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Leonardo DiCaprio with Growing Pains stars Alan Thicke and Kirk Cameron.

Leonardo DiCaprio pens touching tribute to 'role model' Alan Thicke

Beyonce is expected to be a Grammy frontrunner with Lemonade.

The best music of the year includes Bowie, the Drones and Solange

Dane Swan at lunch with Karl Quinn at The Smith in Prahran.

Party drugs and musicals: The Dane Swan you've never met

FILE -- 1994 file picture of Michael Hutchence, the late singer and songwriter for Australian rock group INXS, taken ...

New Michael Hutchence material unearthed

Ebony Bowden

Aurora Aksnes has been called an angel by some of her adoring fans.

Norway's northern light: the silence of Aurora Aksnes

Anthony Carew

Two Angels.

The pre-Christmas angel comes calling in Curly World

Michael Leunig

Nigel Kennedy returns to Australia for concerts in January.

Kennedy on Brexit, useless conductors and hating Mozart

Kathy Evans

Actor Adam Driver's natural urgency adds to the unease beneath the surface of the movie <i>Paterson</i>.

Paterson, a film based on repetitions, is cloying not clever

Jake Wilson

Levi Miller and Phoenix in <i>Red Dog: True Blue</i>.

A new canine star takes the stage on the set of Red Dog: True Blue

Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers.

'Creepy' twist in Passengers leads to unexpected backlash

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story fills in some of the gaps between Episode III and IV.

Rogue One is a 'deeply disappointing' Star Wars movie

Heather Ewart at lunch at Salona, her local favourite in Richmond.

Heather Ewart takes TV's road less travelled on Back Roads

Sugar Spin: you, me, art and everything at Gallery of Modern Art. Shoplifter's Nervescape V.

Head to Brissie for GOMA's fluoro anniversary show

Dockery enjoys the more expressive character she plays in Good Behaviour.

Lady Mary moves from aristocrat to con-woman in Good Behaviour

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story: It's a disappointment

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Paterson

Paterson: Jim Jarmusch's cloying - not clever - film

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Allied

Allied: Pitt, Cotillard make beautiful duo

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Office Christmas Party

Office Christmas Party: A most clumsy comedy

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Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Queen of Katwe

Queen of Katwe: Marred by fridge door maxims

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Mahana

Mahana: Engrossing story on a grand scale

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Little Men

Little Men review: Small film with so much to offer

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

French feelgood movie Rosalie Blum arrives just in time for Christmas.

Rosalie Blum: Feel-good French comedy

Rating:

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

The fresh-faced Gengxin Lin plays the sword master of the title

Sword Master: Plot just a bridge between fights

Underworld: Blood Wars

Underworld: Blood Wars: Yawn-fest misses the mark

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Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

The Family Fang

The Family Fang: Quirky dramedy with surprises

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Trolls: Stars can't save this saccharine schlock

Rating:

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Up for Love.

Up For Love: French comedy falls short

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Camilla Ah Kin and Suzanne Pereira are starring in the Roman Season of plays with multi-award winning theatre company ...

Julius Caesar as a woman? Got a problem with that?

Composer Cyrus Meurant who has composed a series of soundtracks to play to residents of a dementia care facility in ...

Cyrus' unique work gives hope to dementia patients

Peter Munro

Steve Gadd delivered a performance that was close to perfection.

Almighty Gadd comes close to perfection as he weaves his magic

John Shand

Madonna flexes on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden.

Madonna tells James Corden she tongue-kissed Michael Jackson

Beyonce received nine nominations for Lemonade.

Beyonce makes Grammys history

Morrissey named Adelaide, Melbourne and Newcastle among his 'most appreciated' audience of 2016.

Morrissey ranks Australian gigs among his 'top 15 of 2016'

Sticky Fingers frontman Dylan Frost has revealed he is struggling with alcohol addiction and bipolar schizophrenia.

Sticky Fingers frontman accused of racial abuse

Wayne Duncan of Daddy Cool performs on stage in concert ahead of The Beach Boys at the Palais Theatre, Melbourne on ...

Daddy Cool's Wayne Duncan dies, aged 72

Farewell to a deeply affecting writer

Georgia Blain, daughter of Anne Deveson, has passed away after a battle with brain cancer

James Bradley pays a tribute to a true friend and a woman possessed of a black sense of humour, novelist Georgia Blain.

The Transit of Shirley Hazzard

Australian novelist Shirley Hazzard at home in New York on publication of her final novel, >i<The Great Fire>i<.

Shirley Hazzard was one of the most cosmopolitan, elegant and quietly formidable writers of the 20th century.

Author J.K. Rowling was dropped from Forbes billionaires list, but they may need to rethink that.

Opening the chamber of secrets: J.K. Rowling's mystery billions

In 2012, Forbes dropped J.K. Rowling from its authoritative billionaires list since her fortune had 'eroded'. Forbes may want to rethink that.

The Art of Cycling. By Cadel Evans.

The Art of Cycling: Secrets of Cadel Evans' success

Christmas Days. By Jeanette Winterson.

Christmas Days: Seasonal stories with extras

The Tao Deception. By John M. Green.

The Tao Deception: Spy thriller with a gender difference

Faithful. By Alice Hoffman.

Faithful: An emotionally subtle tale of redemption

Missing Dot. By Fairlie Kingston.

Missing Dot: Illustrated short tales

Margaret Flockton: A Fragrant memory. By Louise Wilson.

Margaret Flockton: An intimate life of the botanical artist

Orwell's Nose. By John Sutherland.

Orwell's Nose: A big stink about a sense of smell

D.A.A.S. Their Part in my Downfall. By Paul Livingston.

D.A.A.S. Their Part in My Downfall: On the comeback trail

What not us? Late night TV hosts (from left) Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and James Corden.

The 'most streamed' late night host may surprise

Netflix has released a new sci-fi series with no pomp and ceremony; is their silence the new disruption in the ...

Netflix's silence could be the ultimate TV disruption force

ANALYSIS

Daryl Somers' new show, <i>You're Back in the Room</i>.

The best - and worst - TV of the year

Josh Thomas in last night's emotional Please Like Me.

Thomas tears up as fans praise 'devastatingly raw' Please Like Me

Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in Netflix's Stranger Things.

Netflix to debut 50 new shows but is that good?

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