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Millie Bobby Brown in Enola Holmes.
Review

Pick of the flicks: the best new movies to stream at home in lockdown

Hollywood's biggest names have been releasing movies in recent months that you can watch in your lounge room.

  • by Sandra Hall, Jake Wilson, Paul Byrnes and Karl Quinn
Grant Denyer: "That relationship gave me a sense that I could go off and take chances."
Sunday Life

Grant Denyer: 'Pulling a handbrake on my life was a big blow to me psychologically'

  • by Jane Rocca
Tones and I hopes to inspire young musicians with her Bigsound keynote address this month.
Music festivals

'Things come and go real quick': Tones and I on taking risks and taking her time

  • by Martin Boulton
A scene from Totally Under Control.
Documentaries

'More a true crime film': documentary details failings in the US response to the pandemic

  • by Garry Maddox
Eva Mendes: "I've been so happy to be able to incubate with my babies, but now they are four and six, I’m starting to feel like my ambition is coming back.” 
Sunday Life

On a career break with her daughters, Eva Mendes shares her heartfelt new role

  • by Jenny Cooney

Movies

Andrew Garfield, Joseph Mazzello, Jesse Eisenberg and Patrick Maple in The Social Network,
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A decade on, The Social Network foretold a grim online life

The movie feels grimly prescient and perhaps representative of how our relationship to social media and each other have changed.

  • by Maya Phillips
Former US president Barack Obama.
US election

Eight political campaign documentaries worth watching

Rich and informative films to get you in the right mindset for the US election.

  • by Jason Bailey
Kirstie Alley, Ellen Barkin, Kirsten Dunst, and Brittany Murphy star in 1999 pageant comedy.
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Film

'Drop Dead Gorgeous' official trailer

Sacha Baron Cohen returns as Borat 14 years after his original film and thistime he takes on a pandemic as well as politics
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Film

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm trailer

New Zealand comedian and actor Rose Matafeo stars in the new film Baby Done.
Film

Rose Matafeo: 'I want to be able to be an unlikeable character'

  • by Louise Rugendyke
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TV & radio

The cast of We Children From Bahnhof Zoo, one of the new programs generating buzz at this year's "virtual" Mipcom.
Media & marketing

The new shows set to go global as COVID-19 changes TV

Despite exchanging Cannes for less scenic cyberspace, the annual TV market has still batted up a stack of potential hits.

  • by Michael Idato
The modern-day cupid helps a woman find love despite her unusual defence mechanisms.
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TV & radio

Patti Stanger says it like it is on Million Dollar Matchmaker

The modern-day cupid helps a woman find love despite her unusual defence mechanisms.

Kara Swisher's latest podcast is not all about tech.
Podcasts

Swisher uncovers lies in the world beyond tech

  • by Peter Wells
12 Strong star Rob Riggle tells Stephen Colbert he is uniquely qualified to play a character in the Army Special Forces from his time as a Marine.
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TV & radio

Rob Riggle on playing his old military boss in his film 12 Strong

Free-to-air channels are generally required to offer captions on everything screened between 6am and midnight and on all news and current affairs shows.
News & current affairs

For the hard of hearing, captions on TV are an open and closed case

  • by Tom Ryan
The Good Lord Bird

From the producers of The Loudest Voice, the brand new event series The Good Lord Bird is now streaming, only on Stan.

Brave New World

Based on the groundbreaking novel, the brand new series Brave New World is now streaming, only on Stan.

Music

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Celebrity

Kyle Sandilands will preside over more disputes in the 2019 season of Trial By Kyle.
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Emerald City

Sandilands muscles in on the real estate drama Sydney had to have

  • by Lucy Manly
Eva Mendes: "I've been so happy to be able to incubate with my babies, but now they are four and six, I’m starting to feel like my ambition is coming back.” 
Sunday Life

On a career break with her daughters, Eva Mendes shares her heartfelt new role

  • by Jenny Cooney
Chef Luke Mangan cooks to the sounds of Frank Sinatra, laughs along to Roy and HG and enjoys watching Billions.
Pop culture

'I'm a bit like that': What Luke Mangan and Roy and HG have in common

  • by Nicole Elphick

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