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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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Jay-Z accused of raping 13-year-old girl with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

The rapper has vehemently denied the allegations, calling them a ‘blackmail attempt’ filed by an ‘ambulance chaser in a cheap suit’.

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SEE THE DATAMusic

Taylor Swift is the No. 1 streamed artist for the second consecutive year.

Spotify Wrapped reveals top songs and podcasts in Australia in 2024

For the second consecutive year, Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist on the planet.

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SydneyMusic

Waxahatchee plays the Sydney Opera House on Monday, December 2. Picture: Mikki Gomez

Waxahatchee live review: a gifted songwriter at the peak of her powers

It’s not too great a stretch of the imagination to picture an alternate universe where Katie Crutchfield’s Americana project is as big a deal as Taylor Swift.

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Q&AThe Weekend Australian Magazine

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 6: Portrait of English comic book writer Alan Moore, taken on September 6, 2013. Moore is often considered the finest writer in the comics medium, and is best known for his graphic novels Watchmen and V For Vendetta. (Photo by Kevin Nixon/SFX Magazine/Future via Getty Images)

’We’re all too comfortable with fantasy’

Fantasy fiction is having a cultural moment but Alan Moore – the author of V for Vendetta and Watchmen – says the genre is in danger of losing its relevance altogether.

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triple threatArts

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 20: Cody Simpson attends the Sydney cast announcement for

‘I fell in love with it’: Cody Simpson takes on Guys & Dolls

The pop star turned Commonwealth Games swimmer will make his Australian music theatre debut as Sky Masterson in Opera Australia’s new production of the Broadway classic.

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★★★½Arts

Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba and Ariana Grande as Glinda in Wicked. Photo: Courtesy of Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures

Wicked Review: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are perfect in this Oz prequel that dazzles

Crazy Rich Asians director John M. Chu’s adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical is a visually stunning spectacle, brimming with star power and extravagance, but its sluggish pacing may leave some viewers gasping for restraint.

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BLOCKBUSTER FILMReview

Pedro Pascal plays General Acacius and Paul Mescal plays Lucius in Gladiator II from Paramount Pictures. Picture: Supplied

Paul Mescal: ‘The characters are vastly more interesting than I’ll ever be’

The Irish actor trades in his art house cred for A-list status as he enters the arena in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II.

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toxicological analysisMusic

(FILES) British singer-songwriter Liam Payne poses on the red carpet on arrival for the BRIT Awards 2019 in London on February 20, 2019. British former One Direction star Liam Payne consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant before falling to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony, Argentine prosecutors said on November 7, 2024. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)

Three detained in connection with Liam Payne’s death

The One Direction singer, 31, had cocaine, alcohol and prescribed antidepressants in system when he died.

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‘That’s not planned’Music

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin fell through a stage opening on the final night of the British rock band’s four-show run at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium on Sunday.

Coldplay frontman falls through trap door at Melbourne concert

The British rocker was reading signs held by fans in the crowd while walking backward when he accidentally stepped into a hole | WATCH

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Israel-Gaza warArts

Thom Yorke from the band Radiohead performs at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Radiohead frontman clashes with pro-Palestine protester at Melbourne gig

‘Don’t stand there like a coward, come here and say it’: Thom Yorke left the stage during his Melbourne concert after a protester interrupted to voice opposition to the Gaza war.

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