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When his parents caught coronavirus, Ian Pidd picked up his ukulele

Live Music

When his parents caught coronavirus, Ian Pidd picked up his ukulele

They were too ill inside the nursing home to even pick up the phone, and he wasn't allowed in. So each day, with musician friends, he played for them.

by Nick Miller

All hail the divine madness of Australian comedy trio Aunty Donna

Review

All hail the divine madness of Australian comedy trio Aunty Donna

by Ben Pobjie

Broadcaster and Collingwood Football Club president Eddie McGuire.

Melbourne radio

'I'm just tired,' says Eddie McGuire as he announces radio show departure

by Broede Carmody

Gillian Anderson is impressive as a raspy-voiced Margaret Thatcher in The Crown.

Review

Streaming

It's the Princess Diana season of The Crown but Margaret Thatcher steals the show

by Brad Newsome

Griffin Theatre has received $350,000 to fund new works.

Arts

'The sector is restarting': mini arts boom on cards as funding flows

by Linda Morris

Movies

Kathryn Newton sat down with 9Honey Celebrity to talk about working with Vince Vaughn in Freaky. — 2:06

Film

Kathryn Newton talks about the making of Freaky alongside Vince Vaughn

Kathryn Newton sat down with 9Honey Celebrity to talk about working with Vince Vaughn in Freaky.

Misha Oshervoich and Celeste O'Connor spoke to 9Honey Celebrity about starring in the new movie Freaky. — 2:52

Film

Misha Oshervoich and Celeste O'Connor on making Freaky

Misha Oshervoich and Celeste O'Connor spoke to 9Honey Celebrity about starring in the new movie Freaky.

Artists impression of the floating cinema in Darling Harbour.

Cinema

Like watching Tenet in a tinny: floating cinema heading for Darling Harbour

by Garry Maddox

Chain reaction: No, Kathryn Newton's character hasn't landed a gig as a lumberjack.

Review

Murder Barbie finds the funny side of being a serial killer

by Jake Wilson

Robert De Niro and Emile Hirsch in The Comeback Trail.

★★½

Review

Robert De Niro's The Comeback Trail leads to a dead end

by Sandra Hall

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TV & radio

TV Guide

A house hunt like no other. — 0:33

TV & radio

My Lottery Dream House takes lottery winners on a property search

A house hunt like no other.

My Lottery Dream Home showcases home with movie theatre and full gym. — 3:00

TV & radio

Couple explores mountain-top property with built in cinema

My Lottery Dream Home showcases home with movie theatre and full gym.

By the time the series finishes, Beth steps out in a white wool coat paired with a white hat totally on point for a chess queen.

Review

The Queen’s Gambit costumes make us want to toss our leggings

by Danielle Braff

New docuseries coming to Disney+. — 1:27

TV & radio

Inside Pixar Trailer

First look at the new shows coming to Nine in 2019, including Married at First Sight, Lego Masters and the Australian Open. — 1:30

TV & radio

Coming to Nine in 2021

Moonbase 8

Starring Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker & John C. Reily, the hilarious new series Moonbase 8 is now streaming, only on Stan.

Gangs of London

The action-packed crime drama series Gangs of London is now streaming, only on Stan.

Music

Delta Goodrem releases original song Only Santa Knows from new album of the same name. — 0:28

Music

Delta Goodrem's Only Santa Knows lyric video

1 hour ago

Delta Goodrem surprises fans with the release of her new Christmas album, Only Santa Knows. — 0:27

Music

Delta Goodrem release new Christmas album

1 hour ago

Sinéad O'Connor sings her most famous 1990 hit song, Nothing Compares 2U. — 0:30

Music

Nothing Compares 2U music video

Middle Kids solved the problem of staging a live gig during COVID.

Performing arts

From up-tempo rock to 'hipster church choir'

by Divya Venkataraman

AC/DC's 17th studio album Power Up is out now and there's no mistaking its time honoured sound.

★★★★

Review

Our verdict on AC/DC's first album in six years

by Martin Boulton

Dallas rapper Mo3 performs Broken Love in Instagram video. — 0:56

Music

Mo3 performs Broken Love in Instagram video

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Celebrity

The young and the charitable: Xanthe Wetzler, Robert Oatley, Nadia Fairfax, Rae Temily, Tim Holmes A Court and Jack Bedwani play host at the White Caravan gala.

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Emerald City

Tim Holmes a Court to wed Lavazza importing heiress Amanda Valmorbida

by Lucy Manly

Paul Hogan, Don Lane and Jeanne Little at the Logies in 1977.

Vale

Legendary Australian entertainer Jeanne Little dies

by Esther Han

Francesca Packer Barham was seen purchasing a $9000 pooch in a Bondi Junction pet store.

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Emerald City

Francesca Packer drops $9000 on new family addition

by Lucy Manly

Stage

Carols in the Domain heads indoors.

Sydney entertainment venues' bold plans for summer bubble

Homer's Odyssey, a mini musical

Fringe shows bring us monsters, at home and abroad

Griffin Theatre has received $350,000 to fund new works.

'The sector is restarting': mini arts boom on cards as funding flows

Traces from Spain was awarded 'Best in Fest'.

Dancers dazzle with dizzying array of ideas

Art & design

Matt Poll and the bark paintings at the Chau Chak Wing Museum.

X marks the spot: a peek into Sydney's newest museum

Artist Dennis Golding with part of his winning work.

First Indigenous winner of arts fellowship for 100 years

Russell Drysdale 1941's Going to the Pictures (detail).

Russell Drysdale painting ties artist record, sells for $2.4m

Wesley Enoch is directing his fifth and final Sydney Festival.

Details of Sydney's big summer party revealed

Books

The Freedom Circus by Sue Smethurst.

The Freedom Circus: a World War II story of survival

Tim Flannery has been watching Bluey with his young song, reading a book about fungus and listening to Baroque.

'Unbelievably amazing': The strange growths Tim Flannery loves to read about

Taking the knee, as Collingwood and Richmond did at this AFL game in June, has become so commonplace that not taking it is now arguably the more overtly political gesture.

Are all white people racist? Why Critical Race Theory has us rattled

Ewa Ramsey’s writing about the mind and its traps is accurate, but also incredibly tender.

Struggling while others thrive? This sombre read may be a welcoming stiff drink

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