Former foreign minister Bob Carr has branded US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump "a very angry man" and expressed concerns for Australian forces who would serve alongside Americans if Trump became the US Commander-in-chief.

Gold Coast City Council on Tuesday will the first of South East Queensland's councils to make a decision whether or not to join a bid to host the 2028 Olympic Games.

With Game of Thrones heading into its last season in 2018, fans can rejoice that another universe created by George R.R. Martin may be heading to TV screens as soon as next year.

Opening ceremony in Rio drew fewer viewers than any other – but should Channel Seven be worried?

A fake Seinfeld script addressing 9/11, written by a comedic writer, went viral last week and raised some sticky questions, with fans of the show wondering would such a script exist had Seinfeld been airing during September 11, 2001?

Andrew Bolt's comments about climate change on his television show were so hyperbolic and subjective that no reasonable person would think he was being factual, the television regulator has found. 

The ABC is exploring resurrecting a much-loved former theme which has since taken a new life as a dance-floor favourite as part of a bid to create a consistent brand across TV and radio.

Fancy yourself a judge on a reality TV show? You soon can be exactly that, via your mobile phone.

Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn is everything that's wrong with Hollywood's handling of female 'super' characters. Could Wonder Woman turn the tables?

Once you see Britney Spears gyrating on Jimmy Kimmel's bed in the middle of the night, you can't unsee it.

When a venerable newsreader begins to rhyme, you better watch out, it's cringeworthy time.

Australian billionaire James Packer will appear in the new reality television series focusing on the "private world" of his fiance, the singer Mariah Carey.

LA Law joins a growing list of rebooted shows.

Baz Luhrmann's long-awaited, big-budget TV series about the birth of hip-hop hits Netflix on August 12 with a first episode that is "as absorbing as it is theatrical".

The low down on The Get Down is the history of hip hop TV series created by Australian film director Baz Luhrmann has some fans already in early reviews.

The blokes who play the Bondi Hipsters are "like a married couple these days", one of them says.

Kenneth Branagh is an ardent fan of Henning Mankell's grim detective Kurt Wallander and has brought him to the screen for one last hurrah.

A boy's own mash-up, Russian blockbuster Night Watch is a visual and kinetic treat.

A new feature-length animated film of a classic story is deeply affecting.

A review of what small-screen enthusiasts could enjoy this week.

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Is Sonia Kruger's elevation to right-wing rant machine an accident, or something much more calculated?

WIN TV has been the biggest loser in the ratings since changing channels to Ten in July.

In a city awash with radio dramas, this feud was one of the most infamous. But after six years incommunicado, gay newsreader Geoff Field appears to have buried the hatchet with his old bosses Kyle Sandilands and Jackie "O" Henderson.

Is a boy from Herons Creek with a taste for extravagantly costumed romances really the director to tell the tale of how New York's toughest kids began rapping and scratching? Absolutely, says Baz Luhrmann.