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Journalist Chris Uhlmann's scathing assessment of Donald Trump's presidency has been viewed more than 1.7 million times.

Australian journalist Chris Uhlmann stands by 'searing assessment' of Donald Trump

Larry David is bringing back Curb Your Enthusiasm after a six year hiatus.

Larry's back: Curb Your Enthusiasm gets series return

Ben Ungermann was almost eliminated in a dramatic flourish to MasterChef.

Finally some drama as a MasterChef favourite cracks it

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ABC Radio Sydney Breakfast host, Robbie Buck.

ABC Radio's Robbie Buck takes the battle to Alan Jones

Rob Moran

Tom Elliot can no longer boast the most listened to drive show in Melbourne.

3AW sheds listeners in latest radio ratings

Broede Carmody

Korean pop sensation, Psy, can no longer claim to have YouTube's most-watched video with viral sensation <i>Gangnam ...

Gangnam Style no longer YouTube's most-watched video

Broede Carmody

Daniel Craig is set to return as James Bond, slashed wrists and all.

Daniel Craig set to return as James Bond

Rob Moran

The cast of Yummy Mummies from left Maria Di Geronimo, Lorinksa Merrington, Jane Scandizzo and Rachel Watts.

What an atrocity: Yummy Mummies is car-crash TV

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Craig Mathieson

Angourie Rice in Melbourne last month.

Spider-Man's Angourie Rice is bound for the big time

Ridley Scott with Katherine Waterston on the set of Alien: Covenant.

The battle to land the next Hollywood blockbuster continues

Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola's latest looks at power dynamics between the sexes

Film

Foster with Nico Tortorella as boyfriend Josh.

Pretty not-so-little liars rule in Younger and Gypsy

Making the best of learning his masked trade in his home borough of Queens is Peter Parker played by Tom Holland.

Tom Holland's new Spider-Man is more like a Spider-Boy: review

The House, starring Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler and Jason Mantzoukas, exemplifies the biggest current weaknesses in ...

The House a grim waste of Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler's talents

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming: More Spider-Boy

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film The Beguiled. (Pic sourced from the web.)

The Beguiled: A tantalisingly twisted tale

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Poster for First Girl I Loved.

First Girl I Loved: Teen faces reality of coming out

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

It Comes At Night

It Comes at Night: Human torment in tight focus

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Chicken People.

Chicken People: The power of poultry

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

The House

The House: Waste of Ferrell and Poehler's talents

Rating:

Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Lady Macbeth stars Florence Pugh, as Catherine.

Lady Macbeth: Entrapment of a rebellious heroine

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Monsieur Chocolat

Monsieur Chocolat: Omar Sy clowns around

Review

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Hall: Gross-out gags

Rating:

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

The Villainess

The Villainess: Gore, blimey! What bloody fun

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Last Knight: Please let it be the last instalment

Review

Rating:

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Una.

Una: Monster and victim entwined in confronting drama

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film A Quiet Passion.

A Quiet Passion: A poet's life of obsession

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Detour

Detour: Takes noir on an all-to-familiar road trip

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Christopher Armstrong takes most of his smartphone photos at sunrise and sunset.

How to take award-winning photos on your smartphone

Peter Munro

The late Jackie Orszaczky, who understood all music was one and who only knew one way to sing and play: honestly.

Walkley Awards nod: the role of music in a post-truth world

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John Shand

Barbie dolls in various outfits at the makeshift Barbie museum, in 2004.

Why this feminist is looking forward to a Barbie movie

Alyssa Rosenberg

Lorde performing on Cockatoo Island.

Lorde enchants in pop-up concert on an island

Iggy Azalea performs at the 2017 iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards at Much Music on Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Toronto, ...

Iggy Azalea announces song with foe Azealia Banks

Continued issue with a police officer attaching a bracelet with the text #tafsainte, meaning don't grope, to a visitor's ...

'This is not OK': 27 sexual assaults at Swedish festival

Paul McCartney, now a knight, is on his way to Australia in December.

Paul McCartney adds two more shows to Australian tour

Kanye has reportedly bailed from Jay-Z's Tidal streaming service.

Kanye pulls out of Tidal days after Jay-Z diss track

Much loved Australian poet Fay Zwicky has died aged 83

UWAP is publishing <i>The Collected Poems of Fay Zwicky</i>.

One of Australia's absolutely essential poets, Fay Zwicky, has died on the weekend her Collected Poems was published.

Fans celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter

Audrey Ormella, Aoife Brazil and Madeleine Albany celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter in Sydney.

Twenty years on, wizards and witches of all ages are preparing to head back to Hogwarts.

Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist authors Emily Maguire, Ryan O'Neill, Josephine Wilson, Philip Salom and Mark O'Flynn.

Miles Franklin shortlist names five contenders for $60,000 award

Judges for the $60,000 Miles Franklin award have unveiled a shortlist of five novels in line for Australia's most significant literary prize.

Roxane Gay's latest book, 'Hunger', has a restrained urgency.

Hunger : A tale of body image and sexual trauma

Review

Good cop or bad cop?

The Force: New criminal territory, dodgy NY police

Crime fiction

'Shattered', by Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes.

Hillary Clinton: What did go wrong in the US election?

Review

The Gulf. By Anna Spargo-Ryan.

The Gulf: Coming-of-age story with tough themes

Review

'Death of a She Devil', by Fay Weldon.

Death of a She Devil: Brilliance of a late sequel

Dragon Teeth. By Michael Crichton.

Dragon Teeth: A posthumous novel that lacks quality

The Baltimore Boys. By Joel Dicker.

The Baltimore Boys: Struggle with second novel

The Student. By Iain Ryan.

The Student: A debut of hard-boiled crime

The Forensic Records Society. By Magnus Mills.

The Forensic Records Society: A quirky offering

Munich 1919. By Victor Klemperer.

Munich 1919: Observations of revolutionary days

Adult Fantasy. By Briohny Doyle.

Adult Fantasy: The issues of growing up a millennial

The Sagrada Familia. By Gijs van Hensbergen

Sagrada Familia: A detailed look at the great cathedral

The Dark Side. By Clive Small & Tom Gilling.

The Dark Side: Investigating the local drug trade

Brodie and Dylan Pawson (L-R), twin brothers who star in Channel 9's new show Ninja Warrior.

How parkour twins dominated Ninja Warrior

2017 House Rules winners Aaron and Daniella Winter, with their two children Jaxon and Brooklyn.

What Aaron and Daniella had to go through to win House Rules

Journalist Chris Uhlmann's scathing assessment of Donald Trump's presidency has been viewed more than 1.7 million times.

ABC journalist's 'searing assessment' of Trump goes viral

The cast of Yummy Mummies from left Maria Di Geronimo, Lorinksa Merrington, Jane Scandizzo and Rachel Watts.

What an atrocity: Yummy Mummies is car-crash TV

COMMENT

Will Shane Watson's heroics figure on television this summer?

Cricket stand-off: Broadcasters brace for the unthinkable

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