34 m. ago ‘Straight to the fans’: How this singer became a social media sensation, one post at a time

Sofia Isella defies expectations about femininity and beauty. And she’s only just getting started.

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3 h. ago ‘This is for the future of my kids’: The single mum who just won Big Brother

After a short 30-day season, Big Brother has crowned a winner: a surfy, 30-year-old mother of three from Tweed Heads.

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6 h. ago ‘What a great and holy thing’: Roxburgh on what the world needs right now

Captivating and convivial, Richard Roxburgh talks over lunch about why he wants his new play to bring rowdy roars of laughter from the audience.

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7 h. ago Succession supercharged their careers. But who’s done the best work since?

Actors from this hit show have since enjoyed an Oscar, Tony Awards and a Netflix sensation. Let’s rank their post-Succession hits.

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7 h. ago Singer’s beach ball rant reveals the fine line between amazing and Garbage festivals

Two music festivals held over the weekend highlighted what’s great, and what’s not, about the experience.

Culture

12 h. ago One Battle After Another leads, Wicked snubbed in Golden Globe nominations

Jacob Elordi was among the Australian names called out, scoring nods in the film and TV categories. Read the full list of nominees.

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27 h. ago Katy Perry goes ‘Instagram official’ with Justin Trudeau amid romance rumours

The pop star posted photos and videos on Instagram of herself and the former Canadian PM posing cheek to cheek and exploring Japan.

Technology

29 h. ago What to stream this week: Gillian Anderson’s western, plus five more picks

Don’t miss a documentary about a controversial reality show, The Beatles: Anthology and the old-school Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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31 h. ago Melbourne home sellers pocket $170,000 premium after advertising reserve price

The smart warehouse-style apartment in a central location was part of a former biscuit factory and attracted four bidders.

Economics

37 h. ago Eighty years ago, Albert Namatjira built a house in the desert. Now it has been recreated

A chance encounter with history became the catalyst for a new artistic installation in the National Gallery of Australia celebrating the legacy of the pioneering watercolourist.

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50 h. ago Sydney Sweeney makes concession on ‘great genes’ ad controversy

The actress first broke her silence three months after the controversial advertisements went live, and it was not well received.

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51 h. ago ‘This will be my dream project.’ How we got Frank Gehry to design the UTS ‘paper bag’

The world-famous architect was hooked when we asked him to come on board. Within weeks he was in Sydney to check us out.

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52 h. ago Sydney Sweeney admits her silence over American Eagle controversy ‘widened the divide’

The actress first broke her silence three months after the controversial advertisements went live, and it was not well received. Now, she’s given another interview about it – but is her response any different?

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61 h. ago Carrier pigeons and a nod to Michelangelo: Inside the Metro Tunnel art

It’s a brave artist who takes on a public art commission, and I imagine a particularly daunting task making public art for a train station.

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61 h. ago Feeling festive? Your guide to Melbourne’s Christmas events, big and small

From Myer’s brick-tacular Lego windows, to Lachy Hulme’s Scrooge and a Kath & Kim drag parody, there is plenty to see and do in the city.

Politics

3 d. ago Historic win: Vast Indigenous cultural landscape gains protection

A large swathe of Queensland with more than 600 significant sites will be protected from mining after being placed on the National Heritage List.

Culture

3 d. ago Lady Gaga returns to Melbourne – and her pop glory – with gothic, melodramatic opera

After emerging atop a giant birdcage, the megastar writhes in a sandpit filled with skeletons, is brought back to life by demonic nurses and plunges the stage into smoke and emerald green.

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3 d. ago It disrupted the jazz world almost 30 years ago. Now this classic’s been revisited to astonishing results

Trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer has given his famed Khmer album a new lease of life.

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3 d. ago Behind the push to bring a ’90s pop culture institution back to life

An alliance of powerful figures is helping John Polson bring back his baby – Tropfest.

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3 d. ago Behind the push to bring an Australian pop culture institution back to life

An alliance of powerful figures is helping John Polson bring back his baby – Tropfest.

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