Pop culture
Emmys delayed for the first time since September 11 attacks
Hollywood’s strike continues to have far-reaching impacts across the TV and film industry.
- by Thomas Mitchell
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‘If I stopped, I’d go crazy’: Inside this pop duo’s flourishing song factory
Tim Carroll and Oscar Dawson are being inspired by a fresh crop of Australian musicians.
- by Martin Boulton
Opinion
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Who do Barbie, Taylor Swift and the Matildas have in common? Us
I thought Netflix had killed shared cultural experiences, but the zeitgeist is back in a way unseen since Seinfeld, Jurassic Park and Patrick’s death.
- by Waleed Aly
Murder, he wrote: Huge stars join Steve Martin’s whacky whodunnit
In the hands of stars Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building has become one of the great stayers of the streaming era.
- by Debi Enker
Music
Pop music
Rodriguez, Searching for Sugar Man singer with an aura of mystery, dies at 81
The Detroit singer-songwriter was championed decades after his 1970 debut album by fans in Australia and South Africa, and became the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary.
- by Harrison Smith
How did Ye get here? Five things we learn in the new Kanye West documentary
The Trouble With KanYe investigates how Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, one of America’s most celebrated artists, became a megaphone for hate and division.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Sound ideas at Melbourne’s festival of the future
Max Cooper’s immersive electro-science show is at the heart of the city’s Now or Never festival.
- by Michael Dwyer
Eighties blockbusters are back, as Idris Elba’s Hijack reaches its finale
For seven weeks we’ve been glued to Apple TV’s airborne adventure series Hijack, yet its brilliance harks back to the stars and movies of decades past.
- by Sinead Stubbins
Opinion
Cinema
Left-wing propaganda or anti-feminist? What Barbie is really trying to say
Yes, Barbie the movie has heard of feminism. (And thinks it sounds awesome!) But how patriarchy-toppling is it really?
- by Diana Reid
How Patricia Field ‘reunited’ Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall
The costume designer, best known for her work on Sex and the City, is the subject of a new star-studded biopic.
- by Melissa Singer
We were obsessed with this game in 1999, and now it’s coming back
And it’s going to be even better because we won’t have to wait for mum to hang up the phone!
- by Alice Tovey