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    Yesterday

    Graeme Currie outside at Weston Park, where he served as head butler for a decade.

    The butler’s role has changed – and seasoned ones can make $190K a year

    Buttling has become a career that involves not only polishing silver and folding napkins but also lifestyle management.

    • Plum Sykes
    A growing number of millennials and Gen Zers love to send voice notes.

    Why voice notes are having a moment

    They convey more nuance than text but they can be daunting to listen to if they’re too long.

    • Tatum Hunter
    Actor Kevin Spacey outside Southwark Crown Court last year after being found not guilty.

    The uncancelling of Kevin Spacey, MeToo’s greatest casualty

    It is the cruel catch-22 of cancel culture that being innocent may afford no protection against being treated as guilty.

    • Allison Pearson

    Think you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions

    Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.

    • Daniel Arbon
    Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy), right, with co-pilot Praetorian Jack (Tom Burke).

    Movie review: Furiosa – drives hard but takes too many wrong turns

    George Miller’s latest Mad Max film is bogged down by the gruesome particulars of his post-apocalyptic world – and Chris Hemsworth’s wooden acting.

    • John McDonald
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    This Month

    Reese Witherspoon’s entry into the book business started with her frustration over the film industry’s skimpy representation of women on screen.

    How Reese Witherspoon built a multimillion-dollar empire on books

    The businesswoman’s book club may not make money from sales, but it offers an opportunity to option stories that can be turned into TV shows by her production company.

    • Elisabeth Egan

    Are these contemporary artists the future of the market?

    This annual auction of contemporary art presents living artists at relatively affordable prices, but this year bargain hunters proved harder to find.

    • Elizabeth Fortescue
    1984 Peaches ’N Cream Barbie. Barbie, the Design Museum, London.

    From Barbie to Warhol, the must-visit major cultural exhibitions

    Toting a briefcase around the world’s financial capitals can be exhausting. Galleries and museums offer a sanctuary and stimulation for the business traveller.

    • Elizabeth Fortescue

    Think you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions

    Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.

    • Daniel Arbon

    Five new business books to read this month

    Lessons from venture capital, problems with innovation, and tips and tricks on learning new things.

    • Andrew Hill, George Hammond, Leo Cremonezi and Bethan Staton
    Russell Brand shared the news of his baptism in a typically verbose Instagram video on April 29.

    The unlikely relationship between Russell Brand, Bear Grylls and God

    Why would chief scout Grylls, a man with a flourishing global career, team up with the “cancelled” Brand – and risk harming his own squeaky-clean brand?

    • Marianka Swain
    Testosterone levels fall in men who are involved in looking after their babies.

    How fatherhood will change your body’s chemistry

    Men’s physiology responds viscerally to parenthood, just as women’s does when caring for infants.

    • Angela Saini
    Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel were real-life lovers 20 years ago.

    The Taste of Things movie review – a feast for the eyes

    Director Anh Hung Tran has created an utterly absorbing film about cuisine as a model for life.

    • John McDonald
    Hancock Prospecting chairwoman Gina Rinehart.

    Gina Rinehart lobbies NGA to remove Indigenous portrait

    The country’s richest resident has made her displeasure privately known about a portrait at the national institution.

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    • Mark Di Stefano
    Shanae and Jade, 2005, a LightJet print by Petrina Hecks, carried an estimate of $20,000 to $30,000 in Deutscher and Hackett’s Australian and International Fine Art online auction on 14 May 2024.

    A little bird delivers record price for photographer

    A bird in the hand might be worth two in the bush, but Petrina Hicks’ photo of a budgie in a girl’s mouth was worth plenty on an otherwise disappointing night.

    • Elizabeth Fortescue
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    To make Furiosa her own, Anya Taylor-Joy allowed herself to be put through an emotional and physical wringer for six months.

    How Anya Taylor-Joy had to fight George Miller over Furiosa

    The star spent months persuading the esteemed director that her character deserved a chance to vent.

    • Kyle Buchanan
    Michael Brand

    Michael Brand’s weekend rituals and favourite restaurants

    The Art Gallery of NSW director has a packed weekday – and night – agenda. This is how he lets go on Saturdays and Sundays.

    • Elizabeth Fortescue

    Opera Australia bets on musicals, property development as losses widen

    Australia’s largest performing arts company will produce more musicals, and play more cannily with its property, as it tries to turn losses around.

    • Michael Bailey
    Six-time Tony winner Audra McDonald is touring Australia.

    Audra McDonald brings Broadway brilliance to Sydney

    Her voice a marvel of power, control and emotional connection, the musical theatre queen deserved the two standing ovations she got at the Opera House.

    • Michael Bailey

    Think you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions

    Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.

    • Ingrid Fuary-Wagner and Daniel Arbon