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Perth Festival CommentsPerth’s favourite outdoor cinema revs up for summer

For many people, a quintessential summer experience in Perth involves sinking into a deckchair among the towering pines of UWA’s Somerville Auditorium to watch a carefully curated movie.

Ben O’Shea

MOVIESCommentsPremiumGladiator II takes audiences back to the Colosseum

Ridley Scott’s long-awaited Gladiator II takes audiences and star Connie Nielsen back to the Colosseum, and seeks to capitalise on a new generation’s growing fascination with history.

Ben O'Shea

INTERVIEW CommentsPremiumWicked leaves its stars changed for good

The love between Tony award-winner Cynthia Erivo and Grammy-winning pop star Ariana Grande runs deep. Why they hope it helps the big-budget, big-screen adaptation of the beloved musical fly high.

Ben O'Shea

COURTPremiumEx-MP’s defo payout over Star Wars slur

A former Qld Labor MP and a woman have been ordered to pay a lobby group boss thousands in damages after a judge found they defamed him in Facebook posts, with one caricature comparing him to Jabba the Hutt.

Blake Antrobus

MoviesCommentsPremiumCynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on their Wicked love story

When Wicked premieres on Thursday, cinema-goers can expect a big-budget blockbuster spectacle. But at the heart of the film, adapted from the beloved musical, are Glinda The Good and Elphaba and their bond.

Ben O'Shea

MoviesVideoComments‘That happens’: The Rock admits ‘peeing in bottles’ on set

Hollywood heavyweight Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson responds to allegations he was ‘several hours’ late to the Red One film set and peed in bottles.

Kellie Balaam

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Gladiator II is a spectacle, but does it match the original?

Are you not entertained? Well might one ask after watching Ridley Scott’s $470 million Gladiator II, but this sword-and-sandal epic ultimately falls short of the original.

Ben O'Shea

THE NIGHTLYWicked toy doll packaging sending kids to porn site

Toy dolls made to promote the upcoming Wicked movie have given Mattel an embarrassing headache after it was found the packaging is directing kids to a porn site.

MoviesWicked toy doll packaging sending kids to porn site

Toy dolls made to promote the upcoming Wicked movie have given Mattel an embarrassing headache after it was found the packaging is directing kids to a porn site.

Wenlei Ma

THE NIGHTLYCillian Murphy: Peaky Blinders star’s ‘heartbreak’

Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy has made a ‘heartbreaking’ admission ahead of the release of The Immortal Man.

CultureCommentsCillian Murphy: Peaky Blinders star shares ‘heartbreaking’ admission

Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy has made a ‘heartbreaking’ admission ahead of the release of The Immortal Man.

Staff Writers

GLADIATOR II PremiumPaul Mescal is not a bona fide Hollywood superstar. Yet

The Irish actor’s excellent work in low-budget films such as Aftersun and All Of Us Strangers has brought a specific type of fame, but not superstardom. That’s about to change.  

Ben O'Shea

THE NIGHTLYRyan Reynolds drops Hugh Jackman bombshell

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman got ‘loose’ on Jimmy Kimmel and now the pair look set to take on one of the most daunting tasks in TV.

CultureVideoCommentsRyan Reynolds drops Hugh Jackman bombshell

Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman got ‘loose’ on Jimmy Kimmel and now the pair look set to take on one of the most daunting tasks in TV.

Staff Writers

MoviesPremiumNew Indigenous horror film shines light on nation’s shame

The inter-generational trauma inflicted on the Stolen Generations is one of the darkest chapters of Australian history, and now this real-life horror forms the basis of a new Indigenous movie, The Moogai.

Ben O'Shea

MOVIES PremiumInside SNL: on-set fires, talent tantrums and love triangles

Saturday Night, starring The Fablemans’ Gabriel LaBelle as TV supremo Lorne Michaels, chronicles the chaotic 90 minutes at Rockefeller Plaza before the first episode of Saturday Night, now known as SNL.

Ben O'Shea

Tom HanksPremiumTom Hanks and the meaning of life

Tom Hanks on the meaning of life, ageing backwards and finding a sense of place.

Ben O’Shea

Reel TalkPremiumSNL gets an origin story

The movie that captures the early days of iconic sketch show, Saturday Night Live.

Ben O’Shea

EntertainmentCommentsGladiator II premiere: Mescal inspired by Crowe’s Maximus

Almost 25 years after Russell Crowe’s Maximus died in the Colosseum, a new warrior played by Paul Mescal walked the sand-coloured carpet at the Australian premiere of Gladiator II in Sydney.

Ben O'Shea

CultureCommentsFriends actress dies after harrowing health battle

An Oscar-nominated actress responsible for many iconic roles, including her work on Friends, has died after a health battle.

Matt Shrivell

Kate WinsletPremiumKate Winslet on the story she had to tell

It took many years but Kate Winslet was determined to bring the life of US war photographer Lee Miller to the big screen.

Ben O'Shea

Reel TalkPremiumCan Tom Hardy save this Spider-Man spin-off?

Spider-Man spin-off has its moments, but ultimately fails to deliver.

Ben O’Shea

MoviesCommentsHeath Ledger winner ‘walking in footsteps of an icon’

Australian actor Andrea Solonge had only spent seven days in Los Angeles before this week, but she’s about to know it a whole lot better.

Wenlei Ma

ENTERTAINMENTPremiumTrouble as star tries to sell Sydney apartment

This month, two highly-anticipated auctions were set to take place in Sydney, but both were pulled at the last minute. Here’s why.

Alexandra Feiam