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Geordie GrayEntertainment reporter

Geordie Gray is a digital producer and entertainment reporter based in Sydney. She writes about film, television, music and pop culture. Previously, she was News Editor at The Brag Media and wrote features for Rolling Stone.

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Protest over Sticky FingersMusic

Sampa The Great joins Bluesfest boycott

Sampa The Great has pulled out of the April festival two days after Days after King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard cancelled over the appearance of controversial band Sticky Fingers.

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FESTIVAL DRAMANation

HOLD SEPTEMBER 29. Sydney band Sticky Fingers have a new album coming out called Westway.

PC Principal: Sticky Fingers responds to King Gizzard Bluesfest boycott

Top Australian band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have pulled out of Bluesfest in a protest against the inclusion of controversial indie rockers Sticky Fingers.

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Oscars lead-upFilm

US-Australian actress Cate Blanchett poses with the award for Best leading actress for her role in 'Tar' during the BAFTA British Academy Film Awards ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, in London, on February 19, 2023. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

‘Extraordinary’: Blanchett wins best actress BAFTA

Australia’s Cate Blanchett has won the best actress BAFTA for her portrayal of a troubled classical music conductor in Tar.

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character assassinationBooks

Author's Roald Dahl (L) and Salman Rushdie (R)

Rushdie blasts ‘absurd censorship’ of Dahl

The children’s classics now have gender-neutral Oompa-Loompas and the word ‘fat’ is out after advice from ‘sensitivity readers’.

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Actors disturbedFilm

The homegrown Heartbreak High reboot is a global hit, with the Aussie drama hitting #5 on Netflix's most-watched shows globally. Picture: Supplied

No sex scenes please, we’re Gen Z and we’re prudish

Young audiences say that cinematic sex scenes are gratuitous and exploitative.

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the watchlistReview

Lewis Gribben in Somewhere Boy. Courtesy of Channel 4

Boy locked up for 18 years in brilliant, offbeat drama

Somewhere Boy is the weirdest and best new show on television – and everything else we’re watching.

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‘TIME TO BE QUIET’Film

Australian actress Cate Blanchett arrives for the 95th Annual Oscars Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on February 13, 2023. (Photo by Chris Delmas / AFP)

Blanchett’s warning on cancel culture

Cate Blanchett says it’s important to have a ‘healthy critique’ of historical works of art, as she reveals that she’s thinking of quitting acting entirely.

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