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Miles Franklin Literary Award 2021 shortlist announced
Stories of loss – including from a Booker Prize winner and two debut novelists – form a left-of-field shortlist for Australia’s most famous literary prize.
- by Melanie Kembrey
★★★
Review
The Veronicas’ new album has high points but doesn’t leave a lasting impression
- by Martin Boulton, Craig Mathieson, John Shand and Kish Lal
Movies
What is wrong with this picture? Cinema feeds our latest sci-fi fears
My Zoe and Little Joe join a long list of films in which science slips its ethical leash.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
Cruella got a redemption story. Shouldn’t these villains, too?
A new movie has shed light on Cruella de Vil’s backstory. It makes us wonder: which other controversial characters could do with a bit of revisionism?
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
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TV & radio
Ten’s new pitch: Go woke or (maybe) go broke
Ten has positioned itself as the safest place for advertisers wishing to avoid the storm of social media backlash.
- by Karl Quinn
★★★★
Review
Now grapevine! Can aerobics save your twisted life?
Rose Byrne dons a leotard to play a tortured woman on a quest for self discovery in Physical, a new streaming comedy.
- by Michael Idato
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Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez appear to confirm relationship as caught kissing in LA
- by Christie D’Zurilla and Los Angeles Times
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Private Sydney
Patience and empathy required from all as we navigate new gender terminology
- by Andrew Hornery
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Court gives green light for removal of historic villa to make way for Powerhouse
- by Linda Morris and Megan Gorrey
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