SYDNEY, Australia — Six the best independent artists from the state of New South Wales take their places in MusicNSW’s inaugural Ambassador Program. Alex The Astronaut, Jamaica Moana, Jannah Beth, SPEED’s Jem Siow, Velvet Trip’s Zeppelin Hamilton and The Buoys’ Zoe Catterall are the first cohort, announced Friday, May 1. Related “Each of the artists…
Twenty-five years have now passed since the first Harry Potter film and, with the HBO reboot due out this Christmas, Warner Bros is ramping up the celebrations. Key among them is the unveiling of a new feature at the studio tour showcasing key moments, costumes and props from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. And…
My earliest reading memoryI remember reading throughout my childhood, but it’s hard to identify my earliest memory of reading. In a lot of ways, it’s as if my childhood began when I learned to read. I do remember taking a copy of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’s Dangerous Liaisons off the shelf when I was maybe 10 or 11…
CHERNOBYL, LIFE, AND OTHER DISASTERS, by Yevgenia Nayberg “You have to share many things with others … but what you remember belongs to you and you alone,” Yevgenia (Genya) Nayberg writes in the author’s note to her graphic memoir, “Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters.” The elegantly composed pages of this moving story, told largely through…
Bold choice to write a satire in 2026 is a sentiment I’ve come across more than once lately. Boldness is inherent in the act of writing satire, and always has been. But in the context of the present moment, what I take this to mean is that it is difficult, maybe impossible, to outdo for…
Russian filmmaker Pavel Talankin, the co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin, is looking for his Oscar. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The trophy has been lost after the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at New York’s JFK airport confiscated his award. In a social media post, Talankin’s co-director David Borenstein made a plea to help…
Published on 01/05/2026 – 9:00 GMT+2 Former Spandau Ballet singer Ross Davidson has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Davidson, 38, performed with the famous British new wave band in 2018 and had also been a part of the Queen-inspired West End Musical, We Will Rock You….
Welcome to Late Night Roundup, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Getting an Earful The crew of Artemis II made an appearance at the White House on Wednesday, where President Trump…
20 years after the original film, Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci have reunited in The Devil Wears Prada 2. Directed by David Frankel, the comedy drama sees Andy Sachs return to Runway magazine as a senior editor, where she encounters Miranda, Nigel Kipling and her former colleague Emily, who is now…
Ella Langley performs Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, “Choosin’ Texas,” at Billboard Women In Music 2026. At the Hollywood Palladium on Wednesday night (April 29), Billboard Women in Music 2026 is honoring EJAE, REI AMI, AUDREY NUNA, Kehlani, Teyana Taylor, Ella Langley, Thalia, Zara Larsson, Laufey and Tate McRae. Source: www.billboard.com
