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Private Sydney
I think we are all a bit like Hugh Grant this year
The actor’s pre-Oscars interview saw him taken to task on social media, but does he deserve a bit of thanks on behalf of the beleaguered masses?
- by Andrew Hornery
Latest
Lance Reddick, The Wire and John Wick star, dies at 60
The character actor specialised in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including The Wire, Fringe and the John Wick franchise.
- by Mark Kennedy
No help from Kidman required as Hollywood beckons for rising star
A close family friend of Nicole Kidman is making his own mark in Hollywood, but he’s doing it without help from the Australian A-lister.
- by Andrew Hornery
Opinion
Pop culture
Bravo to those ‘brave’ older women, but pass me the $700 face cream
The language might have changed, but we’re still captive to the cult of youth.
- by Genevieve Novak
Sydney just partied hard all summer. Can we keep it going?
By any measure, Sydney has got its mojo back. But after years of COVID restrictions, can our city keep the momentum going? And, more pressingly, what comes next?
- by Andrew Hornery
Financially flush farming family finally finish feud
A court ruling this week has brought to a close a two-decade family feud over one of Australia’s great farming fortunes.
- by Andrew Hornery
Sharon Stone says she lost custody of son due to ‘Basic Instinct’ nudity
The actress said the movie scene was “weaponised against her” during the divorce case with ex-husband Phil Bronstein.
- by Timothy Bella
Bruce Willis’ wife appeals to paparazzi to stop yelling at him
Emma Heming Willis, the Hollywood star’s wife, has made an emotional appeal to raise awareness about dementia.
- by Garry Maddox
‘It still hurts’: Year after Oscars slap, Chris Rock finally hits back
Chris Rock has finally spoken at length about being slapped by Will Smith during his first stand-up comedy show since last year’s incident.
- by Jake Coyle
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
I quizzed Tom Gleeson, HARD, on whether integrity has returned to the Logies
Did Gleeson winning the Gold Logie destroy the legitimacy of the way the whole voting system works?
- by Peter FitzSimons
Brooke Blurton on reality TV, politics and the myth of finding the ‘one’
“What are we exposing our children and young people to, like this is a quick hookup and ‘oh, can we go for a chat?’ That’s not how we should see relationships.”
- by Kerrie O'Brien