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All that glitters: What Gold Logie history reveals about Australian TV

All that glitters: What Gold Logie history reveals about Australian TV

For over 60 years, the Gold Logie has recognised our best and brightest TV talent, but the prestigious award has had its share of bumps. 

  • by Thomas Mitchell

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‘An inspiration’: Sydney’s newest Sandy pays tribute to Olivia Newton-John

‘An inspiration’: Sydney’s newest Sandy pays tribute to Olivia Newton-John

Grease, the musical Olivia Newton-John made famous, opens for the first time in over a decade at the Capitol Theatre.

  • by Helen Pitt
‘Bert will always be the love of my life’: Patti Newton

‘Bert will always be the love of my life’: Patti Newton

“I’ll never stop thinking about him,” says the 78-year-old entertainer, whose touching pre-show ritual is a nod to her late husband.

  • by Robyn Doreian
Mr Upside: The Killers headline Scott Farquhar’s secret Christmas bash
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Mr Upside: The Killers headline Scott Farquhar’s secret Christmas bash

Atlassian billionaire shrugs off tech sector woes to party with a select group of friends and one of the biggest acts on the planet.

  • by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
TV stars and athletes beat out politicians in this year’s Archibald haul

TV stars and athletes beat out politicians in this year’s Archibald haul

Lisa McCune, Brooke Boney and Dylan Alcott are some of the well-known faces whose portraits have been entered in this year’s Archibalds.

  • by Helen Pitt
From the Archives, 1979: Ali and Newton’s infamous Logies moment

From the Archives, 1979: Ali and Newton’s infamous Logies moment

In 1979, Muhammad Ali was on hand to present Bert Newton with a long-awaited Gold Logie. It was there the world’s most famous man found himself the bemused co-star in one of the most infamous Logies clangers of them all.

  • by Brian Courtis
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What can we expect from this year’s Archibald Prize?

What can we expect from this year’s Archibald Prize?

Entries in this famous prize include a tribute to Brett Whiteley’s winning 1976 painting, a portrait of Patti Newton and a ghostly Wendy Sharpe.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien
Bert Newton brings stars back together but family steals the show

Bert Newton brings stars back together but family steals the show

In a letter from New York, Matthew Newton wrote of an unbroken father-and-son bond underpinned by shared enthusiasms and mutual love.

  • by Karl Quinn
‘More than talent, he was trust’: Fitting farewell for a man we all felt we knew

‘More than talent, he was trust’: Fitting farewell for a man we all felt we knew

At Bert Newton’s state funeral on Friday, singers, dancers, radio stars, a prime minister, a premier, comedians and football greats honoured one of Australia’s most enduring television stars.

  • by Rob Harris
Bert Newton funeral as it happened: Australia’s entertainment industry pays tribute to TV icon

Bert Newton funeral as it happened: Australia’s entertainment industry pays tribute to TV icon

The television icon is being farewelled at a state funeral at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne this morning.

  • by Karl Quinn, Thomas Mitchell and Rob Harris
#Metoo backlash stung Bert Newton deeply in his final years

#Metoo backlash stung Bert Newton deeply in his final years

The late TV entertainer Bert Newton copped scathing criticism over off comments he made at the Logies, but the hatred was disproportionate to the contribution he made for the greater good.

  • by Andrew Hornery

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