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Some child stars leap into sexier adult roles with no problem. For others, it’s not as easy.
Disney

If Zendaya and Sabrina Carpenter can be sexy, why can’t other former child stars?

Making the transition from child star to adulthood is hard enough without the judgement placed on young women embracing their sexuality.

  • by Nell Geraets
Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in season three of Bridgerton.
Review

I want to hate Bridgerton but, like any good romance, I can’t quit

  • by Louise Rugendyke
Portrait Rinehart doesn’t want you to see: Mogul demands gallery remove image
Indigenous art

Portrait Rinehart doesn’t want you to see: Mogul demands gallery remove image

  • by Linda Morris and Eryk Bagshaw
Macklemore connects with the local audience.
Melbourne live reviews

Macklemore leads chant for Palestine at Melbourne show

  • by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Barney Zwartz, Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas, Tony Way and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Ryan Reynolds and Cailey Fleming play Cal and Bea in If, in which the imaginary friends of children come to life.
★★★
Review

John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds are all schmaltz in too-cute fairytale

  • by Sandra Hall

Movies

Alyla Browne, Anya Taylor-Joy and Elsa Pataky depart the Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga in Cannes.
Cinema

George Miller’s latest Mad Max instalment sends crowds wild at Cannes

During the six-minute standing ovation, star Anya Taylor-Joy directed cameras to Miller, standing next to her. Hemsworth slapped his shoulder. All three were wreathed in relieved smiles.

  • by Stephanie Bunbury
Ryan Reynolds and Cailey Fleming play Cal and Bea in If, in which the imaginary friends of children come to life.
★★★
Review

John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds are all schmaltz in too-cute fairytale

It’s filled with big-name stars and started a bidding war, but fantasy film IF leaves too many questions unanswered.

  • by Sandra Hall
Chris Haywood stars in The Way, My Way about the Camino de Santiago.
Cinema

The Camino is famous for miracles. It transformed this actor

  • by Helen Pitt
This year’s box office is expected to be flatter than 2023, but that’s likely only a short-term blip.
Box office

Hollywood is facing its bleakest year in three decades. Can these films save it?

  • by Nell Geraets
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell in Anyone But You.
Cinema

Sydney has much more to offer Hollywood than the Opera House and Harbour

  • by Garry Maddox
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Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in season three of Bridgerton.
Review

I want to hate Bridgerton but, like any good romance, I can’t quit

It is said the heart is forever making the head a fool. Well, Bridgerton is forever making a fool of me.

  • by Louise Rugendyke
Easton and his mum Kellie see what he looks like with ears for the first time on Body Parts on 9Now.
2:03

Easton gets emotional as he sees his new ears for the first time

Easton and his mum Kellie see what he looks like with ears for the first time on Body Parts on 9Now.

Easton, eight, has been living without ears after he lost them in a dog attack on Body Parts on 9Now.
1:24

Kellie tells the traumatic story of how her son Easton was mauled by a dog

Anaplastologist Allison Vest answers all of Easton's questions about getting prosthetic ears on Body Parts on 9Now.
1:06

Easton meets anaplastologist Allison Vest

Levi Brown stars as dreamer and poet Dante in <i>This Town</i>.
Film & TV production

Politics, punk and race: The new TV series examining Britain’s volatile 80s

  • by Kylie Northover

Music

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Live reviews

Macklemore connects with the local audience.
Melbourne live reviews

Macklemore leads chant for Palestine at Melbourne show

  • by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Barney Zwartz, Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas, Tony Way and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Tenor Stuart Skelton radiated a robust zest for life.
★★★★½
Sydney live reviews

The rare sound of perfection: Don’t miss this Mahler performance

  • by Peter McCallum, Daniel Herborn and Bernard Zuel
Macklemore has genuine stage presence.
★★★★
Sydney live reviews

Macklemore brings Gaza protest song to Sydney

  • by Daniel Herborn, Bernard Zuel, John Shand and Millie Muroi

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