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Martin Short, Selena Gomez and Steve Martin reunite on season two of Only Murders in the Building.

Streaming

‘Love at first sight’: How Martin, Short and Gomez became TV’s hottest property

The two comedy legends had never heard of Selena Gomez before she was cast in their hit series Only Murders in the Building. Now they share a unique chemistry.

by Louise Rugendyke

Sunday Life

‘Being married to a musician isn’t easy’: The Living End’s Chris Cheney

by Jane Rocca

Damon Herriman as Bruno and Jackie van Beek as Laura in Nude Tuesday.

★★★

Review

This wacky nude romp is like no movie you’ve ever seen

by Paul Byrnes

New releases from Minnie Driver, Sally Piper, Polly Phillips, James Patterson and Sharron Booth.

Review

Shocking crimes and Minnie Driver’s eye-opening memoir: Top books to read next

by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll

Julie Goodwin in MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites

Review

Not lying down: Julie Goodwin on her competitive side and watching herself on TV

by Ben Pobjie

Movies

Baz Luhrmann’s totally Australian film Strictly Ballroom is a total success. Audiences love it, so do Hollywood moguls. It’s making money before it even opens. But, Baz himself is taking it all step by step. June 27, 1992

Flashback

From the Archives, 1992: Strictly Baz

30 years ago, Strictly Ballroom was a total success. Audiences loved it, and so did Hollywood moguls. But director Baz Luhrmann was taking it all step by step.

by Tony Squires

Ram Charan, rear, as Rama Raju and N.T. Rama Rao Jr as Komaram Bheem in the blockbuster RRR.

Cinema

How the most expensive Indian movie ever made conquered the world

RRR is one of the biggest Indian movies of all time, at home, in Australia, and on Netflix. But there’s more to the picture than mad action and splashy effects.

by Karl Quinn

Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, with Bob, Kevin and Stuart in Minions: The Rise of Gru

★★★

Review

The new Minions is relentless. It will make your ears ring and your eyes pop

by Sandra Hall

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time was four decades in the making.

Documentaries

This Vonnegut movie took 40 years to make. It opens with a startling premonition

by Michael Dwyer

Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.

Cinema

Will it be Burning Love or Heartbreak Hotel for Elvis at the box office?

by Garry Maddox

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TV & radio

TV Guide

Comedian and broadcaster Meshel Laurie.

Quick Q

‘When you hate someone, you are their prisoner’: Q&A with Meshel Laurie

Comedian Meshel Laurie on her daily news habits, her first job and her sporting bucket list.

by Michael Lallo

Julie Goodwin in MasterChef Australia: Fans & Favourites

Review

Not lying down: Julie Goodwin on her competitive side and watching herself on TV

The original MasterChef winner thought she was asked back this season as a novelty, but has even surprised herself.

by Ben Pobjie

SeaChange stars Sigrid Thornton and David Wenham.

ABC

‘They’re happy memories’: Thornton, Wenham join ABC’s SeaChange cast reunion

by Bridget McManus

Film & TV production

The Blues-loving Bluey character who bleeds maroon in real life

by Anthony Segaert

The world of vulnerable and exploited delivery riders is the subject of the short-form series Appetite, now in production.

Film & TV production

SBS drama about exploited delivery riders tries to hire extras without pay

by Karl Quinn

What would you do if you kept reliving the same day? Welcome to the Lazarus Project. The brand new series is now streaming, only on Stan.

Every episode of the brand new series Billy The Kid is now streaming, only on Stan.

Music

Sunday Life

‘Being married to a musician isn’t easy’: The Living End’s Chris Cheney

by Jane Rocca

Jimmy Barnes

Review

Jimmy Barnes review: Hold on, he’s coming with the soul classics

by Nicole Economos

Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker and Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in Elvis.

Cinema

Devil in disguise? Elvis film starts a little more conversation about his manager

by Tony Moore

Zola Jesus’ new album Arkhon is due out on May 20.

New music

Bring out the eyeliner, gothcore is making an unlikely return

by Cat Woods

Chrishell Stause and G Flip on the set of Get Me Outta Here.

Australian music

G Flip on dating Selling Sunset’s Chrishell, getting naked and conquering the US

by Meg Watson

The Go Gos during their Australian tour in 1982.

Flashback

From the Archives, 1982: It’s all Go-Go in the battle to the top

by Alison Stewart

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Celebrity

Carol Raye left an indelible mark on Australian television, both on and off the screen.

Private Sydney

Original boss lady of Australian TV: How Carol Raye changed the way we watch television

by Andrew Hornery

Lisa Wilkinson giving her acceptance speech at the Logies.

Emerald City

Lisa Wilkinson calls in $11,000-a-day lawyer after Logies speech backfires

by Lucy Manly

Lisa Wilkinson giving her acceptance speech at The Logies.

Private Sydney

Fallout continues from Lisa Wilkinson’s vocal Logies moment

by Andrew Hornery

Stage

Tuuli Narkle plays Helen who faces a grim world with veracity and vulnerability as well as resolve.

Review

Bold Bronte sister adaption turns page on domestic violence

by John Shand

Chris Ryan, Gillian Cosgriff in Come Rain or Come Shine.

★★★

Arts

Tim Finn’s new musical starts with promise, but fails to fulfil its potential

by Peter Hodgson, Kate Herbert and Tony Way

Lucky Lartey and Vishnu Arunasalam.

Performing arts

Choreography works are engrossing, but there’s barely a dance step in sight

by Jill Sykes

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced beheaded survived: Six cast members Loren Hunter,Chelsea Dawson, Phoenix Jackson Mendoza, Kala Gare, Kiana Daniele, Vidya Makan.

★★★★★

Arts

Ferocious, topical and sassy: the new show you cannot, must not miss

by Cameron Woodhead, Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way and Kate Herbert

Art & design

An artist’s impression of the new entrance and public square at the Powerhouse Museum at Ultimo.

Architecture

First glimpse at plans for Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo

by Linda Morris

The flags of NSW and Australia atop the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Opinion

Republic debate

Ensign for the times: Forget the new flagpole, we need a new flag

by Helen Pitt

Year 12 Visual Arts students Lily Shepherd and
Elena Matiussi-Pimm in Lismore.

Exclusive

Art

After everything was destroyed by floods, National Art School steps up for students

by Lenny Ann Low

This work was created as a special one-off NFT. Hibiscus is a tribute to the glorious performance artist Hibiscus (1949-1982). a founding member of acid drag performance group The Cockettes.

Visual art

Here to stay or will they go away? Either way, NFTs have transformed Australian art

by Gabriella Coslovich

Books

Herzog describes Hiroo Onoda’s jungle as a place of feverish dream.

Literature

From the screen to the jungle, Werner Herzog writes his first novel

by Alexandra Alter

Members of the Joycestagers during their reenactment from the Hades chapter of Ulysses at Glasnevin Cemetery.

Literature

Skip the boring bits, hit a chapter a week, get drunk: how to read Ulysses

by Keith Austin

David Attenborough is only one of the many people whose expereinces of the BBC are unpicked by David Hendy.

Review

Twenty million shows and counting: The remarkable story of the BBC at 100

by Bridget Griffen-Foley

Books to read this week include new titles from Sally Piper, Minnie Driver and Polly Phillips.

Review

Shocking crimes and Minnie Driver’s eye-opening memoir: Top books to read next

by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll

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