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Day had no expectations for <i>How To Fail</i>, which now has a million listeners a month.
Interview

How a podcast about failure became a phenomenal success

When Elizabeth Day started a podcast about failure, she thought “maybe a dozen people” would listen. Now there more than one million monthly listeners.

  • by Lenny Ann Low
Nabihah Iqbal
Live music

Five must-see concerts (and a few more) happening in January

  • by James Jennings
Playwright Matthew Lopez
Stage shows

How a classic set in the Edwardian era became a modern gay epic

  • by Richard Jinman
Danielle Macdonald, photographed at the Opera House in Sydney on December 11, 2023.
Streaming

Why The Tourist’s Danielle Macdonald believes in trusting your gut

  • by Karl Quinn
Could Next Goal Wins be Taika Waititi’s first own goal?
★★
Review

Could Next Goal Wins be Taika Waititi’s first own goal?

  • by Jake Wilson

Movies

Kaimana (left) plays Jaiyah Saelua, a faʻafafine (third gender) player, in Next Goal Wins.
★★
Review

Could Next Goal Wins be Taika Waititi’s first own goal?

This feel-good sports film shows the Kiwi director may finally have bitten off more than he can chew in Hollywood.

  • by Jake Wilson
Armed for battle: fandom vs The Lord of the Rings.
Pop culture

A ‘pitch-perfect sequel’? The fine line between fan fiction and an ugly lawsuit

Fans of The Lord of the Rings (and Star Wars and Star Trek) have always made their own stories. So when does enthusiastic fandom become a problem?

  • by Michael Idato
Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy starred in Barbie and Oppenheimer.
Cinema

The best films of 2023, a critic’s choice

  • by Garry Maddox
Actor Lee Sun-kyun gets out of a car upon his arrival at the Incheon Metropolitan Police in South Korea on Saturday.
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Parasite actor Lee Sun-kyun found dead amid drug allegations

  • by Reuters
Jason Momoa reprises his role as the laidback underwater superhero in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
Review

Weary Aquaman sequel proves it’s just as well DC is starting over

  • by Jake Wilson
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Elliott (Jamie Dornan) trying to outrun his past in The Tourist.
Review

This genre-defying TV show returns for a belter of a second season

The blend of dark tones and high stakes makes the second season of The Tourist crackle with energy.

  • by Michael Idato
Asher Keddie in Strife, inspired by Mia Freedman’s book Work Strife Balance.
Streaming

Why Asher Keddie is the queen of barely contained chaos

Drawing from Mia Freedman’s book Work Strife Balance, Keddie’s character in the series Strife, Eve, is imbued with humanity and humour.

  • by Debi Enker
Spike with family in Spike Milligan - the Unseen Archive.
★★★★★
Review

The joy and pain of Spike Milligan, the man who made modern comedy

  • by Ben Pobjie
Edgar Ramírez as Paolo Macchiarini and Mandy Moore as Benita Alexander.
Streaming

Edgar Ramírez exchanges Gianni Versace for Dr Death

  • by Michael Idato
Changing Ends. Oliver Savell and Alan Carr.
Film & TV production

Why Alan Carr and his dad are the ‘Kardashians of Northampton’

  • by Benji Wilson

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