Pop culture
Opinion
Spectrum
There’s a place where I’m still 22, and a show to take me there
Watching Girls, listening to Lou Reed and smelling Flowerbomb, I’m transported back in time.
- by Genevieve Novak
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Celine Dion pushed aside a devastating illness to stun Paris. Vegas looks next
Celine Dion’s showstopping performance at the Paris Olympics was almost a call to arms for her fans.
- by Michael Idato
Analysis
Film & TV production
Could Deadpool & Wolverine have hit No.1 without an underage audience?
Deadpool & Wolverine has broken R-rated records box office records. But when it comes to R-ratings and movie tickets, almost anything goes.
- by Michael Idato
Deadpool & Wolverine breaks record as Kamala surprises at Comic-Con
The world’s biggest movie, America’s vice-president and a Penguin launch that almost went up in smoke.
- by Michael Idato
Hugh Jackman, Chris Hemsworth among A-listers at Comic-Con
Founded in 1970 as a comic book convention, the event is where Hollywood’s studios bring out their big guns to promote upcoming films and series.
- by Michael Idato
Musician, model, producer: what the world needs now is Eartheater
On her way to Australia, the genre-defying Alexandra Drewchin takes a moment out of her head-spinning schedule.
- by Sarah-Jane Collins
Harmless fun or bro culture gone bad? Why we’re still talking about Entourage
On its 20th anniversary, Entourage creator Doug Ellin defends the show’s legacy, the ‘idiotic revisionism’ it’s faced, and the prospect of a reboot.
- by Thomas Mitchell
This banh mi-pho hybrid is inspired by The Bear’s Chicago beef sandwich
Is this juicy, limited-edition sanger a smart union or a flawed creation? Sandwich watch hands down its verdict.
- by Sarah Norris
National treasure Hugh Jackman is too good for Deadpool
What is daring and fun in small doses can become grating and superficial over successive films.
- by Mali Waugh
Kamala is brat: How a pop phenomenon took over culture and politics
A Charli XCX and Kamala Harris collab was probably not on many of our bingo cards for this year.
- by Nell Geraets
‘You dill!’: The words too potty-mouthed for parliament. And the ones that aren’t
Inside the walls of the Victorian parliament, there are strict rules on what politicians can wear and what they can say. So much so that there’s even a list of vocabulary deemed “unparliamentary”.
- by Broede Carmody