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David Marr to replace ABC’s Phillip Adams at Late Night Live

David Marr to replace ABC’s Phillip Adams at Late Night Live

The celebrated journalist and author is replacing Adams, who has been in the role for more than three decades.

  • by Garry Maddox

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Why I’m grateful for Baby Reindeer, the anti-hero alternative we desperately need
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Why I’m grateful for Baby Reindeer, the anti-hero alternative we desperately need

In this era of self-congratulatory and safe memoirs, the Netflix series dares to be dangerous.

  • by Mark Mordue
‘It’s not about our love’: Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall on separating fact from fiction

‘It’s not about our love’: Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall on separating fact from fiction

When Colin from Accounts became an international hit, the couple were faced with sudden celebrity – and the challenge of writing season two.

  • by Louise Rugendyke
Is Netflix killing off the binge model it created? The signs say yes
Opinion
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Is Netflix killing off the binge model it created? The signs say yes

The latest season of Bridgerton has been split in two, spread out across a month. It’s the latest sign the streaming giant is shifting from the binge model.

  • by Aine Ryan
Colin From Accounts returns for an excellent second season of hilarity and chaos
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Colin From Accounts returns for an excellent second season of hilarity and chaos

Two weeks on from the end of season one, Ashley and Gordon are determined to get back the mutt that brought them together. It’s easier said than done.

  • by Karl Quinn
After 62 years in showbiz, Ron Howard’s brother Clint is only warming up

After 62 years in showbiz, Ron Howard’s brother Clint is only warming up

Clint Howard has done it all, from Star Trek to Seinfeld. It’s little surprise he’s now a homeless preacher on The Bold and the Beautiful.

  • by Ben Pobjie
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An inglorious TV tradition: Three hours of Tom Brady put-downs shows the roast is toast

An inglorious TV tradition: Three hours of Tom Brady put-downs shows the roast is toast

Many see TV roasts as an opportunity to rail against wokeness. But they’re not: they’re nasty, retrograde and just not funny.

  • by Louise Rugendyke
How Martin Freeman went from The Office to an intense, troubled cop

How Martin Freeman went from The Office to an intense, troubled cop

Before playing the morally compromised Chris Carson in The Responder – a show full of violence, trauma and moral ambiguity – Freeman was an international star.

  • by Ben Pobjie
The dark side of Australian football’s ‘great sporting fairytale’

The dark side of Australian football’s ‘great sporting fairytale’

Featuring Craig Foster and superfan Ian “Dicko” Dickson, Came from Nowhere tracks the rise of divisive A-League club Western Sydney Wanderers.

  • by Bridget McManus
Inside the floating egg one man has designed to live in
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Inside the floating egg one man has designed to live in

Artist Stephen Turner shows the incredible interior of the floating egg he's planning to live in on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces.

Meet the man planning to live in a giant egg
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Meet the man planning to live in a giant egg

Artist Stephen Turner unveils his plans to live and work in a floating egg on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces.