Entertainment

Ed Sheeran wows kids’ hospital with impromptu concert

Pop megastar Ed Sheeran has surprised children and staff at a major Melbourne hospital with an impromptu performance. The 32-year-old ...

Comedy-horror Cocaine Bear is based on a true story. Well, kind of

Universal’s comedy-horror Cocaine Bear has made a bear-sized splash at the box office on its opening weekend. Horror and comedy ...

Olivia Newton-John’s daughter to lead cancer walk

The daughter of late singer Olivia Newton-John will lead her annual Walk For Wellness more than one year after her ...

He’s back! Prince Harry teases next big move as he settles in for chat with controversial doctor

The last time Prince Harry walked into CBS studios for a chat with US talk show host, Stephen Colbert, almost ...

‘Frogxit’: Harry and Meghan on the move, on King’s orders

Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle are reportedly being booted from their official British residence – at the order of ...

Today show joins super wars with swipe at mega-rich battlers

A TV journo has poured fuel on the heated debate over superannuation concessions with a brutal takedown on the streets ...

Lisa Wilkinson’s legal team responds to Bruce Lehrmann defamation action

Bruce Lehrmann has accused two major news organisations of being “recklessly indifferent to the truth” for reporting rape allegations made ...

Olivia Newton-John’s daughter to lead cancer walk

The daughter of late singer Olivia Newton-John will lead her annual Walk For Wellness more than one year after her ...

Cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once makes history with SAG clean sweep

Emotions were high at the 2023 Screen Actors Guild awards as the cast of Everything Everywhere All At Once made ...

Everything Everywhere dominates SAG awards

Dimension-hopping adventure Everything Everywhere All At Once has grabbed the top movie trophy at the Screen Actors Guild awards, a ...

US media ditch Dilbert cartoon after creator’s racist tirade

Newspapers across the United States dropped the long-running cartoon strip Dilbert after its creator went on a racist tirade, describing ...

First Roald Dahl, now Ian Fleming’s James Bond books are changed by publishers

Last week, bookworms were furious to learn that a number of Roald Dahl classics would be rewritten to become more ...

President Putin bestows top honour on action hero Steven Seagal

American action hero Steven Seagal, a long-time ally of President Vladimir Putin, has been bestowed Russia’s top award for his ...

State memorial service remembers Olivia Newton-John as ‘one of a kind’

Olivia Newton-John has been remembered as a visionary who cared deeply about others and the world around her. The acclaimed ...

March movie guide: John Wick 4, Adam Driver’s sci-fi flick, controversial Oscar nominee To Leslie

The nicest man in Hollywood, Keanu Reeves, returns for the much-anticipated fourth instalment of his full-throttle violent John Wick series. ...

Riotous rainbow return surges on, after historic Mardi Gras fest

Street sweepers have descended upon Oxford Street ready to hoover up the glittery remnants of Sydney’s 2023 Mardi Gras parade ...

French doco wins Berlin Film Festival’s top award

On the Adamant, a documentary about a floating daycare centre in Paris for adults with mental disorders, has won the ...

Newspapers cancel ‘Dilbert’ comic strip after author’s ‘white supremacist’ slur on Black Americans

The creator of the Dilbert comic strip is at the centre of a media storm after scathing comments about Black ...

Writers and sponsors boycott Adelaide writers’ festival over speakers’ ‘genocide cheering’

Louise Adler was hoping for a civil conversation in a garden about books. Instead, the director of Adelaide Writers’ Week ...

John Travolta and Paul Hogan among star-studded guests for Olivia Newton-John memorial

Superstar friends and international co-stars, including John Travolta, Paul Hogan and Delta Goodrem, are expected to arrive in Melbourne this ...

Designer’s debut collection for Burberry nails the trench coat trend

The ready-to-wear shows are on at the moment, and in London the show everyone was waiting to see was designer ...

Queensland breaks ranks with other states and prepares to roll out pill testing

The Queensland government wants other states to follow its lead and roll out pill testing for illicit drugs in a ...

Rust producers settle workplace safety charge with $100k fine

Producers of the western movie Rust have agreed to pay a $US100,000 ($A148,675) civil fine for “serious” workplace safety breaches ...

Mardi Gras makes triumphant return to the rainbow road

Revellers wrapped in rainbows and sparkling in sequins will make a pilgrimage to the queer community’s spiritual home as Mardi ...

Roald Dahl row: Classic books saved after outcry over rewrites

Roald Dahl’s famous children’s books including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda will be published uncensored later this year ...

The Ferguson Report: Irony declared dead as publisher announces ‘sensitivity rewrite’ of 1984

The classic political novel 1984 will be rewritten by Inclusion And Diversity specialists who think they know better than George Orwell. ...

A ‘hallmark of suburban life’ is almost gone but not forgotten in Back in Time for the Corner Shop

Long live the humble corner shop! Once the hallmark of suburban life, where you could grab milk, bread, the paper ...

‘Must be counted’: NZ’s firm line on incoming Harry Styles

New Zealand has laid down the law to pop mega-star Harry Styles, who is poised to perform a single show ...

Queen Consort criticises Roald Dahl changes

The Queen Consort has appeared to weigh in on controversial changes edits to books by beloved children’s author Roald Dahl. ...

Baldwin pleads not guilty to Rust manslaughter charge

Actor Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a cinematographer ...