fallen under ‘the corporate control’ of its partner, the BBC.
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