Pop culture
Beloved Anh Do series to make it to the screen
Do’s children’s books have topped sales lists for the past five years. Now, they’ll make the jump to the screen.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
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Taylor Swift dominates 2024 Spotify charts with 26.6 billion streams
Spotify Wrapped 2024 shows listeners were obsessed with Swift, female artists, collaborations and country music reimagined by big names.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Just can’t get enough: The bar playing one band’s music for 25 years
It’s a British band with a French name, but the location of a bar dedicated purely to Depeche Mode’s music isn’t where you might expect.
- by Julia D'Orazio
‘There hasn’t been a show like it’: Why there’s still more to say about Sex and the City
Almost 30 years after the TV show debuted, the cult-hit podcast Every Outfit on Sex and the City is selling out live shows in Sydney and Melbourne.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
The phrase ‘holding space’ has gone viral. But what does it mean?
While the press tour for the movie adaptation of Wicked has made the term go viral, holding space isn’t new. Here’s what it means.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
Magazine
Sunday Life
The December 1 Edition
Stunning actor Viola Davis graces this week’s cover. The 59-year-old Oscar winner talks about life, love and family, and shares her beauty routine.
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Australian film
If Paul Kelly’s classic Christmas song makes you tear up, this film will too
Nick Waterman’s film adaptation, written with Meg Washington, captures the spirit of How to Make Gravy.
- by Garry Maddox
Is true crime a new path to justice?
Erik and Lyle Menendez might be freed, thanks in part to TV shows shining a light on their abuse by their father.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
The 10 wild and weird TV shows you’ll be watching in 2025
From yet another NCIS spin-off to a baking show set in the Harry Potter world, TV in 2025 looks same, same, but different.
- by Michael Idato
Star Wars takes The Goonies to the edge of a galaxy far, far away
The new series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew sees a group of kids stranded in a distant star system who must, with the help of Jude Law’s Jod Na Nawood, find their way home.
- by Michael Idato
Sign of decline? Macquarie names its word of the year
Macquarie Dictionary’s choice just about sums up how we’re all feeling.Â
- by Thomas Mitchell