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  • Martin Phillips of the Chills, who has died aged 61.

    Music
    The Chills’ Martin Phillipps leaves a legacy of melancholy brilliance

    Andrew Stafford
    Phillipps, who has died aged 61, led one of New Zealand’s shining musical exports but the band was dogged by tragedy and his personal struggles
  • Kelley Heyer inventor of the Apple Dance

    Music
    I invented the Apple dance! The woman behind Brat summer’s viral choreography

    Kelley Heyer says she came up with the Charli xcx-inspired routine – adopted by everyone from Joe Jonas to Brooke Shields – ‘on a whim’
  • ‘You’ll usually find me smoking a duck before a gig’: Ashton Irwin.

    Music
    5 Seconds of Summer’s Ashton Irwin: ‘Anywhere I have to pay to use the bathroom is inhumane’

    The boyband drummer-turned-solo musician shares his lifelong hatred of ducks, the ghost living in his house, and what James Corden smells like
  • ‘The tapestry of our lives are all woven together’: Anu on her new album, which pays homage to her grandfather’s lineage.

    Music
    Christine Anu: ‘I don’t think I was ready for any new material’

    In our monthly series Headline Act, we spotlight the Australian artist we’re most excited about – and they make us a playlist
    • The writer Edna O’Brien

      Books
      Irish author Edna O’Brien dies aged 93

    • Australian actor Janet Andrewartha

      Television & radio
      Janet Andrewartha, Australian actor in Neighbours and Prisoner, dies aged 72

    • David Lynch and Chrystabell.

      Music
      ‘Sublime eternal love exists within each one of us’: David Lynch on music, friendship and life’s biggest mystery

    • Divisive … Ice Spice.

      Music
      Ice Spice: Y2K! review – wilfully trashy wordplay from wily new rap star

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  • ‘I have tried to be very careful with social media’ … Betty Grumble.

    The funniest things on the internet
    Betty Grumble: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)

  • July Book Review

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    ‘Radical’, ‘a headrush’, ‘insanely clever’: the best Australian books out in July

    • Love Lies Bleeding, Lady in the Lake, Brats and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

      Stream lover
      Love Lies Bleeding, Brats and Lady in the Lake: what’s new to streaming in Australia in July

    • ‘You’ll usually find me smoking a duck before a gig’: Ashton Irwin.

      10 Chaotic Questions
      5 Seconds of Summer’s Ashton Irwin: ‘Anywhere I have to pay to use the bathroom is inhumane’

    • Julie Andrews as Victor in Victor/Victoria.

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      Victor/Victoria: Julie Andrews is outstanding as a woman dressed as a man dressed as a woman

Australia this month

  • Australian band The Church, Steve Kilbey at forefront

    The Church’s Steve Kilbey: ‘When you get old, you need to be polite. Being a cranky old geezer is not a good thing’

    Ahead of a national tour in November, the unfiltered arch leader discusses ageing gracefully, scruffiness and the best version of the band
  • Melbourne rapper Agung Mango

    Critic’s pick: Agung Mango, the genre-smashing rapper leaping through time and space

  • ‘I love being tacky’: Michelle Visage.

    Michelle Visage: ‘The oldest thing I own? Probably my vagina’

  • Melbourne international film festival 2024
    10 things to see, from Megalopolis to new Cronenberg

  • Freight expectations: if Booktopia closes, where can I buy books online?

  • Fake Picassos: Mona admits Ladies Lounge paintings were forged by Kirsha Kaechele

  • We’re all feeling sequel fatigue – but Hollywood’s giving us Shrek 5

    Sian Cain

  • After my husband’s death, looking down was all I could do. Then I saw a dragonfly

    Ailsa Piper

  • Stage
    Ready, willing and disabled: the Australian actors campaigning for more roles – and better training

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Australian reviews

  • ‘Just a beanbag short of a bliss-out’: André 3000 at the Art of Gallery of New South Wales.

    Volume festival: André 3000 brings experimental flute jams to an event that’s wonderful when weird

  • Australian author Finegan Kruckemeyer and the cover of The End and Everything Before It

    The End and Everything Before It by Finegan Kruckemeyer review – a dreamy alternative to the world we live in

    The playwright’s debut novel is an intergenerational saga that explores how fostering a strong sense of community brings happiness and harmony
  • Ormiston Pound River at West Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory

    The Echoes by Evie Wyld review – ghosts of the past

    A woman is haunted by her traumatic Australian childhood – and her dead boyfriend – in a darkly funny novel that hints at hope
  • 1. MTC - A Streetcar Named Desire - Nikki Shiels - Photo by Pia Johnson

    A Streetcar Named Desire review – Nikki Shiels is majestic but she’s no Blanche

  • Jordan Prosser and the Big Time book cover

    Big Time by Jordan Prosser review – a lush, drug-fuelled adventure in a future Australia

  • Macbeth (An Undoing) Bojana Novakovic c Jeff Busby[1]

    Macbeth (An Undoing) review – Lady M takes over Shakespeare’s play … but what for?

  • Zahra Newman, as Mina in Kip Williams’ Dracula, who plays a total of 23 characters for Sydney Theatre Company's production

    Dracula review
    A clever and playful victory lap for Kip Williams’ gothic cine-theatre trilogy

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Reviews

  • This image released by Bleecker Street shows, from left, Susan Sarandon, Megan Mullally, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Bette Midler in a scene from "The Fabulous Four." (Bleecker Street via AP)

    Film
    The Fabulous Four review – starry cast deserves better in silly, simplistic comedy

  • Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.

    Film
    Deadpool & Wolverine review – Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s sarky gagathon mocks the MCU back to life

    The highly-anticipated odd-couple action bromance shatters the fourth wall into a million pieces with plenty of juke-box slams to keep blood-sugar content high
  • ‘Altogether masterly’ … Natalie Portman and Mikey Madison in Apple TV+’s Lady in the Lake.

    Television & radio
    Lady in the Lake review – Natalie Portman’s TV debut is absolutely impeccable

    This fearless, 60s-set thriller is astonishingly written and acted. It’s so sumptuous that its brilliance threatens to overwhelm you

  • Music
    Denzel Curry: King of the Mischievous South Vol 2 review – annoyingly irresistible

  • Television & radio
    Those About to Die review – Anthony Hopkins’s Rome epic is disgustingly effective

  • Film
    Find Me Falling review – Harry Connick Jr heads to Cyprus in so-so Netflix romcom

  • Music
    Lang: Composition as Explanation album review – Gertrude Stein set to music

  • Music
    Glass Animals: I Love You So F***ing Much review – bland bathos from one-time biggest band in the world

  • Television & radio
    Mr Bigstuff review – Danny Dyer does the business

  • Books
    Balzac’s Paris: The City as Human Comedy by Eric Hazan review – street spirit

  • Games
    Flock review – chill creature-collecting flying game is shear bliss

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News

  • people holding black, white and yellow signs walk down street

    ‘Enough is enough’: Hollywood’s video game actors go on strike

    Voice actors and motion capture performers to strike over AI protections after nearly two years of negotiations
  • George Lazenby in 2022.

    ‘It’s been a fun ride’: former Bond George Lazenby announces retirement at 84

  • Celine Dion and Lady Gaga

    Lady Gaga and Céline Dion to perform duet at Paris 2024 Olympic opening ceremony

  • Inside Out 2 becomes highest-grossing animation of all time

  • ‘Sadistic and manipulative’ ex-Spandau Ballet singer guilty of rape

  • Jennifer Aniston criticises JD Vance’s ‘childless cat ladies’ comment

  • ‘Harris for America!’: Hollywood reacts with gratitude – and relief – as Joe Biden steps aside

  • Hugo awards organisers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win

  • Missing in action: the biggest surprises and snubs from this year’s Emmy nominations

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Interviews

  • ‘We didn’t get to properly rage’ … with Dua Lipa at Glastonbury.

    Music
    ‘I was in Dua Lipa’s dream’: Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker on his surprise Glastonbury duet – and launching a fashion line

  • China Miéville and Keanu Reeves.

    Books
    ‘I wanted to do pulpy, hyper-violent action’: Keanu Reeves on his novel with China Miéville and the afterlife of The Matrix

    What happens when a Hollywood actor and SF author join forces on a novel? The pair talk about their literary bromance – and their quest to turn Reeves’s comic book series into something deeper
  • Eva Longoria sitting on a brown chair.

    Television & radio
    Eva Longoria: ‘People are still discovering Desperate Housewives. Thematically, it’s timeless’

    The actor on her love of fine wine, filming in Spain with Almodóvar icon Carmen Maura, her ‘cousin’ Meryl Streep and improving diversity in Hollywood
  • ‘None of us died, so we got lucky on that end’ … (from left) DJ Bonebrake, Exene Cervenka, John Doe and Billy Zoom of X, pictured in 2024.

    Music
    LA punk legends X: ‘The violence didn’t bother me as much as the spitting!’

  • man wearing black shirt and open blue short-sleeve button-down surrounded by paintings

    Art and design
    ‘All art is worthy of preserving’: what should artists do to protect what they leave behind?

  • June Squibb is photographed at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.

    Film
    June Squibb on getting her first starring role at 94: ‘I don’t have to prove myself any more’

  • Asha Puthli posing for a portrait in a pink patterned dress

    Music
    ‘I sexed it up’: 1970s disco queen Asha Puthli on Warhol, Dali and influencing Donna Summer

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Pictures & video

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    Alex Frayne’s South Australian landscape photography – in pictures

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    Shannen Doherty – a life in pictures

    Best known for her roles in Beverly Hills, 90210, Heathers and Charmed, the former child star has died aged 53. We look back at some of her key roles
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    Shelley Duvall – a life in pictures

    Best known for her roles in The Shining, Annie Hall and Nashville, the actor has died aged 75. We look back at some of her key roles
  • New York 1946

    ‘I celebrate the human condition’: Louis Stettner’s real lives – in pictures

  • Early morning, Lake Atitlán, Santiago Atitlán 2019

    Still waters run deep: Latin American Foto festival – in pictures

  • ‘Don’t be afraid to shine’ … Nikita Gold

    ‘Our message? Be fabulous!’: drag artists with Down’s syndrome – in pictures

  • ‘Amazing and often drunk’ … Funny Sonny packing with Zipco, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1965

    Rebel riders: on the road with a 1960s biker gang – in pictures

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    ‘If my babysitter’s evil, I’m screwed!’: horror director Ti West on outraging the moral majority

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