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Teresa Palmer as Isabelle, an outsider who disrupts a previously quiet neighbourhood, in The Family Next Door

Perfect on the outside, chaos within: Teresa Palmer taps her heart of darkness in ABC drama

Her series skewers the facade of suburban normality. But for the Byron Bay actor and social media star, there’s nothing new in that.

  • Karl Quinn

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Nazeem Hussain and Melissa Leong on Great Australian Road Trips.

How Nazeem Hussain and Melissa Leong turned ‘hot girl walks’ into a TV road trip

The comedian and former MasterChef Australia judge met only one unhappy customer while filming their new series, Great Australian Road Trips.

  • Nicole Elphick

Gird your loins (and your wardrobe) for The Devil Wears Prada 2

The first images of Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway reprising their roles as Runway magazine moves into a digital age have dropped. And it would appear “everybody wants to be us” is as relevant as ever.

  • Damien Woolnough
Beloved Australian actor Henri Szeps, who starred in the classic Australian sitcom Mother and Son, has died at the age of 81.

Henri Szeps, star of the ABC’s Mother and Son, dies aged 81

Szeps revealed during a television appearance with his son in 2021 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

  • Louise Rugendyke and Michael Lallo
Co-dependent couple Tim and Millie find their bodies starting to fuse after a strange accident while hiking.

Why real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie just had to do Together, together

There’s a lot more to this comedic Aussie body horror than a massive sale at Sundance and an ugly plagiarism lawsuit.

  • Karl Quinn
Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience Evans in the British crime drama Patience. 

Neurodivergent TV characters used to be rare. Now they take the lead

In shows such as Patience, Austin and Heartbreak High, being neurodivergent is seen as more of an attribute than an affliction.

  • Debi Enker
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Tom Walker is the new co-host on The Great Australian Bake-Off.

‘Let’s try a freak’: How this chaotic comedian landed TV’s most wholesome show

Tom Walker is the strangest pick for the Bake Off shed to date – but history proves the show is right to do it.

  • Meg Watson
The Osbournes: probably the first mainstream reality TV series.

‘There would be nothing without you’: Why Ozzy was the original Kardashian 

Though he’s being celebrated for his music, let’s not forget that the Prince of Darkness was also the father of reality TV. 

  • Meg Watson
Vertical micro-dramas are booming.

‘So bad, it’s good’: The two-minute soap operas changing the way we watch TV

With romance and “crazy shenanigans”, vertical dramas such as Captured and Bound by My CEO are a multi-billion-dollar business – and Australia is on board.

  • Nell Geraets
Scott Cam on the upcoming season of The Block in Daylesford

‘It can get out of control’: Why The Block is getting back to basics

Scott Cam admits “we probably had a little bit too much drama last year”. So what can we expect from this year’s season?

  • Nicole Elphick

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