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What makes a sweet guy turn mean? How Hunter Page-Lochard found his inner villain
The award-winning actor plays a drug dealer in new cop drama Critical Incident, and it’s a long way from Play School. “Even my dad couldn’t watch.”
- by Helen Pitt
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He used to steal food. A night at the theatre changed everything
Six years after Declan Furber Gillick decided to teach himself how to write plays, he took out one of Australia’s most prestigious theatre awards.
- by John Bailey
Social media has made us more psychopathic, says author Jon Ronson
The journalist, author and screenwriter says he “got drunk” on the power of his psychopath-spotting skills after writing his 2011 bestselling novel he Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry,
- by Lenny Ann Low
Australia didn’t want actresses like her. But then things changed
After five years in Los Angeles, Salme Geransar returned home thinking her career would be over. Now she’s on stage in a Pulitzer-winning play.
- by John Bailey
The Twisters reboot has no right being this good
And charismatic star Anthony Ramos is a key part of its winning equation.
- by Robert Moran
How Mia Goth became Hollywood’s most gloriously demented scream queen
With MaXXXine, the British actor wraps up a film trilogy for the ages.
- by Robert Moran
David Walliams on censorship, comedy taboos and his advice to Adele
Having sold more than 56 million books to youngsters, the comedian is concerned about “sanitising” children’s classics.
- by Michael Lallo
Cancel culture is a boogeyman: feminist author Roxane Gay
The Bad Feminist author, who will appear in Melbourne and Sydney later this year, on progress for women, Trump and being recognised in public.
- by Cassidy Knowlton
‘I felt this glass ceiling’: Why this star had to leave Australia to make her name
She’s been acting since her teens but Cleopatra Coleman finally gets her star turn in the riveting new series Clipped.
- by Robert Moran
People don’t think they’re being ageist: celebrity cook Maggie Beer
The acclaimed cook, author and advocate on why what we eat affects how we feel – and her mission to help the most vulnerable in society feel better.
- by Kerrie O'Brien
Adam Hills is so popular he turns down offers from the royal family
The Spicks and Specks host is a huge star in the UK – and also a serious athlete.
- by John Bailey