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Taylor Swift sings 'chaperone dads' with Hamish and Andy
Taylor Swift sings a song about 'chaperone dads' in a resurfaced interview on Hamish & Andy's Gap Year.
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Why Adam Liaw has been in tears on The Cook Up ‘many, many times’
The popular host of the nightly cooking show on SBS Food says he’s more than happy to be serious. “We do get into some very difficult conversations.”
- by Bridget McManus
How Truman Capote became the talk of the town...again
The author was always a one-off: the story of his life as extraordinary as anything he wrote himself.
- by David Free
90 Day Fiancé's Brandan and Mary share sunset clip
90 Day Fiancé's Brandan and Mary De Nucciõ share a video of themselves enjoying sunset together as they welcome in the new year.
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What to watch
Whitstable Pearl puts Kerry Godliman where she belongs: centre stage
Best known as Ricky Gervais’ terminally ill wife in Afterlife, Kerry Godliman radiates warmth in this drama-come-detective series.
- by Ben Pobjie
Opinion
ABC
How the ABC’s Gollum grip is killing Australian stories
The ABC was once the home of documentaries. Now the national broadcaster favours formulaic, presenter-led factual entertainment made by large production enterprises.
- by Gary Newman
Epic series Shogun will fill the hole left by Game of Thrones
Adapted from James Clavell’s magnum opus, Shōgun is the story of war, power, betrayal and a clash of cultures in feudal Japan.
- by Michael Idato
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Review
I couldn’t get a handle on this odd hip hop comedy, but I’m hooked
This five-part series from Vince Staples has an air of the surreal about much of what happens, even as it rubs up against a sense of veracity.
- by Karl Quinn
Doco on conman Hamish McLaren puts the spotlight on devastated victims
It takes courage to go on camera and reveal how deeply you fell for a scammer’s game, says the producer of King Con.
- by Craig Mathieson
The new Mr and Mrs Smith are no Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – and that’s a good thing
Donald Glover and Maya Erskine are a new kind of pairing for a new generation. One that doesn’t need their heroes to be slick.
- by Louise Rugendyke
★★★½
Streaming
Messi’s World Cup provides a different portrait of the world’s greatest footballer
Lionel Messi, like Diego Maradona before him, is a totem of worship in Argentina, especially after winning the 2022 World Cup.
- by Craig Mathieson