The Age Entertainment: Australian and International Entertainment news, gossip and celebrities, fashion, movies, good living, restaurants, arts, TV and radio, music, books

The Age Entertainment: Australian and International Entertainment news, gossip and celebrities, fashion, movies, good living, restaurants, arts, TV and radio, music, books

A-list needs Hep A shot after NY birthday bash

Celebrities among hundreds of New York party goers being urged by health officials to get a Hep A shot after a bartender was infected.

Is Jessica Alba having twins?

Jessica Alba is reportedly set to give birth to twins on June 8.

MULTIMEDIA

Heath Ledger 1979-2008

Multimedia The Australian actor's life and career.

FILM REVIEWS

August Rush

This often teeters on the brink of sentimentality, and has some over-the-top plot elements.

DVD REVIEWS

Under the Skin

Under The Skin is an exploration of loss, desire and the gratification that self-destruction can bring.

Overnight sensation

Sharon Jones is riding high after doing it hard for more than 20 years, Patrick Donovan reports.

Spirited return

Success hasn't spoiled sturdy Incubus, reports Andrew Murfett.

CD & GIG REVIEWS

St Jerome's Laneway Festival

This multi-destination indie rock festival features the Devastations, Gotye, the Presets and more.

Sex and politics joust the ticket

The Tudors is magnificent fun. It's everything you could expect from a big budget, high concept period drama.

Power woman

Miranda Otto plays her polar opposite in her first TV role.

TV REVIEWS

Samantha Who?

Amnesiac Samantha realises that because she can't remember sex, she must be a virgin.

Under the summer stars

Whether lingering over a long lunch outdoors, or enjoying the cool of the evening on the terrace, fresh food is perfect for warm days.

Pioneering spirit

Sally Gudgeon raises a glass to an exciting new industry.

BAR REVIEWS

Bar Fred

This city-fringe bar's no-nonsense exterior will keep the regulars happily ensconced.

RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Shire

If the food lifts a notch, I'd say Shire was a sure thing.

Served with a twist

Imagine Tom Waits crossed with Tim Minchin and you might get cabaret rock'n'roller Martin Martini.

The Upton factor

Andrew Upton with partner Cate Blanchett A creative renaissance is in the wind.

ARTS REVIEWS

Tartuffe

Tartuffe is a timeless play because its central theme, hypocrisy, is perennially relevant.

The private and the public

Novelist Ian McEwan Writer Ian McEwan has become a more public figure.

A new Joy of Sex for the noughties

The Joy of Sex, the groundbreaking 1972 manual that shook up life in the bedroom around the world, has been given a 21st-century makeover.

BOOK REVIEWS