Chaser star: people are tired of wokeness
In recent years Andrew Hansen started to panic about every line that he wrote. But now he feels when it comes to outrage, the pendulum is swinging back the other way.
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How woke politics are reshaping the Oscars
The behind-the-scenes campaigning – combined with the film colony’s diversity push – are shaping the Oscars, while stoking concerns the awards once caned for being #OscarsSoWhite risk turning into #OscarsSoWoke.
Quelle surprise: our love of French film
It’s the biggest showcase of contemporary French films outside France – and French Film Festival boss Karine Mauris says the Australian event’s “incredible” popularity has astonished cultural powerbrokers in her native country.
Prepare to be horrified: director brings torture to life
Trigger warning: A four-hour stage adaptation of Hanya Yanagihara’s wildly successful and deeply disturbing novel A Little Life is about to open to Australian audiences. How will they react?
Selling the moon
Hollywood star Billy Crudup draws on his relationship with his ‘hustler’ salesman father for his latest TV role as a lunar real estate agent in Hello Tomorrow!
‘Don’t want to hit your kids? Fine, but others should be able to’
David Sedaris, the American humourist and author, dispenses some key parenting advice on the eve of his Australian tour.
Gender-neutral ‘woke’ awards create a drama
A co-founder of the Sydney Theatre Awards has attacked the organisation’s elimination of male and female acting categories as ‘woke’ and ‘downright offensive’.
Why the Gillard bio was shelved
It was one of the mysteries surrounding Julia Gillard’s historic time in office: why her highly anticipated, unauthorised biography was abruptly withdrawn in 2011.
Top End fender benders ‘bigger than any show in Australia’
They promise ‘bush maniac action’, and this fearless foursome does not disappoint. It’s why millions of people worldwide are now hooked on the off-the-grid web series, Black As.
Black As beauty, who needs Kardashians?
Web series Black As – featuring hair-raising hunting and driving stunts and comic videos by a quartet from NT’s Ramingining – has become an internet sensation.
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