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Leigh Sales

Leigh Sales reveals 'river of sexist abuse'

The 7.30 host has made public the disturbing online abuse directed at her during the election campaign.

<i>The Briefcase</i> participant Jenny Carter weeps during the final moments of the episode.

Briefcase dumped from prime time

Controversial social experiment premiered to a frenzy of moral outrage but has already been dumped from its timeslot.

Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow in Marvel's Avengers: Age Of Ultron.

ScarJo named top-grossing actress

The highest grossing box office actress of all time is not Jennifer Lawrence, Julia Roberts or Meryl Streep.

Adnan Syed, pictured as a high schooler, has been granted a retrial.

Adnan Syed, of Serial podcast, granted a retrial

Bound for the Oscars: <i>Mad Max</i> director George Miller.

Tropfest rescued with help from George Miller

Samantha Armytage said the Prime Minister's Office had refused <i>Sunrise</i>'s daily requests for an interview.

Samantha Armytage takes aim at the PM

Jon Snow

How the amazing Game of Thrones battle was built in Australia

Mindblowing samples and sounds - The Avalanches return with a second album after an 18-year-wait.

Review: The Avalanches' astonishing new album

Alexander Skarsgard as Tarzan in The Legend of Tarzan.

Tarzan fakes animals, but not abs

Invited to join Academy ... Idris Elba won Screen Actors Guild awards in January for <i>Beasts of No Nation</i> and ...

Academy announces diversity drive

What's happening?: Jeff Goldblum tries talking his way through the idiotic tangle of Independence Day: Resurgence.

A true one-off, Goldblum is back

Liam Hemsworth is a pilot in <i>Independence Day: Resurgence</i>.

Independence Day: Resurgence should have left well enough alone

Tropfest founder John Polson.

Tropfest NZ canned but Australian festival will go ahead

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Doctor Stephen Strange in Marvel's <i>Doctor Strange</i>.

Why these movies are more valuable than their stars

Central Intelligence

Central Intelligence: Disjointed plot

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

The BFG

The BFG: Roald Dahl classic gets Spielberg magic

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Measure of a Man

The Measure of a Man: Barely suppressed rage

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues

Belle & Sebastian: A beautiful, simple fantasy

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Independence Day: Resurgence

Independence Day: Resurgence: Sequel doesn't take flight

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Everybody Wants Some

Everybody Wants Some: More forced than funny

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Ice Age: Collision Course

Ice Age: Collision Course: Franchise frozen in time

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

The Wait

The Wait: Atmosphere eclipses drive

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Finding Dory

Finding Dory: Sequel immerses us in soothing world

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Warcraft

Warcraft: Bombastic epic best left to the nerds

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Me Before You

Me Before You: Clumsy foray into euthanasia politics

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Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Downriver

Downriver: Dark tale takes us somewhere fresh

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Mustang

Mustang: Sisters defy marriage game in Turkey

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

TMNT 2: No one's idea of a must-see movie

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2: A supernatural thriller with flair

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Miles Ahead

Miles Ahead: 'Biopic' trumpets tone over truth

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day: Tragic weirdness of wartime logic

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Mr. Right

Mr Right: Assassin in love misses the target

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Money Monster

Money Monster: Movie battles its own demons

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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Now You See Me 2

Now You See Me 2: All-star cast can't work magic

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Queen of the Desert

Queen of the Desert: Gertrude Bell deserved better

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

God Willing

God Willing: Father's farcical efforts to 'save' son

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys: Crowe, Gosling finish first

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass: An uninspiring tale

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Criminal

Criminal: Cruel, stupid, random mindless violence

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE.

Hunt For the Wilderpeople: An offbeat tale

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men Apocalypse: Flat, stale film is a low point

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Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Chasing Asylum

Chasing Asylum: Shocking expose of asylum camps

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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Brother Baba Budan in Little Bourke Street features in the architectural tour this month.

Raising the bar

Australia's Self-proclaimed ''worst artist'' Ben Butcher sneaked his painting Self-Fulfilment on to a wall at the ...

Self-proclaimed 'Australia's worst artist' hangs his own painting in the National Gallery of Victoria

Jim Russell, Ovo (with puppeteer Michelle Robin Anderson) and Genevieve Morris in Egg.

Children's puppet show Egg an embryonic idea that never quite hatches

Connor Walsh and Karina Gonzalez in the Houston Ballet's Romeo and Juliet.

Stanton Welch and Houston Ballet's Romeo and Juliet a refreshing take on classic

Jessica Lewis and Shane Adamczak in Spare Parts Puppet Theatre's The Little Prince.

A classic story comes to life

The men from Aunty Donna. From left, Zachary Ruane, Mark Samual Bonanno and Broden Kelly.

Funny, hairy and smart

Improvision 2015 winner Sonja Vilc of Slovenia.

Theatre of the unplanned

Musical theatre stars Simon Burke, Mark Trevorrow (Bob Downe), Paul Capsis, Virginia Gay and Trevor Ashley. They are ...

Orlando shooting: Sydney music stars pay tribute to victims with Town Hall concert

Justin Timberlake

'We are all the same': Justin Timberlake angers black community

Rihanna a Trekkie? Her new single Sledgehammer seems to decree it so.

Rihanna releases single for Star Trek: Beyond

Kanye sleeping next to a Taylor Swift lookalike in the video

Kanye's latest provocation towards Taylor Swift

Michael Jackson performing during his 1984 Victory Tour was involved in a very clear rivalry with Prince.

What did Michael Jackson really think about Prince?

Emerging from personal darkness, Tracy McNeil's new album continues her father's journey.

It's the family business, says alt-country songstress Tracy McNeil

Books to help you vote

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten shake hands at the People's Forum debate in Sydney in May.

There is a host of books out now to help you get informed about and laugh at the participants in this year's federal election.

Annie Proulx's new 'masterpiece'

The roots of Annie Proulx's new novel reach back to her childhood.

In many ways Barkskins is the book Annie Proulx was always meant to write.

Ken Done has been committed to only painting in the past 20 years, leaving business matters in the hands of others.

Done's very Australian life

The artist distanced himself from the commercial side of his business and for the last 20 years, he has done nothing but paint.

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

Vinegar Girl: Shrew in straitjacket is no fun

The Violet Hour by Katie Roiphe

The Violet Hour: Close-up on the death of the author

In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi

In the Darkroom: A father's search for her identity

Negroland by Margo Jefferson

Negroland: Eloquent report from the Third Race

Wood Green by Sean Rabin

Wood Green: Debut delivers incisive portrait of Hobart

The Crime Writer by Jill Dawson

The Crime Writer: Fictional portrait of Highsmith

Burn Patterns by Ron Elliott

Burn Patterns: An arsonist targets a school

Seeds & Skeletons: 30th UTS Writers' Anthology

Seeds & Skeletons: The 30th UTS Writers' Anthology

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Watercolourist: Artist in a 19th-century Italian garden

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Pumpkinflowers: A Soldier's Story by Matti Friedman

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A Long Time Coming: Essays on old age

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Offshore: Behind the Wire on Manus and Nauru

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Esther the Wonder Pig: A pig that changes lives

<i>The Paper House</i> by Anna Spargo-Ryan.

The Paper House review: Imaginative look at loss

<i>The Hatred of Poetry</i>, by Ben Lerner.

The Hatred of Poetry: Chronicle of disappointment

Sheridan Palmer's <I>Hegel's Owl: The Life of Bernard Smith</i> is a brisk but ample biography.

Hegel's Owl: The man who put art on Australia's map

<i>The Teacher's Secret</i> by Suzanne Leal.

The Teacher's Secret: A modern tale of good and evil

<i>Beyond Belief</i> by Hugh Mackay.

Beyond Belief: Quest for the best way to live

<i>Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep</i>, by Michael Schulman.

Her Again: When Meryl Streep hit her acting straps

Precious Things By Kelly Doust

Precious Things: Craft to the fore in a debut novel

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The Fox Was Ever the Hunter: A lyrical masterpiece

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Gods and Angels: Intelligent stories about family

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Sunset City: Gritty thriller of lowlife in US underbelly

Watershed, by Jane Abbott.

Watershed: A vivid climate-change dystopia

By Your Side, Jason Carrasco (with Hazel Flynn).

By Your Side: Memoir of two teens with cancer

There's a Fax from Bruce, Bruce Beresford and Sue Milliken.

There's a Fax from Bruce: Long road that leads to film

All My Januaries
Barbara Blackman

All My Januaries: Blackman's recollections

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Young Digger: Account of a WWI orphan's life

<i>The Healing Party</i> by Micheline Lee.

The Healing Party: An exquisitely rendered debut

The Memory Artist
Katherine Brabon

The Memory Artist: A profound Vogel-winning novel

<i>The Trust Deficit</i> by
Same Crosby.

Political releases: The right stuff for the right vote

The Notebook Trilogy
Agata Kristof

The Notebook Trilogy: Startlingly original fiction

Aenedi. Book VI
Trans., Seamus Heaney

Aeneid Book VI: Farewell gift from a master

No Way But Gentlenesse
Richard Hines

No Way But Gentlenesse: Kes and that falcon

Moonstone by Sjon.

Moonstone: A disquieting novel of a boy in Iceland

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell.

Maggie O'Farrell's This Must be the Place

Through a Camel's Eye by Dorothy Johnston.

Through a Camel's Eye: Skulduggery in seaside Victoria

Let Me Tell You About a Man I knew
Susan Fletcher

Susan Fletcher's Let Me Tell You About a Man I Knew

Speaking Out by Tara Moss

Speaking Out: Armoury of advice for women

Shrill by Lindy West.

Shrill: The value and cost of speaking out

Derrida's Breakfast
David Brooks

Derrida's Breakfast review: Essays on Derrida & animals

Available by Matteson Perry.

Available review: Matteson Perry's plan to find love

The Kettering Incident

The Gothic mystery that's Australia's answer to Scandi-noir

Not your average bastard ... Jon Snow's parent troubles are set to provide new plot twists for seventh series.

HBO publishes major Game of Thrones spoiler

Asher Keddie returns as Nina Proudman in Offspring season 6.

Offspring kicks off with a shock to the Proudmans

Zac in <i>60 Days In</i>.

60 Days In: Is this TV's most troubling 'experiment'?

Top Gear USa co-host Rutledge Wood confirmed the news.

Top Gear woes continue: US version cancelled

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