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The cast of The West Wing.

Review

We might not see that West Wing performance, but there's some consolation

Amid the depressing circus of what we've recently witnessed, a vision of devoted, intelligent, civil politics is just the tonic.

by Debi Enker

Daphne du Maurier with her husband Frederick Browning on board his yacht Jeanne D'Arc in August 1952.

Streaming

Was Daphne du Maurier in love with her real-life Rebecca?

by Susannah Goldsbrough

While the show itself has some faults, Jason Schwartzman is excellent as Josto Fadda in season four of Fargo.

The Televisionaries

New season of Fargo is interesting, but ambition may be its downfall

by Genevieve Rota

Marco D'Amore plays mid-level gangster Chiro in Gomorrah.

Review

Italian crime drama Gomorrah stands comparisons to The Sopranos

by Craig Mathieson

The Oscars will look very different in 2021.

Oscars

The Oscars are going ahead, but what will they look like?

by Kyle Buchanan

Movies

The Seven, the ostensible superheroes of The Boys (l-r): The Deep (Chace Crawford), Maeve (Dominique McElligott), Stormfront (Aya Cash), Homelander (Antony Starr), Starlight (Erin Moriarty), Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell), and A-Train (Jessie T Usher).

Film

The 'holding out for a hero' generation

Is the deluge of superhero movies doing more harm than good?

by Nina Metz

Borat Sagdiyev, bound for America.

Analysis

Sacha Baron Cohen

Attempting satire in the time of Trump's political circus

Sacha Baron Cohen's new Borat film skewers American politics. But in a nation so deeply divided, is there anyone left listening?

by Michael Idato

Beanie Feldstein plays schoolgirl turned music critic Johanna Morrigan in How to Build a Girl.

Film

How Caitlin Moran flipped the script on teenage heroines

by Lenny Ann Low

Daisy Ridley, who plays Rey, with the droid BB8- in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

What's on

Best of the week: What to see, hear and do from October 25 to 31

by Nicole Elphick

Helen Reddy.

Good Weekend

How Helen Reddy sang to me – even as a 12-year-old boy

by Mark Mordue

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TV & radio

TV Guide

Todd Sampson has been keeping up with The Vow and The Vampire Diaries, listening to Bob Dylan and writing a novel.

Pop culture

'I'm so sucked in': Todd Sampson can't enough of TV vampires

The TV host and Gruen panelist reveals what he's been watching with his daughters and why he wrote a book.

by Nicole Elphick

Tanisha Kandiah and Bianca in Teen Mom Australia

Review

Young mums: tackling the teen taboo

Tanisha Kandiah wants other young mothers to know that they are going to be OK.

by Bridget McManus

Antony Starr as Homelander in The Boys

Review

The Boys is a brilliant takedown of Marvel, DC, and our need for supermen

by Karl Quinn

Top beachside destinations revealed. — 0:59

TV & radio

World's Best Beaches explores the best beaches from around the world

After being given a new identity as a field agent in Knight Rider. — 2:53

TV & radio

Michael Knight discovers his new car's amazing abilities

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

George and Emma Sheppard perform at the AFL Grand Final half-time show.

AFL Grand Final

AFL grand final entertainment disjointed, but a balm all the same

by Karl Quinn

Midnight Oil's new album The Makarrata Project will be released on October 30.

REVIEW

Review

With a powerful new album, Midnight Oil makes a statement of their own

by Martin Boulton

"Mr Palmer's image is not good for my heavy metal image," Dee Snider told federal court this week.

Courts

Dee Snider: Universal's soldier in the fight for copyright

by Michael Dwyer

Nate Goyer is passionate about keeping the retail vinyl trade alive, making most of his purchases in person and always keeping an eye on new releases from local artists

Pop culture

Record collector passionate about keeping retail vinyl trade alive

by Tom Compagnoni

Singer Alice Skye.

Spectrum

Peter Garrett's playlist : 21 top Indigenous acts to tune into

by Shona Martyn

Bruce Springsteen: viewing music as a shared spiritual experience.

Review

Music reviews: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello and more

by Barry Divola, Kish Lal, Craig Mathieson and John Shand

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Human: Hugh Sheridan.

Opinion

Private Sydney

Sheridan might not like 'labels', but they tell our story to the world

by Andrew Hornery

Luke Mangan: "After I qualified, I travelled, then settled in London. It was my escape."

Sunday Life

The motherly advice that kicked off Luke Mangan's career

by Robyn Doreian

Schapelle Corby and Candice Warner on SAS Australia.

Private Sydney

Corby in demand as TV shows pitch for former Bali prison inmate

by Andrew Hornery

Stage

Fringe director Simon Abrahams with Fringe artist Nick Barlow, whose show Conservatory will be performed inside an historic conservatory in Malvern East.

This year's Fringe will be beyond mad: it's actually impossible

Roy Joseph recording Malthouse Theatre's Loaded.

A triumph of imagination in this tale of a new, old Melbourne

Sarah Cooper’s Trump impersonations have led to her being invited to the Democratic National Convention and guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live. VIDEO BY TOM COMPAGNONI. — 2:16

The rising star of TikTok Trump parody

The Big Blue rarely reached philosophical depths.

Flash of blacked-out magic couldn't be sustained

Art & design

Hamish Clark of Leonard Joel with some of the Private Collection Of Trevor Kennedy.

Kangaroos and curios in Kennedy's improbable collection

A vignette from Kate Hume's French holiday home: pairing a bronze sculpture with a charcoal sketch, both by artist Tim Bickerton.

Using movie magic to give the personal touch to interiors

Davis' favourite book" Flann O’Brien’s <i>The Third Policeman</i>.

Banksy? I’ve never understood the hype

Simon Hodgson's work 'I seem to be a verb' at the Qstation.

No sculpture at Bondi? Manly, Wollombi and Mudgee offer a fix

Books

Jane Harper deftly unravels small-town secrets in her latest novel, which is set on the Tasmanian coast.

Christmas rush: readers urged to buy books early to avoid shortages

Ramona Koval wisely avoids too much anthropomorphism in A Letter to Layla.

Ramona Koval's lessons from the past and the future for the present

<i>Who They Was</i> by Gabriel Krauze

Adrenaline fuelled descent into amorality

Author Delia Falconer in Potts Point.

Over 10 years, Sydney has lost much. But have we become kinder?

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