Awards Season 2016
Ben Mendelsohn scores Emmy nod
AUSSIE Ben Mendelsohn has scored an Emmy nomination as the fantasy series Game of Thrones led the pack with 23 Emmy nods.
Academy tries to rectify #OscarsSoWhite
683 new members, including some well known Aussies, have been recruited to try to diversify the Academy’s largely male and white membership.
NPH shows off shaved head at Tonys
Bald is beautiful … especially if you’re Neil Patrick Harris. The actor has debuted his smooth new look at the 2016 Tony Awards.
Who are Australia’s most loved and loathed celebs
AN annual popularity list has ranked Australia’s favourite and not so fave celebrities. Can you guess?
This is James Corden’s best Carpool Karaoke yet
JAMES Corden travelled to the Big Apple and swung via Broadway to pick up his latest batch of all-star Carpool Karaoke guests - and it’s a must-see.
Britney admits snake stunt was ‘dumb’
BRITNEY Spears is not a fan of her “dumb” performance at the MTV Video Music Awards back in 2001, when she famously performed with a python.
Show you can’t get a ticket to
HAMILTON rose up to become the hottest show on Broadway this season, but it’s quickly become a treasure hunt. Here’s why.
‘Don’t hang your s**t on me’
THE haters were out in force following Madonna’s tribute to Prince at the Billboard Music Awards — but she has a blunt message for them.
Justin Bieber slams awards shows
NOT LONG after winning two Billboard awards, the 22-year-old singer took to Instagram to vent about “hollow” awards shows.
Kesha breaks her silence at Billboard Awards
THE singer was overwhelmed by the support of the audience as she performed a stunning slowed-down take on a Bob Dylan classic.
Madonna’s ‘horrific, flat’ Prince tribute
SOME said it was an emotional triumph. Others wished her mic was turned off. Madonna’s Prince tribute was always going to be controversial.
Britney’s raunchy Billboards opener
THE pop princess wowed the crowd, opening the show with an eight-minute medley of songs from her 18-year career to date.
Britney wears her underwear to Billboard Awards
THERE was always going to be some controversy on the Billboard Music Awards red carpet. And Britney Spears didn’t disappoint.
Britney’s sexy Billboards show
GIMME more. Britney Spears has stunned at the Billboard Music Awards with a steamy, stripper performance, while Madonna paid tribute to Prince.
Fans furious over Madonna’s Prince tribute
MADONNA will pay tribute to departed music icon Prince at the Billboard Music Awards — but now thousands insist she’s not up to the job.
Dr Luke cancels Kesha’s big moment
KESHA has been forced to back out of a scheduled performance at this weekend’s Billboard Music Awards.
Kennedy winner to cash $25,000 prize
THE Kennedy Foundation has confirmed new sponsors Coca-Cola Amatil will offer Australia’s richest media prize of $25,000.
Dami Im is Eurovision’s biggest winner
HAVING overwhelmingly won the jury vote, Dami Im will be the biggest winner from 2016’s Eurovision, say music experts.
Extremists slam Waleed’s Logie win
MOST people would agree Waleed Aly’s Gold Logie win was well-deserved, but one radical Islamist group has publicly condemned him.
Sad story behind Mustafa’s name change
TYLER De Nawi reveals a bathroom break at the Logies led to him being unmasked as the “mysterious Mustafa”, and the tragic story behind the name Tyler.
Candidate slams Waleed’s ‘ridiculous’ win
KIRRALIE Smith, a candidate for the anti-Islamic Australian Liberty Alliance Party, has a problem with Waleed Aly.
How Waleed’s epic speech was born
WALEED Aly reveals he met ‘Mustafa’ only moments prior to winning the Gold Logie — and his celebrated speech was more of a fluke than pre-planned.
‘World is realising what I’ve known for 15 years’
WALEED Aly says she’s “sharper, wittier and funnier” than he is. But for his wife, Susan Carland, Aly’s win shows the “world has finally caught up”.
Aly’s mystery ‘Mustafa’ revealed
IT WAS the question all Logies viewers were asking: Who is the mysterious Mustafa Waleed Aly mentioned?
Milat actor ‘in Logies after-party scuffle’
CATCHING Milat actor Mal Kennard allegedly punched the brother of Channel Nine TV presenter Lauren Phillips in a scuffle and at a Logies after-party.
Chin carried ‘like a Queen’ from party
GOLD Logie nominee Lee Lin Chin has denied reports she was drunk and had to be carried from a network after-party early today.
‘Room full of narcissistic drug-addled perverts’
SHAUN Micallef slagged off everyone in the room and refused to accept his award. Why aren’t we all talking about what was the funniest speech of the night?
The one thing the Logies got so wrong
THE winners were worthy, the presentation almost flawless and the jokes really rather good. But, in one respect, the Logies were terrible.
Aussie stars downing shots on Logies red carpet
WE hit the Logies red carpet armed with a list of TV trivia questions and a shot glass. Get an answer wrong, do a shot. Who aced it — and who flunked?
Why Aly’s gold is worth more than Carrie’s
HE HAS taken out the coveted Gold Logie but Waleed Aly has a few more reasons to smile than his predecessor Carrie Bickmore.