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Yassmin Abdel-Magied laughed off her "clusterf----" year on Tom Gleeson's Hard Chat.

'A minute's silence for your career': Abdel-Magied roasted on ABC's Hard Chat

Even Sia has released a Christmas album.

Old is new: 2017's best Christmas albums

Ultra Tune's 'muffler' ad was the most-complained about advertisement of 2017.

The most complained about ads of 2017

Despite the truce, Liam Gallagher tells fans Oasis "isn't getting back together".

Liam Gallagher talks about 'truce' with brother and Oasis

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Kylie Northover

The origins of the communal feast began as way to relieve tension.

Festive plans getting to you? Spare a thought for Nero

Kylie Northover

Australian comedians and creators of the 70's television program The Aunty Jack Show Rory O'Donoghue (right) and Graham Bond.

Aunty Jack star Rory O'Donoghue has died at age 68

Broede Carmody

Kim Jong-hyun of K-pop group SHINee.

Star of K-pop band SHINee dead at 27

Dahee Kim

The festive Q&A panel.

Q&A;'s late-season festive cheer with bonus bowl of rice

Neil McMahon

Paddington in the prison kitchen – what could possibly go wrong?

Yes, the genial bear best known as Paddington still has plenty of charm

Kristen Wiig as Audrey Safranek, Matt Damon as Paul Safranek, Maribeth Monroe as (downsized) Carol Johnson and Jason ...

The downsides of Downsizing

Daisy Ridley as Rey in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Daisy Ridley is a powerful force as Rey

How do you tell your partner you're due to give birth to the Son of God?

Budget retelling of nativity story falls flat

James Franco as Tommy Wiseau.

The Disaster Artist is Hollywood hotshots crafting humiliation

Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts in Wonder.

Wonder review: Few surprises in mawkish Hollywood film

Love Actually poster

Love, Actually review: Bill Nighy steals the show

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

The Fortress (poster)

The Fortress review: A lavish epic

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Wonder Wheel poster

Wonder Wheel review: Nasty and banal

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

The Secret Scripture poster

The Secret Scripture review: Sentimental

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

IN THIS CORNER OF THE WORLD poster

In This Corner of the World review: jaw-dropping

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Jacob Tremblay and Julia Roberts in Wonder.

Wonder review: Few surprises in mawkish film

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

FILE - In this July 25, 2013, file photo, Christopher Plummer poses for a portrait at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in ...

The Man Who Invented Christmas review

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Only the Brave poster

Only the Brave review: A corny look at real-life

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

The Disaster Artist film poster.

The Disaster Artist review: A comedy of humiliation

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

The Star (poster art)

Budget retelling of nativity story falls flat

Rating:

Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars

Zuzana Maurery as the manipulative Maria Drazdechova in The Teacher.

The Teacher review: A lesson in everyday evil

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Nanny Olive (Kelly Macdonald) explains to young Christopher why his father's books are so popular.

Goodbye Christopher Robin review

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Tulip Fever poster

Tulip Fever review: Love fails to bloom

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Better Watch Out film poster.

Better Watch Out review: Like Home Alone with knives

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Daddy's Home 2 poster

Daddy's Home 2 review: It's trash but it works

Rating:

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

Melissa George plays Evelyn in The Butterfly Tree.

Butterfly Tree review: Beauty overwhelms arc

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

The Flash (Ezra Miller) Batman (Ben Affleck) and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) in Justice League.

Justice League review: Capitalises new ray of hope

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Poster for the film Lucky

Lucky review: A tribute to an understated man

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Headbands rule: Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe and Sverrir Gudnason as Bjorn Borg.

Borg McEnroe review: Ice-Borg vs Superbrat

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Killing of a Sacred Dear

The Killing of a Sacred Deer review

Rating:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

Louis Theroux: Heroin Town

Heroin Town review: Turns gaze on drug addicts

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars

Even Johnny Depp has a moment of sympathy in Murder on the Orient Express.

Murder on the Orient Express review

Rating:

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

Ben Stiller and Jenna Fischer star as husband and wife Brad and Melanie in Brad's Status.?

Brad's Status review: Anger of a father

Rating:

Rating: 2.5 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

Grey matter. Illustration: Simon Letch

What happens in your brain when you go to a show

Sarah Kaufman

The star of the show is the ensemble cast.

So hammy it's like the whole show is wrapped in prosciutto

John Shand

Handel's Messiah is for many the signal that Christmas is on its way.

Vast chorus continues tradition of monster Messiah

Peter McCallum

Village People playing A Day on the Green in Perth.

Fans to new-look Village People: Please stop the music!

As she had in Melbourne, Sia stood still in the background and sang over a tape of her greatest hits for 90 minutes ...

Sia review: Short-changed in the rain

Empty handed: Jessica Mauboy performs during the 31st ARIA Awards at The Star.

Shock losses at ARIAs as a gang of youths takes over

Harry Styles will take the stage at Tuesday's ARIA Awards.

ARIAs to showcase rising locals, but kids are wildest about Harry

Lorde performing in her Melodrama world tour.

Lorde reigns supreme in her last gig of the year

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O'Neill's satire of the literary scene wins PM's award

Elizabeth Tynan won the history prize for Atomic Thunder.

The richest awards for Australian literature honoured a varied group of titles.

Books: Seven new releases to while away the day this summer

Michelle de Kretser's The Life to Come has plenty of sting.

From YA fiction from John Green, to a Booker winner and a pointed page turner from Michelle de Kretser, these are the books you need to keep you reading this summer.

David Sedaris will return to Australia in early 2018.

David Sedaris shares Australian diary entries

Ahead of his return to Australia early next year, David Sedaris shares the unpublished diary entries he penned during a previous trip Down Under.

Bella and Chaim. By Sara Rena Vidal.

Bella and Chaim: Imaginative story of a couple's war

The Boy Made of Snow. By Chloe Mayer.

The Boy Made of Snow: A tense first novel

<i>The Near Miss</i>, by Fran Cusworth.

The Near Miss: After an accidental meeting

Fresh Complaint : Eugenides' first story collection

The Accident on the A35. By Graeme Macrae Burnet.

The Accident on the A35: A smart crime novel

Courage in the Skies. By Jim Eames.

Courage in the Skies: The story of Qantas at war

The Lost Species. By Christopher Kemp.

The Lost Species: The mystery of the unnamed

The Templars. By Dan Jones.

The Templars: The short history of God's enforcers

Oxygen. By William Trubridge.

Oxygen: The spritual depths of freediving

How We Talk. By N.J. Enfield

How We Talk: The importance of um, er and like

The Quantum Astrologer's Handbook. By Michael Brooks.

Quantum Astrologer's Handbook

Surrogacy. By Renate Klein.

Surrogacy: A polemic against the practice

The Footy Lady. By Stephanie Asher.

The Footy Lady: The remarkable Susan Alberti

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward.

Sing, Unburied, Sing: A small epic of life in America

The Passage of Love by Alex Miller.

The Passage of Love: When the author mines life

Minefields by Hugh Riminton.

The First Casualty: A journalist's memoir

Devil's Day. By Andrew Michael Hurley.

Devil's Day: A creepy horror story down on the farm

Appalachian Fall by Jennifer Maiden.

Appalachian Fall: Morally complex poetry

The Man Who Took to His Bed. By Alex Skovron.

The Man Who Took To His Bed: Punchy short stories

A Thirst For Empire: How Tea Shaped the Modern World, by Erika Rappaport.

A Thirst for Empire: The power of good cup of tea

Australian Hiphop duo A.B. Original after winning the AMP (Australian music prize). They are Trials a Ngarrindjeri man ...

Triple J's Hottest 100 moved from Australia Day

Don Burke responds to allegations of sexual harrassment.

Don Burke denies sex harassment claims, says he has Aspergers

Don Burke's program Burke's Backyard was a ratings juggernaut for Channel Nine before it was cancelled in 2004.

Don Burke a sexual harasser and ruthless bully, claims women

EXCLUSIVE

Lunch with Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann at the Fitz cafe.

Lehmo on the shock of being fired from Gold FM

Georgie Gardner is the new co-host of Today.

Georgie Gardner is Karl's new co-host on Today

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