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Teenager swaps outback for Hollywood bringing disability to the big screen

Knox Gibson is one of several actors appearing in the latest iteration of the Hunger Games film, ensuring the real world is reflected in cinema.
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Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds

ATSB releases final report into chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris 'Willow' Wilson

In its report, the ATSB found the helicopter likely crashed because of fuel exhaustion resulting in engine stoppage. 
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A smiling man sitting on the rung of a helicopter in grassland, wearing a trucker cap and bright blue ag worker shirt.

Turning Squid Game into a real-life reality show seems ridiculous, but it makes utterly gripping TV

With 456 players, Squid Game: The Challenge is the biggest, most brutal reality TV show yet.
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People lined up behind each other dressed in a red suit and black and white mask

Norman Reedus discusses the success of The Walking Dead

Norman Reedus discusses the success of The Walking Dead universe and the new spin-off series of his character Daryl Dixon.
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Duration: 4 minutes 32 seconds

'Part of the culture': Why Australians have been obsessed with Doctor Who for 60 years

Doctor Who has been on our screens for 60 years. Australians have been loving and contributing to the show for that entire time. Find out how the Doctor remains connected to fans Down Under.
Two men's photograph inside an illustrated map of Australia.

analysis:Top Gear was a global phenomenon, but not even it could survive this scandal

There was a time when seemingly nothing could touch Top Gear, but presenter Andrew Flintoff's massive crash proves things have changed since the BBC behemoth's early days, writes Riley Stuart.
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BBC cancels Top Gear UK for the foreseeable future

A statement released by the broadcaster said new projects were being developed for hosts Freddie, Chris and Paddy. 
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Andrew Flintoff wears a jacket and sunglasses, the background is blurred

Johnny Ruffo's partner Tahnee Sims breaks silence after Home and Away star's death

The social media post featured the couple on holiday in various exotic locations and candid moments between the pair.
Home and Away star Johnny Ruffo with partner Tahnee Sims.

Hooray! These are the top five Bluey episodes as voted by you

We asked you to vote for your favourite episode in the Biggest Little Bluey Countdown, and biscuits! Here are your favourites.
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Bluey characters wear dress-up "granny" character costumes

Many young people don't know what sign-writing is. But 21yo Hallie is learning the craft from a master

BJ Graham is a 70-year-old retiree whose passion for sign-writing is as strong as when he first started in the trade at 19. We brought him together with visual communications student Hallie, to share how to sign-write letters.
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BJ smiles and looks at the camera as he holds up a sign with Halle, right.

How much of season six of The Crown is real?

Critics say the show took a "conservative approach" to her death, but that having Diana and Dodi Fayed appear to some characters after their death was "crass".
Khalid Abdalla wearing a button-up navy, white and yellow shirt, while Elizabeth Debicki wears a navy and white singlet

The first four episodes of The Crown's final series drop have dropped. Here's what we know about them

Set in 1997, the new episodes will dramatise the final weeks of Princess Diana's life — and the ramifications for the royal family.
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Diana looks pointedly at the Queen, who looks worried.

How similar are Princess Diana's costumes on The Crown to the real-life photos?

Costumer designers say they don't make every outfit an exact replica for characters on the royal drama, but certain outfits this season were non-negotiable. 
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Elizabeth Debicki in character as Princess Diana wearing a blue swimsuit

'He's been carrying them for years': Shock as Queer Eye's Bobby Berk quits show

Fans of hit show Queer Eye are in shock after Bobby Berk, the show's interior design and home organisation expert, announced that the show's upcoming eighth season would be his last. 
The cast of Queer Eye on the red carpet of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.

Wonka star Timothée Chalamet tries his newest role: Impersonating Aussie pop icon Troye Sivan on SNL

With the actors strike finally over in the US, we can now return to normalcy: witnessing famous people participate in increasingly unhinged activities to promote their movies.
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A comparison image of Timothee Chalamet on SNL as Troye Sivan, and the singer in the Got Me Started music video.

Celeste Barber on Australia's 'uncomfortable' fashion moment

Comedian Celeste Barber is no stranger to the absurdities of the fashion industry, but even she was taken aback to learn the extent to which some clothes – and the women who wore them – were policed in our nation’s past.
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Celeste Barber wearing a navy blazer with bright pink patterns stands in front of a wall with the same pattern

'We went for the throat': Matrix producer brings horror show to Tiktok in one-minute episodes

In one-minute snippets, writers and directors of a new Western Sydney series need to grab their audience, because, unlike a movie screen, their film is being shown on phones across the world.
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A mobile phone being held in someone's hand, showing a young woman from a TikTok series

'Growing old allows me to be more confident' says 91-year-old ceramicist Sally as she passes on the art

Old People's Home for Teenagers brings 91-year-old Sally and 19-year-old Eden together to make pinch pots — helping to ensure this important practice and its lessons don't end when the clay of the master sets in the kiln.
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Sally, left, smiles as she prepares clay in her hands on a table, next to Eden, who laughs as she looks down doing the same.

Nathan Fielder's new series with Emma Stone is 'excruciating, cinematic masterpiece' about gentrification

In The Curse, Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone play an excruciating couple who make you laugh but also want to cry.
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Emma and Nathan stand on either side of a knocked-through wall wearing hard hats, Emma with a hammer in hand, looking smug

Homegrown crew highlights the best of the Harbour City in NCIS: Sydney

The head of scripted for the new NCIS: Sydney has used the knowledge of her hometown to develop a unique character for the new wing of the television franchise.
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Two actors standing side by side in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge with one wearing a cap with NCIS written on it

Actors' union announces tentative deal to end strike that shut down Hollywood

Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists members walked off the job in mid-July, asking for better protections against AI and streaming concerns. 
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Hollywood studios present 'last, best and final offer', striking actors say

From George Clooney offering up his pay cheque to suspended talks — there has been a growing effort to try and end Hollywood's prolonged strikes. Could this new development end the picket?
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Striking SAG AFTRA member holds up sign saying corporate exploitation stinks

What The Block auctions tell us about Australia's housing market

One couple has netted a staggering $1.6 million in profits after winning The Block, while another couple’s shaky auction saw them walk away with $65,000 in comparison. So, what do these wildly different results say about Australia’s housing market?
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Steph and Gian sit on a couch looking shocked as their auction takes place.

What happened when a 77yo milliner Rick taught 19yo Kirrilly how to make a hat

Kirrilly feels "a little bit braver" about pursuing a career in the arts after spending the day fashioning a floppy summer hat with Rick on Old People's Home for Teenagers.
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Kirrilly, left, throws her head back in laughter as she stands next to Rick, right, who laughs too.

analysis:I lived in the iconic 'Friends' apartment and I loved Chandler most. I'm ineffably sad about Matthew Perry's death

I've been ineffably sad ever since the awful news of Matthew Perry's death. The first fatal rupture within an iconic cultural group — a band, an acting ensemble — is the true death of the group itself, writes Virginia Trioli.
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A picture of Matthew Perry with the text "the one where we lost a friend" and a broken heart emoji in a bouquet of flowers