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Kyle Gass and Jack Black of Tenacious D.
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Live music

Tenacious D ends tour after Trump assassination joke

Jack Black said all future creative plans for the musical-comedy duo are on hold following a bad taste joke from bandmate Kyle Gass at a Sydney gig on Sunday.

  • by Karl Quinn
Familiar as hell? Shaun Micallef hosting a chat show is not what the ABC needs
Opinion
ABC

Familiar as hell? Shaun Micallef’s new chat show not what the ABC needs

  • by Thomas Mitchell
Jimi Hendrix sets his Stratocaster alight at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967.
Pop culture

Could a single guitar change history? The Stratocaster did just that

  • by Barry Divola
Clairo, aka Claire Cottrill: her third album finds the sweet spot between debut Immunity (2019) and Sling (2021).
Review

Subtle and sublime, this album feels like it could have come from half a century ago

  • by Barry Divola and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Toby Wallace at the Astor Theatre in May.
MIFF

Meet the young Australian actor about to become a superstar

  • by Karl Quinn

Movies

The cast of Birdeater (from left), Mackenzie Fearnley, Harley Wilson, Clementine Anderson, Ben Hunter, Shabana Azeez and Alfie Gledhill.
Review

This quiet Australian horror has style in spades but not enough guts

Birdeater uses the seclusion of the landscape to build and sustain a deep psychological unease, but struggles with characterisation and pacing.

  • by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Sasquatch Sunset.
Cinema

Megalopolis to a ‘must-squatch’: 13 highlights at the Melbourne International Film Festival

From Francis Ford Coppola’s extravagant folly to a movie about Bigfoot and the premiere of Adam Elliot’s new animation, here are our top MIFF picks.

  • by Cameron Williams
Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 are smashing it at the box office. It’s not just children getting hyped for them.
Box office

The surprising demographic boosting the animated movie ‘golden age’

  • by Nell Geraets
Lauren Acala in a scene from Longlegs. (Neon via AP)
Review

Psycho star’s son directs Nicolas Cage in this creepy new horror movie

  • by Jake Wilson
Toby Wallace at the Astor Theatre in May.
MIFF

Meet the young Australian actor about to become a superstar

  • by Karl Quinn
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Naomi Watts and Elizabeth Debicki.
Emmys

Naomi Watts, Elizabeth Debicki lead Aussie Emmy nominations

Shogun, The Bear and Only Murders in the Building were the most nominated programs for the 76th annual Emmy Awards.

  • by Michael Idato
Tom Hughes, Anthony Hopkins and Jojo Macari in Those About to Die.
Streaming

Are we entertained? Blood-soaked drama captures gore of Ancient Rome

There’s nothing like combat in the Colosseum, intrigue on the Senate floor, and decadent parties between masters and slaves to excite jaded genre audiences.

  • by Craig Mathieson
Samantha Morton as hard-bitten Catherine de’ Medici in historical romp The Serpent Queen.
Review

The Serpent Queen returns, more venomous than ever

  • by Kylie Northover
Andy Lee
Film & TV production

What makes Andy Lee one of the nicest men on Australian TV?

  • by Ben Pobjie
Peter Bankole as DS Kwesi Edmund and Parminder Nagra as DI Rachita Ray in season 2 of D.I. Ray.
Film & TV production

Parminder Nagra trusts her instincts as an embattled copper in D.I. Ray

  • by Debi Enker

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