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"It can be reversed," says Stu.

Stu drops bombshell about kids on The Bachelorette

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Tracey Spicer says she will reveal the names of "long-term offenders" of sexual harassment in Australia's media industry.

Tracey Spicer to name 'serial predators' in local media industry

Isabella Manfredi, lead singer with the Preatures, has revealed her experiences of sexual harassment in the music industry.

'It's not on': Preatures singer reveals sexual harassment

The Pussycat Dolls performing in Melbourne in 2009.

Pussycat Dolls rubbish 'prostitution ring' claims

Broede Carmody

James Trethewie has said he's heartbroken after being evicted from The Bachelorette mansion.

Bachelorette evictee James Trethewie's emotional essay

Broede Carmody

Magda Szubanski (right) and Lucy Durack have a complicated mother-daughter relationship in Sisters.

Magda Szubanski: How coming out changed my life

Michael Lallo

Tim Minchin - I Still Call Australia Homophobic (Marriage Equality Protest Song)? Published on youtube on 10 Aug 2017

Tim Minchin honoured at Hollywood 'Aussie' awards gala

Michael Idato

Comedian Dave Hughes says he was so shocked by the difference in pay between him and his long-time radio co-host Kate ...

Hughesy took pay cut after learning Kate Langbroek earned less

Melissa Cunningham

Singer Bjork claims she was sexually harassed on a movie set.

Bjork joins chorus of 'sexually harassed' women on movie sets

The Producers Guild of America has voted to expel Harvey Weinstein.

Producers Guild to expel Weinstein, create taskforce

Woody Allen has addressed the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, calling it "tragic for the poor women" but also ...

Woody Allen warns of 'witch hunt' after Weinstein allegations

As death looms days pass, but you wouldn't know it unless the script told you.

Survival romance reaches peak implausibility: review

Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron in a scene from the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

A first look at penultimate Star Wars movie The Last Jedi

Robert Pattinson as Connie even makes 16-year-old Crystal, played by Taliah Webster, an accomplice in Good Time.

Good Time review: Robert Pattinson hits his stride as agent of chaos

Paths of the Soul is in selected cinemas from October 19, 2017.

Paths of the Soul review: Quickly wears thin

Rating:

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Home Again.

Home Again review: A fantasy bubble

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film, Bad Blood.

Bad Blood review: Thriller lapses into banality

Rating:

Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film The Mountain Between Us.

The Mountain Between Us: A story with scale

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Filmmaker Karina Holden in Blue.

Blue review: Delves into marine destruction

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Good Time.

Good Time review: Robert Pattinson hits his stride

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Tom of Finland.

Tom of Finland review: Biopic finds its theme

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The poster for Fireworks.

Fireworks review: A lyrical and charming animation

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film The Only Living Boy in New York.

Literati love and lament in the Big Apple

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Final Portrait.

Final Portrait review: Alive with gleeful wit

Rating:

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

The Go-Betweens: Unlucky throughout the 1980s.

Go-Betweens review: Pain, power and punk

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Simon (Gabin Verdet) is a teenage surfer left brain dead by a car accident.

Heal The Living review: Lacks heart

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Battle of the Sexes. (Image sourced from web)?

Battle of the Sexes review: Designed to flatter

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film The Dancer.

The Dancer review: Histrionic but forgivable

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Mountain.

Mountain documentary reaches for the sky

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film?Kingsman: The Golden Circle. (Image sourced from web)

Kingsman review: A slick spy caper that's hard to like

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Captain Underpants movie

Captain Underpants review: Will amuse

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Lego Ninjago poster

Lego Ninjago review: Hero strays from reality

Rating:

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

The poster for the film The Emoji Movie

The Emoji Movie review: Bold move by Hollywood

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Beatriz at Dinner.

Beatriz at Dinner review: A table divided

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Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Australia Day.

Australia Day review: Smothered by politics

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Patti Cake$.

Patti Cakes review: A flawless performance

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise in IT.

IT review: King's tale trades on taboos

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film 'I Am Not Your Negro'.

I Am Not Your Negro review: The past lives on

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Victoria & Abdul.

Victoria and Abdul review: Victoria can still surprise

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film 'Mother!'.

Mother! review: Lawrence loses control

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Alice Foulcher plays Polly and Amy Cuthbert, actors who are having different levels of success in their chosen profession.

That's Not Me Review: A fine calling card

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film The Dinner.

The Dinner: Dark tale serves up family morals

Rating:

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

Girl Trip poster

Girls Trip: An exuberant return to girl power

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Film poster for The Hitman's Bodyguard.

The Hitman's Bodyguard: Lowbrow fare

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

God's Own Country poster

God's Own Country: Troubled soul hunts for love

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Gifted poster

Gifted: An understated melodrama

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Ali's Wedding

Ali's Wedding: A joyously comic true story

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

American Made

American Made: Bold take on US as global citizen

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Maudie

Maudie: Maud Lewis biopic is art over reality

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Killing Ground poster

Killing Ground: A grisly link to our colonial past

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Sinking feeling: You just know it's not going to end well.

47 Metres Down: Some fin wicked this way comes

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film The Lost City of Z,

The Lost City of Z: Tarzan without the apes

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film, The King's Choice.

The King's Choice: Ageing royal faces Hitler's demands

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Gruff charm: Justin Townes Earle.

Not just cars and girls from this shambolic charmer

Michael Ruffles

Tattoo artist Billy (Yannis Stankoglou) and singer Tereza (Ksenia Dania) in Amerika Square.

Greek tragedy that takes apart the Amerika dream

Stephanie Bunbury

Tim Storrier's <i>The Lunar Savant</i>, a metaphor of the personality of its subject, McLean Edwards.

Tim Storrier wins Doug Moran Portrait Prize

Linda Morris

Daryl Braithwaite has been inducted into the ARIA hall of fame.

Daryl Braithwaite inducted into ARIA Hall of Fame

Mariah Carey is touring Australia and New Zealand in February.

Mariah Carey announces Australian tour dates

Amy Shark has picked up an impressive six ARIA nominations.

Female artists shine in 2017 ARIA nominations

Aldean, who was onstage at Las Vegas when the shooting began, paid tribute to the victims on SNL.

Aldean pays tribute to Las Vegas victims on SNL: 'We hurt with you'

Keith Urban.

Country artists have ear of gun culture and need to speak up

COMMENT

A phantom queen who could be a wizard of Oz

Jessica Townsend's <i>Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow</i> was 10 years in the making.

Ten years in the writing, Australian author Jessica Townsend's debut is attracting serious global attention.

ABC journalists venture into the world of the political thriller

Michael Brissenden has written a political thriller snatched from the headlines.

Michael Brissenden and Tony Jones have made their publishing debuts with political thrillers themed around international terrorism.

US crime writer Karin Slaughter.

No crime in writing about strong women

Women are far from being just the victims in crime fiction, says Karin Slaughter.

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The Art of Navigation: Time-hopping fiction

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Maybe review: Gleitzman's latest in Felix series

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Munich: Fictional look at age of appeasement

Shadowless. By Hasan Ali Toptas.

Shadowless: An enigmatic political allegory

Wimmera, by Mark Brandi.

Wimmera: Crime and masculinity in the outback

Former US president Ronald Reagan (right) with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987.

Gorbachev review: Destroying the Soviet Union

A Legacy of Spies, by John le Carre.

A Legacy of Spies review: The return of George Smiley

Barney Greatrex. By Michael Veitch.

Barney Greatrex review: A story of wartime heroics

Who Can You Trust? By Rachel Botsman.

Who Can You Trust? review: Distributed trust

No Going Back. By Lisa Kennedy.

No Going Back: A mother's tale of abducting her child

Total Propaganda: Basic Marxist training for the angry and the young, by Helen Razer. Allen & Unwin. $29.99.

Total Propaganda: A unique guide to the appeal of Marx

The History of Bees. By Maja Lunde.

The History of Bees: Drama in the face of disaster

The Show. By Mark Aarons with John Grenville.

The Show: A new take on Santamaria

What Happened, by Hillary Rodham Clinton.

What Happened: The view from the losing candidate

Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash. By Eka Kurniawan.

Vengeance is Mine ...: A pulpy dark comedy

Watching Out. By Julian Burnside.

Watching Out: Reflections on justice

Moral Panic 101. By Benjamin Law.

Moral Panic 101: A measured plea for tolerance

The Glass Soldier. By Don Farrands.

The Glass Soldier: A touching story of war and peace

The Secrets She Keeps, by Michael Robotham.

The Secrets She Keeps: A thrilling domestic noir

The Girl who Takes an Eye for an Eye. By David Lagercrantz.

The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye review

22/2/98 South Melbourne versus Marconi Fairfield FRANCIS AWARITEFE (Marconi) is tackled by NICK ORLIC (S.M.) Pic: Greg ...

This sporting life: What it says about Australia today

The Lesss You Know the Sounder You Sleep. By Juliet Butler.

The Less You Know ... : The tragedy of conjoined twins

Home Fire. By Kamila Shamsie.

Home Fire: Caught up in the unthinkable

Tell It to the Dog. By Robert Power.

Tell It to the Dog: A memoir with a difference

Labor of Love. By Terri Butler.

Labor of Love: Getting involved in politics

Autumn, by Karl Ove Knausgaard.

Autumn: A move away from self-examination

Asylum By Boat. By Claire Higgins.

Asylum by Boat: The response to boat people

All the Galaxies. By Philip Miller.

All the Galaxies: Space opera and Scottish dystopia

Such Small Hands. By Andres Barba.

Such Small Hands: A gothic tale in a girls' orphanage

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Detours: A wander through a muso's life

The Wonder of Birds. By Jim Robbins.

The Wonder of Birds: Amazing new territory

The Vanished Land. By Richard Zachariah.

Vanished Land: Elegy for Victoria's Western District

The Undercurrent. By Paula Weston.

The Undercurrent: An electric dystopia

The Red-haired Woman. By Orhan Pamuk.

The Red-Haired Woman : Pamuk's brilliance shines

Bridget Crack. By Rachel Leary.

Bridget Crack: Vivid picture of a female bushranger

The Choke, by Sofie Laguna.

The Choke: Diving into a world of violence and pain

Fifty Fifty. By James Patterson & Candice Fox.

Fifty Fifty: The dynamic duo are back

Late Essays. By J.M. Coetzee.

Late Essays: A substantial achievement

Just Another Week in Suburbia. By Les Zig.

Just Another Week in Suburbia: Suburban adultery

Beauty in Thorns. By Kate Forsyth.

Beauty in Thorns: Reimagining Pre-Raphaelite women

<i>The Epic City</i>, by Kushanava Choudhury.

The Epic City: The essence of Calcutta told vividly

Mischka's War, by Sheila Fitzpatrick.

Mischka's War: The story of the writer's husband

<i>One Halal of a Story<i/>, by Sam Dastyari.

One Halal of a Story: On politics and migration

<i>Chief Engineeer</i>, by Erica Wagner.

Chief Engineer: The man behind Brooklyn's icon

<i>Ethics Under Fire</i>, edited by Tom Frame and Albert Palazzo.

Ethics Under Fire: The military and bad behaviour

The Reason You're Alive. By Matthew Quick.

The Reason You're Alive: A poignant, complex antihero

The Cold War. By Odd Arne Westad.

The Cold War : Westad dismisses long peace

<i>On the Java Ridge</i>, by Jock Serong.

On the Java Ridge: Serong plunges into politics

Bitch Doctrine. By Laurie Penny.

Bitch Doctrine: Insight and wicked brilliance

Powers of description: Author Steven Carroll.

A New England Affair: The secret love of T.S. Eliot

Who Thought This was a Good Idea? By Alyssa Mastromonaco.

Review: Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?

A Threefold Cord. By Howard Goldberg.

A Threefold Cord: An thrilling children's tale

Basket of Deplorables. By Tom Rachman.

Basket of Deplorables: Dark comic short stories

Her. By Garry Disher.

Her: Taut historical novel of slavery

Sunlight and Seaweed. By Tim Flannery.

Sunlight and Seaweed: Ideas for the future

The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders, by Stuart Kells.

The Library: Peculiar take on the marvels within

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Life of Brine: Plunging into big waves of life

All My Goodbyes. By Marian Dimopulos.

All My Goodbyes: An intense story of travel and murder

<i>Common People</I> by Tony Birch explores the themes of love, loss, poverty and pain.

Common People: Stories ooze compassion

Thirty Days. By Mark Raphael Baker.

Thirty Days: A beautiful account of death and grief

A competitive group or heat run of humpback whales in the Haapai group of Tonga.

RisingTideFalling Star: Into the mystery of the sea

Back to Broady. By Caroline van der Pol.

Back to Broady: Growing up on the frontier

Dear Reflection. By Jessica Bell.

Dear Reflection: The search for meaning in music

Cold War Games. By Harry Blutstein.

Cold War Games: Politics and the Melbourne Games

The Charge. By David W. Cameron.

The Charge: The dramatic story of Beersheba

The Parcel. By Anosh Irani.

The Parcel: A vivid picture of Indian slum life

Lost Boy. By Christina Henry.

Lost Boy: A dark spin on the story of Peter Pan

All the Birds in the Sky. By Charlie Jane Anders.

All the Birds in the Sky: An engaging science fantasy

Siren. By Rachel Matthews.

Siren: Acute take on macho celebrity culture

Sour Heart. By Jenny Zhang.

Sour Heart: Quiet stories of Asian migrants in the US

'The Enigmatic Mr Deakin' by Judith Brett.

The Enigmatic Mr Deakin: The inner life of a PM

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The Last Days of Jeanne d'Arc: A French heroine

Jennifer Down's short-story collection, <i>Pulse Points</i> reflects the parlous state of the world.

Pulse Points: Stories display a sharp intellect

Thea Astley: Selected Poems.

The poetry of Fay Zwicky and Thea Astley

Deeper than the Sea. By Nelika McDonald.

Deeper Than the Sea: Emotional complexities

Lovesick. By Jean Flynn.

Lovesick: A romance that's as light as air

The Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr. By Frances Maynard.

Review: Seven Imperfect Rules of Elvira Carr

A Reluctant Warrior. By Kelly Brook Nicholls.

A Reluctant Warrior: Drugs in Colombia

Being Here. By Marie Darrieusecq.

Being Here: Life of Paula Modersohn-Becker

The Long Goodbye. By Anna Krien.

The Long Goodbye: Anna Krien's essay on mining

The New Puberty. By Amanda Dunn.

The New Puberty: The importance of sex education

Generation HK. By Ben Bland.

Generation HK: A look at young Hong Kongers

Lisa Wilkinson leaves her Neutral Bay house. She has just left Channel Nine (9) for Channel Ten (10). Pic by Nick Moir ...

Four Lisa Wilkinson myths busted

ANALYSIS

Erin Molan will lead a "shaken up" version of Nine's The Footy Show in 2018.

The Footy Show's sole survivor

Lisa Wilkinson's shock departure to Ten reverberated in the French tourist town of Cannes this week.

Ten, CBS, Wilkinson, Weinstein the hot topics in Cannes

Netflix is expanding its stable of originals, like hit series Stranger Things.

Netflix flags record-setting US$8 billion content spend

Chris Bath joined the ABC in Sydney.

Make way for 'Bath Vader': Who will Today pick?

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