Sydney prepares for its 41st Mardi Gras parade and party
Sydney is revving up for Mardi Gras this weekend, with the parade this Saturday night being the 41st in the event’s history. Building on four decades-plus…
WIN! Double passes to see Boy George DJ in your capital city
Culture Club front-man, esteemed solo artist and DJ extraordinaire Boy George has headlined superbrands such as Godskitchen, Cream and Manumission, and is now heading to Australia…
Banksy wins copyright case in court
It’s kind of ironic that an artist whose work is reliant on plagiarising images and turning these into sellable readymades is now suing others who are…
Madonna and Lady Gaga make up post-Oscars
While the Oscars are meant to be a celebration focusing on actors, it seems the main star of this year’s ceremony was musician-come-actor Lady Gaga. Not…
‘Gremlins’ to get a reboot… as an animated TV series!
We’ve seen a lot of ’80s references in TV series of late, from the retro-fab The Goldbergs (that does for the ’80s what That 70s Show…
Oscars crammed with old-school stuffiness and patronising tokenism
It’s difficult for an institution to have its members enjoy themselves when said institution is stuffy by nature and stuck in the past. That’s how…
A lot of noise about ‘Alita: Battle Angel’; how the cyberpunk super-heroine is kicking ass
Comic books and their filmic adaptations have traditionally been the domain of geeky young men but a major turnaround has occurred in the past few years…
Bryan Ferry enjoying the same old scene, slightly less energetically
The first time I saw Bryan Ferry perform live was in 1985. I’d met the man backstage at the Perth Entertainment Centre, having wagged school for…
