Film & TV production
Hollywood is facing its bleakest year in three decades. Can these films save it?
After a surprisingly strong 2023, thanks to Barbie and Oppenheimer, box office figures have been down this year and the list of upcoming releases is mixed.
- by Nell Geraets
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Does Saturday mean The Quiz and Dicey Topics? Here’s where to join in live
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Karl Quinn, Barry Divola, Jonathan Seidler, Melanie Kembrey and Melissa Singer
Sydney has much more to offer Hollywood than the Opera House and Harbour
Hollywood blockbusters Anyone But You and The Fall Guy have focused global attention on the city’s most famous landmarks, but are they missing the real city?
- by Garry Maddox
Dicey Topics
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Sexism at work made Bonnie Garmus start writing. It sold 7 million copies
The American author of Lessons in Chemistry on why her debut novel took so long – and what makes her happiest about it.
- by Benjamin Law
Why is Jeremy Clarkson still on TV?
He comes across as an anti-government, right-wing, petrolhead blowhard, but Clarkson’s Farm reveals the controversy-prone journalist and presenter has a more complicated X-factor.
- by Ben Pobjie
Let’s call time on famous actors making travel shows, unless it’s Stanley Tucci
It was said of US troops in Britain during WWII that they were overpaid, overfed, oversexed and over here. Same goes for most celebrities on the tourist trail.
- by Louise Rugendyke
When a TV show on a real-life story covers big ideas, do small glitches matter?
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
- by Louise Rugendyke, Katrina Strickland, Nicole Abadee, Barry Divola and Melissa Fyfe
Official trailer for Billy The Kid Season 2 Part 2
Tom Blyth is back in brand new episodes of Billy The Kid, premiering June 3, only on Stan.
MasterChef overhauled its judging line-up. Has it worked?
The behemoth cooking show has a new group of judges, and they’re reminders of the program’s core values.
- by Ben Pobjie
Meet Angourie Rice: Rising Hollywood star, published writer, podcaster – and just 23
Melburnian Rice was acting alongside Ryan Gosling and Nicole Kidman while her school friends were working at Kmart. Now, she’s scaling the Hollywood hills.
- by Brodie Lancaster