Star shines through fog of war
Australian star Jacob Elordi didn’t hesitate when Snowtown director Justin Kurzel came calling – even if it meant monastic living in pursuit of cinematic truth.
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Lady Gaga announces first Australian shows in 11 years
The Mayhem Ball is coming for Sydney, Brisbane, and Melbourne this December.
Actors playing The Beatles in Sam Mendes’ biopics unveiled
The Oscar-winning director will bring the Fab Four back to the big screen with The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, an ambitious multi-part biopic touted the first ‘binge-able theatrical experience’.
Five shows to watch this week
Michelle Williams returns from hiatus to star as a dying woman on a journey of sexual discovery, Tom Hardy shines in Guy Ritchie’s dodgy new gangster show, and The Handmaid’s Tale (finally) comes to an end.
MJ Lenderman Sydney Opera House review — dudes rock
North Carolina’s slacker saint, who put out one of the finest albums of last year, played the biggest show of his career on Tuesday.
The ‘best band in the world’ play the Sydney Opera House
Dublin rockers Fontaines D. C. — hailed as the greatest by Elton John — brought their stadium-ready Romance to the Opera House forecourt for a blistering set blending post-punk fury with emotional depth.
Bernard Sumner: ‘If you’re a working class white male, you’re a bit forgotten about’
The Joy Division guitarist and New Order frontman on the necessity of creative escape and the promise of punk.
Becoming MJ: ‘It’s the most difficult thing I’ve had to do in my life’
As journalism student Liam Damons prepares to make his professional theatre debut in MJ: The Musical, it’s apparent the production created ‘with the estate of Michael Jackson’ focuses on the glitz and glam component of the artist’s story.
Oscars record falls – it’s four in one go
Anora director Sean Baker has become the first person to win four Oscars in the same year for the same film. Mikey Madison pulled off the biggest upset, taking best actress for her work on Anora.
‘Long live independent film’: Anora wins Best Picture
Sean Baker’s stripper tragicomedy, the scrappy Palme d’Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival, has waltzed off with Best Picture, winning a total of five awards tonight — Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Original Screenplay for Baker, and Best Actress for Mikey Madison.
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