Role in voice ‘No’ campaign led to cancellations: Mundine
Warren Mundine claims his appearances at the AACTA festival have been cancelled as a direct result of his role in the campaign against the Indigenous voice to parliament.
Film
Baldoni, Lively lawyers face off in $646m ‘It Ends With Us’ case
Hollywood power couple Lively and Ryan Reynolds are being targeted by Baldoni, Lively’s co-star on the Colleen Hoover adaptation, after she sued Baldoni and alleged sexual harassment.
Reloaded: the golden age of crime inspiring a new era of TV
Spies, detectives and villains have been lifted from the page to inspire some riveting contemporary television adaptations. One in particular is a must-watch masterpiece.
Garfield, Pugh in a sobbingly good love story
A chef diagnosed with ovarian cancer is torn between making her mark and spending time with her family.
The high price of the art of resistance
Protest is much more than just a theme for the rising film industry in Iran.
Tackling Australia’s highest peak was boys own adventure
The Great White Whale documents an attempt to climb Big Ben on Heard Island: have-a-go Australia in its heyday.
We should treasure the hard, bright intensity of youthful genius
Bob Dylan and Bill Gates showed the world can be changed by daring twenty-somethings — but is that happening now?
Could AI kill the Brutalist’s Oscar chances?
A controversy over the use of voice-cloning software has dented the awards frontrunner. It’s not the first film to fall at the final hurdle.
Angelina Jolie shines as a misunderstood Maria Callas
The Hollywood actor plays melancholic diva Maria Callas to perfection in this swansong biopic.
‘With plastic surgery I would not have been working any more than I am’
Isabella Rosellini was once famously dumped as the face of Lancome for being ‘too old’ – she was 42. But the world has turned, she says, and the experience of older women is finally being realised onscreen.
2025 Oscar nominations: see the full list
Emilia Pérez, a zany Spanish-language musical about a drug kingpin pursuing gender-affirming surgery, leads the pack with 13 nominations. Meanwhile, Nicole Kidman’s snub shifts Australia’s hopes to Guy Pearce and Adam Elliot.
Another side of Bob Dylan – the dreamer
“Some of the assumptions we’ve made about him are too simple,” says director James Mangold, whose film A Complete Unknown captures the frenzied four years that saw The Bard rewrite the rules of folk music—and his own mythology.
Five stars: A Complete Unknown finds perfect lead to play Bob Dylan
Every time Timothee Chalamet sang one of Dylan’s songs I had the urge to clap and cheer for what is a 10-star performance.
Babygirl: Nicole Kidman hits career high with a big O
The fake orgasms by the Australian actor in this bold erotic thriller are evidence of ‘raw, astonishing acting’.
Heath Ledger’s legacy is being honoured by these rising Australian stars
For more than a decade, the Scholarship has supported an Australian actor during their breakout moment. Vogue Australia meets this year’s group of finalists and the winner, Andrea Solonge, as they prepare for their close-ups.
How Nicole put nerves, fear aside and made Hollywood sexy again
The film star credits a stable home life for allowing her to take artistic risks in the erotic thriller Babygirl; but while Kidman craves the ‘cocoon’, Aussie co-star Sophie Wilde is ready to break out of hers.
Oscars in trouble: will the 2025 show be cancelled?
In the aftermath of the LA fires, there are calls to scrap the annual awards ceremony for the first time in its 96-year history.
Baldoni sues Lively, Reynolds for defamation
Hollywood power couple Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are being sued for $US400m ($644m) for defamation by actor-director Justin Baldoni.
The perfect film for under-10s this school holidays
Alison Lester’s Magic Beach is now a charming, entertaining, visually beautiful film for youngsters.
The 2025 BAFTA Awards: see the nominees
Guy Pearce is the only Australian up for an award, recognised for his mesmerising turn in The Brutalist.
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